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Mysterious Killing of Chinese Gold Miners Puts New Pressure on Beijing
The massacre of nine workers in the Central African Republic and other recent attacks raise questions about China’s ability to protect its citizens overseas.
China's Ukraine envoy due to start Europe trip
A Chinese envoy is preparing to visit Ukraine and Russia, but there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to end the 15-month-long invasion. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it is neutral but has given Moscow political and diplomatic support. Beijing released a proposed peace plan in February, but that was dismissed by Washington and other Ukrainian allies, who insist on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces leaving Ukraine. Political analysts see little hope for a peace agreement. They say by sending an envoy, China appears to be trying to neutralize criticism of its friendship with Putin and to split European allies away from Washington.
China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture
China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a "new-era" marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country's falling birth rate.
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort records lower net loss of HK$2.1 billion
It is the theme park’s eighth year in a row without profits.
China's migrant workers stay closer to home, causing labor crunch
More entering service sector; youths in particular prefer hometowns, gig work
US citizen with Hong Kong residency given life sentence for spying in China
John Shing-wan Leung, 78, was convicted and sentenced in Suzhou court on Monday for committing espionage activities in China.
Cover Story: Chinese Exporters Turn Toward Emerging Markets
The developing countries of the Belt and Road initiative are replacing developed nations of the West
China’s Securities Regulator Cuts Total Staff Pay After Revamp
China’s securities watchdog has slashed its budget for staff compensation this year, in a sign of further pay cuts at the nation’s financial regulators after the biggest bureaucracy overhaul in decades.
Alibaba, Tencent Up Amid US Audit Deal: Asia Week Ahead
The milestone deal exposing the work of Chinese audit firms to US regulatory scrutiny puts the spotlight on Chinese companies in this week’s earnings. Olivia Tam reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Guest nations at the G-7 reflect outreach to developing countries, worries over China, Russia
During this week’s summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, you’ll also see eight other guest nations engaging in a flurry of diplomacy with Japan and others. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has invited South Korea, Australia, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Comoros and the Cook Islands. Observers say the selection of the countries signals Kishida’s major foreign policy objectives. They include a rules-based order in the face of China’s assertiveness and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stronger ties with U.S. allies and developing nations, and a nuclear-free world.
China’s Top 7 Typical Patent Civil Cases Heard by the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court in 2022
On March 30, 2023, the Supreme People's Court on its official website issued the "Typical Cases Heard by the Intellectual Property Court of the…
How will China’s SMEs shape up amid troubling return of triangular debt?
Delayed or partial payments have left Chinese companies owing money to each other and to their banks, discouraging production and investment as well as putting a damper on growth.
Opinion | Countering China’s Economic Coercion
The best defense would be for the West to work together against Beijing’s bullying.
Giant Pension Sold Alibaba, Lululemon, and GE Stock. Here’s What It Bought.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund slashed investments in Chinese online giant Alibaba Group Holding (ticker: BABA), apparel maker Lululemon Athletica (LULU), and conglomerate General Electric (GE), and increased a stake in chip-making firm Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) in the first quarter. Alibaba American depositary receipts had an outstanding first quarter, gaining 16% compared with a 7% rise in the So far in the second quarter, the ADRs have given all of that back, dropping 15% compared with a flat performance from the index. Alibaba ADRs actually had a volatile first quarter before ending with a gain for the period.
Chinese Communist Party newspaper warns foreign firms after Capvision raids
An editorial in People’s Daily says the country will take a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to efforts to hand over information on sensitive industries.
US regional strategy is an ocean short compared with China, critics say
By Washington leaving the ‘Indo’ part of its policy to regional powers like India, it undermines direct engagement with smaller, neglected countries, expert says.
Ex-ByteDance employee claims company stole content from competitors in earlier days | CNN Business
An ex-ByteDance employee claimed he was wrongfully terminated after raising concerns about what he believed were illegal practices by the company, such as allegedly stealing content from its competitors Snapchat and Instagram.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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Crazy English founder Li Yang’s excuse for beating wife and children: I’m Chinese!
The charismatic founder of a cultlike chain of English-teaching schools is in the news again, 10 years after revelations that he was physically assaulting his wife. This time, his now ex-wife says, Li is abusing their children.
Why Xinjiang is an internal settler colony
This essay is adapted from Darren Byler’s forthcoming book, Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City, published by Duke University Press (December 2021).
Rock Springs Massacre: A Chinatown burns in the American west
In 1885, a mob of about 150 people attacked random Chinese people on the streets of Rock Springs, Wyoming, killing more than two dozen and laying waste to the local Chinatown. And then came the outrageous diplomatic response.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, August 31, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter
The Story of Shein
“Shein” (pronounced Shee-in) is the largest fast-fashion retailer that many have never heard of.
Xi Jinping’s graft busters are probing Jack Ma’s home city, and a rising star of Xi’s Zhejiang clan
Zhejiang is the economic powerhouse that set the groundwork for the rise of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Now the purge of the Party chief of Hangzhou, a business center of the province and home to Alibaba, has sent a chill across the country’s political and business elites. Lizzi Lee explains why.
He was a model son with a promising future — until he killed his mother and disappeared
Wu Xieyu was a smart, popular student at China’s equivalent to Harvard, whose social media accounts showed a promising young man who loved his mother. But now he has been sentenced to death for brutally killing her with a dumbbell.
Beijing restricts kids to three hours of gaming per week
Another day, yet another set of rules to govern China’s internet companies. Today it’s gaming in the regulators’ crosshairs, and the rules will be tough on China’s teenagers.
Editor’s note for Monday, August 30, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter
World Cup qualifying: China vs. Australia, preview
Also: China’s 20 golds top the Tokyo Paralympics so far.
Misleading headlines about China’s education sector miss the real story
Contrary to media reports, Sino-foreign higher education partnerships are doing just fine.
Editor’s note for Friday, August 27, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China investigates and will punish rich tax avoiders, starting with celebrities
China has announced a probe into people who have avoided taxes, and has vowed to implement guidelines that were issued in March this year on taxing high-income and high-net-worth individuals. First in the firing line are pop stars and actors.
Beyond the Mask
The story of the misunderstood facekini
Editor’s note for Thursday, August 26, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
‘Common prosperity’ push is not a war on wealth, Chinese economists and officials say
Did Xi Jinping launch a war on wealth earlier this month when he complained of some people’s “excessively high incomes” and demanded measures to reduce inequality? “No,” say various experts with official ties, who say the government is not planning to rob the rich.
Cotton complications in Xinjiang: William Overholt on the case of Esquel
A year after its Xinjiang-based subsidiary was sanctioned by the U.S. government, textile giant Esquel Group recently successfully got the Department of Commerce to reverse its decision. Harvard researcher Bill Overholt appeared on the Sinica Podcast to discuss the case.
A Chinese university seems to be making a list of LGBT+ students. No one knows what it will do with the information.
A major university with three campuses in Shanghai is making a list of all “non-heterosexual” students, according to a leaked document. Is the school just worried about collective political organizing, or does it want to police the bedroom too?
Nü Er Hong: How a rice winemaker created a legendary Chinese brand
Jin Fangcai rose out of family tragedy to become the “soul of Chinese wine.” His story is one of perseverance and passion — and plain ol’ business smarts.
