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Washington wants to completely cut Huawei off from U.S. suppliers
The U.S. is cracking down even harder on Huawei, and is heading towards a total ban on allowing American suppliers to sell to the embattled Chinese telecom giant.
China is losing Europe’s east to Taiwan
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Czech President-Elect Petr Pavel had a cordial phone chat Monday, underscoring China’s waning influence in a region that was once under Beijing’s spell. Meanwhile, Taiwanese diplomacy is quietly making its biggest post-Cold War gains, with ties between Kyiv and Taipei increasingly warm.
Editor’s note for January 31, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Japan and the Netherlands join U.S. chip curbs to China
The trilateral agreement will deal yet another blow to China’s ability to access and produce advanced semiconductors. But Beijing is already up and running in the race to make chips at home.
Editor’s note for January 30, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for January 26, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for January 20, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for January 18, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China hits COVID peak, but Lunar New Year travel may cause a new wave
China’s health ministry announced that the number of critical COVID patients has already peaked, but official data has yet to mollify public concerns about the swell of anticipated infections over the Lunar New Year holiday.
Editor’s note for January 18, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China slaps 18-year prison sentence on Macau’s ‘Junket King’
Alvin Chau, the 48-year-old former chair of Suncity Group, has been found guilty in a case centered around hundreds of billions worth of illegal bets. His high-profile case is the latest move in Beijing’s crackdown on Macau’s once-lucrative gambling industry.
‘A drunkard drinks not for the liquor ’— Phrase of the Week
State giants China Post and Sinopec, as well as sports brands Li Ning and Anta, are crossing over into China’s ‘hot’ coffee sector. But their motivations are very different from those of Starbucks and Luckin.
Is the Turkish government going to stand up for Uyghurs, or will economic interests win out?
As Turkey heads into an election season, officials are promising that the country will not extradite Uyghurs to China. Can they be trusted?
Islamic State suicide attack at Afghan Foreign Ministry kills five when Chinese delegation was supposed to visit
A suicide bombing outside the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul has left at least five dead and scores wounded. It hasn’t even been a month since the Islamic State launched a similar attack targeting Chinese nationals at a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital.
Philippines voids joint oil exploration pact with China
A mere week after a friendly visit to Beijing by the Philippine president, the country’s Supreme Court brought the gavel down on an “unconstitutional” 2005 pact with China and Vietnam to explore oil in the disputed South China Sea. The waters have only gotten murkier.
Editor’s note for January 10, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Chinese companies have broke ground on a new oil field in East Africa
A joint venture between two Chinese state-owned companies recently began development of a new oil field in Uganda, as Beijing seeks to diversify its oil imports through a massive pipeline that goes from the Congo border to the Indian Ocean.
Announcing Paul French’s Ultimate China Bookshelf
The China Project is delighted to announce a new regular feature by Paul French: The Ultimate China Bookshelf.
Jack Ma will no longer pull the strings at Ant
Billionaire Jack Ma will no longer control fintech powerhouse Ant Group, and a senior official says China’s tech crackdown has ended. These are signs that the ‘previous era of breakneck growth is over,’ Martin Chorzempa, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told The China Project.
