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G-7 heads weigh first statement urging China to be 'responsible'
Summit communique to include separate section for Beijing-related concerns
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Returns To Public Life In Universities Outside Of Mainland China — SCMP
Charismatic figure has professorships in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Tel Aviv and Kigali, newspaper says
CALB Introduces U-Shaped Battery Technology
A new so-called U-shaped battery from CALB is set to challenge CATL's Qilin and Tesla's 4680 batteries once it goes into production.
2023 Chery Tiggo 8 Pro makes Malaysian debut - 7-seater SUV, 2.0T with 250 hp/390 Nm, June launch - paultan.org
As reported, Chery is making its public debut at the Malaysia Autoshow 2023 event this week. Held at MAEPS Serdang, the show is open to the public from May 4-7. We’re here at the press […]
Chinese Travelers Swarm Domestic Tourist Sites, a Positive Sign for Economy
Domestic-travel numbers during Labor Day holiday top prepandemic levels.
Samsung Is a Case Study in How Manufacturers Leave China
The company still has significant operations in China but its smartphone manufacturing business pulled up stakes years ago. How and why that happened is instructive.
Swiss lower house approves closer ties to Taiwan legislature
Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has voted to tighten ties with the legislature in Taiwan, a move that could further rankle China after recent visits by Western lawmakers to the island. The Swiss National Council voted 97-87 with eight abstentions late Tuesday to instruct parliamentary offices to “strengthen” relations with Taiwan’s Yuan legislature. If carried out, the move adds a possible new tactic by foreign lawmakers to support for the self-ruled democracy amid intimidation by the mainland’s ruling Communist Party. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to invade.
Chinese in Israel told to avoid ‘high risk areas’ after worker hurt in crossfire
Israeli jets carry out air strikes on Gaza in response to rockets fired by armed groups after prominent Palestinian activist dies in custody.
Hong Kong police arrest 100 over cyber fraud, with ‘sweet talk’ love scam top of haul
Week-long operation leads force to 63 cases of deception and money laundering, worth total of HK$81 million.
12 die in explosion, helicopter crash during Chinese holiday
BEIJING (AP) — At least nine people were killed in an explosion at a Chinese petrochemical plant and three others died in a helicopter crash during the country's May Day holiday. Rescuers recovered the bodies of the nine workers killed in the explosion Monday at the Zhonghua Group plant in an industrial zone in the city of Liaocheng in the northern province of Shandong.
Copper loses shine for investors on China's mixed recovery
Fund outflows increase after an early bump from lifting of COVID restrictions
A Crazy Labor Day Holiday — But Not For Movies
The long May holiday is an important period for China’s film industry. But this year, moviegoers didn’t seem all that impressed with what was on offer.
Jewellery maker Pandora to slow down brand relaunch in China
Danish jewellery maker Pandora will slow down a planned country-wide relaunch of its brand in China as customer demand has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels, the company's CEO said on Wednesday.
PLA spy drone circles Taiwan again as Beijing tests new tactics
Unmanned aerial vehicle loops around island as jammer plane and other military aircraft patrol west of the island and hover near median line, marking repeat of manoeuvre first detected last week.
ByteDance Scraps Free Tier of Resso Music Streaming Service
TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is scrapping the free tier of Resso, its music streaming service for emerging markets.
China's AI industry barely slowed by US chip export rules
U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China's development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial-intelligence systems like ChatGPT are having only minimal effects on China's tech sector.
Taliban, China Envoys to Meet in Pakistan in Belt and Road Push
Taliban’s top diplomat will travel to Pakistan later this week to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang that could include extending a Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan.
China, Russia Fall Further Down World Press Freedom Index
China and Vietnam have tumbled to join North Korea at the very bottom of the latest World Press Freedom Index, while Russia also moved lower.
The Lost Art of Chrysanthemum Cultivation
Yu Jiangang’s hometown used to be a “sea of flowers.” What was lost when the sea dried up?
China unveils new law against teacher-student ‘romances’ at elementary and secondary schools
New draft rules that ban inappropriate relations between teachers and students have won widespread support on Chinese social media, but critics are unhappy with the description of such relationships as “romances” rather than sexual crimes against minors.
Zhang Zhixin: A tragedy of the Cultural Revolution
When Zhang Zhixin began criticizing Mao Zedong in 1959, her fate was sealed. Nearly 10 years later, she was sent for re-education, and a year after that, she was imprisoned and tortured. Her story is just one of the many tragedies of the Cultural Revolution.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, April 6, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Washington and Beijing inch forward on climate talks, even as Biden pitches green investments to ‘out-compete’ China
The U.S. and China continue to express mutual distrust or even disdain on many issues today, but tackling climate change could be an area of healthy competition, or even policy coordination.
Is the ‘strictest plastic ban in history’ working in China?
China’s industrial and consumer economies will soon generate 45 million tons of plastic waste every year. The government has acted to reduce packaging. Are the new policies working?
Hanford’s China Alley: A historic Chinatown in rural America
On the collective loss and preservation of migratory stories.
Editor’s note for Monday, April 5, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
The Philippines is fed up with China’s ‘maritime militia’
China and the Philippines are engaged in a diplomatic feud after hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels, which the Philippines called an unofficial “maritime militia,” anchored around a disputed reef.
Homegrown movie ‘Sister’ dominates box office by shining rare light on male preference in Chinese families
A new Chinese movie has captivated cinema goers who relate to its portrayal of sexism in the Chinese family.
China is the world’s next video game streaming hub
Computer gaming is moving to the cloud. Tencent and other Chinese companies look set to dominate the next generation of networked games.
Lin Huiyin fought to preserve Old Beijing, and much more
Lin Huiyin — architect, poet, preservationist, lover — was one of modern China’s most remarkable women. She is sometimes overshadowed by her husband Liang Sicheng, the “father of modern Chinese architecture,” but her own work cannot be denied.
Zheng Haixia becomes first Chinese player inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame
Also: The Chinese Super League will return on April 20, but it will look significantly different than in years past.
Qingtuan, a traditional Chinese holiday food, gets a modern makeover
Companies are continuing to find new twists for a traditional holiday food: the qingtuan, a glutinous rice dumpling consumed during Qingming Festival.
Editor’s note for Friday, April 2, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
How will Facebook deal with Beijing’s propaganda on Xinjiang?
Facebook employees are raising concerns about the Chinese government’s use of ad money to promote propaganda about happy Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Wall Street Journal reports. Might Facebook eventually follow Twitter in restricting political advertisements in response?
China’s upstart phone giant Xiaomi enters electric car business — but will the Mi-mobile go?
Xiaomi is a much-loved mobile phone company, but it has never made a vehicle. Yet there’s reason to believe its $10 billion electric car plan might work.
Attention-loving Chinese coconut milk brand faces investigation over job ad featuring outlandish promises
Coconut Palm, one of China’s oldest consumer brands, has a history of attention-seeking advertising, often involving sexually suggestive images and slogans. Now it’s in trouble again for a recruitment notice.
‘Nina Wu’ is a psychological thriller about exploitation in film
Drawing on some of her own experiences, actress Wu Ke-xi gives a harrowing performance of a woman’s descent into the dark, make-believe hell of show business.
Editor’s note for Thursday, April 1, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China’s overseas loans actually do have strings attached, study finds
Contracts for Chinese overseas lending tend to have “unusually broad confidentiality clauses” and require priority repayment to lenders, a new study has found. The strings attached to China’s loans complicate international debt negotiations during the pandemic.
