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EU issues first sanctions on China since 1989 over treatment of Uyghurs
Today, the European Union issued its first sanctions on China since 1989, condemning Beijing’s abuse of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Canada, Britain, and the U.S. also issued new Xinjiang-focused sanctions. Beijing immediately retaliated against the EU with sanctions of its own.
Intel China removes ad featuring female standup comedian after complaints from unhappy male internet users
Intel China caught fire with male netizens for putting on an ad featuring a feminist comedian, and then with female users for taking the ad down.
Inter Milan up for sale as Suning looks to escape soccer’s financial black hole
Also in this week’s China Sports Column: Mitt Romney calls for “economic” — not athletic — boycott of Beijing 2022.
Ancient beauty Wang Zhaojun’s shifting significance
Wang Zhaojun is one of the four beauties of ancient China, a woman who prevented bloodshed by being a “peace bride.” But she suffered during her lifetime, and her story has never been her own — even as she became a muse for poets and writers throughout the centuries.
Editor’s note for Friday, March 19, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Icy U.S.-China relations and a hot spat in Alaska
In a high-level meeting in Alaska, top U.S. officials confronted China about breaking international rules, saying Beijing was making the world “far more violent and unstable.” China shot back by accusing the U.S. of hypocrisy on a range of issues, including human rights.
A generation without money, houses, or work-life balance also doesn’t want marriage
The government wants young people to get married and have kids. They aren’t having any of it.
China’s Internet of Things company Tuya Smart IPOs
The Internet of Things (IoT) includes everything from roads that sense weather conditions to fridges that order replacement food items automatically. Investors are betting on a big future for the technology and welcomed Chinese IoT firm Tuya Smart’s IPO.
China curtailed loans to Latin America in 2020. Will the U.S. swoop in?
In 2020, loans from Chinese policy banks in Latin America fell to historically low levels. In the last days of the Trump administration, Washington agreed to lend Ecuador $3.5 billion, in what U.S. authorities considered a novel approach to confront China in the region. But does the region stand to benefit?
‘Center Stage’ reconstructs the life and enigma of a legendary actress
Stanley Kwan’s 1991 biopic about screen legend Ruan Lingyu takes an interesting approach, with an unusual style that focuses on the mystique of its star.
Editor’s note for Thursday, March 18, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Chinese divorce-seeking couples are choosing reconciliation after enduring 30-day “cooling-off” period
Written into China’s first-ever Civil Code, which passed in May of last year and came into effect this January, the “cooling-off” period forces divorce-seeking couples to re-think the situation and consider reconciliation because it makes it impossible to divorce impulsively.
Pinduoduo is bigger than Alibaba, and its chairman steps down
Pinduoduo is now China’s largest ecommerce platform by annual active users, surpassing Alibaba.
Meeting the Darkhad, the soul guards of Genghis Khan
For nearly 800 years, the Darkhad have claimed to be the official guardians of the soul of Genghis Khan. But controversy abounds.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, March 17, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Beijing wants ‘strategic dialogue’ with U.S. and Europe, but instead, it’s getting confrontation
As senior diplomats from the U.S. and China prepare to meet in Alaska tomorrow, expectations are extremely low. Meanwhile, the U.S. sanctioned 24 officials for having undermined Hong Kong’s autonomy, and the EU reportedly approved sanctions in response to human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
Uncertainty roils Chinese private tutoring industry over feared regulatory crackdown
This is not the first time that China has strengthened its oversight of the private education industry, but the recent crackdown might be more severe than ever.
Alibaba-backed battery-sharing startup Energy Monster files for U.S. IPO
Energy Monster provides power banks on demand for Chinese customers to charge their mobile phones in shopping malls and other places where people run out of power. Now the Alibaba-backed company has filed for a Nasdaq IPO.
A fight for women’s suffrage in the early days of the Chinese republic
On March 19, 1912, about a dozen women armed with pistols, led by Tang Qunying, broke into the parliament in Nanjing, where a framework for the new Republic of China was being hammered out. The women were determined to be heard.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.