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Cover Story: Anti-Corruption Storm Sweeps China’s Health-Care Industry
Bribery and kickbacks thrive in a setting where doctors are underpaid, hospital finances are under pressure and suppliers spend vast amounts to compete for sales, experts say
China’s property sector faces reckoning amid Country Garden, Sino-Ocean woes
Country Garden’s shares slip to a historical low after the company suspends trading of at least 10 onshore bonds.
As a Taiwanese Presidential Contender Visits U.S., He Tries to Walk a Fine Line
An outspoken critic of Beijing, Lai Ching-te aims to reassure voters and Washington that he will be a safe pair of hands if elected.
China pushes ‘party-to-party’ diplomacy as it seeks bigger role in Middle East
Party-to-party diplomacy in Middle East can help China export its governance system and gain support on sensitive matters, observers say.
China criticizes visit of 'troublemaker' Taiwan VP to US
China called Taiwan Vice President William Lai, a separatist and "troublemaker through and through".
Death toll from mudslide in China's Xian rises to 21
The death toll from a mudslide in China's northwestern city of Xian has risen to 21, with six people still missing, the city's emergency management authority said on Sunday, as China grapples with unusually high summer rainfall.
China State Council issues guidelines in bid to increase foreign investment
China's State Council issued guidelines on Sunday that it said would further optimize the country's foreign investment environment and attract more foreign investment.
AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai
The Associated Press got a rare glimpse of jailed publisher and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.
China's Inner Mongolia reports two cases of bubonic plague
China's northern region of Inner Mongolia reported two cases of bubonic plague on Saturday, following a previous infection that was detected on Aug. 7, the local government said.
China cultivates transactional Taliban ties as Afghan regime turns 2
Investments aim to leave West 'little space,' push Kabul to contain militants
Taiwan vice president stops over in New York on way to Paraguay
Taiwan Vice President William Lai arrived in New York on Saturday at the start of a sensitive U.S. stopover, which China has condemned and Taiwanese officials fear could prompt more Chinese military activity around the democratically governed island.
‘The first Chinese chief in Africa’, but does he wield any real influence?
Former teacher turned Nigeria-based hotelier Hu Jieguo was the first of a growing number of Chinese awarded chieftaincy in Africa. We investigate how much power they actually have.
Foreign investment in China falls to lowest level on record
Decoupling and doubts about Beijing's openness spook overseas companies
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CPI lower than expected, Provincial budget revenues, Carbon footprint database
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Friday February 10
Biotech could be next for the U.S.-China breakup
The U.S. has begun boosting its own pharma capabilities to reduce dependence on China, and has sanctioned Chinese firms over bioethical concerns. A new Congressional commission may recommend further measures — but it would likely come back to bite American industry.
Making movies in Macau: Q&A with Hong Heng Fai, director of ‘Kissing the Ground You Walked On’
Hong Heng Fai is a Macanese actor-turned-director whose feature debut just screened at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam. We discussed how his acting experience influences his filmmaking and the current state of the Macanese film industry.
The U.S. wants to stop American companies from funding advanced technology in China
The Biden administration is working on a set of rules that would restrict investments that U.S. firms can make in cutting edge technologies in China. But will it backfire?
Australian coal arrives at China’s doorstep, while Britain defends a potential meeting with the governor of Xinjiang
News briefing for February 7, 2023
U.K. court throws out Uyghur forced labor lawsuit but plaintiffs call the judgment an ‘important vindication’
Activists and a former victim of internment and forced labor sued the British government for failing to act on reports of forced labor in cotton supply chains. They lost the case, but say the wording of the judgment was an “important vindication” for persecuted Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities.
Key issues in U.S.-China business relations in 2023: How to de-risk without decoupling
This week on China Corner Office, Chris Marquis talks to Craig Allen, President of the US-China Business Council (USCBC), about the future outlook of different business sectors in 2023, in part based on his visit to China in late 2022.
Editor’s note for February 9, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘A Dictionary of Maqiao’ dissects the Cultural Revolution with humor and wit
Han Shaogong’s novel is a collection of vignettes written by a sent-down youth during the Cultural Revolution. As Kirkus Reviews says, “The result is a subtle and smashingly effective critique of the futility of totalitarian efforts to suppress language and thought.”
Xiaomi, ByteDance, and JD.com all doing AI chatbots, SAIC Motor, Auto spare parts exports
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Thursday February 9
Big box stores are dying and Carrefour China is on its last legs
Shelves are empty, staff are leaving, and Carrefour’s China operations — sold in 2019 by the French retail giant to Chinese white goods conglomerate Suning.com — is ready to breathe its last in China after 28 years. Blame ecommerce and COVID.
Xi on ‘China-style modernization,’ China ramps up economic ties with Russia and Brazil, and offers aid to earthquake-hit Syria
News briefing for February 8, 2023
Xi doubles down on ‘Chinese-style modernization’
China’s past successes and future prosperity will ‘dispel the myth that modernization is equal to Westernization,’ Xi Jinping has declared.
A closer look at ‘balloon-gate’
Gerard DiPippo, a senior fellow with the Economics Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, talks about “Balloon-gate” and what it could mean for U.S.-China relations.
The Bizarro worlds of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
CCCC’s massive new contracts, Alibaba gets into AI chatbots, BTR’s battery billions
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Wednesday February 8
Baidu launches Ernie Bot amid ChatGPT hype
Cost concerns, U.S. technology export controls, and Chinese government censorship are just some of the factors that will determine the fate of China’s own fleet of chatbots to rival ChatGPT.
The birth of pinyin
On February 11, 1958, the People’s Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet. The move was revolutionary.
