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Cover Story: Clock Ticking on Country Garden’s Debt Bomb
Formerly China’s top developer in terms of sales for six consecutive years, the behemoth is now teetering on the brink of its first ever bond default
China’s summer of climate destruction
China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of.
As China navigates a ‘turbulent decade’, this may be Xi’s defining moment
Xi Jinping vowed to navigate China through the risks ahead having been handed a norm-breaking third term as president in March, but is now facing increased competition with the US and a struggling economy at home.
Gina Raimondo Says China Visit Aimed at Protecting U.S. Economic Interests
U.S. commerce secretary says she will use a four-day visit to China to ensure an easing in tense relations between the two countries.
Australia concerned about China economy, monitoring 'very closely'
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday the government was closely watching China amid "concerning" signs of economic weakness that could weigh on Australia's economy.
In the face of China’s economic crisis, it’s trial by fire for Premier Li Qiang
In his five months as premier, Li Qiang has been on the move at home and abroad, touting President Xi Jinping’s agenda while trying to empower the economy in the face of mounting questions and uncertainties.
U.S. commerce chief begins China trip with focus on chips, AI
Raimondo to seek open channel for dialogue through tech tensions
The Panda Party’s Almost Over
Three of Washington’s most beloved residents are heading back home, ending an era amid frostiness in U.S.-China relations.
Canadian minister makes rare China trip for talks on climate, biodiversity
Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on Saturday leaves for Beijing to join talks on fighting climate change and preserving biodiversity, the first Canadian minister to go to China in four years.
What China’s Economic Woes May Mean for the U.S.
The fallout is probably limited — and there may be some upside for American interests.
He Fled China’s Repression. But China’s Long Arm Got Him in Another Country.
Beijing has become more aggressive in its pursuit of dissidents overseas, as highlighted by the arrest of a Chinese rights lawyer in Laos.
Raimondo Heads to China to Both Promote Trade, and Restrict It
The commerce secretary’s trip may be the clearest demonstration yet of the balancing act the Biden administration is trying to pull off in its relations with China.
Taiwan reports combat drone as China military activities continue
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday morning that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island's air defence zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan's Pacific east coast.
Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change
A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government.
Censors Quash Discussion of Singapore Paper's Op-Ed Criticizing Xi Jinping
A Singapore paper’s publication of a blistering opinion piece criticizing Xi Jinping did not escape notice on Weibo, where netizens surreptitiously praised it. Titled “The Economy Is The Problem, Its Root Is Politics,” the piece was authored by Hong Kong businessman and writer Lew Mon-hung, a former member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference […]
Weekend Long Read: The Challenges of Mounting a Legal Defense in China
Impediments preventing lawyers from adequately defending their clients have become alarmingly common, undermining public trust in the judicial system
China's Wang Yi pushes for multipolar world in return as foreign minister
Disappearance of previous minister Qin Gang remains unexplained a month after removal
China’s clean energy conundrum
Climate change looms over China’s population and resources, but cutting carbon may not be as important as the nation’s top priority: security.
Can Biden’s China policy be more than ‘Trump lite?’
Jeff Bader, former senior director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, joins the Sinica Podcast to discuss a growing divide in U.S.-China relations.
Huawei transitions from phones to clean energy
Huawei is expanding into clean energy, as the firm moves away from smartphones amid growing competition and pressure from Beijing.
Is China shifting from COVID zero to coexistence?
China is looking for new ways to deal with the virus. Some think it’s a move away from COVID zero. Others doubt a major change in the near future.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
In Xinjiang, a new normal under a new chief — and also more of the same
Ma Xingrui, the new party secretary of Xinjiang, is tasked with repairing the damage left by his predecessor, Chen Quanguo, who initiated the largest internment of a religious minority since World War II. But he will also need to execute Beijing’s new policy of thwarting what it calls the “two plots.”
Despite Taiwan’s semiconductor advancements, politics looms over trade
Taiwan’s chipmaking giants, TSMC and MediaTek, are expanding fast. But a tense geopolitical climate threatens to dethrone their reign over the global semiconductor industry.
China seeks to evacuate citizens from Ukraine but will not criticize Russia — China-Russia weekly update
The official rhetoric from Beijing about the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 is changing as some 5,000 Chinese people in Kyiv and beyond make plans to leave.
Was the ‘Winter Olympics Pact’ a deal with the devil? — Editor’s Note for Friday, February 25, 2022
A note for readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Maria Repnikova on Chinese soft power and Ukraine
As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, I spoke to Latvian-American scholar of Chinese soft power Maria Repnikova about her new book, and how Ukraine looks from Beijing.
What you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine war and China
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has expressed a great deal of support for Russia but only some support for its invasion of Ukraine.
It’s going to be a wild year — Editor’s Note for Friday, February 18, 2022
A note for readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Chinese diplomats stay in Kyiv as crisis smolders — China-Russia weekly update
Beijing is expressing some interest in deescalation and diplomacy as Russian troops near the Ukrainian border continue to worry the world.
South Africa sues Huawei for employing too many foreign nationals
With about 35% of the country’s workforce unemployed, South Africa’s Department of Labor is suing Chinese telecom giant Huawei for not hiring enough locals.
The top 10 metaverse companies in China
The metaverse, a concept world of virtual and augmented reality, including games and remote working environments, is the hot new thing for China’s tech investors. Here are the top 10 companies in the space.
China clears Pfizer’s COVID pill
Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID pill, is the first oral treatment to receive conditional approval in China. That doesn’t mean a shift away from COVID zero.
Editor’s note for Friday, February 11, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Predictions on Ukraine, and more.
Editor’s Note for Thursday, February 10, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Evergande’s CEO, and more.
China ‘deeply concerned’ about Uyghur militants in Afghanistan, ambassador says
Zhang Jun, China’s envoy to the UN, raised concerns over a Security Council report on Afghanistan-based terrorism. The Uyghur militant group that Beijing is particularly concerned about, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), is not considered to be an organized threat by the U.S.
The results of the Xi-Putin Olympic lovefest — China-Russia weekly update
Beijing and Moscow have affirmed their close ties, but China seems to be leaving itself wiggle room in its communications about the meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
