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Island elegy: Coming to terms with Taiwan’s potential demise
An unwinnable war and unification by force may be coming to Taiwan. How are its people to process the prospect of national demise? Chinese history may offer some lessons.
Chinese ex-premier Li Keqiang dies of a heart attack at 68
The former senior official was well liked at home and abroad, but in the New Era of Xi Jinping, Li was never more than China’s No. 2.
Deepfake Mandarin-speaking Taylor Swift goes viral in China, prompting mixed reactions
Taylor Swift can do everything, including speak Chinese. Except she can’t: The Mandarin-language video is a product of artificial intelligence technology from HeyGen, a company founded in Shenzhen but now based in Los Angeles.
‘Crispy college students’ — Phrase of the Week
A new phrase describes the high-pressure and unhealthy lifestyles of university students in China.
This week on TikTok: China on Israel and Palestine, young astronauts, and new conservation
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.
‘Only the River Flows’: China’s brightest up-and-coming director gets a mainstream release
Remember the name: Wei Shujun.
When ‘poverty alleviation’ means forced labor for Uyghurs
Outside of the well-documented internment camp system, the Poverty Alleviation through Labor Transfer program is normalizing forced labor for Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in China, according to a new report.
China launches its youngest-ever astronauts into space
Three new astronauts are heading to China’s Tiangong space station, which is about to get even bigger in the coming years.
The latest U.S. chip export controls: Q&A with Rhodium’s Reva Goujon
Newly announced controls close some loopholes, and align U.S. efforts with restrictions published by the Netherlands and Japan in the past year.
The rising and falling fortunes of golf in China
In the early 2000s, golf’s popularity soared in China, embraced by even the country’s highest leaders. During this boom, Dan Washburn wrote “The Forbidden Game,” which is as much about the momentous changes happening in China at that time as it is about the sport.
Lying flat in the West — Sang Ye’s interview with a hooker in search of a golden heart
How to get out of China is a question occupying the minds of the wealthy, the rebellious, and everyone in China who doesn’t like living in Xi Jinping’s New Era. But the desire to escape is not new, as we see in this oral history from the late 1980s by Sang Ye, translated and introduced by eminent Sinologist Geremie Barmé.
Rooftop solar is a rational and important step in China’s path to peak coal use: A rebuttal
The focus on China’s growth in coal-fired plants is misguided as its growth in renewable energy ensures they’ll see less use. And solar power in Shandong Province — although it is only moderately sunny — actually makes a lot of sense.
High-level firings, Patriotic Education Law, and economic measures announced by China’s legislature
Former defense and foreign ministers Li Shangfu and Qin Gang have finally been officially cashiered, a new law is on the books to root out “historical nihilism,” and Beijing seems set to release new stimulus funding.
Toddler mauling in China prompts crackdown on dogs, rekindles debate over pet etiquette
In the aftermath of an off-leash Rottweiler’s attack of a two-year-old in China last week, officials in several counties have enacted sweeping measures against stray dogs.
Los Angeles Chinatown, 1871: One of America’s largest mass lynchings
In October 1871, 10% of the Chinese population in Los Angeles was wiped out in a senseless spasm of violence.
Angela Zhang on why the West should pay more attention to Chinese antitrust law
In this installment of China Book Chats, Christopher Marquis talks to Angela Zhang, author of ‘Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism,’ a book that delves into one of China’s underappreciated tools for countering Western sanctions: antitrust law.
China hosts separate phone calls with Israel and Palestine
Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated China’s calls for a cease-fire and a “two-state solution” during separate talks with his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts.
China releases green aviation plan but no net-zero emissions target date
China’s new plan to reduce carbon emissions from air transportation calls for the adoption of new technologies including electric planes and Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
Apple contractor Foxconn hit with tax and land-use probe in China
The Taiwanese government came to the defense of Foxconn, the company that makes most of the world’s iPhones, with some saying the move from Beijing constitutes election interference.
The China Agenda for October 22–29: Newsom to China and NPC legislative meeting
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of October 23–29.
