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谷爱凌获金牌上热搜！微博服务器崩了
Eileen Gu is gold, on the course and in China. She is being condemned as a traitor by some in her native land of America but in China, online praise for the athlete’s victory was so intense that it briefly overwhelmed Weibo’s servers, per iFeng via the New York Times. Even authorities are in on the fanfare: The Global Times heralded her as an inspiration for Chinese youths, and the nation’s top anti-graft watchdog posted an interview with Gu after she cinched gold, Bloomberg reports.
ASML Warns Chinese Rival May Be Infringing its Trade Secrets
ASML has warned of intellectual property infringement from a Chinese firm associated with rival XTAL. Dutch-based ASML, which plays a critical role in the global chip supply chain, had previously sued XTAL for stealing trade secrets in the U.S.
国家发展改革委、国家能源局召开会议部署煤炭保供稳价工作
The coal will keep flowing: After the disruptions to coal supply at the beginning of the winter, China’s powerful National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration have announced joint efforts to stabilize the market for the black stuff that supplies more than half of China’s energy needs.
独家 | 喜茶大裁员：涉及30%员工、有部门被全裁、员工称“高管拉帮结派非常明显”
HEYTEA (喜查), a Shenzhen-based tea chain, recently laid off 30% of its employees, cutting some departments entirely. Employees suggest that negative profit growth over the past year has forced decisions to cut back staff to streamline future earning reports.
Deliveries of China’s Challenger to Boeing 737 Set for This Year
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has released a 2022 delivery schedule for its newly designed C919 aircraft after years of manufacturing delays. The company has already received 815 plane orders, mostly from domestic airlines.
WSJ News Exclusive | Pro-China Twitter Accounts Flood Hashtag Critical of Beijing Winter Olympics
China’s propaganda machine is flooding Twitter hashtags critical of the Beijing Winter Games with pro-China messages, the Wall Street Journal reports. The campaign, which likely came from automated accounts, targeted hashtags like #GenocideGames to overwhelm tweets critical of Beijing with pro-China messages.
Delayed employment among graduates has ‘far-reaching’ implications for China
China’s fresh graduates are putting off the job hunt, recent data suggests. Faced with an increasingly competitive job market, new graduates are opting to pursue higher degrees or freelance work in favor of full-time jobs, and economists are worried about the implications for China’s economy if the trend persists. Some interesting findings:
Unemployment rates are high. For those aged 16 to 24, the unemployment rate hovered at 14.3% in December, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The rate for people aged 20 to 24 has remained over 20%. Only half, or 56.9%, of fresh graduates took full-time jobs right out of school last year, a decrease from 75.8% in 2020, according to a survey published by employment service platform Zhaopin in May. More graduates are pursuing higher degrees. 11.4% of graduates were pursuing higher degrees either domestically or abroad last year, compared with 7.5% in 2020, the survey showed.
SpaceX satellites were not dangerously close to Chinese space station, US says
U.S. backs up SpaceX at UN: The United States said in a note to the UN that Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites “did not meet the threshold” of collision criteria, denying China’s claim that the satellites twice endangered its space station and accusing Beijing of failing to communicate any concerns, per the South China Morning Post.
China's snowboard fans flock to buy panda boards, goggles
Canadian Mark McMorris may not have won gold in Monday's slopestyle final but his decision to ride a snowboard adorned with a picture of a giant panda, a beloved national symbol in China, sparked an immediate shopping spree.
Freestyle skiing-Gu lands Big Air gold, China moves to top of medals table
China's Eileen Gu got her maiden Olympics off to a dream start as the U.S. born teenager landed a tricky jump to become the first freeski Big Air champion at the Beijing Games, taking the host country to the top of the medals table on Tuesday.
China Probes Husband of Chained Mother of Eight After Outcry
Authorities have traced the origins of the mother of eight chained up in a shed, whose situation sparked public outrage after a video recording went viral on social media. Officials have identified the woman as Xiǎo Huāméi 小花梅, or “Little Plum Blossom,” who was brought to Jiangsu from her home village in Yunnan years ago by a “family friend” named Sāng 桑 to help her find medical treatment and a “good family to marry,” as per Bloomberg.
Xiao was separated from Sang along the way. She then married Dǒng Mǒumín 董某民 (referred to as Dǒng Mín online) in 1998 and had eight children with him.The case has sparked renewed discussion over domestic violence, trafficked brides, and mental health in China. Patchy details of her situation have stirred human trafficking suspicions on social media, though county officials have ruled out the allegations in a preliminary investigation, Bloomberg reports. Netizens were further angered over the fact that the family had received subsidies from their town and that Dǒng Mín was profiting from his newfound fame with a new online channel and appearances on local promotional videos, as per What’s on Weibo.
Yang has since been diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia at a hospital, the Wall Street Journal reports. Officials are investigating criminal charges against her husband, with more details to follow.Earlier on SupChina: Disturbing video of chained-up mother in rural China sparks outrage, calls for investigation.
Korean traditional dress in Beijing Olympics ceremony sparks outcry
China has been accused of “culturally appropriating” traditional Korean clothing at the opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics, after a performer wore an outfit akin to the Korean hanbok. Following public outcry, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Seoul defended the garment by saying that the hanbok belongs to ethnic Koreans everywhere, including in China and on the Korean peninsula, per Reuters.
因违反账户管理规定等 网商银行被罚2236.5万元
Ant Group–backed online lender MYBank (网商银行) was fined 22.37 million yuan ($3.52 million) by China’s central bank for violating credit scoring management and anti-money-laundering rules. This is the third central bank fine MYBank has received since it was founded in 2015 with investment from Ant (which owns 30%) and other investors.
