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As China's unemployed flock to gig driving, cities impose limits
Post-COVID manufacturing job boom fails to materialize, creating a glut of drivers
China Draws Russia Closer While Pushing Ukraine Peace Plan
The two powers moved to solidify their partnership with high-level meetings, a departure from recent efforts by Beijing to play down its alignment with Moscow.
Sichuan and Chongqing Collaborate on Financial Regulatory and Justice
The Chongqing Office of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission announced its cooperation with Sichuan Office and Chengdu-Chongqing Financial Court, exploring a new collaboration mode between financial regulation and justice on May 22.
Majority of Parents Stressed Over Children’s Education: New Survey
The survey showed that a staggering 92% of the 535 parents said they had experienced emotional breakdowns due to their children’s education.
Panasonic puts high priority on China despite supply chain risks
China remains a high-priority market for Panasonic even as geopolitics have highlighted the need for robust supply chains elsewhere, the Japanese group's chief executive said.
Exclusive: Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China
The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile technology experts, stands accused of betraying secrets to China, two people familiar with the case told Reuters.
BeiGene to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences - BeiGene (NASDAQ:BGNE)
BeiGene (NASDAQ:BGNE, HKEX: 06160, SSE: 688235)), a global biotechnology company, today announced that the Company will participate in fireside chats at two upcoming investor conferences: TD Cowen 4th Annual Oncology
China raises supply chain concerns as the Netherlands prepares chip curbs
Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged his visiting Dutch counterpart to ensure ‘fairer’ access to semiconductor technology.
China-Russia trade has ‘plateaued’ despite ‘unprecedented high level’ relations
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday, expects bilateral trade to reach US$200 billion in 2023, but analysts have warned room for growth in energy shipments could be limited.
China deploys three 'navigation' beacons in the South China Sea
China deployed three navigation beacons around the contested Spratly islands of the South China Sea, following similar marker placements by the Philippines earlier this month, as both sides try to fortify their claims to the area.
Factbox: US-China tensions intensify over tech to Taiwan flashpoints
A U.S. lawmaker's demand for trade curbs on a Chinese memory chipmaker in response to China calling products from Micron Technology a national security risk is the latest escalation of tension between the big powers.
China’s Qin Gang calls for UN ‘objectivity’ in face of G7 nuke pressure
Chinese foreign minister urges nuclear watchdog chief to resist efforts to undermine international cooperation.
Czech foreign minister calls for more united EU-US approach to China
Jan Lipavsky intervenes in Europe debate to remind bloc that it needs Washington’s cooperation more than Beijing’s.
China prioritising Turkmenistan over Russia in next big pipeline project
China is accelerating the building of a long-delayed Central Asian pipeline to source gas from Turkmenistan even as Russia pushes its own new Siberian connection, as Beijing juggles its energy security needs with diplomatic priorities.
China may be withholding dialogue as ‘bartering chip’: US commander
US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral John Aquilino tells New York forum he is ‘ready and willing’ to meet counterparts.
U.S. and China See Fragile Opportunity to Repair Ties
A first test is a cabinet-level meeting in Washington between Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao.
Chinese Supermarket Chains Hit Speed Bumps in Post-Pandemic Recovery
First-quarter sales decline for seven of the 14 publicly traded supermarket chains, and four of them operate in the red
What does Beijing want with its new rare earth mega-giant?
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Editor’s note for Wednesday, December 22, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China contemplates better laws to promote gender equality, but remains hostile to ‘radical’ feminist campaigns
New draft laws intended to protect women’s rights at home, in the workplace, and on the internet, have brought good news at the end of a bad year for feminists in China, but the men who run the government really don’t want anyone telling them what to do.
The China Project 2022 Red Paper
We all read the headlines, but what really happened in China in 2021? And what’s on deck for 2022? This is our annual guide to the China issues we all need to know about.
The birth of China’s most famous beer
For well over a century, beer has been an important part of the identity of Qingdao, China. But the history of the city’s namesake Tsingtao brewery, with its roots in European colonialism, does not follow a straight line from 1904 till now.
Can vocational education help China navigate out of the middle-income trap?
At the heart of vocational education reform is also a grand experiment in social engineering.
Are Taiwan Inc. and Japan Inc. giving up on China?
Taiwanese and Japanese companies invested in China within months of Deng Xiaoping taking power. But the political and business environment is changing.
Is 2022 the year of the ‘lazy economy’ and ‘internet cakes’?
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Editor’s note for Monday, December 20, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Wall Street Journal has a report on the U.S. Justice Department’s deeply flawed China Initiative, focusing on MIT nanotechnology professor Chen Gang and others who have come under scrutiny for allegedly failing to disclose China ties.
Peng Shuai retracts previous claims of sexual assault, but concerned parties are not convinced
In the latest development on Peng Shuai’s saga, the Chinese tennis player, whose account of sexual assault by a retired Party official had ignited weeks of international uproar, told a Singaporean newspaper that the controversy was a result of a misunderstanding. But her retraction of previous claims doesn’t seem to hold much sway with people concerned about her safety and well-being.
Hong Kong and Taiwan both vote, in very different ways, with very different results
Voters in Hong Kong and Taiwan went to the polls over the weekend, but the circumstances couldn’t be more different. Beijing released a white paper that talked glowingly about “universal suffrage” as the goal in Hong Kong, but included caveats that make clear it does not see the natural progression of democracy in the city as being anything like Taiwan’s experience.
DJI and the battle over data
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China Sports Insider podcast
If it’s about sports and there’s a China angle, we’ll talk about it on the China Sports Insider podcast. Click here to check out the newest show on the Sinica Podcast Network.
‘Beyond Shang-Chi’: Panel discussion on superheroes, masculinity, and Asian American representation
“At whatever point people want to contribute to the conversation and to the elevation, I think there are many moving parts. And that’s I think, again, that’s exciting. Because if you don’t want to be in front of a camera and you don’t want to work for a studio, there’s a lot of other things that people can do to move that needle. I call upon everybody to do that. We do need all hands on deck in my opinion,” says Minji Chang, actor, producer, and entrepreneur.
Editor’s note for Friday, December 17, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Taiwan’s four referendum results could raise even more questions about the future of DPP and KMT parties
Taiwanese voters are heading to the polls on December 18 to vote on four measures, mostly dealing with economic issues such as pork imports and the construction of a natural gas terminal. But with Taiwan’s two major political parties being intensely polarized around the referendum, much more could be at stake, depending on the results.
China may be taking influential stakes in more U.S.-listed companies
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‘Invisible China’: The hidden human capital crisis that threatens common prosperity
A recent book from Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell looks at how the plight of rural education may undermine China’s rise.
Editor’s note for Thursday, December 16, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Hu Xijin, editor of the Communist Party tabloid Global Times, and Twitter gladiator, has “retired” from his role.
U.S. poised to ban all Xinjiang products unless proven to not be made with Uyghur forced labor
After over a year of deliberations, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act has passed both the House and Senate in the U.S. Congress. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law soon. Here’s what it would do.
