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China declares underage gaming ban effective, but report shows teenagers aren’t studying more. Here’s why.
Getting Chinese teenagers focused on studying and exercising seems to be an endless battle when there are so many entertaining things to do on screens.
China and Europe: a conversation with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times
In the emerging great power contest between the U.S. and China, European countries are generally siding with the U.S. But they’d rather not be forced to choose.
The monk vs. the tigers: A story of Chinese environmental change
A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking, but his results — at least for historians — tell us more about the region than we could have otherwise known.
GM China is going electric
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Wednesday November 23
Weltmeister: A cautionary tale of China’s electric vehicle industry
Making electric vehicles is an expensive and risky business. In a dire warning for China’s other EV manufacturers, time and money are fast running out at Weltmeister. Exploding cars didn’t help.
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, November 22, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Benefits for rank and file staff, and salary cuts for executives at ecommerce giant JD.com
China’s second biggest ecommerce platform, JD.com, is lowering compensation for top managers and creating an enormous benefits package for regular staff in an apparent bid to align itself with government policies. But the move will only add uncertainty to the prospects for tech firms in China, and around the world.
F1 season wraps up with next year’s China race in doubt
Meanwhile, the CBA has abandoned its plans to return to a home-and-away format for the rest of the season, and Dwight Howard dominated in his Taiwan debut.
Donkey quack medicine is a multibillion dollar business for Dong-E-E-Jiao. Can it last?
Since 2019, China’s largest producer of ejiao, which is made from donkey hides and is dependent on illicit supplies from Africa, has attempted to diversify its product range. The company now also produces bird nest products — an expensive delicacy made from swiftlet saliva — but that does not seem to be working out.
The end of silly electric car money?
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Tuesday November 22
Ceramic artist Stephanie Shih makes realistic food sculptures inspired by Asian foods
Stephanie Shih’s mouthwatering porcelain creations
Editor’s Note for Monday, November 21, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
COVID in China this week: Optimists buy shares, pessimists buy lockdown supplies
One day it’s fine and next it’s not. Will China’s COVID paranoia stay or will it go?
The tragic romance of China and Hollywood
Can a multi-billion-dollar relationship be restored after such a spectacular collapse?
After COVID, China’s pet economy is booming
The pandemic has been good for China’s pet industry: Single millennials, pensioners, and lonely people locked up at home have bought pets and are now spending a fortune on food, toys, grooming, photography, and even funerals.
Working for the government pays better
Business briefs from the Chinese media — Monday November 21
China relaxes health guidelines for tourism and entertainment industries, hinting at departure from zero-COVID policy
China has loosened COVID policies for entertainment venues and travel agencies, in a move that may pull the struggling live performance and tourism industries out of a deep slump.
The world is talking again — Editor’s Note for Friday, November 18, 2022
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘Every year, people come and go, but everything else stays the same’ — Phrase of the Week
Livestream sellers come and go in China’s cutthroat livestream ecommerce business, but everything else stays the same.
Is China losing GDP religion?
For the last four decades, the Chinese government has measured its performance almost religiously with one metric: GDP growth. But the GDP God is falling, and it’s not certain that the Deity of Security can replace it, argues Jeremy Wallace, author of the new book Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts.
