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Tutoring crackdown: Beijing steps in to broker refunds on behalf of parents
After Beijing banned for-profit tutoring, parents asked for their money back. Now the government is stepping in to ensure they can actually get it.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, October 13, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Lots of noises about Taiwan, including accusations of American “salami slicing” from Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Lè Yùchéng 乐玉成 and “war porn” illustrations from the Global Times.
A shared spreadsheet reveals working hours at China’s biggest internet companies
Chinese tech companies are notorious for their punishing work schedules that often mean 12 hours a day at the office, six days a week. Since 2019, there has been a growing clamor from tech staff to cut their work time, but it does not seem to have worked, judging from a new crowdsourced survey.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, October 12, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xi Jinping dials in to a UN meeting on biodiversity and announces major initiatives, including the establishment of China’s first batch of national parks; Harvard’s Chinese language program has relocated from Beijing to Taipei.
Shanxi floods leave dozens dead, 120,000 displaced, and hundreds of cultural relics damaged
Another deadly deluge has hit a Chinese province, three months after the Henan floods. At least 29 have died and hundreds of “immovable cultural relics” have been damaged in the flooding in Shanxi.
Hong Kong outlaws upskirt photos and deepfake pornography
Perpetrators of upskirt photography in Hong Kong’s public places have long been able to escape the law because there was not a suitable criminal charge victims or police could press. That has changed with the passage of a new law that criminalizes all non consensual intimate photography as well as deepfake porn.
After video game ban, Chinese kids turn to Douyin and livestreaming gamers
The Chinese government has restricted under 18s to only three hours of video games per week, and gaming companies are enforcing the rules. So instead of playing games, kids are watching other people play them.
Editor’s note for Monday, October 11, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The AP reports that “Beijing is slackening its grip on Xinjiang after a brutal mass detention campaign, but fear remains pervasive.”
Tsai Ing-wen pledges to uphold Taiwan-China status quo amid ‘unprecedented challenges’
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Chinese leader Xi Jinping both gave speeches over the weekend that addressed the future of Taiwan. Xi described “Taiwan independence” as a “grave hidden danger” to his future plans, while Tsai insisted, “nobody can force Taiwan to take the path China has laid out for us.”
Tutoring crackdown: Parents and employees line up outside OneSmart, demand repayment
Another Chinese for-profit after-school tutoring company is in trouble after Beijing’s blanket ban on the industry.
Foreign athletes arrive in Beijing for Olympics test events
Meanwhile: Wu Lei’s 95th-minute goal gives China 3-2 win over Vietnam in crucial World Cup qualifier.
Editor’s note for Friday, October 8, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Japan has an aircraft carrier again; police arrest journalist Luo Changping after he questions China’s role in the Korean War; new draft regulations reiterate media ownership restrictions; India and China had a minor border face-off.
U.S. troops in Taiwan: Biden administration reveals small training group present ‘for at least a year’
A contingent of about two dozen U.S. troops have been conducting training in Taiwan in secret for over a year, the Biden administration revealed publicly for the first time via a Wall Street Journal report.
Hunan county implores local women to stay and marry as rural bachelor crisis worsens
A rural county in Hunan Province has made a plan to encourage local women to stay in the area and look for love amongst its many bachelors. But commenters are worried that the authorities could eventually restrict women’s ability to move away.
Mainland China invasion? Taiwan residents aren’t worried
Taiwan’s Minister of National Defense, Chiu Kuo-cheng, recently warned that China will have the capability to invade Taiwan by 2025. But everyday people don’t seem worried.
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden to meet later this year
The news of an expected virtual meeting came on the same day as a six-hour in-person meeting in Zurich between top U.S. and Chinese officials, after which both sides released statements assuring the world that they are being responsible.
No more graveyard loans: Beijing wants everybody to quit bingeing on debt
In a statement yesterday, China’s banking regulator urged more funding to coal mines and plants to tackle energy shortages, but also made an unrelated but important demand to reduce excessive loans. A few peculiar types of loans were specifically named, including “graveyard loans,” to pay for a deceased relative’s burial site.
Explaining China’s surge in warplane activity in the Taiwanese ‘air defense zone’
Some are alarmed by the number of Chinese military planes that flew near Taiwan over the weekend. But Taiwan’s ADIZ (air defense identification zone) is not the same as its sovereign airspace: there have been no PLA jets over Taiwanese land, a fact that has been lost in some of the breathier news coverage.
Drones fall from the sky during failed performance in Zhengzhou
Flashy drone light shows have replaced fireworks and created a new market for nighttime advertising in the sky, but it can be scary when the drones malfunction.
Editor’s note for Monday, October 4, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: China’s only politician named in Pandora Papers leak; anti-corruption cases proceed against Fu Zhenghua, Sun Lijun, and Ling Xiao.