In this week's China Sports Insider Podcast, the hosts begin by talking about Eileen Gu, who "represents this uneasiness right now between the United States and China. She's the perfect nexus of this rivalry."
Shao Yihui's romantic comedy set in idealized Shanghai was the highest-rated movie in 2021 on Douban.
Zhang Jun, Chinaโs envoy to the UN, raised concerns over a Security Council report on Afghanistan-based terrorism. The Uyghur militant group that Beijing is particularly concerned about, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), is not considered to be an organized threat by the U.S.
Broadly speaking, ideology has become more important in Xi Jinpingโs China and played a more prominent role in U.S.-China relations. But what does political ideology mean to people in China? Survey research indicates that the familiar โleftโ vs. โrightโ distinction might not apply.
Beijing and Moscow have affirmed their close ties, but China seems to be leaving itself wiggle room in its communications about the meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
LโOrรฉal, the massive French beauty brand, posted record annual sales in 2021 on the strength of the Chinese cosmetics sector. The companyโs future in China is bright as the country's middle class is expected to expand by over 300 million people this decade.
When the commodity frontier calls, entrepreneurs answer, and state policy follows.
China hasnโt bought enough of the U.S. goods it promised under the Trump-era Phase 1 trade deal. This puts Biden in a tough spot.
At the end of World War II, more than 100,000 American soldiers were stationed in China, and tens of thousands still remained by 1947. One newspaper alleged that American forces were responsible for one Chinese death every day. And then there was the Shen Chong rape case, which galvanized popular opinion against the American presence.