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Editorial: Fixing China’s Jobless Youth Problem Hinges on Restoring the Economy’s Vitality
It is crucial to eradicate institutional restrictions and structural distortions that hinder the economic development needed to create jobs
China issues guidance for basic elderly care system by 2025
China has issued guidance to all provinces to build a basic elderly care system by 2025, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, in the latest step to prevent a demographic crisis.
Chinese embassy in Britain asks London to stop slandering China to avoid damage
The Chinese embassy in Britain in a statement on Sunday asked London to stop slandering and smearing China to avoid further damage to China-UK relations.
No joke: China's backlash against stand-up stirs fear of comedy clampdown
One joke by a Chinese comedian about the nation's military has spurred online uproar, a $2 million fine, a police probe, a sweep of cancelled shows and fears for the survival of Chinese stand-up comedy, a rare refuge for somewhat free speech.
China's exports to North Korea surge in April
China's exports to North Korea soared in April from a year earlier, with wigs and fertiliser among major shipments, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday.
US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China
The United States has signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea as the U.S. continues to jostle with China for influence in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea is strategically located and its nearly 10 million people are the most among Pacific Island nations. The State Department says the agreement will help improve security cooperation, enhance Papua New Guinea’s defense capacity and increase regional stability. But many in the Pacific are concerned about the increasing militarization. China warned against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the region before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Monday. His visit coincides with a trip by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is meeting with Pacific leaders to discuss better cooperation.
As Macau bets on change, what role will Hengqin play in the Greater Bay Area?
Diplomats have raised questions about how the Greater Bay Area’s technological aspirations will play out on Hengqin island, which has been tasked with helping Macau diversify its economy away from a heavy reliance on casinos.
China's tech feud with the US is heating up
China's government told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest US memory chipmaker, Micron Technology.
China tells tech manufacturers to stop using Micron chips, stepping up feud with United States
China has stepped up a feud with Washington over security by telling users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, Micron Technology Inc. The country's cyberspace agency says Micron products have unspecified “serious network security risks” that threaten China’s information infrastructure and affect national security. The United States, Europe and Japan are reducing Chinese access to chipmaking and other technology they say might be used in weapons. President Xi Jinping’s government has criticized the curbs and warned of unspecified consequences but appears to be struggling with how to retaliate without hurting China’s smartphone producers and other industries and efforts to develop processor chips.
Bans on Chinese land purchases in U.S. crop up in Republican-held states
Critics slam moves by Florida, Montana while governors vow to defend against foreign influence
China’s Xi Mimics Mao’s Crisis Response in Sweeping Indoctrination Drive
The intensity of the “spiritual baptism” campaign reflects the damage that the Chinese leader has sustained from the pandemic, the economy and U.S. tensions.
Biden Sees Potential Thaw With China After Tough G-7 Statement
The U.S. president said at a news conference wrapping up the Group of Seven leaders’ meeting in Japan that Washington wants to open more lines of communication with Beijing.
‘We in the west were blinded’: China crackdown on business has Maoist roots
‘Anti-spying’ raids on consulting firms and attacks on tech companies are being driven by party ideology, says academic Chris Marquis
Chinese investigators blame building collapse that killed 54 on shoddy, illegal construction
BEIJING (AP) — The collapse of a nine-story building in central China that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal construction and local officials’ failure to enforce standards, according to an official report released Sunday.
Editor’s note for Monday, November 22, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: There are many reasons why Peng Shuai’s story has become perhaps the most highly-reported China story of 2021.
China’s birth rate drops to levels not seen since 1978. Experts say the worst is yet to come.
Despite Beijing’s efforts to alleviate a baby bust, Chinese people stubbornly seem to want fewer marriages and fewer babies. The gravity of the situation is starkly illustrated in China’s latest statistical yearbook.
Blinken downplays China competition on Africa tour
“We don’t want to make you choose” between the U.S. and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a three-nation tour in Africa, playing down the zero-sum messaging of his predecessors. But with mixed signals from elsewhere in the U.S. government, will African countries take up Blinken’s offer of deeper partnership?
Next up on “common prosperity”: a data tax?
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The downsizing of Haidilao, a much-adored Chinese hot pot brand
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Peng Shuai tells IOC she’s fine, but doubts remain
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) issued a statement that said the recent videos “don’t alleviate or address the WTA’s concern about her wellbeing and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion.”
Editor’s note for Friday, November 19, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Women’s Tennis Association threatens to pull out of China if Peng Shuai’s safety is not assured and her sexual assault accusation is not taken seriously; a prominent virologist changes his mind about the COVID-19 “lab leak” theory, now concludes the virus began to spread at Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market; U.S. intelligence claims that China is seeking to build a military facility in the United Arab Emirates; Lithuania allows Taiwan to open a de facto embassy, incurring Beijing’s wrath.
Elon Musk gets backing from a prolific Chinese tech investor
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Dull tech earnings chalked up to increased spending
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Life after China: Catching up with Mark Kitto
He’s been a soldier, a metals trader, a publisher, a hotelier, and now an actor. “I’m a firm believer that you’ve got one life and you’ve got to live it,” Mark Kitto says. “I don’t think I ever wanted to be a one-track career person.”
Editor’s note for Thursday, November 18, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Women’s Tennis Association continues its support of Peng Shuai amid her apparent disappearance; the CCP’s third “historical resolution” means a more assertive and paranoid China.
Sports stars tweet support for disappeared tennis champion Peng Shuai after #MeToo allegations against retired Party official
Today, global furor grew about the apparent disappearance of a Chinese champion tennis player after she made #MeToo allegations against a retired senior official.
Biden-Xi meeting aftermath: A prisoner swap, and a search for ‘strategic stability’
Three major outcomes of the Biden-Xi meeting are becoming clearer: A journalist visa thaw, nuclear-arms talks of some type, and an apparent prisoner swap involving China lifting an exit ban on one American, while seven Chinese citizens were deported from the U.S.
Peter Hessler, preeminent China writer, on teaching at Sichuan University in the age of COVID-19
Why did Peter Hessler leave China, after a year of teaching at Sichuan University? The author of four beloved China books talked about his latest work in Egypt, teaching at Sichuan University, China’s unique situation during COVID-19, and the real reasons for his departure on the Sinica Podcast.
Dior promo accused of “smearing Asian women”
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Startup mixing skin care with beverages grabs investor attention
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Scan-to-order sweeps across China, to customers’ chagrin
Increasingly, restaurants across China are implementing a system in which diners scan a QR code and self-order from their phones. But is this a convenience, or a hassle with major data privacy concerns?
Editor’s note for Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing looks set to relax rules on GMOs; China remains the top source of international students in the U.S.
Naomi Osaka speaks out on Peng Shuai’s disappearance, a situation that China is allegedly unaware of
A Chinese tennis star made explosive #MeToo allegations against a former senior government official. Now she has disappeared and the global tennis community is talking about it, but the Chinese government is denying knowledge of the matter.
Chinese car companies charge into Africa
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