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Cultural boon or abomination? American-Chinese food arrives in Beijing
While homesick expatriates and locals who have studied abroad welcome the restaurant with open arms, others say they will only try its food once out of pure curiosity.
Jeep in China: A failed joint venture at least makes for a fun read
“Later, American Motors officials would admit that the Las Vegas meeting had been a disaster. If there was anything they had learned about China, they said, it was this: Don’t take the Chinese to Las Vegas.”
China’s plans for a summer of extreme downpours, floods, and heat waves
China is using artificial intelligence to forecast extreme weather events, but there is no relief in sight for a country that is particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Editor’s note for July 12, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Prada’s partnership with Chinese women’s soccer team could be a game changer for country’s female athletes
The partnership was revealed 10 days before the 2023 Women’s World Cup begins in New Zealand and Australia. At home, fan enthusiasm and expectations for the Chinese women’s national soccer team have never been higher.
When princedoms (almost) ruled China: The Prince of Ning rebellion
The founder of the Ming dynasty established fiefdoms for all 26 of his sons, who were known as “princes.” From the very beginning, they posed a threat to the imperial seat in Beijing. Zhu Chenhao, the fifth generation to hold the title “Prince of Ning,” made that threat very real in 1519.
Editor’s note for July 11, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Su Yang looks at nips and tucks
Yang’s paintings are more than gross-out pics: She offers them as a critique of the beauty standards that lead women to submit to traumatizing procedures.
China’s official electric vehicle battery recyclers fight wildcat workshops
China has an amazing, legal battery recycling industry. But opportunistic, informal operators are doing much of the recycling, which is causing serious soil, water, and air pollution.
Joshua Kurlantzick on Beijing’s global propaganda successes and failures
Joshua Kurlantzick talks about his book ‘Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World.’
Inconvenient India — America’s new best friend in the Indo-Pacific
The U.S. is cozying up to India partly in response to tensions with China. But no one in Washington, D.C., is quite sure how the new friendliness with Delhi will work out and what values will have to be tossed aside to make the relationship work.
The China Agenda this week
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of July 10–16.
Editor’s note for July 10, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘Reputation collapse’ — Phrase of the Week
Cai Xukun is the latest male pop idol to trash his reputation in China.
This week on TikTok: Wham!, Taiwan’s #MeToo movement, and China’s restrictions on key metals
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.
Ozempic craze hits China as first GLP-1 weight-loss drug is greenlighted
The approval is significant because it opens the door to an expanding, groundbreaking class of drugs for thinness-obsessed Chinese people who are looking for quick weight loss.
‘Farewell My Concubine,’ 30 years on
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Chen Kaige’s timeless classic, arguably the best Chinese-language film of all time.
Cut off from China’s data and info, overseas academics, analysts get crafty
People who work with and on China in science, business and government are finding new ways to stay informed in spite of new hurdles and risks.
Editor’s note for July 6, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.