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Why a Chinese province’s trade plans could be a game changer for Africa
Hunan Province wants to be a key node in Africa’s trade with China and the rest of the world. This is a refreshing change for a continent whose people often feel future-starved, and tired of empty rhetoric from Western capitals.
The myths and realities of China’s Military-Civil Fusion program
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Elsa Kania, a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard University’s Department of Government and an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security who researches China’s military strategy, defense innovation, and emerging technologies. Elsa joins the show to talk about China’s push for “Military-Civil Fusion,” debunking some of the myths about the program that U.S. pundits and policymakers have imbibed.
How does one lose a fortune in China? ‘Mr. China’ knows
Tim Clissold’s memoir about losing millions would be tragic if it weren’t so funny — we laugh, we cry, and we root for the main characters, even though we know they failed.
Chen Jie approaches body art with a poetic grace
Chen Jie’s works are a departure from conventional tattoo styles, with an aesthetic that more closely resembles Chinese ink-wash paintings.
‘Seven-Five’ unleashed official clampdown Uyghurs suffer 14 years later
On July 5, 2009, peaceful protests in Urumqi sought justice for Uyghurs murdered at a southern China toy factory. Three eyewitnesses recall the violence that erupted.
Editor’s note for July 5, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China to limit the export of two critical metals used in chips
Beijing will impose export restrictions on gallium and germanium, two key metals needed to manufacture semiconductors and other electronics, and which are primarily sourced from China. The move has raised concern over an intensifying global battle on the supply of key chipmaking technologies.
The deep roots of China’s friendship with Zambia
Zambia represents one of the People’s Republic of China’s earliest success stories in Africa. The relationship is one that Chinese leaders past and present have tried to cultivate.
Awakening ‘the lesbian factor’: Young Chinese women are ditching boyfriends and entering same-sex relationships
Frustrated by emotionally unavailable men, a growing cohort of educated young women in China are experimenting with dating other women, whom they say can better fulfill their emotional needs.
Not just a metaphor: Dragons of imperial China show us how people lived
The emperor, as “son of heaven,” was meant to mediate between the natural and the supernatural. When dragons were becoming visible to regular folk, as they were in the Yuan and Ming, the supernatural was bypassing its usual channels — a dangerous deviation.
‘Now I must see it’: ‘Barbie’ movie banned in Vietnam, praised in China over controversial South China Sea map
While Vietnam’s culture ministry fumes over a controversial map in the new “Barbie” movie, people on Chinese social media are celebrating Warner Bros. for its “choice” to include the nine-dash line.
The Middle Corridor and China’s reorientation of Eurasian trade
The war in Ukraine provides an opportunity for the Middle Corridor to become an alternative to the Russian route. Initially, China has been hesitant to embrace the idea, but as the war protracts, the calculus is changing, and the Middle Corridor may be finally getting China’s attention.
Chinese auto firms follow Tesla to Mexico, and from there to the U.S.
Auto and auto parts makers setting up nearer Elon Musk’s main EV market — North America — must navigate challenges to avoid U.S. barriers.
Pakistan arrest of anti-China rebel may not protect Belt and Road billions
Gulzar Imam is only one of many armed separatist leaders unhappy at China’s extraction of Balochistan’s natural resources.
Terrorism, trade and trawlers — Q&A with Li Bijian, former China consul general to Karachi
An interview with China’s former representative in Pakistan’s biggest city.
Editor’s note for July 3, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Meet the woman who launched Taiwan’s MeToo movement, Chen Chien-Jou
“I knew before I came forward that I was definitely not alone in being a survivor, there must be others out there.”
Editor’s note for June 30, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
This week in video: The British Museum under controversy, Shein’s influencer blunder and China’s response to the Wagner rebellion
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How Did Beijing React to the Wagner Mutiny? | The Signal with Lizzi Lee
This week on The Signal with Lizzi Lee, Lizzi speaks with Moritz Rudolf, a research scholar at Yale Law School, about the recent revolt of the Wagner Group in Russia. Moritz shares his thoughts on how Chinese media will report on this event and provides some insight into what this could mean for the future of China and Russia’s relationship.
