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Exclusive: Biden set to speak with China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday, sources say
President Joe Biden is expected to speak with Wang Yi when China's top diplomat visits the White House this week, according to two U.S. officials familiar with planning for the visit.
China Premier Li Qiang Wants to Boost Trade, Investment With Russia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang told his Russian counterpart that he wants to boost their trade and other cooperation, underscoring the nations’ close ties with the war in Ukraine well into its second year.
Chinese Company Exports Illegal Timber Worth Millions from DRC Despite Ban: Report
Congo King Baisheng Forestry Development, a Chinese-owned timber company, exported $5 million worth of illegally logged timber in the first six months of 2023 alone, according to a new report by Global Witness. The NGO used satellite imagery to show that the company kept logging in the DRC despite the government ...
Gavin Newsom, on Climate Mission to China, Gets an Audience With Xi
The California governor is on a weeklong visit to China aimed at negotiating climate partnerships.
China local governments launch crackdown on dogs after child was mauled
Social media posts showed landlords breaking into people’s houses and forcibly taking away their dogs
Israel-Hamas War: UN Security Council Votes Down Resolution on Gaza Aid
The United Nations Security Council voted down dueling US and Russian resolutions that sought to pause the fighting between Israel and Hamas and open the flow of humanitarian aid, as pressure mounted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to let food and medicine into the Gaza Strip.
China's Li Qiang calls for progress on Central Asia railway
Belt and Road link to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been delayed by cost debate
China said the US is a disruptor of peace in response to Pentagon report on China’s military buildup
China said the United States is the “biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability” in the world in a scathing response to a Pentagon report on China’s growing military buildup.
Tsingtao beer loses its fizz in South Korea after video of worker appearing to urinate into tank
China’s Tsingtao beer reportedly experiences a consumer backlash in South Korea after video of a worker appearing to urinate into a beer tank goes viral
Hong Kong leader unveils comprehensive blueprint to rescue sluggish economy
In a lengthy and wide-ranging policy address, Chief Executive John Lee also put the focus on greater integration with mainland China.
Trial of Uyghur film-maker to begin in China this week
Ikram Nurmehmet, a director known for featuring Uyghur protagonists, was arrested in May and is being held on unknown charges
California Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China's leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the dialogue between the United States and China in recent years.
China upgrades diplomatic ties with close US ally Colombia
China elevated diplomatic relations with Colombia to a strategic partnership on Wednesday, deepening a push with one of the oldest U.S. allies to expand its influence and strengthen its foothold in Latin America.
Huawei Smartphone Chip That Alarmed US Was Made by ASML Machine
China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. used equipment from ASML Holding NV to manufacture an advanced processor for a Chinese smartphone that alarmed the US, according to people familiar with the matter.
Sri Lanka allows a Chinese research ship to dock as neighboring India's security concerns grow
A Chinese research ship docked at a Sri Lankan port on Wednesday. This likely will add to neighboring India’s concerns about China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean.
China’s reduction in emission intensity seen accelerating: world travel guild
China has reported the second-largest decline in emission intensity within the global travel and tourism sector between 2010 and 2019 and it is expected to see a sharper rate of decline in future as the country steps up usage of renewables in automobiles and aircraft.
Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience
Analysts say the removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and the elimination of any potential rivals within the ruling Communist Party.
World's Largest Methane Emitter Has a Plan to Curb Pollution
The world’s largest source of methane has promised to lay out how it will reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.
California governor Newsom meets China's President Xi
California governor Gavin Newsom met Chinese president Xi Jinping on Wednesday to discuss climate change, raising hopes that China and the United States can find common ground ahead of an APEC summit and COP28 climate meeting next month.
China seeks economic ‘strength down the road’ with 1 trillion yuan debt plan
National People’s Congress ratifies plan to raise China’s budget deficit ratio, approving 1 trillion yuan (US$137 billion) of sovereign bonds and allowing local governments to front-load part of their 2024 bond quota.
Honduras breaks ties with Taiwan as Tsai visits the neighborhood
On March 26, the Central American country Honduras became the latest nation to abandon Taiwan to establish diplomatic ties with China. Three days later, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen got on a plane bound for Guatemala and Belize.
U.S. Select Committee holds session on ‘The Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Uyghur Genocide’
A new bipartisan U.S. committee held its second meeting to hear testimony from Uyghur survivors of internment camps and expert witnesses. Nobody minced their words.
Editor’s note for March 30, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for March 29, 2023
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The RESTRICT Act could unite TikTok, Tucker Carlson, and Shein
New proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress could stop foreign tech companies from operating in the U.S. Everyone’s talking about TikTok — but the implications for Chinese companies are much broader. Not even Tucker Carlson likes it.
TikTok’s hopeless quest to prove it’s American enough
TikTok faces an uphill battle to prove its compatibility with “American values” and will have to grapple with regulatory double standards that overlook the many problems of its American counterparts, writes Ivy Yang, a veteran of public relations and reputation management in U.S.-China tech.
Editor’s note for March 28, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Editor’s note for March 27, 2023
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Editor’s note for March 24, 2023
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This week on TikTok: China’s gold mines attacked, Xi’s Russia visit, and the TikTok ban
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Documenting the destruction of Uyghur and Kirghiz culture in China
Uyghur scholar and poet Aziz Isa Elkun has watched in anger as the Chinese government has waged war on the traditional music, dance, and poetry of his village home, and all the Turkic cultures of Xinjiang.
Editor’s note for March 23, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Will TikTok die on this Hill?
The popular Chinese-owned social media app might be banned in the U.S. Can it survive?
Editor’s note for March 22, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.