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China’s new National Data Bureau: what it is and what it is not
China will establish a National Data Bureau to centrally manage data resources across the country and a Central Commission on Technology to speed up indigenous innovation efforts. Here’s what you need to know about these two new organizations.
Generation Carpe Diem: Older Chinese adopt ‘seize the day’ mentality in a post-COVID-zero world
A long-standing stereotype about China’s Silver Economy consumer is someone who is frugal, inactive, and busy looking after their grandchildren. But the three-year pandemic has been a catalyst for many Chinese seniors to ‘treat themselves,’ embrace a fun-oriented lifestyle, and spend more.
Does the Capvision raid signal a crackdown on consultancies in China? The China Project’s CEO Bob Guterma, formerly of Capvision, weighs in
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser is joined by The China Project’s CEO Bob Guterma, who just so happens to have served at Chief Compliance Officer (and later Managing Director for Europe and the U.S.) for the expert network Capvision.
U.S.-China self-driving trucking company Tusimple is in turmoil
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Friday March 17
Temu vs Shein: Which platform will rule the ecommerce world?
China is the world leader in online retail, and its ecommerce firms are venturing out into the world. As two major firms battle it out on the global stage, what are the stakes, and how will ecommerce competition within China affect their performance?
‘Tenacious like bamboo’ — Phrase of the Week
A 300-year old poem captures the essence of a new phrase used by Xi Jinping during the “Two Sessions.”
Editor’s note for March 17, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Embracing feminism and discussing queer issues in Chinese college classrooms — Q&A with Lin Song
A conversation with Lin Song, a Chinese scholar with a PhD in gender studies who currently teaches at a Chinese college. Song said he was surprised by how much interest his students have in discussing feminism and queer-related topics.
This week on TikTok: China’s diplomacy in the Middle East and the arrest of Guo Wengui
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.
Xi Jinping’s search for legitimacy: Decode Beijing’s law-and-order strategy | The Signal with Lizzi Lee
Taisu Zhang is a professor of law at Yale University, known for his recent work on the expansion of the Chinese administrative state down to the subdistrict and neighborhood level along with Beijing’s shift from “performance legitimacy” as the foundation of political rule, and more toward legality.
For all its acclaim, ‘The Wandering Earth 2’ fails its women characters
“The Wandering Earth 2” has achieved commercial and critical success in China, but audiences have found good reasons to complain about this sci-fi blockbuster.
Baidu launches ChatGPT service but no one likes it
Ernie Bot, the highly-anticipated AI-powered chatbot developed by Chinese tech company Baidu, was launched today. Nobody was impressed.
Inside China’s lead and zinc mine in Balochistan, Pakistan
A Chinese state-owned company has controlled a lead and zinc mine in Duddar in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province since 2014. The mine gives steady work to some locals, paying around $100 a month, which is good for the impoverished area. Other residents just feel exploited.
Uyghur women have been disproportionately singled out for abuse in Xinjiang
March 8 is International Women’s Day and the month of March is Women’s History Month. But there’s been nothing for Uyghur and other Muslim women to celebrate in Xinjiang.
The CCP’s search for legitimacy in legality
This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes Taisu Zhang, professor of law at Yale University, who discusses his recent work on the expansion of the administrative state down to the subdistrict and neighborhood level — changes that are far-reaching, and likely permanent along with Beijing’s shift from “performance legitimacy” as the foundation of political rule, and more toward legality — not to be confused with the rule of law.
Editor’s note for March 16, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Negotiating with the party-state: Q&A with veteran banker Weijian Shan
Weijian Shan is a longtime China investor based in Hong Kong. We discussed his recent book about taking control and turning around a Chinese bank.
Shanghai through the eyes of one of Japan’s best writers
Japanese critics regarded Riichi Yokomitsu as the best of his generation. His novel “Shanghai,” published in 1928, depicts a melting pot where cultures mixed and ideas were exchanged — including, yes, between the Chinese and Japanese.
