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Editor’s Note for Thursday, June 30, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Xi Jinping is in Hong Kong
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is visiting Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the handover — his first trip to the city since the anti-government protests that began in 2019 and his first appearance outside the mainland in over two years.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, June 29, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Xi will attend Hong Kong’s handover, but not the press
Hong Kong authorities have barred at least 13 journalists working for local and international news outlets from covering official events for the 25th anniversary of the handover this week, in a surprise to none.
‘Dare not, cannot, want not’: New regulations for dealing with the old problem of family corruption
With new regulations aimed at corruption that runs in the families of Party members, Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has taken on an old and familiar foe.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, May 25, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s Note for Monday, May 23, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Xi’s “little giants” are prospering on the Beijing Stock Exchange but they have a problem
China wants SMEs to invigorate the economy, and the plan seems to be working, according to the country’s newest stock exchange. But will smaller companies be able to withstand the supply chain shocks of the age of COVID?
Editor’s Note for Thursday, April 21, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘Ugh, here we are’ — Q&A with Geremie Barmé
We talked to renowned scholar Geremie R. Barmé about Shanghai under lockdown, Xi Jinping’s “empire of tedium,” nationalist thugs, and much more.
Xi, Zelenskyy weigh bilateral phone call
With the Russo-Ukrainian War entering its next phase, Beijing is considering its options and pursuing its own interests on an issue-by-issue basis.
China-Russia relations have ‘withstood the new test’ as Beijing’s balancing act continues
While China maintains a strategic friendliness with Russia and shared antipathy for the U.S.-dominated world order, Chinese companies have recently shown extreme caution in maintaining sanctions compliance. What is Beijing’s next move?
Biden and Xi have a “constructive” chat — Editor’s Note for Friday, March 18, 2022
A note for readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: President Joe Biden and General Secretary Xi Jinping had a video meeting, and Ukraine was at the top of the agenda.
Stability takes the spotlight at China’s ‘Two Sessions’
China is hosting its “Two Sessions,” the nation’s biggest annual political gathering. Throughout the long list of issues on the central government’s agenda, stability emerges as the guiding principle.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, February 23, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing stands firmly by Russia over Ukraine, and some words from Ambassador Winston Lord, who there with Nixon and Mao when they met 50 years ago.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Hong Kong is more and more a part of China, except when it comes to the city’s outbreak of COVID-19.
China is stepping up its agritech industry
China doesn’t want to depend on other nations for food security. Cue big investments in agriculture technologies.
The results of the Xi-Putin Olympic lovefest — China-Russia weekly update
Beijing and Moscow have affirmed their close ties, but China seems to be leaving itself wiggle room in its communications about the meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Putin and Xi agree to ‘no limits’ partnership at Olympics
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agreed to a ‘no limits’ partnership in Beijing.
The ‘Winter Olympics Pact’ between Moscow and Beijing
This week in the China-Russia weekly update: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are going to schmooze in Beijing, and more.
