Editor’s note for Thursday, September 10, 2020
A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.
My thoughts today:
First, a correction:ย Yesterday, I linked to an interesting article by Shailendra Raj Mehtaย about China โobfuscating census dataโ and so covering up an impending population crisis. Apologies to Shailendra, who is, of course, a he, not a she, as I mistakenly wrote.
More bad news: Publisher Gฤng Xiฤonรกn ่ฟ็็ท and her husband were โseized by police on September 9,โ according to CHRD. โGeng first alerted the world to Tsinghua professor Xว Zhฤngrรนnโsย ่ฎธ็ซ ๆถฆ detentionย in Julyโ and tried to raise awareness about the disappearance of citizen journalist Chรฉn Qiลซshรญย ้็งๅฎ in Wuhan in February. Chen has not been seen since. The South China Morning Post has more details.
โIn defense of diplomacy with Chinaโย is a new opinionย piece by James Green,ย who has worked for over two decades on U.S.-China relations for the U.S. government and in the private sector. Heโs not arguing that the U.S. should be soft on China, but that it is self-defeating to stop talking.
Our word of the dayย is naked political persecution and racial discrimination (่ตค่ฃธ่ฃธ็ๆฟๆฒป่ฟซๅฎณๅ็งๆๆญง่ง chรฌluวluว de zhรจngzhรฌ pรฒhร i hรฉ zhวngzรบ qรญshรฌ). See our top story for details.
โJeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief
