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Rights group says Uyghur student it reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city
Amnesty International has acknowledged that a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged. The human rights group said last Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang in western China, had traveled to Hong Kong from South Korea to visit a friend and had not been heard from since he texted his friend about being questioned at the city’s airport. But Amnesty International said the student told the group on Tuesday that he did not travel to Hong Kong, The school where he studies in Seoul also said he is still in South Korea.
Hong Kong Lawmaker Regina Ip Calls for Public Not to Overreact to Cathay Pacific Incident
Chinese people from mainland and Hong Kong ‘should understand and tolerate each other,’ Executive Council Convenor Regina Ip says in social media post
China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030
China has launched a spacecraft carrying a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station. This comes as it plans to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China atop a Long March 2-F rocket at 9:31 a.m. Tuesday. The crew, including China's first civilian astronaut, will overlap briefly with three aboard the Tiangong station, who will then return to Earth after completing their six-month mission. China said Monday it plans to expand the space station and launch a crewed mission to the moon before 2030.
‘Challenged books’ swept off Hong Kong library shelves, but what about shops?
Post checks with 29 stores and finds books about Tiananmen Square crackdown are mostly gone.
A China tightrope reaching beyond the horizon
The golden days of NZ's relationship with the Asian superpower are over - and we need to get used to the new, more fraught reality.
How China is expanding its law enforcement activities across Africa
Beijing has signed public security and law enforcement agreements with some 40 African nations, according to report.
China says US must correct ‘mistaken actions’ before top defence chiefs meet
The US had proposed a meeting of defence chiefs Li Shangfu and Lloyd Austin at the Shangri-La Dialogue next week in Singapore.
Why did it take 15 years for China’s C919 to make its first commercial flight?
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) was formed in 2008 to develop the C919 narrow-body passenger jet, which completed its maiden commercial flight in May 2023.
China eyes 1-trillion-yuan output in civilian, non-power nuclear sector by 2025
China Nuclear Energy Association report outlines ambitions and hurdles facing an important driver of gross domestic product, with more innovation needed to bolster the nation’s self-reliance in nuclear technologies.
9,500 Hong Kong motorists sign up for scheme to drive in mainland China
Authorities have fixed quota of 200 cars per day in first week and 300 daily in second to ensure smooth start.
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses bid to terminate national security trial
A Hong Kong Court on Monday rejected an application to terminate a landmark national security trial against media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a case that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.
EU move to link Chinese relations to Ukraine war unfair, envoy says
Chinese ambassador to Brussels Fu Cong says new Russia sanctions that are expected to target Chinese companies lack evidence.
Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai's bid to terminate his national security trial
A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement. Jimmy Lai, the 75-year-old founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, faces up to life in prison if convicted under a Beijing-imposed national security law. His lawyers earlier filed an application to halt the trial, raising concerns that his case was being heard by three judges approved by the city’s leader, instead of a jury. When Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, it was promised that trials by jury would be maintained. A national security law imposed by Beijing allows no-jury trials for national security cases.
The Mystery of the Disappearing van Gogh
After a painting by the Dutch artist sold at auction, a movie producer claimed to be the owner. It later vanished from sight, with a trail leading to Caribbean tax havens and a jailed Chinese billionaire.
Cathay Pacific Fights to Emerge From the Long Shadow of Covid
Pandemic lockdowns, on the heels of the turmoil of pro-democracy protests, hurt an airline that relied on Hong Kong as a vibrant gateway to Asia.
China Announces Plan to Land Astronauts on Moon by 2030
The announcement formalized a timeline that Chinese scientists have set out before, as the United States and China ramp up competition in space.
Malaysia detains Chinese barge on suspicion of looting WWII British warship wrecks
Malaysia’s maritime agency says it has detained a Chinese-registered vessel on suspicion of looting two British warship wrecks in the South China Sea. It says it found a World War II-era cannon shell aboard the barge carrier. Malaysian media reported that illegal salvage operators were believed to have targeted the HMS Repulse and the HMS Prince of Wales, which were sunk in 1941 by Japanese torpedoes, days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. A total of 842 sailors perished, and the shipwrecks are designated war graves. Fishermen and divers alerted authorities after spotting a foreign vessel near the area last month. Britain’s National Museum of the Royal Navy last week said it was “distressed and concerned at the apparent vandalism for personal profit.”
Disturbing video of chained-up mother in rural China sparks outrage, calls for investigation
She seems unable to communicate and unable to give consent for anything, but she has eight children. What’s going on?
2022 The China Project Women’s Conference
The 2022 The China Project Women’s Conference will unite the women leading the two countries whose relationship will shape the modern world.
The rise of Chinese athleisure wear: Junyi raises millions to take on the world
Junyi, a Chinese cross-border sports retailer, recently bagged over $15 million in a funding round. Its subsidiary, Baleaf, is an athleisure company with zero indicators that it is a Chinese brand.
Inside the Olympic bubble at Beijing 2022
Much has been made about the Beijing Olympics organizing committee setting up a “closed loop” for the Games. What’s it really like? Our reporter reports from inside, where shuttle schedules are unreliable and hotel rooms are too hot. (The internet isn’t censored, at least.)
Editor’s note for Friday, January 28, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: China’s ambassador to the U.S., Qin Gang, warned Washington over Taiwan and defended Beijing’s policies in Xinjiang; Chinese regulators are seeking to allay international bankers’ fears, and separately, cracking down on deepfakes; companies are not going to boycott the Olympics.
The system has failed society’s most vulnerable — phrase of the week
Chinese internet users were full of sympathy for a migrant worker whose movements were made public for COVID contact tracing, and used a colloquial phrase to describe his plight.
Beijing 2022: China’s first steps to becoming a winter sports powerhouse
One week before the torch is lit at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Mark Dreyer reflects on what these Games will mean for China — both its athletes and its now-turbocharged winter sports industry.
Visual indigestion
The riotous canvases of Wang Ziping
China halts 60 IPOs amid accounting fraud cases
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‘Delicious Romance,’ with its women- and LGBTQ-driven stories, is a surprise hit in China
Not your typically shallow Chinese romance drama.
Editor’s note for Thursday, January 27, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Is the World Trade Organization back in play? The European Union launched a case against China at the WTO over Beijing’s trade pressure on Lithuania. Meanwhile, the trade body ruled in China’s favor in a decade-long dispute with the U.S. Separately, U.S. senators urged the Biden administration to act after a new report found that Chinese censorship had hurt companies like Google and Apple.
Beijing throws weight behind Moscow: China-Russia weekly update
China’s foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart that Russia has legitimate security concerns in Ukraine. But could a Putin military move delay an enormous Siberian gas pipeline deal?
The psychology of political discontent in China
As many as 8% of Chinese citizens will say on a survey that they are unhappy with the central government. What do they have in common? Rory Truex, a scholar at Princeton University, drew on extensive survey research to find some fascinating common threads in their personality traits.
Evergrande promises a restructuring plan in six months
After offshore bondholders threaten to take legal action, the indebted property developer finally promises a plan to restructure.
Why ecommerce livestreaming will survive Beijing’s crackdowns
China’s ecommerce livestreaming industry is now a mainstay in Chinese consumers’ lives. But the government’s latest scourge against celebrity influencers has thrown the booming ecosystem into uncharted territory.
‘Call me by my real name’: A court case begins over Taiwanese indigenous names
A court case that began this week in Taipei touches on the contradiction between Taiwan’s goal of creating a multicultural society and the entrenched structures of an overwhelmingly majority-Han society.
Chinese censors give ‘Fight Club’ new ending to make police win, angering fans and inspiring memes
Although there’s no evidence that the editing was ordered by Chinese authorities, many critics pinned the blame on the complex — and sometimes arbitrary — censorship rules in China, which discourage the release of cultural products with portrayals of nudity, violence, and other intense material.
China moves forward with gene-edited crops to boost food security, decrease foreign dependence
China is preparing to open up its farmland to genetically enhanced crops as one part of Beijing’s push for more advanced agriculture and self-sufficiency in food supply.
The death of woman Wang and the life of Jonathan Spence
An extraordinary book by an extraordinary historian.
China’s data legislation matures
Beijing has made it clear that data must be regulated. We take a closer look at two key pieces of recent legislation: the Personal Information Protection Law and Data Security Law.
