Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing.
The exceedingly rare admission of military combat fatalities from Beijing comes after eight months of silence. It appears to be a recognition that tensions with India are successfully deescalating, after an agreement to disengage at one of the many border conflict areas, Pangong Lake.
A month after Chinese regulators issued new rules on export controls for rare earth elements, the Financial Times reports that Beijing is evaluating what impact a targeted move could have on the ability of the U.S. to make F-35 fighter jets.
WHO scientists had arguments in Wuhan over access to detailed patient data. But they appear to disagree about whether those debates amount to a โrefusalโ by China to share information essential to tracing the origin of COVID-19.
Pangong Lake, part of the disputed border between India and China, will essentially become a no-manโs-land after an agreement between the two countriesโ armies. While a significant step back from the brink, tensions remain high along many other parts of the India-China border.
China is millions of doses behind the U.S. in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and officials are reportedly pushing back their timeline for the first 50 million shots. Vaccine diplomacy abroad, and vaccine hesitancy at home, are slowing Chinaโs domestic rollout.
The invite-only audio-chat app offered a rare chance for Chinese-language speakers around the world to connect. But just days after thousands joined discussions about Xinjiang, Taiwan, and other sensitive issues, the app was blocked by Chinaโs Great Firewall.ย
Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou made a splashy IPO in Hong Kong, reaching a valuation close to its larger competitor, Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Will Douyinโs parent company, ByteDance, follow and also list its short-video product in Hong Kong?
Chinese state news channel CGTN has been taken off the air in the U.K., after British regulator Ofcom found problems with its license ownership.
Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration against making the โstrategic misjudgmentโ of treating China as an adversary. The issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang all โconstitute a redline that must not be crossed,โ he added.