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Chloé Zhao is the first Chinese woman to win Golden Globe Best Director, but is she Chinese enough for social media?
The Beijing-born director of “Nomadland” is the first Chinese woman to win a Golden Globe award for best director, but naturally that does not please everyone on Chinese social media.
Passenger death puts focus on Lalamove’s safety problems and regulatory evasion
Lalamove is a hot Hong Kong-based startup company that provides on-demand moving vans to cities all over China and is valued at around $8 billion. Like Uber and other Silicon Valley companies that have disrupted lives as much as they have disrupted business models, Lalamove has its dark side. But the company is now being called to account.
China’s Renaissance man
Zhang Heng was a genuine polymath whose achievements in science, mathematics, cartography, literature, and the arts make him a towering figure in the popular Chinese imagination.
Jiangsu FC and the troubled state of Chinese soccer
Chinese soccer is in disarray. But the financial woes of several of China’s clubs — most notably Jiangsu FC, which announced yesterday it will “cease operations” despite winning Chinese soccer’s top trophy just four months ago — has worrisome implications for the global soccer economy.
Editor’s note for Friday, February 26, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
After successful disengagement at Pangong Lake, India-China tensions are easing
India-China tensions now appear to be at their lowest level since the two countries’ latest border clash began 10 months ago.
Two Chinese military suppliers to merge to counter U.S. sanctions
Two military technology suppliers, China Electronics Technology Group (CETC) and SOE Potevio, will merge amid U.S. sanction pressures and Beijing’s push for state-owned enterprises reforms.
The future of socially responsible investing in China
Climate mitigation and biodiversity protection are priorities within China’s green finance policies. Despite the dire economic impact of COVID-19, experts believe the Chinese government will not pull back on environmental targets.
Expert roundtable on climate change, COVID-19, and healthcare
“We’re at a point now where technology and policy are reinforcing each other, so we have a lot more reason to be optimistic about green finance and climate probably than any other time in the past fifteen or twenty years,” says Damien Ma, Director of the Paulson Institute’s think tank.
‘A First Farewell’ bids goodbye to a Uyghur childhood
Dedicated to her hometown of Shaya, Xinjiang, director Wang Lina’s debut uses non-professional actors to tell a poetic story about three young Uyghur children and their experiences with poverty, Sinicization, and a way of life vanishing before their eyes.
Editor’s note for Thursday, February 25, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
WeDoctor plans to file for long-rumored Hong Kong IPO
After a COVID-fueled online healthcare boom in 2020, JD Health and Ping An Good Doctor both raked in the cash on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Tencent-backed WeDoctor will reportedly follow them in listing its healthcare businesses as soon as next month.
Chinese lingerie brand apologizes for joke about workplace sexism
Another consumer brand is the target of a social media backlash after a marketing campaign that offended women.
One song under Heaven: A history of China’s national anthems
A survey of nearly 150 years of Chinese history through the country’s official and unofficial national anthems.
Chinese youth find pandemic relief in the form of role-playing
The role-playing game “script murder,” with its elaborate plot lines and fancy costumes, has taken China by storm. What’s driving the popularity of this social deduction game?
Editor’s note for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China might soon have four approved COVID-19 vaccines
On the same day that U.S. regulators cleared the way for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to become the country’s third approved COVID-19 shot, two more Chinese companies applied for public rollouts of their vaccines in China.
China’s digital currency goes global as domestic trials expand
The People’s Bank of China leads the world in digital currency pilots, and now the virtual yuan is going global.
Beijing man ordered to pay ex-wife $7,700 for five years of housework
A court awarded a woman compensation for her domestic labor in a divorce settlement. Some social media users saw it as a victory for women’s rights, others said it did not go far enough.
The Margary Affair and British imperialism on the China-Myanmar border
The “Yunnan Outrage” — in which a scouting party led by British diplomat Augustus Margary was ambushed and killed while exploring China’s “persistent frontier” — is all but forgotten today. But it had significant implications for Qing rulers.
