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China universities waste millions in research, fail to produce, audit finds
A review by the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region found that an alarming number of colleges are underproducing, and a professor says it’s because China’s higher-level research system is flawed.
Two US lawmakers raise security concerns about Chinese cellular modules
Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to address questions about potential security concerns involving cellular modules made by Chinese companies including Quectel and Fibocom Wireless .
Reservations over China’s plan for private sector to kick-start economy
Despite top entrepreneurs’ chorus of support for 31-point action plan from Beijing, smaller business owners are ‘not sure it will make any difference’.
Announcing Paul French’s Ultimate China Bookshelf
The China Project is delighted to announce a new regular feature by Paul French: The Ultimate China Bookshelf.
Chinese ceramic artist contemplates permanence and loss through delicate pottery
Peng’s ceramics are delicate and fine, only a few millimeters thick. His bowls possess a lightness or airy quality that seems to lift them off the ground—an effect he often achieves by combining a flared rim with a narrow base.
Renewables in the news
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Tuesday January 10
With the price of silicon dropping, China’s solar energy industry is set for another record-breaking year
After years of continuous increases, silicon prices in China have started to fall due to overcapacity, and this is likely to contribute to an expansion of China’s photovoltaic industry in 2023.
Editor’s note for January 9, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Jack Ma will no longer pull the strings at Ant
Billionaire Jack Ma will no longer control fintech powerhouse Ant Group, and a senior official says China’s tech crackdown has ended. These are signs that the ‘previous era of breakneck growth is over,’ Martin Chorzempa, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told The China Project.
Women’s Tennis Association demands meeting with Peng Shuai
The WTA has told sports authorities a private meeting with Peng Shuai — the tennis star who largely disappeared from the public after she accused a senior official of sexual assault — is a precondition for tennis matches to resume in China.
Protests in Henan over fireworks ban and in Chongqing over unpaid wages
A province wide fireworks ban led to tensions with Henan residents as the country celebrates its first Chinese New Year after the lifting of the COVID-zero policy, and discontent is brewing elsewhere.
The rush for civil servant jobs
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Monday January 9
The tech crackdown is officially over
A high ranking official has officially declared the more than two-year tech crackdown to be officially over, and it ended — as it began — with Ant Group.
Chinese women’s struggle to cope with domestic violence in the U.S.
They came here wishing for a “happily-ever-after.” That’s not what happened. Junyao Yang talked to survivors of intimate partner abuse in the U.S. to learn about their struggles for safety in a strange land.
Is the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act working?
Half a year after Washington enacted a set of laws intended to prevent products of coerced labor from entering the U.S. market, supply chains in the solar power and apparel industries are snarled up, but it’s uncertain if the Uyghurs themselves have seen any benefit.
COVID theater and COVID consequences
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘Out with the old and in with the new’ — Phrase of the Week
Xi Jinping marked the start of 2023 with an idiom that traditionally ushers in the Chinese New Year.
‘Old Town Girls’: A melancholy neo-noir set in southern China’s rust belt
Inspired by true events, first-time writer-director Shen Yu tells a tragic tale of adolescent innocence and the underbelly of Chinese society.
Chinese video-streaming company Leshi gives staff a short work week
A struggling but famous Chinese internet company with only 400 employees has taken the lead in introducing a 4.5 work week for employees. Is it just hype, or will others in the industry follow suit?
6.5 million EVs sold in China in 2022
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Friday January 6
A Chinese-run gold mine in Balochistan is making millions, but the locals aren’t getting any of it
Local discontent in Balochistan, Pakistan, is rising as the people who live around a gold and copper mine at Saindak feel excluded from the riches coming out of the ground.
Clay Baldo is no stranger to China
Clay Baldo, creator and host of the Strangers in China podcast, talks about the third season on the chaotic Shanghai lockdown of 2022.
Editor’s note for January 5, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.