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China completes landmark national real estate registration system
China has finished building a national and unified system for real estate registration, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, in a landmark move that will boost transparency in ownership.
China Mars Rover Zhurong Fails to Wake Up After Choking on Red Planet’s Dust
China’s first Mars rover hasn’t woken up from a scheduled months-long hibernation on the surface of the Red Planet, a Chinese scientist confirmed Tuesday.
ByteDance launches Xiaohongshu competitor Youshi: report · TechNode
TikTok owner ByteDance has recently released a new social networking app named Youshi, similar to social media platform Xiaohongshu.
China to Scrap PCR Test For Inbound Travelers in Latest Easing
China will no longer require travelers to the country to provide a negative PCR test result, scrapping a rule that’s been a major deterrent for visitation since the world’s second-largest economy emerged from Covid isolation in January.
Alibaba Falls Back Into Red for the Year as Chinese Tech Stocks Retreat
Hong Kong-listed Chinese internet stocks dropped Tuesday, and premarket action pointed to losses for the companies' New York-traded American depositary receipts. Alibaba fell 3.2% in Hong Kong, going back into the red for 2023. The e-commerce giant's stock had enjoyed a brief rally after it said in
China’s Politburo meeting to offer traders policy clues as they eye new bets
Traders will be looking for policy clues from the Politburo meeting headed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week as the Communist Party’s top decision-making body reviews the country’s first-quarter economic performance.
China to replace PCR test requirement with antigen test for inbound travellers
China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that all inbound travellers will only need to show COVID-19 antigen tests result taken within 48 hours before boarding flights starting April 29, dropping the PCR test requirement.
Vietnam, Taiwan boost share of shipments to U.S. as China loses out
India, Cambodia also grow as 'low-cost' exporters, eroding Chinese dominance
Ex-China newspaper editor indicted over info leak to Japan diplomats
Beijing cracking down on suspected espionage amid tense relations with Tokyo
Guatemala leader in Taiwan expresses 'rock-solid friendship'
The president of Guatemala has appealed to other governments to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty during an official visit at a time when China’s ruling Communist Party is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. President Alejandro Giammattei’s government is one of a dwindling number that have official relations with Taipei instead of Beijing. Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war. They compete for recognition from small, mostly poor countries in Africa, Latin America and the South Pacific with infusions of aid and investment. The Taiwanese president visited Guatemala this month.
U.N. expert warns Hong Kong security law compromising judiciary
Letter comes as city pushes for veto on foreign lawyers, other powers
China, India vow to hasten border progress as ministers prepare to meet
General Li Shangfu is expected in New Delhi this week in first visit by a Chinese defence minister since deadly Galwan Valley skirmish in 2020.
Hong Kong plans electoral overhaul for district councils
Hong Kong's leader says the city is planning to overhaul its last major political representative body that is mostly comprised of popularly elected seats. The move ensures the municipal-level organization will be run by Beijing loyalists, quashing any future challenges. Chief Executive John Lee said at a press briefing Tuesday that the government will not allow the councils to become a platform for advocating Hong Kong independence or intervening in its administration. The local-level election took on symbolic importance after the city’s pro-democracy camp won a landslide victory in the last poll at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. Hong Kong amended its electoral laws for its legislature in 2021, drastically reducing the public’s ability to vote.
Opinion | Hong Kong’s Memory Is Being Erased
History and reality are being altered to suit Beijing.
‘Traumatizing’: The Transgender Chinese Struggling to Access Health Care
A mix of intolerance and bureaucratic inertia inside China’s health system is leaving young trans people unable to access vital treatment — with dire consequences for their mental health.
The genie is out of the bottle: time for world to agree on AI guardrails
Generative AI is quickly changing our world but we still have a small window to ensure its development is aligned with our shared interests and values.
Xi’s Charm Offensive Falters After China Envoy Angers Europe
Xi Jinping had been on a winning streak of late, successfully rebuffing US attempts to portray China as a threat to the global order. Then an envoy in France instantly revived all those fears.
Alibaba Erases Gains From Spinoff Hype Amid Geopolitical Worries
The euphoria surrounding Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s spinoff plan appears to be all but over.
Will China and the EU clinch an investment deal soon?
The EU and China are reportedly very near to signing an investment deal that has been in negotiations since early 2014. However, hesitancy from the U.S., Poland, and the European Parliament present obstacles.
Ride-hailing giant Didi wants to create the next Alipay
Despite government attention and the threat of regulation, financial technology remains a white-hot destination for investment among China’s tech firms and venture capitalists.
An emperor reveals his guts
Xuanye (1654–1722), better known as the Kangxi Emperor, is widely considered one of imperial China’s most successful rulers. But in a valedictory speech given five years before his death, he revealed his fears and vulnerabilities with a candor that seems almost impossible for the politicians who lead the world today.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, December 22, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Empathy, China, and the future: The China Project year in review
The trajectory of the U.S.-China relationship is the most important human-controlled variable in the equation that determines the ultimate outcome of humanity. The onus to understand “the other” does not fall to just “us” or just “them” — we are irrevocably in this together by circumstance of birth on the same planet at this exact point in time. It’s why we at The China Project do what we do to help increase mutual understanding.
Zhu Jun breaks silence to dispute sexual harassment allegations, declaring himself ‘the real victim’
The legal suit isn’t over yet, but the accused perpetrator of China’s most prominent #MeToo case says he did nothing wrong.
Consumers love cheap groceries, but can community group buying withstand government scrutiny?
Community group buying is taking China’s residential compounds by storm as even non-tech-savvy grannies see the price benefits and tech companies pour millions into the sector. But not everyone is happy with the booming new industry.
Editor’s note for Monday, December 21, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
More than just censorship: How China shaped public sentiment in the early days of COVID
The Chinese government hired private companies to “flood social sites with distracting chatter,” among other tactics to tamp down public outrage during the worst parts of the coronavirus epidemic in China.
JD Finance under fire for advertising that preys on the poor
China’s fintech companies are under growing pressure as their need for rapid growth leads to ethically questionable business practices that target the financially vulnerable.
Modernizing tradition: Shen Congwen and his literary classics
Shen Congwen was an author of the people, writing about everyday life in rural villages and peppering his stories with regional flavor. He was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and then forgotten, but rediscovered in the 1980s — and would have become China’s first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature if only he’d lived a few more months.
Jeremy Lin’s Warriors return blocked by Chinese Basketball Association
Jeremy Lin’s hopes of signing with the Golden State Warriors’ G-League affiliate were dashed over the weekend after the Chinese Basketball Association failed to provide a letter of clearance.
U.S. blacklists China’s top chipmaker and world’s biggest consumer drone company
The U.S. government has added 60 Chinese companies to its growing “Entity List” of organizations, which restricts exports from American firms. But is Washington cutting off its nose to spite its face?
Editor’s note for Friday, December 18, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
‘Thank God, the vaccine is now available’: China makes inroads abroad with COVID-19 diplomacy
Western countries have begun rollouts of vaccines from firms like Pfizer and Moderna. But from Latin America to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, leaders hope that Chinese companies like Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm hold the key to curbing COVID-19.
Transgender teen missing after forceful admission to underground psychiatric clinic
It’s been over two weeks since Zhāng Xiǎoqián 张小乾, a transgender youth from Weifang, Shangdong Province, was cut off from the outside world entirely for so-called “conversion therapy,” a harmful and discredited practice intended to alter gender identity.
‘Finding Yingying’: Chinese pain and the empathy deficit
What one mother’s grief can teach us about our common humanity.
China’s top blockbusters of 2020
As 2020 comes to an end, we take a look back at the biggest box office hits of the year, five films that helped propel the Chinese film industry during a difficult time. Not all of the films on this list are “good,” but they were undeniably popular.
Editor’s note for Thursday, December 17, 2020
A note from the editor of today’s The China Project Access newsletter.
Year in Review: 2020’s biggest news stories about Chinese women
In a year defined by crisis, Chinese women found their urgent voices — demanding changes to the policies that affect their lives, smashing taboos, uniting to end violence against women, refusing to conform, and calling out misogyny whenever and wherever possible.
