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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s half-trillion-dollar opportunity
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange used to lean on its finance and banking sector, but political turmoil has forced it to change. The exchange may have found salvation in China’s tech giants that seek refuge as they scurry away from America.
CEO Webinar: China Tech and the Environment with Ying Wu
On July 29th Ying Wu shared with us the most recent updates in Chinese tech
China’s fashion progressives: 8 brands hitting society’s core notes
“Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.” —Diana Vreeland
The Emperor investigates soulstealing
“Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768,” by the late Philip A. Kuhn, tells of a hoax gone wrong in the spring of 1768. The Qianlong emperor, believing that rumors of witchcraft were an existential threat to his rule, ordered his bureaucrats to root out sorcerers using any means possible. Much torture and death ensued.
China overtakes U.S. in companies on Fortune Global 500
China is the new center of giant for-profit enterprises, according to the new Fortune Global 500 ranking published by the eponymous magazine. For the first time since the annual ranking began in 1990, more revenue-leading companies hail from China and Hong Kong than from the U.S.
U.S. health chief’s historic visit to Taiwan rattles Beijing
The highest-level U.S. official visit to Taiwan in four decades gave Taiwan a moment in the spotlight as U.S.-China relations worsen.
Recycled used clothing — business is booming
Riches from rags: There are profits to be made in the new business of recycling and reselling secondhand clothes in China.
Balenciaga accused of insulting Chinese people’s taste with ‘tacky’ and ‘offensive’ ads
Balenciaga, the luxury fashion brand founded in 1917 and known today for over-the-top, designs that cause online controversies, has yet again caused a major stir on the Chinese internet because of a new collection.
Gansu by motorbike: Deserts, Buddhist art, and the Great Wall
A motorbike trip across the Hexi Corridor — across mountains, grasslands, and deserts — through one of China’s most diverse provinces.
When China and America worked together…to build a hospital?
In 1835, an American missionary and a Chinese merchant opened the first permanent Western-style hospital in China, curing thousands of people of various ailments and diseases — and even blindness, if you believe the reports.
Chinese international students feel unwanted in the U.S. — and back home
Facing unprecedented Sinophobia in the U.S. and a president who antagonizes them, Chinese international students have been trying to find ways to return to China. But people there haven’t been exactly welcoming, either.
Editor’s note for Monday, August 10, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Police arrest media baron Jimmy Lai in a ‘direct assault on Hong Kong’s press freedom’
Hong Kong’s most outspoken pro-democracy tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was arrested on charges related to the city’s new national security law imposed by Beijing. About 200 police officers also conducted an unprecedented raid of Lai’s news outlet, Apple Daily.
Censors say no suicide on China’s leading online literature site
While some of the red lines are well known, other subjects that were once safe for discussion are suddenly targeted by the authorities. Descriptions of suicide appear to be the latest inclusion on the censor’s list.
Guangdong survives Beijing’s best shot, advances to CBA finals
The Beijing Ducks, in their best two-out-of-three series in the CBA semifinals, managed to snap the Guangdong Southern Tigers’ winning streak at 31 games. The teams’ three games all came down to the wire.
‘The Bad Kids’: iQIYI’s refreshing, violent web series
Or: The story of how “Shall we go hiking together?” became a meme and a euphemism for murder.
Editor’s note for Friday, August 7, 2020
A note from today’s editor of the The China Project Access newsletter.
After TikTok, Trump moves to attack WeChat. What’s next?
President Trump signed two executive orders, one reiterating that he wants TikTok banned (unless Microsoft buys it), and another launching a new attack against WeChat. Depending on how the WeChat order is implemented, it could have massive implications for the parent company, Tencent, and the future of the internet.
U.S. announces sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam
The United States has announced sanctions on 11 senior Hong Kong officials for their involvement in implementing the new national security law imposed by Beijing, and other repressive measures in the city.
