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Bain’s Staff in Shanghai Questioned as China Targets Foreign Businesses
American businesses are facing an increasingly risky environment in China as bilateral ties worsen and more firms are pressured.
China's small steps on offshore use of yuan are starting to add up
China's yuan currency is slowly but surely being adopted for more international payments, which analysts say could lay foundations for a trade system running parallel to the dominant U.S. dollar.
Alibaba Cloud Tests Integration of Qianwen Large-Scale Model into Industrial Robots - Pandaily
Alibaba Cloud engineers are experimenting with integrating the Qianwen large-scale model into industrial robots.
BYD profit falls 43.5 per cent amid car-market price war
The carmaker reported that net profit fell to 4.13 billion yuan (US$596.28 million) in the first quarter, down from 7.3 billion yuan in the fourth quarter as potential buyers anticipated bigger price cuts.
China’s Xi Seeks to Regain Initiative in Europe Through Ukraine
Dialogue with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky follows weeks of intense European diplomacy—and scrutiny of Beijing’s position on Russia’s war.
Analysis: China's Ukraine plan mixes peace, self-interest
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s plan to send an envoy to Ukraine allows his government to deflect criticism of its support for Moscow and pursue a bigger role as a diplomatic force, but Xi faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the 14-month-old war. The biggest: Neither Ukraine nor Russia is ready to stop fighting. Xi’s announcement Wednesday in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prompted optimism Beijing might use its warm relations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to push for peace. That was followed by skeptical questions about whether Beijing is more focused on ending an invasion it refuses to criticize, or serving its own interests.
China’s Ukraine peace plan: what does it say and can it work?
The phone call between presidents Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky has put Beijing’s efforts to play the peacemaker back in the spotlight.
Early internet portal Tianya.cn goes dark, triggering nostalgia among netizens
Chinese web portal Tianya.cn, once a vibrant online community for discussing sensitive social and political topics, has become inaccessible this week, triggering a wave of nostalgia.
China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad
Ya Ya the giant panda has landed in Shanghai after spending the past 20 years in the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee on loan. Ya Ya’s arrival Thursday was reported by Chinese state media and trending on social media. The panda’s trip was followed with intensity. Online, people shared screenshots tracking Ya Ya’s flight path into Shanghai. The departure marks the end of a 20-year loan agreement with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. Earlier this year, allegations of neglect and abuse circulated on Chinese social media alongside pictures of Ya Ya with her fur discolored and patchy. The 22-year-old panda lives with a chronic skin and fur condition related to her immune system. The Memphis Zoo has said the condition does not affect her quality of life.
China Is Cracking Down on Bankers. Here Are Some of the Targets.
As Xi Jinping and the Communist Party further exercise control over the economy, the financial sector is coming under close scrutiny.
After latest blackface incident, Africans in China grow weary of racial insensitivities
“It feels like a slap in the face.” Runako Celina and Seron Tamerat, two of the managers of Black Livity China, react to the latest in a series of incidents of anti-Black racial insensitivity in China.
From folk tale to national treasure: The story of the Butterfly Lovers
How Western music and traditional Chinese opera was synthesized to create one of China’s most famous orchestral works.
How China’s ecommerce helped stamp out the pandemic
Apart from strongman politics, China’s logistical networks — ultra-fast, thoroughly diffused, and widely trusted — helped a nation weather lockdown during COVID-19.
Editor’s note for Monday, February 15, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Chinese box office breaks record despite pandemic shadow
Chinese filmgoers are crowding into theaters to watch domestic movies as moviemakers around the world are on pandemic pause.
WHO in Wuhan: A refusal to share raw data, or ‘standard scientific debate’?
WHO scientists had arguments in Wuhan over access to detailed patient data. But they appear to disagree about whether those debates amount to a “refusal” by China to share information essential to tracing the origin of COVID-19.
Chinese importers choke Zimbabwe manufacturers amid COVID-19
Zimbabwe has openly welcomed Chinese businesses, but local companies — already reeling due to the COVID-19 pandemic — have complained that cheap Chinese imports have put the squeeze on them.
British MPs urge boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Also in this week’s China Sports Column: Chinese tennis players crash out of the Australian Open.
Editor’s note for Thursday, February 11, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
China bans BBC after CGTN taken off air in Britain
The BBC’s TV news broadcasts have never been available to ordinary Chinese households, but you could watch them via satellite in five-star hotels and luxury apartment complexes. No longer.
India and China disengage at one of many border conflict zones
Pangong Lake, part of the disputed border between India and China, will essentially become a no-man’s-land after an agreement between the two countries’ armies. While a significant step back from the brink, tensions remain high along many other parts of the India-China border.
Asylum for the Uyghurs
Protecting the Uyghurs isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s also good politics.
Words on the street: ‘Beijing Graffiti’ examines street art in the Chinese capital
A new book examines Beijing’s small but vibrant graffiti scene, via photographs and interviews with 25 of the city’s graffiti artists.
What China’s listening to this Spring Festival (and every Spring Festival)
Happy year of the ox!
Takeaways from the WHO investigation — frozen-food imports are a target
The WHO went to Wuhan, and Beijing is happy.
Editor’s note for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Eight-hour workday? In China, overworked employees are lobbying for it
China has a workday crisis: People are working too many hours, and without proper overtime compensation. Existing labor laws are toothless, and unionization isn’t allowed. What can the country do to ensure the well-being of its labor force?
The Yongzheng Emperor and Christianity in China
In 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed Christianity. But what he really wanted is what rulers always want: people who will serve their state but not threaten its order. Jesuit advisers working in China’s capital at that time, after all, had proved useful to the empire.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Why is China lagging behind in COVID-19 vaccinations?
China is millions of doses behind the U.S. in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and officials are reportedly pushing back their timeline for the first 50 million shots. Vaccine diplomacy abroad, and vaccine hesitancy at home, are slowing China’s domestic rollout.
