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A Porsche kitchen knife and Ferrari trench coat confuse the Chinese internet
Prestigious car manufacturers are turning to homewares and fashion to give loyal customers a chance to not only drive their vehicles, but live in their image, too. But the trend isn’t sitting well with many Chinese internet users.
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, October 18, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China’s consul general in Manchester accused of violence against protester, but Beijing blames ‘troublemakers’
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin slammed demonstrators for ‘illegally entering’ the Chinese consulate in Manchester, while Consul General Zheng Xiyuan has been accused of being involved in the violence as British police investigate the incident.
What does it mean to belong?
The idea of a shared identity for Asian Americans meant to encapsulate the experiences of millions of people with very different ties to countries and cultures can feel aspirational at best and essentializing at worst. What shared interests bind refugees struggling to make a home in a new country with people, and their families, who have lived in the United States for generations?
Beijing’s favorite Bolshevik
In this excerpt from
Destination Peking, abridged and lightly edited for The China Project, author Paul French introduces us to Lev Karakhan, a Bolshevik whose work as the Soviet Union’s first ambassador to China earned him the trust of the early Chinese republic’s most powerful leaders.
Eccentric panels
Karmarket’s off-the-wall comic art
The dawn of the vanadium battery age in China
New energy has a new darling: vanadium flow batteries. Although they are still too bulky for electric vehicles, China has announced several vanadium power generation and storage projects.
Trust me, the economy is doing just fine!
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
The 20th Communist Party Congress begins in Beijing
Xi addressed some hot-button issues in his opening speech: COVID zero isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, tough talk on Taiwan, and Hong Kong’s return from “chaos.” But don’t ask about the economy — the GDP report has been delayed until an unknown date.
Jeremy Lin has shaky debut with new Chinese team
Meanwhile, Stephon Marbury, who is coaching the Beijing Royal Fighters, has his team out to a strong 3-1 start.
China’s secondhand car market is about to take off
A vast number of used cars are coming on the market. With China’s economy slowing down and consumers watching their budgets, secondhand car sales are set to boom.
Who will call the shots in China? | Live with Lizzi Lee
Cheng Li, director of the John Thornton China Center and a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at Brookings, breaks down the leadership lineup at the 20th Party Congress.
No, China isn’t throwing the doors open again — Editor’s note for Friday, October 14, 2022
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Chinese whispers heard in London — Q&A with Cindy Yu
Cindy Yu is the broadcast editor of the London-based Spectator magazine, one of the U.K.’s most venerable current affairs publications. We chatted about her work there, the beginning and end of the Sino-British ‘golden era,’ drinking culture, and much more.
‘Hex technology’ — Phrase of the Week
Hex tech is a gaming term that means a fusion of magic and technology. But on Chinese social media, people are using it to criticize a soy sauce company for using artificial additives.
An overview of the Chinese economy at the 20th Party Congress
The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party begins in Beijing on Sunday. If Xi Jinping is handed a report with some highlights on the state of China’s economy, here’s what he might read.
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