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Editor’s note for Thursday, June 24, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
U.S. bans some Xinjiang-produced solar products over forced labor allegations
Citing “information reasonably indicating” the use of forced labor, the U.S. placed an import ban on Xinjiang-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Company. Several other Chinese solar companies were also blacklisted.
Kuaishou shows ByteDance that fighting overwork isn’t that hard
One of China’s biggest video apps, Kuaishou, once installed sensors in toilets to monitor how long employees took in the bathroom. Now the company has put an end to six day work weeks for tech staff, shortly after ByteDance — which owns China’s dominant short video platform — decided to continue the practice.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily shuts down as police target editors
With its founder in jail, bank accounts frozen, and editorial staff at risk of arrest, the blows fell fast and hard against the territory’s 26-year-old pro-democracy tabloid.
Abbot Wang Yuanlu of Dunhuang: Villain or…?
On June 25, 1900, a Daoist monk made one of the most startling and significant discoveries in archaeological history. But that would only be the beginning of the story for Abbot Wang Yuanlu of the Mogao Caves.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
The people who work for TikTok are workaholics and they want more!
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is famous for its workaholic culture, and many of its employees don’t want it to change despite growing calls in China for better work-life balance at tech companies.
China’s Xinjiang policies debated again at UN Human Rights Council
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet raised concerns about “reports of serious violations” in Xinjiang, while Canada led more than 40 countries in raising grave concerns about Beijing’s human rights abuses. China responded by accusing Bachelet of “erroneous remarks” and rallying 65 countries to its side.
Chicken parenting is China’s helicopter parenting on steroids
Helicopter parents of America may be intense, but their counterpart in China — known as “chicken parents,” named after a traditional Chinese medicine remedy involving the injection of chicken blood — can be just as over-the-top.
Editor’s note for Monday, June 21, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China’s private cryptocurrency sector effectively quashed after Sichuan mining ban, bank trading blocks
China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency mining has now shut down more than 90% of the country’s bitcoin production capacity, after a ban on mining in hydropower-rich Sichuan was put in place over the weekend. Additionally, the central bank moved to close remaining loopholes that allowed “cryptocurrency speculation.”
Used electronics marketplace Aihuishou lists on NYSE
Second hand isn’t so cheap any more, at least not if you’re investing in Chinese platforms for trading in used goods of all kinds. Aihuishou, which focuses on connecting buyers and sellers of used mobile phones and computers, just IPO’d in New York giving the company a value of $3.5 billion.
Tsinghua design school accused of internalized racism for accentuating Chinese models’ slanted eyes at runway show
Did graduates of a prestigious design school feed into racist stereotypes with a fashion show featuring models who all had noticeably slanted eyes, and makeup to accentuate their “Chinese eyes”? Or are Chinese internet users just oversensitive?
Zhao Benshan and the fine line between entertainment, business, and politics in China
Zhao Benshan became a comedy legend through Spring Festival Gala skits in which he played rural characters who satirized contemporary society. But with money and fame came scrutiny — the political kind.
Rejuvenated China national soccer team onto next stage of World Cup qualifying
China’s hopes of qualifying for Qatar 2022 are still alive.
Editor’s note for Friday, June 18, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Outcry over ‘chilling’ effect of Hong Kong media arrests for ‘foreign collusion’
Media is the new target of national security law enforcement in Hong Kong. A day after 500 police officers raided the newsroom of pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily and arrested five executives, two were charged with foreign collusion.
All the drone companies in China — a guide to the 22 top players in the Chinese UAV industry
China makes most of the world’s non-military drones and most of those are made by one company: DJI. But The China Project has found a thriving industry of around 70,000 smaller players making drones, components, and software. Here are the most important players in an industry that is reshaping the 21st century.
Shanghai art museum slammed for showing video ranking thousands of women by attractiveness
In the year 2021, a contemporary art museum in Shanghai decided that, for some inexplicable reason, it was appropriate to provide a platform for an artwork that ranked thousands of real-life young women by appearance. Predictably, the backlash was fierce.
