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In China, longer maternity leave is a tough sell
New policies aimed at encouraging childbirth include longer mandated maternity leave, but many women aren’t happy.
Why China is genuinely worried about AUKUS
The three-nation AUKUS security pact, which includes an American and British commitment to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, is the latest step in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China. It has sowed a genuine sense of fear in Beijing of things to come.
Jamie Dimon eats humble pie for Thanksgiving
Jamie Dimon, head of the bank JP Morgan Chase, with a net worth of $1.9 billion, flew last week into Hong Kong, where the government allowed him to stay for a few days without any quarantine measures because of his economic importance to the region’s economy.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 23, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Controversy on U.S. college campuses in the aftermath of the killing of Dennis Zheng (郑少雄 Zhèng Shǎoxióng) in Chicago; Beijing continues to assure the outside world that Péng Shuài 彭帅 is fine, even as she remains a non-person on the Chinese internet.
Beijing is targeting Taiwanese companies with links to Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party
Taiwanese conglomerate Far Eastern Group (FEG) was recently fined in mainland China for problems such as “fire safety,” but the real problem appears to be politics: FEG is linked to officials in Taiwan that Beijing considers to be “‘Taiwan independence’ stubborn elements,” whose “affiliates and financial backers must be punished.”
Editor’s note for Monday, November 22, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: There are many reasons why Peng Shuai’s story has become perhaps the most highly-reported China story of 2021.
China’s birth rate drops to levels not seen since 1978. Experts say the worst is yet to come.
Despite Beijing’s efforts to alleviate a baby bust, Chinese people stubbornly seem to want fewer marriages and fewer babies. The gravity of the situation is starkly illustrated in China’s latest statistical yearbook.
Blinken downplays China competition on Africa tour
“We don’t want to make you choose” between the U.S. and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a three-nation tour in Africa, playing down the zero-sum messaging of his predecessors. But with mixed signals from elsewhere in the U.S. government, will African countries take up Blinken’s offer of deeper partnership?
Peng Shuai tells IOC she’s fine, but doubts remain
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) issued a statement that said the recent videos “don’t alleviate or address the WTA’s concern about her wellbeing and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion.”
Editor’s note for Friday, November 19, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Women’s Tennis Association threatens to pull out of China if Peng Shuai’s safety is not assured and her sexual assault accusation is not taken seriously; a prominent virologist changes his mind about the COVID-19 “lab leak” theory, now concludes the virus began to spread at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market; U.S. intelligence claims that China is seeking to build a military facility in the United Arab Emirates; Lithuania allows Taiwan to open a de facto embassy, incurring Beijing’s wrath.
Editor’s note for Thursday, November 18, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Women’s Tennis Association continues its support of Peng Shuai amid her apparent disappearance; the CCP’s third “historical resolution” means a more assertive and paranoid China.
Sports stars tweet support for disappeared tennis champion Peng Shuai after #MeToo allegations against retired Party official
Today, global furor grew about the apparent disappearance of a Chinese champion tennis player after she made #MeToo allegations against a retired senior official.
Biden-Xi meeting aftermath: A prisoner swap, and a search for ‘strategic stability’
Three major outcomes of the Biden-Xi meeting are becoming clearer: A journalist visa thaw, nuclear-arms talks of some type, and an apparent prisoner swap involving China lifting an exit ban on one American, while seven Chinese citizens were deported from the U.S.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing looks set to relax rules on GMOs; China remains the top source of international students in the U.S.
Naomi Osaka speaks out on Peng Shuai’s disappearance, a situation that China is allegedly unaware of
A Chinese tennis star made explosive #MeToo allegations against a former senior government official. Now she has disappeared and the global tennis community is talking about it, but the Chinese government is denying knowledge of the matter.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 16, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: the Communist Party’s third historical resolution was finally released, and it glorifies Xi Jinping as expected.
Biden-Xi meeting: No breakthrough, but a possible journalist visa thaw
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s virtual meeting yesterday evening appears to have been relatively friendly and promises more stability for the U.S.-China relationship. There were no breakthroughs, but Chinese media reported that an agreement had been reached to issue journalist visas, starting with the U.S. side.
China hails country’s first Formula One driver, Zhou Guanyu
China’s first driver in the world’s most famous car race series has been signed by Alfa Romeo, and Chinese F1 fans are delighted.
Editor’s note for Monday, November 15, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Expectations are low for the Xi-Biden virtual meeting; a Chinese citizen journalist uploads a YouTube video of buildings in Xinjiang that appear to be detention facilities; Malaysian hip hop singer Namewee appears on Taiwanese state media Taiwan Plus to talk about his hit satirical ballad about over-sensitive Chinese nationalists, “Fragile.”
COP26 agrees on ‘phase-down’ of coal after last-minute deal between U.S., China, EU, and India
The COP26 “Glasgow Climate Pact” is the first climate summit agreement to explicitly mention fossil fuel reduction — though a “phase-out” of coal was watered down to “phase-down” at the last minute, at the behest of China and India.
