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In Depth: China’s Proposed New Curbs on Private Securities Funds Spark Controversy
Draft rules tightening control of fundraising, investment and management have triggered concerns they will constrain securities funds’ freedom to execute their investment strategies
Chinese jet carried out 'aggressive' maneuver near US military plane, Pentagon says
A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on Tuesday.
Malaysia finds 100 old artillery shells on Chinese barge, says it likely plundered WWII shipwrecks
Malaysia’s maritime agency says a detained Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in the South China Sea after discovering another 100 old artillery shells on it. Malaysian media reported that illegal salvage operators are believed to have targeted the HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, which were sunk in 1941 by Japanese torpedoes. Over 800 sailors perished, and the shipwrecks are designated war graves. The agency detained the barge on Sunday for anchoring without a permit. It found piles of scrap metal and an artillery shell believed to be from World War II. The agency said a thorough search Tuesday found another 100 artillery shells on the vessel.
China keeps pouring money into highways, railroads and airports
5-year plan calls for double-digit expansion of transport networks
WSJ News Exclusive | China, India Kick Out Nearly All of Each Other’s Journalists as Rivalry Escalates
Beijing and New Delhi have virtually wiped out mutual media access, deepening a rift between the two most populous nations.
Warm welcome for Shenzhou 16 crew at China’s Tiangong space station
Experienced commander Jing Haipeng leads two first-time astronauts in ambitious mission to carry out in-orbit tests and experiments.
Rights Group Backtracks on Report of Missing Uyghur Scholar
Amnesty International retracted its assertion that Abuduwaili Abudureheman had gone missing after traveling to Hong Kong.
Intel inside? Tests show Chinese firm’s ‘home-grown’ chip was a rebadged device
Microprocessor benchmark testing on the Geekbench platform found that Powerleader’s Powerstar chips were identical to Intel’s Core i3-10105 Comet Lake central processing unit.
China foreign minister meets with Elon Musk in Beijing
China will create a better market-oriented business environment for enterprises from all countries, including Tesla, China's foreign minister Qin Gang said during a meeting with Tesla's Elon Musk on Tuesday.
US experts joined review of Taiwan’s latest war games simulating PLA attack
Island’s defence ministry says the military experts observed the computerised drills and also took part in the review and assessment.
Glasses On, China’s First Civilian Astronaut Takes a Giant Leap
With the introduction of payload specialists, China has relaxed visual acuity requirements for space missions.
China, Zimbabwe seek stronger ties as Harare prepares for elections
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang pledges Beijing’s support for Zimbabwe to oppose ‘external interference and sanctions’.
Amnesty says ‘missing’ Uygur found in Seoul, Hong Kong demands apology
Organisation says it has spoken with Abuduwaili Abudureheman and understands he never travelled to Hong Kong, as was earlier claimed.
China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to Chinese space station - state media
China sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation on Tuesday in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021, state media reported.
Xi Jinping targets education in China’s drive for tech self-reliance
Education is an important support for achieving greater science and tech self-reliance and can enhance China’s soft power, president says.
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
Top U.S. and European Union officials meet in Sweden on Tuesday to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial intelligence and other future technology as well as EU complaints about Trump-era tariffs and U.S. green subsidies.
Editor’s note for Friday, February 4, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
A young hero takes on Tencent — phrase of the week
A young man called out Tencent for abusive work practices and became a hero on Chinese social media. Watch out for him, cautioned one commenter, using an old Cantonese saying.
China in therapy: How families in crisis will affect China’s future
China’s tumultuous recent past has had profound effects on Chinese family life that are going to change the country’s future.
In art as in life
The charming illustrations of Lli Yulong
China struggles to enforce for-profit tutoring ban
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Putin and Xi agree to ‘no limits’ partnership at Olympics
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agreed to a ‘no limits’ partnership in Beijing.
Team China’s athletes to watch at Beijing 2022
Eileen Gu leads the contingent, and may emerge from these Olympics as one of its biggest stars. But there are other athletes worth watching, too.
How Beijing sees the world: Contextualizing Chinese foreign policy
Review: “The World According To China” by Elizabeth Economy
Editor’s note for Thursday, February 3, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
India accuses China of politicizing Olympics with military commander torchbearer
On the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, India became the latest country to announce a diplomatic boycott of the ceremonies, citing the “regrettable” decision to pick a Chinese military commander from the recent India-China border clash as an Olympic torchbearer.
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.
How China’s laws and social credit system actually work, explained by Jeremy Daum
Jeremy Daum, a scholar of Chinese law who runs the China Law Translate website, appeared on the Sinica Podcast to discuss common misconceptions about legal systems in China.
New competition in China’s hip bar scene: COMMUNE raises funds to expand beyond 100 locations
COMMUNE, a trendy Chinese bar and restaurant chain, has nearly 100 locations across Beijing, Shanghai, and the country’s main provincial capitals. It has larger ambitions, and just raised “several hundred million yuan” to achieve them.
What Beijingers are expecting (or not) out of the Winter Olympics
Are people in Beijing excited about the city hosting the Winter Olympics? Our reporter hit the streets to find out.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, February 2, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Middle Eastern countries look to China for infrastructure funding, new technology
Countries in the Middle East, especially Iraq, are a new focus of investment under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a report out of Fudan University said today.
Five highlights from the 2022 Spring Festival Gala: From standup comedy to blessings from outer space
The annual television extravaganza that is China Central Television’s Spring Festival Gala is much derided — some call it a “craptacular.” But it is one of the most-watched TV shows on the planet. This year it featured American style standup comedy for the first time and a live feed from astronauts aboard China’s space station.
Beijing puts Chinese tech on display at Winter Olympics
From smart beds to catering robots, China has gone all out to show the world how far Chinese technology has progressed since the last Olympics in Beijing.
The Tatsu Maru incident in the waning years of the Qing
In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship’s captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic dispute that followed made international headlines.
‘Unprecedented hurdles’ for foreign journalists in China
The foreign press corp in China, still coping with the visa cancellations of early 2020, says that Beijing has only dialed up its harassment of journalists in China, including of Chinese staff at international news bureaus.
