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An American legal scholar returns to China
Neysun Mahboubi has studied Chinese law for three decades, visiting China countless times and forging strong ties with fellow scholars during those trips. These are his reflections on returning after nearly four years away.
Hikvision still sells Uyghur-tracking surveillance cameras, and they use NVIDIA chips
Hikvision proudly calls itself “the world’s largest video surveillance manufacturer,” but it doesn’t want the world to know that the Chinese government uses its AI-enabled technology for racial profiling.
Chinese tech will lose more than money as Biden blocks U.S. venture capital, but P.R.C. startups can look elsewhere
Funds run by U.S. tech giants Google, Qualcomm, and Intel could miss out on China plays, and their partners will miss access to American know-how. But global VCs are waiting in the wings.
Wargaming a Taiwan invasion scenario
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Lyle Goldstein, the director for China engagement at the think tank Defense Priorities. Goldstein offers his perspectives on an extensive wargaming exercise focusing on a Chinese amphibious assault on Taiwan and offers insight into the real value of the exercise, as well as some of its shortcomings.
When the British lost Hong Kong to the Japanese
Philip Snow’s “The Fall of Hong Kong” is the definitive account of the Japanese invasion and occupation of Hong Kong starting on Christmas Day 1941, all the way through the Imperial Army’s departure and the rebuilding of this British colony.
Italy wants to withdraw from China’s Belt and Road, but it won’t be easy
Italy was the only G7 country to become a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative when it joined in 2019. But Rome has signaled it will likely exit the deal, in a move that will likely anger Beijing.
The next world war will be economic — even if the weapons don’t work
Time and again, history has shown that economic statecraft — sanctions — are ineffective. Yet the future of modern warfare will be fought with spreadsheets, tariffs, and trade restrictions. Both the U.S. and China are gearing up, possibly to everyone’s detriment.
Mao’s Cultural Revolution turns deadly
On August 18, 1966, in front of a million supporters at Tiananmen, a symbolic gesture from Mao Zedong made it clear that the Red Guards had his official endorsement to continue enacting, with violence, their rebellion against authority figures.
China will no longer publish (bad) youth unemployment data
Drastically worsening youth unemployment numbers in China have caused the government to temporarily — or perhaps permanently — stop their publication.
Where is Xi Jinping?
Phil Cunningham watches China’s prime-time news program on state broadcaster CCTV every night and writes caustic commentary about the personality cult about China’s leader that makes up most of the news. For some reason, Xi has not appeared on the show in more than two weeks, and it makes for a refreshing change.
China’s other half: Wilderness
China is known for its megacities, but 42% of it is wilderness — the barren and primitive, but also pockets of spectacular biodiversity. As the country’s adventurers discover the joy of exploring these places, they are challenging preconceived notions of China’s relationship with nature. They also bring the power to destroy or protect.
Wind power bottlenecks between China and the West are slowing down green energy adoption
Wind turbines that make clean electricity need magnets from China and bearings from the West. But the smooth trade in such goods that will be vital for an energy transition away from fossil fuels is under threat.
BLA militants attack convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan
A convoy of Chinese engineers working on the Beijing-funded Gwadar Port were ambushed with bombs and gunfire in Pakistan. Militants from local separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) have since claimed responsibility for the attack.
The state of China’s generative AI
This week on Sinica Kaiser welcomes back Paul Triolo, senior VP for China and technology policy lead at Dentons Global Advisors, to discuss the state of play in Chinese Generative AI.
The China Agenda for August 14–20 — Camp David Summit
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of August 14–20.
How to read the People’s Daily: Q&A with Manoj Kewalramani
Manoj Kewalramani is an Indian researcher whose interpretations of the People’s Daily, the flagship propaganda broadsheet of the Chinese Communist Party, provide a daily guide to how China leaders are thinking. He is also one of the most perspicacious observers of India-China relations.
‘Massive catastrophe’ — Phrase of the Week
Storm Doksuri has brought devastating rains and floods to a small city southwest of Beijing.
Keep, China’s largest fitness app, bet big during the pandemic. Will it pay off?
Keep is no regular sports app. It is more of a social media platform akin to Xiaohongshu, only fitness-focused. But while it achieved early success and continues to harbor big ambitions, it’s finding out just how unforgiving the Chinese ecommerce market can be.
Chinese tourists spurn Cambodia and Myanmar due to fears of human trafficking
The two Southeast Asian nations have ramped up efforts to lure Chinese tourists, but safety concerns remain.
Uyghur dentist held hostage in Xinjiang as his wife and daughter wait in vain in the U.S.
Ablimit Abliz, a dentist in Ürümqi, has not been accused of any crime, but the government won’t let him leave or speak freely to his wife, Adalet Sabit, who lives in Virginia. Their case is far from unique.
