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China will no longer publish (bad) youth unemployment data
Drastically worsening youth unemployment numbers in China have caused the government to temporarily — or perhaps permanently — stop their publication.
Where is Xi Jinping?
Phil Cunningham watches China’s prime-time news program on state broadcaster CCTV every night and writes caustic commentary about the personality cult about China’s leader that makes up most of the news. For some reason, Xi has not appeared on the show in more than two weeks, and it makes for a refreshing change.
BLA militants attack convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan
A convoy of Chinese engineers working on the Beijing-funded Gwadar Port were ambushed with bombs and gunfire in Pakistan. Militants from local separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) have since claimed responsibility for the attack.
How to read the People’s Daily: Q&A with Manoj Kewalramani
Manoj Kewalramani is an Indian researcher whose interpretations of the People’s Daily, the flagship propaganda broadsheet of the Chinese Communist Party, provide a daily guide to how China leaders are thinking. He is also one of the most perspicacious observers of India-China relations.
‘Massive catastrophe’ — Phrase of the Week
Storm Doksuri has brought devastating rains and floods to a small city southwest of Beijing.
Uyghur dentist held hostage in Xinjiang as his wife and daughter wait in vain in the U.S.
Ablimit Abliz, a dentist in Ürümqi, has not been accused of any crime, but the government won’t let him leave or speak freely to his wife, Adalet Sabit, who lives in Virginia. Their case is far from unique.
China’s exports and foreign direct investment plunge
New trade numbers are gloomy: China exports and imports are down, and foreign investors are staying away, according to statistics released today.
How East Asia is transitioning into a green economy — China Book Chat
East Asian countries like China, Korea, and Japan have significant green ambitions, and while their strategies may appear different at first glance, a closer study reveals sophisticated similarities in their race to transition into an eco-friendly economy.
This week on TikTok: Typhoon hits Beijing, China’s internet restrictions, and pickleball
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.
What does ‘trauma’ mean? A chat about the Cultural Revolution with author Tania Branigan
From 2007 to 2015, she covered breaking news from Beijing for the Guardian newspaper. Then she went home to the U.K., and wrote a book about the Cultural Revolution and its lingering effects, which are still felt in China today.
Uyghur artist turned journalist paints to process painful news of his homeland
Mamatjan Juma is the deputy director of the Uyghur Service of Radio Free Asia. He is also an accomplished painter.
Political turmoil, separatist violence threaten China’s investments in Pakistan
China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng is in Pakistan talking up cooperation. But Pakistan’s fragile government in Islamabad also has to deal with local resentments at Beijing’s massive infrastructure projects, and its own complicated relationship with Washington.
The Chinese government wants to limit screen time for kids
The Cyberspace Administration of China’s latest regulations want to co-opt parents into cutting down on their children’s time online. But this will cut into the bottom lines of China’s tech giants, too.
Eating watermelon with Wu Guoguang — a summer seminar in China watching
A scholar of elite Chinese politics examines the various theories and rumors about the disappearance of the former foreign minister.
A purge at the highest ranks of China’s missile forces
Unexplained personnel changes at the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force seem to confirm rumors of a purge of corrupt generals.
G7 climate diplomacy — sweet words, but just debt and delays for the Global South
Geopolitics dominates the rhetoric on climate change in Washington D.C., but the developing world needs renewable energy, not debt and lectures on what a baddie China is.
Martin Dimitrov on ‘Dictatorship and Information’ and how the CCP stays in power
A scholar of communist and post-communist regimes talks to Christopher Marquis about his latest book.
This week on TikTok: A volleyball team’s tragedy, China’s anti-corruption efforts, and naturalized athletes
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.
American soul singer and Turkish poet release song to protest Uyghur suffering
Della Miles starred in Michael Jackson’s “Sisterella” and sang backup for Whitney Houston. Now she hopes the song “East Turkistan” will stir listeners to action.
China and South Korea: Beijing balks at the new global order
South Korea’s conservative president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is bolstering the alliance with America and embracing Japan despite Seoul’s historic disputes with Tokyo. These moves aren’t winning him friends in China.
