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282 articles matching the search query.
Editor’s note for March 14, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China’s ‘Two Sessions’ ends with Xi in charge and Li in second
Xi Jinping was unanimously sworn into his third term as China’s president. Some are hoping that his second-in-command, the man in charge of leading the economy, might counterbalance some of Xi’s more extreme political tendencies.
The Iran-Saudi deal brokered by China
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for March 10, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
This week on TikTok: Xinjiang’s basketball struggles and North Korea’s tumultuous relationship with China
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China pushes for self-sufficiency at the Two Sessions
Chinese leaders are proposing all sorts of strategies to bring Xi’s self-sufficiency drive to life, including a sweeping overhaul of key ministries.
Editor’s note for March 9, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for March 8, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for March 7, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
It’s complicated: China and North Korea’s difficult relationship
Kim Jong-un regards Xi Jinping as Asia’s other supreme leader. But North Korea’s nuclear weapons pose as much of a threat to China as they do to countries like the U.S. and South Korea.
China’s Two Sessions targets: A modernized military, economic recovery, and key technologies
Thousands of China’s top officials have convened in Beijing for the largest political gatherings of the year. While they’re mostly ceremonial, the ‘Two Sessions’ will outline Beijing’s most important political agendas for the year to come.
Editor’s note for March 6, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
What to expect from this year’s Two Sessions
Xi Jinping’s most loyal supporters will move into key roles. Some will be tasked with reviving the economy, and investors are hoping for sunny growth targets. Are Xi’s men up for the responsibility?
Editor’s note for March 3, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for February 14, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Xi doubles down on ‘Chinese-style modernization’
China’s past successes and future prosperity will ‘dispel the myth that modernization is equal to Westernization,’ Xi Jinping has declared.
The Bizarro worlds of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
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.
‘Out with the old and in with the new’ — Phrase of the Week
Xi Jinping marked the start of 2023 with an idiom that traditionally ushers in the Chinese New Year.
Editor’s note for January 5, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.