Shanghai in Chinese literally means โupon the seaโ (ไธๆตท shร nghวi). But if the projections in a new study are correct, Chinaโs most populous city may very well be โunder the sea,โ or ไธๆตท xiร hวi, by the end of the century.
China launched 5G networks nationwide on October 31. Chinaโs three big telecom companies โ China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom โ started selling 5G plans starting at 128 yuan per month on November 1, two months before an original start date of early 2020.
The cityโs November 24 district council elections, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong (้ปไน้ Huรกng Zhฤซfฤng) was disqualified from running last week, for his support for "self-determination." The bottom line is that Beijing, and the Hong Kong government that it oversees, will not allow the people of Hong Kong to decide their own future.
This weekโs Sinica Podcast is now live. In this live show taped at New York University on October 16, Jeremy and Kaiser spoke with Jerry...
Often overlooked in the torrent of trade war news involving China is an important trend: It is easier than ever today for most businesses โ not things like media or nonprofit work, of course, but most businesses โ to operate in China. Tesla is one foreign company taking full advantage of streamlined regulations in China.
In a rare instance of public pushback against China by a developing country, Tanzania has rejected and revised five demands from China Merchants Holdings International, Chinaโs largest port operator, to build a $10 billion port and economic zone at Bagamoyo. Meanwhile, the attorney general of Solomon Islands condemned a Chinese deal for exclusive development rights for the entire island of Tulagi, but it is unclear if this will lead to a cancellation of those plans.
Last week, the Financial Times reported that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is on her way out, with Beijing seeking to replace her by March next year with a candidate who doesnโt have any connections with the extradition law mess. The Chinese foreign ministry initially dismissed this reporting as "political rumors with ulterior motives," but has since scrubbed that denial from the official transcript of its press briefing.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech last Thursday in Washington, D.C., on U.S.-China relations, following up on his China bash-fest from October 2018. His remarks this time were notably less a litany of complaints about China than the speech a year ago, and focused more on Trump love than China hate. In fact, some of Penceโs harshest words were reserved for the NBA and affiliated brands.
Like the U.S., European countries are getting louder on human rights in China after several years of relative silence. This month, jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti received two human rights awards from Europe, including the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.