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Google’s Secret China Project “Effectively Ended” After Internal Confrontation
Google reassigned several groups of engineers away from a planned censored search engine after a rift over its use of real internet queries in China for testing.
Why China’s electric-car industry is leaving Detroit, Japan, and Germany in the dust
China was no good at cars. Then EVs came along.
Israel reviews deal as US ponders port under Chinese control
SIPG’s deal to transform a Mediterranean port and acquire control for 25 years prompts US pressure on Israeli government and announcement of a review.
Beijing ‘to do everything it can’ over four jailed for life in Philippines
Secretary for Security John Lee says he asked the central government to pay special attention to the case, with officials ‘very receptive’ to his concerns.
Yuan Mu, Chinese government’s Tiananmen spokesman, dies
The official gained international notoriety following his defence of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Chinese capital in June 1989.
Deputy head of Chinese shipbuilder sacked and expelled from party
Graft-buster finds Sun Bo guilty of trading power for financial gain and taking bribes, but sources say he was investigated for passing information about China’s first aircraft carrier to foreign intelligence agents.
Chinese start-ups turn to Southeast Asia in trade war, NYSE exec says
‘Southeast Asia is one of those areas where it has been explored before, but now there is that new focus,’ says Betty Liu, executive vice-chairwoman at NYSE. A shift would challenge US markets to draw more companies from China, which has become a growth engine.
The Sino-Russian energy alliance?
Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline negotiations reach the end stages, maybe
Uyghurs Moved to Hide Mass Detentions
International media has already reported that Uyghurs are being transferred to other provinces. Bitter Winter has uncovered further details about the movement.
Building China: How "Big Hats" Came to Dominate Chinese Architecture
How an unholy union of Western and Chinese architecture became a common feature across China's cities, from the 1930s to the present day
America, China and the art of confrontation
Beijing needs to grasp that there has been a profound bipartisan shift in US thinking
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'A piece of intellectual property': Chinese dog owner clones pooch
Juice is a 30-centimetre-tall canine wonder who has starred in dozens of Chinese film and television productions. As he gets older and his illustrious career peaks, his Beijing-based master has one wish for the mutt — to live on. Maybe forever.
Don’t Count on the China Put
China’s leaders are gathering in Beijing to set economic priorities for the coming year. The likely fiscal stimulus probably won’t give a lasting boost to industry and commodities.
China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check
As part of “stability maintenance,” people the state considers troublemakers may be sent to jail—or sent on vacation.
Four Chinese activists shave heads to protest 'persecution' of husbands
The wives of four of China's most prominent rights lawyers and activists shaved their heads on Monday in protest over what they called the "persecution" of their husbands by the government.
China’s corruption watchdog takes down self-styled Mao-tai liquor mogul
Fifty bottles of spirits at US$188 a time each month were the start of a liquor business for Guizhou party official who became target for anti-graft investigators.
As trade war bites, China advisers recommend lowering 2019 growth target
China should lower next year's growth target to 6.0-6.5 percent as headwinds including a trade dispute with the United States increases risks for the economy, according to government advisers' recommendations to top leaders who will meet to map out the 2019 economic agenda.
Meng Lang, Poet Who Promoted Dissident Writers, Dies at 57 (Published 2018)
Mr. Meng co-founded the Independent Chinese PEN Center, a nonprofit organization formed in 2011 to promote freedom of expression and publication.
Is Bollywood losing its sheen in China?
Indian film disappointments seem to be increasingly common in China this year
