Editor’s note for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing looks set to relax rules on GMOs; China remains the top source of international students in the U.S.
My thoughts today:
There’s a confrontation brewing between the Women’s Tennis Association and the Communist Party of China. See our top story for details.
Beijing looks set to relax rules on GMOs, as we predicted in our last Red Paper: “China has proposed an overhaul of regulations governing genetically modified (GM) crops, in a move that is likely to strengthen the nation’s seed industry amid heightened food security concerns,” reports the South China Morning Post.
We’re putting together our Red Paper to summarize 2021 and make predictions about 2022 right now. If you have thoughts on what should be in there, please reply to this email and tell me!
“More than 317,000 Chinese students enrolled in U.S. institutions in 2020/21, and China remains the number one source of international students in the United States,” according to a report cited by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Upcoming events:
- November 18: A live China Corner Office podcast, The surprising rebound of U.S. exports to China in 2020.
- November 30: Meet the millennial entrepreneurs driving U.S.-China green business.
Our word of the day is Women’s Tennis Association (国际女子网球协会 guójì nǚzǐ wǎngqiú xiéhuì).
—Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief
