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China Names Former Xinjiang Commander to Lead Troops in Hong Kong
Péng Jīngtáng 彭京堂, the new Hong Kong garrison commander, was “previously chief of staff for the armed police in the far western region of Xinjiang,” where he was tasked with counterterrorism, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bloomberg notes that Peng’s appointment, which was personally signed by Xí Jìnpíng 习近平, continues a trend of the Hong Kong and Beijing governments promoting “career policemen” to key posts in the city.
China's Tianjin tightens control over travel after Omicron cases
Tianjin in partial lockdown: The port city about 100 miles southeast of Beijing reported 21 domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 with confirmed symptoms yesterday, including two of the Omicron variant. The city has gone into partial lockdown and instituted exit controls, while all 14 million residents will be tested.
China Venture Funding Hits Record $131 Billion Despite Crackdown
“Venture capital funding in China hit a record $131 billion last year,” according to Bloomberg data, despite the government’s ongoing crackdown on tech companies.
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis | AP News
Sri Lanka “asked China for the restructuring of its loans and access to preferential credit for imports of essential goods,” the AP reports, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wáng Yì 王毅 wrapped up his East Africa and Indian Ocean states tour. Sri Lanka’s economy is “grappling with a foreign exchange crisis brought on by surging import bills, a slowing economy, and rising debt servicing costs,” the China Africa Project writes. If it had a default, that would have “consequential geopolitical ramifications for China given that it plays a central role in the origin story of the ‘debt-trap’ narrative that has bedeviled Chinese diplomacy for the past five years.”
China central bank makes biggest weekly cash withdrawal since Nov
China's central bank injected minimal cash via short-term loans into the banking system on Friday, effectively withdrawing most of the liquidity support lent towards end-2021.
Chinese cobalt producer to double Congo output with eye on top spot
China Molybdenum to invest $2.5bn for sought-after battery material
Watching China in Europe Newsletter | Watching China in Europe with Noah Barkin
U.S. national security officials have recently threatened Germany with a “return of bare-knuckles U.S. unilateralism” if German officials “did not send clear signals about their readiness to work with Washington on China by the U.S. midterm elections in November,” according to Noah Barkin, a senior visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund think tank.
Xiaomi asked by India to pay up in import tax saga
India’s tax authorities have told Xiaomi to pay $88 million in import taxes, but the company — currently the leading smartphone brand in India — disputes the amount and justification for the fees, the South China Morning Post reports. Xiaomi is among the Chinese companies that have seen their apps banned by New Delhi amid the ongoing India-China border standoff.
Alibaba and Tencent rule another Chinese market: video calls
Zoom, Microsoft and Huawei struggle to compete with duo's vast user bases
Age Rules: The Arrival of the Post-60s Generation in Chinese Politics - MacroPolo
Retirement age norms for CCP officials “have held up even in the Xi Jinping era, where term limits for top government posts, not Party positions, were eliminated,” Damien Ma and Joshua Henderson write at MacroPolo. All 79 Central Committee personnel changes since August have followed age norms, and if the pattern continues, that committee will see at least 63% membership turnover at the 20th Party Congress this fall. See also the Sinica Podcast from last week: Damien Ma of MacroPolo on China’s economic and political outlook.
国家出手！13张罚单集中公布！涉及多家巨头
Internet companies have just been hit with another round of fines (in Chinese): Tencent, Bilibili, Alibaba, and the white goods firm Hisense, among others, were fined for monopolistic behaviors, but the fines were tiny: 500,000 yuan ($78,683) each.
Meeting Anti-Pollution Targets, Beijing Breathed Clean Air in 2021
Beijing met its pollution targets in 2021: “The Chinese capital recorded only eight heavily polluted days last year,” Sixth Tone reports, and “the average concentrations of six major air pollutants — including the hazardous PM2.5, PM10, ground-level ozone, and sulfur dioxide — were below the national standard for the first time since 2013.”
Space race heats up as Chinese firm plans over 40 launches this year
China accounted for more than a third of all space launches in 2021 — 55 launches out of 145 total around the world, and edging out the U.S., which conducted 51 launches. In 2022, China’s main space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), is planning 40 launches, per the South China Morning Post.
U.S. signals displeasure as Tesla opens Xinjiang showroom
U.S. backlash to Tesla’s Xinjiang expansion: “I can’t speak to the specific situation of one company, but as a general matter, we believe the private sector should oppose the P.R.C.’s human rights abuses and genocide in Xinjiang,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said yesterday in response to reports that Tesla had opened a showroom in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The New York Times and Associated Press also have reports on criticism from activists and human rights groups.
