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SMIC, Huawei chip advances will continue despite US sanctions, says TSMC veteran
Burn J. Lin, a well-regarded former vice-president at TSMC, said SMIC should be able to advance to making 5-nm chips with existing equipment.
Three Chinese EV Giants Revealed as Subjects of EU Subsidy Probe
BYD, Geely, and SAIC will be the focus of an investigation to determine whether the automakers have benefited from unfair subsidies that allow them to undercut their EU rivals, according to a document seen by Caixin
Chinese fighter jet nearly crashes into U.S. bomber
Aircraft flying over the South China Sea miss each other by 3 meters
Li Keqiang, China’s former premier, dies suddenly at 68
Senior official once seen as contender for party leadership suffers heart attack in Shanghai
China, US Release Dueling Videos With Accusations of Provocation
The US and China each released video footage that accused the other of provocative or unprofessional actions by military craft in and around the South China Sea, escalating the rhetoric by both countries in the disputed body of water.
China and U.S. need in-depth dialogue, Wang Yi tells Blinken
Foreign minister paves the way for potential Xi-Biden summit next month
China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation
Village schools have been shuttered across China's Tibet and replaced with centralized boarding schools that critics say represents forced assimilation.
DC pandas will be returning to China in mid-November, weeks earlier than expected
The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected.
US, China need 'comprehensive' dialogue to stabilize ties, China's Wang says
The United States and China have disagreements but they also share common interests, and the two countries need "in-depth" and "comprehensive" dialogue to reduce misunderstandings and stabilize bilateral relations, China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday as he began his visit to Washington.
China's top diplomat raises hopes for improving US ties as he starts three-day visit to Washington
China’s top diplomat says dialogue between Beijing and Washington should not only be resumed but deepened.
China to tighten its state secrets law in biggest revision in a decade
A dozen new clauses have been added to Law on Guarding State Secrets under draft revision. It has raised concern among foreign business community and investors, with calls for clarity.
‘Like it was with Jack Ma’: China puts world’s biggest Apple supplier in its crosshairs
Foxconn founder Terry Gou tests his long relationship with Beijing as geopolitics reshapes supply chains
China needs a market support fund -- to rescue property developers
Risk of property market troubles hurting wider economy outweighs moral hazard concerns
U.S. eyes 5-year timeline for China chip decoupling
Extended export waivers for Samsung, TSMC and more indicate shift in Washington
China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Newsom visits Beijing
China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu says his country wants to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. to combat climate change.
China and the US appear to restart military talks despite disputes over Taiwan and South China Sea
China and the United States appear to be restarting dialogue between their militaries, despite continuing disputes over Beijing's claims to Taiwan and the South China Sea.
U.S. Worries About Escalation in Pacific as Chinese Military Steps Up Confrontation
Amid the tensions, talks between the U.S. and Chinese militaries remain largely frozen, which leads Washington to worry that a misstep could trigger a dangerous escalation.
‘Vested interests’: why China is backing Taliban regime in Afghanistan
China needs neighbouring Afghanistan to remain relatively stable, and sees the Taliban as providing that option, while invites to China-led forums such as the belt and road summit are a ‘low-cost way to signal support’, observers say.
Will my husband notice this trash on the floor? Chinese women test their partners.
A Chinese wife who was fed up with her lazy husband left garbage at home unattended for days. Her social media posts documenting her story inspired other women to create similar experiments to test their partners.
A portrait of Hong Kong in the waning years of British rule
“And if they fail, and the people of Hong Kong remain to the end powerless to govern their own affairs, vulnerable to anything that may come out of China? Then the British will leave behind them, if not a sense of betrayal, at least a sense of disappointment.”
Threat of deflation hangs over China
China’s economy slipped into deflation in July, with fears that falling prices may limit the scope for new stimulus measures. China may even be on the brink of a period of Japan-style extended stagnation.
Reexamining Portugal’s 16th-century diplomatic failure in China
In 1517, Portuguese arrived in China on the first formal diplomatic mission to the country in nearly 200 years. The mission failed — but perhaps for unexpected reasons.
Lean Lui’s critical look at bullying culture
“Being bullied in school is something that can happen to anyone,” Lui shares. “The subjects in my photos are meant to simply be symbolic. The bullies and victims could be you, maybe me, or anyone else.”
China’s exports and foreign direct investment plunge
New trade numbers are gloomy: China exports and imports are down, and foreign investors are staying away, according to statistics released today.
How East Asia is transitioning into a green economy — China Book Chat
East Asian countries like China, Korea, and Japan have significant green ambitions, and while their strategies may appear different at first glance, a closer study reveals sophisticated similarities in their race to transition into an eco-friendly economy.
What are China’s plans for Niger post-coup?
China says it hopes Niger can find a “political resolution” to its coup. After all, there is business to be done, with whichever Nigerien government comes out on top.
Luckin overtakes Starbucks in China sales for first time — thanks to ‘pseudo’ coffee
In racing past Starbucks, Luckin has not only dethroned a foreign brand that’s been synonymous with coffee for more than two decades in China, it has also declared a new chapter of its business as it tries to move on from its scandal-riddled past.
Chinese socialist slogans cause ruckus on London’s Brick Lane
Art students painted Chinese characters over a mural on a wall in an East London neighborhood. And then a war of words — and paint — broke out.
The China Agenda for August 7–13 — Taiwan’s vice president to New York
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of August 7–13.
‘Ten years sharpening a sword’ — Phrase of the Week
One of China’s biggest musicians of the 2000s is back after a 13-year absence. He’s been preparing to take his revenge.
This week on TikTok: Typhoon hits Beijing, China’s internet restrictions, and pickleball
Want more like this? Subscribe to The China Project’s official TikTok channel, The China Project, where Susan St.Denis explains complex topics about China clearly and simply in TikTok’s fast-evolving visual and verbal language.
The Significance of Xi Jinping’s Shake-Up in China’s Rocket Force Leadership | The Signal with Lizzi Lee
This week on Live with Lizzi Lee, Dr. Joel Wuthnow, a senior research fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs within the Institute for National Strategic Studies at NDU, shares his thoughts on the significance of Xi Jinping’s shake-up in China’s rocket force leadership.
NGOs try to bridge Taiwan’s civil defense gap
Taiwan’s national civil defense teams are tasked with supporting the military during wartime, and disaster prevention and relief during peacetime. Critics say they’re woefully unprepared.
‘You get to sweat in style’: Pickleball craze hits China
It took a couple more years than in other places, but pickleball has finally made it big in China, fueled by social media.
What does ‘trauma’ mean? A chat about the Cultural Revolution with author Tania Branigan
From 2007 to 2015, she covered breaking news from Beijing for the Guardian newspaper. Then she went home to the U.K., and wrote a book about the Cultural Revolution and its lingering effects, which are still felt in China today.
Beware the Taiwan election
It’s not the Ides of March we have to fear next year: The date we should be worrying about is January 13, 2024 when everything in Asia could go off the rails, argues Cliff Kupchan, veteran U.S foreign policy official and chairman at Eurasia Group.
Beijing wants its own EUV light source, a key part of the chip supply chain
A homegrown extreme ultraviolet light source (EUV), or a less-complex alternative, could enable China to manufacture microchips to compete with those that power iPhones and ChatGPT.
Sanmao went against the stereotypes of her time
The original Chinese-language edition of Sanmao’s “Stories of the Sahara” was incredibly popular in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and throughout China, with the author representing a very different type of Chinese woman.
