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Chinese scientists build mind-reading device that turns thought into Mandarin
Researchers adapt algorithms to recognise tones, giving hope to Chinese-speaking patients with communication disorders.
Why Taiwan Has a Lock on the World’s Chip Market
Chris Miller explains why it’s so difficult to make high-end semiconductors—and how a war over Taiwan could induce a global crisis.
‘The good days aren’t coming back’: China’s economic downturn takes a toll
Disappointing manufacturing activity, exports data and youth unemployment have added to China’s sluggish post-coronavirus economic recovery, forcing manufacturers to cut jobs, reduce operating costs and shut down production lines.
China leading Asia’s air traffic boom: Airbus
Airbus expects the global fleet to more than double over the next two decades to 46,560 commercial aircraft, with the bulk of the expansion to come from China and the rest of Asia.
Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla, but can it crack the U.S. market?
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, which has just released an $11,000 hatchback, has ambitious international plans. But can it crack the American market?
Chinese automaker BYD reopens two Hong Kong showrooms after vandalism
Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd has restarted operations at two showrooms and a service centre in Hong Kong after they were vandalised earlier this week, BYD's sole agent said in a notice on its website on Wednesday.
In Depth: How China Is Tightening Controls Over Cross-Border Data Transfers
Regulators are struggling to strike a balance between enhancing data security and promoting data-driven economic growth, expert says
New Hong Kong Movies Kick Kung Fu to the Curb in Favor of Introspective Dramas
Locally made movies are again contenders at Hong Kong’s box offices and film awards, but they differ from the crime thrillers and kung fu epics of past decades.
Beijing should reconsider relationship with Moscow, Chinese scholar says
Moscow is taking advantage of and ‘pursuing unilateral use of China’, according to US affairs expert during forum hosted by Renmin University, while international relations professor says Beijing should stand ‘neither with Russia nor with the West’.
Binance Spars With U.S. Regulators Over Asset Freeze
A judge urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to reach a compromise with Binance that would allow the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange to continue operating in the United States.
Which mainland Chinese firms are part of Apple’s Vision Pro supply chain?
Electronics contract manufacturer Luxshare, a major supplier of AirPods for Apple that has also won iPhone 15 orders, emerged as the assembler of the US tech giant’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, according to a bill of materials analysis.
ChatGPT unleashed an AI race, now regulators are struggling to hold on
Artificial intelligence boom pits U.S.'s bottom-up approach against China's top-down take on regulation
Yellen Says Bid to Decouple From China Would Be ‘Disastrous’
The Treasury secretary, speaking to a House committee, said trade and investment were crucial in U.S.-Chinese relations.
Airbus to Send Chinese-Made A321 Plane to Wizz Air in a First for Europe
Airbus SE is preparing to ship a jetliner built in China to a European customer for the first time, flexing its global production network as it works through constraints on delivering new aircraft to customers.
Unipec, TotalEnergies Face Off as Asian Oil Traders Clash Over Middle East Crude
Some of the biggest names in the global oil market are piling in on opposite sides of a normally sedate Middle East crude-trading window, making it harder to assess the impact of deep oil production cuts in the world’s top exporting region.
Sunk Costs: The Difficulty of Using Sanctions to Deter China in a Taiwan Crisis | CSIS
CSIS experts Gerard DiPippo and Jude Blanchette assess the limits of sanctions on China in a Taiwan crisis. The West should use sanctions early in a crisis and more aggressively than Beijing expects. Once China decides to act, it might be too late for sanctions to matter.
Shanghai erects fences to keep locked-down residents inside their buildings
Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown just got a little more dystopian as authorities started putting up tall metal fences to imprison people inside their apartment complexes.
Rumors swirl about Asian Games postponement
All eyes will be on the World University Games in Chengdu at the end of June to see how the event will handle any potential outbreaks.
Cooked in Shanghai — Editor’s Note for Friday, April 22, 2022
A note for The China Project newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Q&A: Catalyst CEO Lorraine Hariton on advancing women in the workplace
We talked to Catalyst CEO Lorraine Hariton about the gender pay gap and stereotypes associated with female leaders.
WeChat censorship of video detailing lockdown nightmare in Shanghai sparks outrage and protests
The six-minute clip, originally uploaded to WeChat in the early hours this morning, is an unflinching and candid documentation of what happened in Shanghai, where an ongoing COVID lockdown has made procuring food and accessing non-COVID-related medical treatment a struggle for the city’s 25 million residents.
‘The mandate of heaven, ain’t falling yet, but there’s a lot of shit on people’s shoes’ — Q&A with Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder has decades of experience in risk and crisis management in Asia for companies like Coca Cola at events like the Shanghai Expo and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We talked to him about Shanghai under lockdown and what it means for China’s future.
‘Making pots of cash’ — phrase of the week
Making products to test and treat COVID-19 has made a fortune for some Chinese companies.
The Beijing stimulus is coming: How to get in front
COVID lockdowns and war in Ukraine mean that tough economic times are coming. In China, that means a huge government stimulus. Gerard DeBenedetto explains how investors can take advantage.
Beijing is on an industrial digitization drive
China’s global competitiveness could depend on the government’s key aim to digitize its economy.
Editor’s Note for Thursday, April 21, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Beijing warns Brussels on support for Ukraine, tries to reassure Moscow
In this week’s China-Russia update: Beijing offers serious support for Moscow, but so far it is all words and not much money.
Shanghai keeps COVID restrictions
Today in pandemic news from China: Shanghai will keep restrictions in place, moldy food, and more.
Solar energy companies under pressure as coal and nuclear get a boost
A drop in Chinese photovoltaic firms may be a temporary blip, or it may signal that the industry is petering out. Meanwhile, China is building nuclear power plants and maximizing its use of coal, its only fossil fuel resource.
Q&A: The Economist Group’s Mattie Bekink on the Evergrande debacle and bartering for food in locked-down Shanghai
We talked to Mattie Bekink of the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network about life in locked-down Shanghai, the Evergrande crisis, and China’s economic prospects for 2022.
Has Beijing failed to understand Europe’s position on the war in Ukraine?
Marina Rudyak, assistant professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg, talks about the tensions between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine, and more.
‘I don’t think we’re moving in the right direction’: Rudi Ying on Chinese hockey
“The general consensus around Chinese players in the system is that you can complain all you want, but you know nothing’s going to change, so what’s the point?”
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: A meeting between Chinese and Russian officials, and a gloomy future for Hong Kong’s dear Star Ferry.
An enormous new Nylon 66 factory in Shandong
Nylon 66 is tough, durable, and in demand worldwide. A new factory in China is planned to reduce the country’s reliance on imports.
Lockdown eases in Shanghai
Today in pandemic news from China: Despite an ease in quarantine rules, troublesome accounts of official incompetence and of residents being treated badly are still popping up in Shanghai.
China ratifies two international treaties on forced labor
The two conventions were passed by Beijing on April 20, in a move apparently intended to ease tensions over forced labor accusations in Xinjiang.
