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A historic plenum — and what it means for U.S.-China relations
Each Central Committee of China’s Communist Party holds seven plenary sessions over its five-year term, with the sixth plenum of any given Central Committee usually focusing on ideology and party-building. The meeting this year will be no different, but is notable for a resolution on Party history.
Editor’s note for Friday, November 5, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Jack Ma might soon sell the South China Morning Post to a Chinese state-owned company; foreign journalists and foreign residents in Hong Kong are frustrated with declining freedoms; considering the future of “COVID zero” and India-China relations.
Between dimensions
Shang Chengxiang’s visions of the fantastical
ByteDance reshuffles, education unit adapts to new rules
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The rise of Manner Coffee
In Shanghai, coffee has become an addiction. Can Manner Coffee expand to become China’s first major Starbucks rival?
Editor’s note for Thursday, November 4, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: How the beloved rural vlogger Li Ziqi become just another player in the platform economy — caught between the profit-making machine of social media and the shifting rhetoric of Chinese Communist Party politics.
China’s fourth Delta spike spreads to 19 regions, tests ‘COVID zero’ policy
With exactly three months to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, health officials in the capital and elsewhere are taking extreme measures to quash the latest Delta-driven spike in COVID-19. How long will China hold out as the last “COVID zero” country?
China’s leading LGBTQ advocacy group deletes social media accounts, appears to be in jeopardy
Civil society organizations in China have been on the retreat for some time, and the past year has been particularly hard on LGBTQ groups. Today, one of the country’s most prominent advocates for sexual minorities shut down its online channels.
Who is the real Wang Huning?
Wang Huning is the most important political theorist in Xi Jinping’s China. But what kind of ideology does this man, who ascended to the Politburo Standing Committee after decades of advising different CCP leaders, actually believe in?
The wild, wonderful (and very queer) world of Chinese radio dramas
In China, overt depictions of same-sex relationships are banned from mainstream media platforms. But there’s one space where these stories are allowed to be told.
The end of Byton’s electric car dreams?
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Chinese companies reconsider U.S. IPO, look to Hong Kong
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Editor’s note for Wednesday, November 3, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Censors go nuclear as tennis player’s MeToo allegations against top official go viral
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused former vice premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her into a sexual relationship, sending censors into overdrive. Feminist activist Lü Pin told The China Project that “while it’s too soon to tell the long-term impact of her story, it has already generated lots of conversations among people and made them think.”
Logistics unicorn backed by U.S. investors goes bankrupt
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Taiwan parties split over constitutional reform
After a month of increasing tensions, a proposal to amend Taiwan’s constitution may further strain the cross-strait relationship.
Norman Bethune’s last surgery
Norman Bethune was a polarizing figure during his lifetime, but for his medical contributions to China between 1937 and 1939, he was bestowed hero status. For decades afterwards, it’s likely no other foreigner enjoyed such a universally positive image.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 2, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xi Jinping prepares to use the sixth plenum to cement his legacy and authority; an explosive #MeToo scandal involving tennis star Peng Shuai and former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli began on Weibo but has been swiftly censored.
Yahoo shuts down remaining China services
Yahoo has ended its 22-year presence in the Chinese market, a largely symbolic move after many of the internet company’s services had already stopped operating in China years ago.
ByteDance cuts working hours of China office, implements new schedule of ‘10-7-5’
The company behind TikTok has announced new rules to stop overtime work, limiting office hours to 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays. The Chinese internet is cheering, but also somewhat skeptical.
