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China is pouring huge investments into water conservation and hydropower
A total of 748 billion yuan was devoted to water conservation in the first half of the year, while China Yangtze Power leads the hydropower charge.
Job discrimination against recovered COVID patients leaves migrant workers homeless in Shanghai
An increasing number of migrant workers in Shanghai are falling through the cracks due to discriminatory labor practices against job seekers with a history of COVID-19. Their invisible hardship is the subject of a viral article that has sparked outrage on Chinese social media.
Editor’s Note for Monday, July 11, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Another protest erupts over the billion-dollar bank fraud in Henan
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Zhengzhou branch of China’s central bank to demand access to their savings, which have been frozen for months in a banking fraud worth billions.
Chinese soccer announces end of COVID bubbles
The Chinese Super League is scheduled to resume on August 5, with the newly-promoted Wuhan Three Towns topping the league. Wuhan has shocked everyone so far, and is the only undefeated side this season.
In Taiwan, Shinzo Abe remembered as a friend
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a vocal supporter of Taiwan and helped strengthen Japan-Taiwan relations. His death on Friday was officially mourned at the highest levels of Taiwan’s government.
China’s battered airlines are still losing billions, but there may be some hope next year
Summer flight bookings are up and travel restrictions have been reduced, but China’s airlines are getting ready for the full recovery yet to come.
Has Putin caught a spy ring tied to China?
Shanghai’s COVID outbreak, U.S. trade enticements, and Russia’s sanctions on Kazakh oil (again) weigh on Beijing’s willingness to defy Western sanctions, while Russia publicized the arrest of a Chinese spy ring in Novosibirsk.
‘Really annoying’ — phrase of the week
A decade-long online prank involving fake historical accounts of Russian history was unearthed on Chinese social media. For many internet users, the hoax got under their skin.
China’s box office is making a comeback
With government subsidies and an easing of pandemic restrictions, China’s movie theaters are hoping for a bumper summer box office.
Five classics that defined celebrated screenwriter Ni Kuang
Hong Kong author and screenwriter Ni Kuang was famed for his wuxia and science fiction adventures. His influence also extends to the film industry, where he contributed to some of the most well-known martial arts flicks of the era.
China’s new aircraft carrier and espionage in the internet age — Q&A with former Australian intelligence analyst Sam Roggeveen
The cloak and dagger business isn’t what it used to be, and China’s Type 003 carrier isn’t going to fight any big wars: These are some takeaways from my chat with Sam Rogeveen, a former top spy for America’s staunch southern ally.
China courts the Philippines and Thailand
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has left on a few high notes from his visits to Thailand and the Philippines, as he seeks out stronger ties on his five-nation tour in Southeast Asia.
Editor’s Note for Thursday, July 7, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘Asiatics,’ ‘Orientals,’ and the origins of COVID-19
COVID origins theories, from the “wet market” to the “lab leak,” illustrate how an old racial form gave way to a new one that reflects anxiety over Asians as hyperproductive, robotic, and technologically advanced.
IPO fever in Beijing with record-high listings in June
The Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) now hosts 100 companies, mostly SMEs in strategic industries, with many more IPOs to come.
The G7’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment will commit $600 billion to global infrastructure over the next five years. But beyond infrastructural development, the project has just as much of an ideological mission: to counter China’s clout.
The global semiconductor industry is interconnected, like it or not
The global production of semiconductors will be interdependent for at least the next decade. China and the U.S. may want chip self-sufficiency, but neither will be able to achieve that anytime soon.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Has the U.S. added a chip on China’s shoulder, or a leg up?
Beijing has hit back at U.S. efforts to restrict global chipmaking technology to China, but it might only boost its growing industry.
