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Lithium mine auctions in China's Sichuan draw thousands of high bids
Two lithium mine auctions in China's southwestern Sichuan province that began this week have received nearly 7,000 bids, with prices hundreds of times higher than starting levels and rising as of Thursday, a provincial government body said.
"They disappeared": China flood victims criticise government response
Last week, the city of Zhuozhou was devastated by the worst floods to hit northern China in living memory. Today, residents are asking why the local government didn't do more to help them.
Family seek Hong Kong police help over alleged assault of boy at learning centre
Student left with detached retina with a 180-degree tear and advised to undergo two operations after alleged assault at learning centre.
Analysis: Biden's China tech curbs to keep investors sidelined, fearing more steps
President Joe Biden's move to prohibit some U.S. technology investments in China is expected to keep investors on the sidelines, concerned that tougher measures are ahead as tensions simmer between the world's two biggest economies.
China is losing Europe’s east to Taiwan
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Czech President-Elect Petr Pavel had a cordial phone chat Monday, underscoring China’s waning influence in a region that was once under Beijing’s spell. Meanwhile, Taiwanese diplomacy is quietly making its biggest post-Cold War gains, with ties between Kyiv and Taipei increasingly warm.
Editor’s note for January 31, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Congming’s cinematic world of cartoonish violence
Coffins and angels, blood and weapons, stuffed animals and school uniforms. These images all live comfortably together across congming’s wild body of work.
Chinese consumers spent big over Spring Festival but can it last?
After three barren years, tourist sites and restaurants were packed over the Chinese New Year holiday. But now that the Year of the Rabbit has begun, consumption-led growth will depend on getting people to part with their savings and live a little.
PMI back in the black, bad year for Huayi Brothers, airline losses, new energy investment
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Tuesday January 31
The world according to Lu Xinghua, China’s renegade philosopher
Lu Xinghua is the sort of individual who complicates the outside world’s vision of China. He is a man of contradictions, an intellectual with brazen ideas who is disconnected from both mainstream politics and popular dissent.
Japan and the Netherlands join U.S. chip curbs to China
The trilateral agreement will deal yet another blow to China’s ability to access and produce advanced semiconductors. But Beijing is already up and running in the race to make chips at home.
Life after Tsai: The state of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party
Two months after President Tsai Ing-wen’s resignation as chairperson, what do we know about the future of Taiwan’s ruling party?
Editor’s note for January 30, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
BYD’s staggering forecast, SOE profits, provincial GDP targets, smartphone sales, Jinko Solar
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Monday January 30
Can Chinese discount ecommerce firm Temu charm America?
Pinduoduo is China’s king of low cost ecommerce. Four months ago it launched Temu, a similar service for the American market. How sustainable is the new startup?
China’s EV-making machine | Live with Lizzi Lee
Tu Le, managing director of Sino Adult Insights, talks about the rise of the Chinese EV industry, BYD’s glowing success, and EV trends to watch out for in 2023.
‘A bumping porcelain piggyback scam’ — Phrase of the Week
A new ride-hailing app piggybacked on the name of the official app promoting ‘Xi Jinping thought’ in a publicity stunt. It backfired.
On Jiang Zemin and inter-Party struggle, Willy Wo-Lap Lam’s book remains a gold standard
‘The Era of Jiang Zemin’ is dense with detail, built up from a wide range of interviews with Chinese executives, officials, academics, diplomats, and businesspeople. In that sense, the book itself was a product of a more open political system under Jiang.
This week on TikTok: The new space race and Blizzard-NetEase fallout
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First Chinese IPO in the U.S. this year, domestic tourism, electric buses
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Friday January 27
China’s COVID-killing machine craze
In order not to get COVID (again), some people will buy almost any product that claims to kill the virus or that can prevent infection.
Editor’s note for January 27, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
The Uyghur Tribunal one year on: Has anything changed?
One year has passed since a panel of ordinary citizens in the U.K. declared a genocide to be unfolding in the Uyghur homeland, but much of the world still has to act on its implications.
