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Alibaba Stock Rises As China Concludes Probe Of Affiliate Ant Group
Chinese authorities on Friday ended a yearslong investigation of fintech company Ant Group, an affiliate of e-commerce leader Alibaba.
‘What’s the Name of the Plane? The People’s Republic of China’
The first high-profile departure from China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says it is dominated by CCP operatives and Beijing’s foreign-policy objectives.
China ends Ant Group's regulatory revamp with nearly $1 billion fine
Chinese authorities announced on Friday a 7.12 billion yuan ($984 million) fine for Ant Group, ending a years-long regulatory overhaul of the fintech company and marking a key step to concluding a crackdown on the country's internet sector.
Tesla, BYD Call Truce In EV Price War; ARK Dumps More TSLA Stock
Tesla, BYD and other Chinese EV makers signed a pact not to engage in abnormal pricing, but the deal didn't do anything for TSLA stock.
Factbox: Companies respond to China's curbs on gallium and germanium exports
China said on July 3 it would restrict exports of two metals used in semiconductors and electric vehicles, escalating a technology war with the United States and potentially causing more disruption to global supply chains.
Death of Coco Lee Triggers Public Discussion on Depression in China
Fans have found it difficult to process the sudden death of a pop star who has long been famous for her bubbly and outgoing public persona.
No need to panic: investors reassured central bank has tools to support yuan
Commentary in the central bank-backed Financial News said China’s economic recovery will continue to improve and yuan-denominated assets remain attractive.
What to expect from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen landed in Beijing on Thursday for a four-day visit to China, and she is set to meet senior officials to ‘work together to address global challenges’ during her first official visit.
US's Yellen lands in China, hopes to thaw icy relations
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world's two largest economies, despite low expectations on both sides.
Challenging the stigma associated with single mothers in China
Chinese influencers are redefining what a family looks like
China’s Communist Party is tightening its grip in businesses
Foreign investors are worried
Hong Kong slashes number of directly elected council seats
Hong Kong's legislature unanimously voted on Thursday to overhaul district-level elections by drastically reducing the number of directly elected seats, which critics said would further shrink democratic freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.
Hong Kong puts a price on the heads of democracy activists
And sends a terrible message to the people and businesses it is trying woo back
China's Xi tells military to deepen war, combat planning, Xinhua reports
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the military to deepen war and combat planning to increase the chances of victory in actual combat, Xinhua news agency said, renewing his call to troops to safeguard China's sovereignty and territory.
U.S. and China Look to Repair Ties, Again
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing as Washington and Beijing trade new export restrictions.
The 9-dash line, the Barbie movie, and media failures
Recently there's been a lot of traffic on China Twitter pillorying Hollywood for allegedly repeating Chinese propaganda talking points by reproducing the infamous 9-dash line (which outlines China's nebulous claims to a large swathe of the South China Sea
China’s message to the global south
A new propaganda push: “universal values” are a form of racism
Hong Kong police arrest fifth suspect in clamp-down on pro-democracy activists
Police in Hong Kong arrested a man on Thursday suspected of links to pro-democracy activists based abroad, picking him up at the city's international airport a day after arresting four others for various national security offences.
China’s light industry rules the world but has few global brands
China is a light industry colossus, but why does it have so few global brands? A new government plan wants to change that.
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, August 9, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China schmoozes Bangladesh, but not everything is copacetic
China’s globe-trotting foreign minister is on the road, as he always is. His last stop was Bangladesh, where he thanked the country for its support of Beijing’s position on Taiwan.
Why are Taiwanese people just chilling as the missiles fly? — Q&A with William Yang
Everybody seems to be talking about war as China ramps up its rhetoric and its live-fire military exercises in the seas and skies around Taiwan. But not so much the Taiwanese. I asked journalist and president of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents Club William Yang: What is the rest of the world getting wrong?
Fish out of water
The bittersweet memories of artist Sun Keqin
Oscar’s China departure is symbolic end to Chinese Super League’s star signings
Oscar, the former Chelsea midfielder, has returned to Brazil from Shanghai Port, where he played for more than five years. He isn’t the only foreign soccer star who’s left China in recent months.
Industrial robots have taken over China’s warehouses and factories, but China can’t yet make their components
New energy industries are leading a big demand for industrial robots in China, but the high-precision components still have to be imported.
China extends military drills around Taiwan
Beijing has announced it will carry out more drills in the waters surrounding Taiwan a day after they were scheduled to end, as tensions rise in the Taiwan Strait.
Editor’s Note for Monday, August 8, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
View from Taiwan: Life goes on as tensions escalate following Pelosi visit
Taiwan experts and officials have refrained from calling the recent tensions a “crisis.” “There’s apparently an overreaction by the foreign media and also by policy experts in the U.S.,” one Taipei-based political scientist said. “In Taiwan, people just don’t see it as a very severe crisis right now.”
8 exciting new coffee shops in Shanghai, China’s java capital
Shanghai is a city that likes its coffee. From fashionable cafes to serious roasters, hundreds of new spots have sprung up this year, pushing the local coffee scene to a new level of vibrancy. Here are eight standouts.
What does the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps do, aside from forced labor?
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) stands accused of widespread human rights abuses in Xinjiang, but its operations are fundamental to Beijing’s economic plans for the region.
Wu Lei to return to China as Oscar looks to move home
Meanwhile: Former England international Ollie Phillips takes over China’s rugby program.
A very unstable new baseline — Editor’s note for Friday, August 5, 2022
A note for Weekly newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
New Zealand’s China quandary — Q&A with Jason Young
What to do about China? That’s a question heard almost daily by Jason Young, who heads up New Zealand’s most important center of China studies as the island nation balances between the enormous economic benefits and the real potential for everything to go wrong in its relationship with the Asian giant.
‘Those who play with fire perish by it’ — Phrase of the Week
As tensions in the Taiwan Strait and between the U.S. and China ratchet up, the language used by Chinese officials is becoming more colorful and bellicose.
Beijing imposes eight countermeasures and sanctions Pelosi over visit to Taiwan
China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is likely to go on for a long time, in many different areas. Aside from live fire military drills around Taiwan, Beijing has announced the suspension of a variety of dialogues with the U.S.
Jeep shuts China factory as decoupling continues
It’s not yet a headlong rush, but Western firms are quietly pulling out of China. Jeep, one of the earliest American companies to set up shop in the country, is closing its last factory there.
‘Demon stock’ AMTD Digital had a blistering but brief rally on the NYSE
An obscure Hong Kong financial services company and its controversial founder caused an uproar on Wall Street this week after its stock shot up 14,000%. Can it possibly be legit?
China’s radically transformed tutoring market, one year after crackdown
A year after Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on China’s for-profit online tutoring companies, New Oriental Education, TAL, and Gaotu Techedu remain the market leaders, but they — and their competitors — are scrambling to adapt in the new environment.
