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India's Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree on efforts to de-escalate border tensions
India’s prime minister and China’s leader have agreed to intensify efforts to de-escalate tensions at the disputed border between them and bring home thousands of their troops deployed there.
Analysis: Stimulus or bust: Investors staying out of China until the spending starts
Global investors fleeing China have one simple message for the country's leadership: put prudence aside for a short while, and start spending big.
Escape China by Jet Ski? A Dissident Is Said to Have Planned It for Years
Officials in South Korea aren’t saying who crossed 200 miles of ocean to reach its shores. But people who know Kwon Pyong say it wasn’t his first audacious move.
BRICS invites 6 countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran into group
Counterweight to West sought among countries of Global South
Taiwan President Requests Another Jump in Military Spending to Deter China
Tsai Ing-wen proposed the second-largest military budget increase in a decade, though some analysts said it is still not enough.
TikTok Shop on Track to Lose More Than $500 Million in U.S. This Year
The cost of TikTok’s online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up. TikTok Shop, the app’s nascent shopping service, is expected to lose more than $500 million in the U.S. this year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The loss reflects TikTok’s heavy ...
To Stop Teen From Moving Out, Chongqing Mom Flees With School Papers
The woman was opposed to her daughter studying in Beijing. She returned 11 days later after fortunetellers assured her that the move would prove auspicious for her daughter.
Chinese Consumer Backlash Beckons as Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater
The move to release nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is likely to hit Japanese-related businesses in China hard, from restaurants to cosmetics.
China to expand GM corn and soybeans trials, seeks to dispel safety concerns
Hebei, Jilin, Sichuan, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia will play a role in expanding a trial of genetically modified (GM) corn and soybeans amid China’s increased focus on food security.
China’s new accounting rules on data to have ‘greater impact’ on Big Tech firms
The new rules, which will take effect on January 1, mark Beijing’s latest initiative to advance the development of the nation’s digital economy.
Foreign investors' China share sales hit record amid property woes
Banks flag worsening nonperforming loans in earnings
China-based neutrino experiment recognised with prestigious physics award
Decade-long Daya Bay project receives 2023 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize from the European Physical Society.
China Casts CIA as Villain in New Anti-Spying Push
The state-security ministry is accusing two Chinese citizens of spying for the U.S. as espionage fears grip both countries.
China Bans Japanese Seafood as Nuclear Wastewater Released
Japan started the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean in a process that could last about 30 years, triggering an immediate retaliation by China to curb seafood imports.
Fed up young workers in China turn resignation into celebration
Young workers in China are organising parties to celebrate leaving a job in which friends erect banners praising their decision to resign and offer best wishes for the future.
Beijing plans to kick off second phase of Universal Resort within 3 years, Beijing Daily reports
Beijing plans to kick off building the second phase of Universal Resort within three years, Beijing Daily reported Thursday, citing an action plan to push for high-quality development of China's capital from 2023 to 2025.
Hong Kong economic woes continue as exports fall for 15th month in a row
Contraction in trade with mainland China, the United States and Europe all stay on downward trend.
Xi in whirlwind of meetings with Global South leaders on Brics sidelines
Chinese president offers support to Cuban counterpart in ‘defending national sovereignty, opposing external interference’ and blockade on the country.
Malaysia’s China conundrum
A trip to China by Malaysia’s new prime minister may bear a lot of economic fruit, but Kuala Lumpur will have to navigate Beijing’s growing tensions with the U.S. and shared territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Editor’s note for April 4, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Lee Lee paints hazy moments of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong-based artist paints works suffused with a hazy light that seems to surround the viewer, drawing them into a perfect, half-lit moment.
Chinese table tennis star accused of using sex tapes to pay off gambling debt
Sports celebrity Zhang Jike has been dumped by brands over accusations of sharing intimate videos featuring his ex-girlfriend without permission.
High-level talks between China and Japan, but no results
China and Japan are talking again, but relations will probably deteriorate over Beijing’s growing military presence in disputed territories, Tokyo’s crackdown on advanced chipmaking gear, and a detained Japanese businessman.
Editor’s note for April 3, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
The questionable ‘Chinese-ness’ of Chinese sci-fi | The Signal with Lizzi Lee
Emily Jin is an East Asian language and literature Ph.D. candidate at Yale working as a translator of Chinese sci-fi. Her most recent English-to-Chinese translation, “The Search for Philip K. Dick,” the first biography of Philip K. Dick in Chinese, was published in July 2020 by Eight Light Minutes.
China’s techno-natural utopia: A deep dive into Xiong’an
Xiong’an New Area (雄安新区 Xióng’ān Xīnqū) is a development hub in Hebei province, announced on April 1, 2017, and is currently home to multiple state-owned enterprises, research facilities, and government offices. At the six-year anniversary of its founding, we take a closer look at this centrally-planned city.
From Prince Harry to Harry Potter in China — Q&A with publishing veteran Jo Lusby
Jo Lusby manages intellectual property for foreign books, games, and other creative products in China and is a keen observer of what people in China want to read, listen to, watch, and play.
‘Kong Yiji literature’ — Phrase of the Week
A literary character from the early 20th century is a metaphor for how some young graduates seeking employment in China feel today.
Two billion eyes and a billion wallets: Short video ecommerce is thriving in China
TikTok’s potential death throes in DC were live streamed across the world last week, but China’s domestic short video platform ecosystem is in rude health, buffed up by live streaming ecommerce.
Editor’s note for March 31, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
This week on TikTok: China’s auto price war, Taiwan, and the RESTRICT Act
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.
China ramps up its efforts to shape a multipolar world
Beijing’s recent mediation of global conflicts is part of a broader strategy to chip away at U.S. hegemony. It just might work.
Did a famous Chinese writer’s anti-medicine bias result in his son’s death?
Renowned Chinese author Ma Yuan has been the talk of social media this week, as his preference for “natural remedies” may have prevented his son from receiving life-saving heart treatment.
Honduras breaks ties with Taiwan as Tsai visits the neighborhood
On March 26, the Central American country Honduras became the latest nation to abandon Taiwan to establish diplomatic ties with China. Three days later, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen got on a plane bound for Guatemala and Belize.
U.S. Select Committee holds session on ‘The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide’
A new bipartisan U.S. committee held its second meeting to hear testimony from Uyghur survivors of internment camps and expert witnesses. Nobody minced their words.
