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China ratifies Turkey extradition deal in push to ‘combat terrorism’
Action comes three years after the treaty was signed in Beijing. The document does not refer to specific groups but Turkey has long been a refuge for Uygurs fleeing Xinjiang.
‘The Whole City Was Dark’: China Rations Electricity for Millions
Warning of coal shortages, officials are trying to curb energy usage by telling residents not to use electric stoves and extinguishing lights on building facades and billboards.
WSJ News Exclusive | Jack Ma Makes Ant Offer to Placate Chinese Regulators
The offer appeared a mea culpa of sorts from the Chinese billionaire as he found himself face to face with officials from China’s central bank and agencies overseeing securities, banking and insurance.
Chinese leaders pledge to continue policy support to maintain
East Asia News -Officials had pointed out that changes due to the pandemic and the external environment had created many uncertainties.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China policymakers say Beijing will continue ‘necessary support’ for economy
The world’s second-largest economy will put its focus in the coming year on strengthening strategic technological innovation, ensuring the control of supply chains and boosting domestic demand.
Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing
Friends of Du Bin said that his detention might have been related to book projects critical of the history of Communism and China’s Communist Party.
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
China’s Communist Party is pushing the narrative that the pandemic has proved the superiority of its authoritarian model. The muscular message is finding fans at home.
CCP database leak reveals infiltration into Western companies
An unprecedented data leak has revealed how alleged Chinese Communist Party members have embedded themselves inside some of the world’s biggest companies, including defence contractors, banks and pharmaceutical giants manufacturing coronavirus vaccines.
China, in Nudge to U.S., Makes a New Promise to Tackle Global Warming
Speaking at an online summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its carbon intensity by over 65 percent by 2030.
China's tiny Jewish community in fear as Beijing erases its history
For this year’s Hanukkah, Amir is lighting menorah candles and reciting blessings to celebrate the holiday’s eight nights, as many Jews are around the world. But he does so in secret, worried that Chinese officials will come around – as they often do on religious occasions – to enforce a ban against Judaism, pressuring him to renounce his faith. Sometimes, he’s even called in for interrogations. “Every time we celebrate, we are scared,” said Amir, not his real name as he asked not to be identified over worries of retaliation. "Whatever we do, we’re always very careful to make sure the authorities don’t find out.” Since 2015, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has waged a harsh campaign against foreign influence and unapproved religion, part of a push to ‘Sinicise’ faith – ripping down church crosses and mosque onion domes, and detaining more than a million Muslims in the western Xinjiang region.
ICC asks for more evidence on Uighur genocide claims
Court expected to rule there is still insufficient evidence against China, but file to be kept open
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
The push is driven by a deepening conviction within the country’s leadership that markets and entrepreneurs are not to be fully trusted. “The market-reform camp is all but gone,” says one economist.
Australia’s act that sparked feud, trade war and Twitter row with China
This week China took a sledgehammer to what was left of its relationship with Australia when a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman posted a tweet that set the world on fire.
The World in a Vise: Sounding the Alarm on China, Then Running for Shelter
When Australia’s leader demanded an apology for a tweet by a Chinese official, his response reflected the insecurities facing many countries in dealing with China.
JD unveils first phase of its smart city operating system
JD Digits, the e-commerce giant’s big data arm, is building a smart city operating system that uses artificial intelligence for urban management.
Most people in China believe corruption falling, says Transparency International
China remains 80th in global index, but survey suggests Xi Jinping’s eight-year drive to root out corruption is having an effect on perceptions
Chinese flee northern Ethiopia as civil conflict hits region
Ethiopian ambassador tries to reassure foreign community that investments not at risk and situation will be brought under control.
China’s vow to cut emissions ‘clashes with coal plant expansion plans’
Xi Jinping’s UN pledge to make China carbon neutral by 2060 conflicts with expansion plans for coal power, two research groups say, urging that next five-year energy plan should phase out coal plants and double expansion of wind and solar power.
‘We will not go back in history’: Xi pledges to sign new free-trade agreements
Days after China and 14 other countries signed RCEP, Xi says his government does not want decoupling or to exclude other countries.
Trump to represent US at Apec virtual summit, official says
President had faced criticism for lower-level participation at recent East Asia Summit, on the sidelines of which 15 countries signed the China-backed RCEP deal.
Xi smiles at Shenzhen while snubbing Hong Kong
On the 40th anniversary of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Chinese leader Xi Jinping praised the city as a model for its economic achievements and adherence “to the Party’s leadership.”
China’s Xinjiang policy is ‘completely correct,’ Xi Jinping says
Despite international criticism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has expressed his satisfaction with Xinjiang policy, and urged the continued “sinicization of Islam.”
Xi takes aim at Pompeo, with the ‘five never allows’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping appeared to directly respond to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s insistence that “freedom-loving” Chinese people are “completely distinct” from the Communist Party. This distinction is one of five things the Chinese people will “never allow,” Xi said.
The police get a new flag amid purge
Defenders of American police forces say they are a “thin blue line” protecting society from chaos. Does China’s new police flag symbolize a big, fat blue line?
Xi says China must develop domestic market and tech to withstand external shocks
Chinese leader Xi Jinping chaired a symposium on economic and social work, where he reemphasized a “dual circulation” model for development and outlined the necessity of “achieving breakthroughs” in core technologies.
Shanghai police chief falls in Xi Jinping’s latest purge
Announced in July, a campaign to clean up China’s police and criminal justice systems has taken down its most senior official yet.
Retired professor who called Xi Jinping ‘mafia boss’ expelled from Party
The Chinese Communist Party has expelled an insider and granddaughter of a revolutionary after she called top leader Xi Jinping a “mafia boss.”
China’s anti-food-waste campaign is off to an aggressively strong start
Earlier this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a set of instructions for a nationwide campaign named “Operation Empty Plate” (光盘行动 guāng pán xíngdòng), which was aimed at curbing food waste and encouraging people to embrace a frugal lifestyle. Since then, local governments and business owners have rushed to appear obedient to Xi by issuing various new policies and rules.
The family wealth of China’s third-most-senior official
A New York Times investigation into the Hong Kong real estate investments and business connections of Communist Party elite found that Li Qianxin, the daughter of Li Zhanshu, the third-most-senior official in China, is quite prodigious.
Beijing and Washington are still talking trade, as China prepares for ‘protracted struggle’
Beijing has not given up on its relationship with the U.S. yet, but it is making plans for worst case scenarios.
The other China Dream: A World Cup
In 2011, Xi Jinping unveiled an ambitious plan to turn Chinese soccer from a national humiliation to a point of pride. Nine years on — at the start of a pandemic-delayed Chinese Super League season — how has Xi’s Great Soccer Dream fared, and how have recent events altered its goals?
Xi Jinping says companies must be more patriotic
Supreme leader Xi Jinping gave a speech in which he provided mixed messages, urging companies to be both more patriotic and more innovative, and promising “deep reform and opening up.”
China scolds India for ‘far-fetched’ app bans
Chinese government officials and businesses want to see the new Indian bans on Chinese apps reversed, but Modi’s move is popular among Indians seeking retribution for the lives lost on the Himalayan border.
‘We’ll grind you up and crush your bones’: Tough talk from China’s leader
A tweet from Chinese nationalist rag Global Times:…
Xi Jinping channels Mao, calls on country to prepare for ‘struggle’
Taking a page out of an early predecessor’s playbook, General Secretary Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 has been using the word struggle (斗争 dòuzhēng) with increasing frequency in recent…
Words that Xi Jinping popularized in 2019
On Friday, Xinhua News Agency’s top stories in English and Chinese are a return to one of the regular themes of Xí Jìnpíng 习近平: “the need to improve community-level…
Weekly Briefing: Tariff Man with no plan; Hong Kong; social credit — has the West got it wrong?
Hello, readers! The China Project Weekly Briefing details the most important China news from the past week. It also comes in the form of a…
The hard choices facing Xi Jinping
Here are two different pictures of the world facing Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 by two highly respected analysts of elite Party politics: Xi is facing unpalatable…
Clip: Xi Jinping can’t find a friend at Osaka G20
When we see Xi Jinping on TV, the whole setup is usually micromanaged. So the occasional glimpses of China’s leader that are not staged are always…
1919 to 2019: A century of youth protest and ideological conflict around May 4
Xi Jinping heads a party born out of a youth movement, and he’s now determined to stamp out anything that could threaten to replicate it…
