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Vanishing act
Liu Bolin has perfected the art of invisibility
September 6, 2022 Source: The China Project
‘Greener than expected’: Noticing the overlooked color of Beijing in summer
Popular perception of Beijing, for those who have never visited, is that it is a drab city of gray concrete and red paint. But perceptions can fall out-of-date for a place that changes so quickly — from year to year, and even season to season.
July 19, 2022 Source: The China Project
International pressure builds over Xinjiang after UN visit
Dissatisfied with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s recent visit to China, some Western countries have called for the International Labor Organization to carry out a mission to investigate Xinjiang.
June 2, 2022 Source: The China Project
The future of activism in Hong Kong — Q&A with Jeffrey Ngo
As a new leader takes control of Hong Kong, the activist and historian Jeffrey Ngo takes stock of the recent crackdowns on civil society, Hong Kong’s history of peaceful protest, and shares his thoughts on why the Tibetan exile movement may be a model for Hong Kongers’ future.
May 27, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
May 24, 2022 Source: The China Project
Hong Kong names ex-cop John Lee as its new leader
Under Hong Kong’s controversial new election process, John Lee has won the single-candidate election to become the city’s top leader. Lee received 1,416 of the 1,424 votes cast by a pro-Beijing election committee that has been chosen to represent Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people.
May 9, 2022 Source: The China Project
How scared are people in Beijing of a COVID lockdown? — Q&A with Anthony Tao
A chat with Anthony Tao, The China Project’s managing editor, who lives in Beijing, where some of his fellow residents are stockpiling food in fear of strict Shanghai-style lockdowns that could come to the city if COVID rates continue to rise.
May 6, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s Note for Monday, April 25, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
April 25, 2022 Source: The China Project
COVID-19 lockdown in the capital: Some Beijingers panic-buy as others remain phlegmatic
Life is not quite normal in China’s capital as fears of a lockdown rise alongside infection rates, but many people don’t fear the worst.
April 25, 2022 Source: The China Project
Parts of Beijing go into COVID-19 lockdown, as Shanghai fences residents in and Hong Kong eases restrictions slightly
Pandemic restrictions are affecting all of China’s major metropolises: This is a roundup of the latest lockdown news.
April 25, 2022 Source: The China Project
COVID lockdowns in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and around country
What is really going on in China with COVID?
April 11, 2022 Source: The China Project
With COVID-19 and ecommerce, high-end malls thrive while older shopping centers die
Older malls can’t seem to keep up with the allure of easy online shopping or luxurious new shopping centers.
April 8, 2022 Source: The China Project
Former top cop to be next leader of Hong Kong?
John Lee, a former law enforcement official and a favored candidate to win, has announced his currently unopposed bid to be Hong Kong’s next leader.
April 6, 2022 Source: The China Project
Gauging Beijing’s position in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Dingding Chen, a professor of international relations at Jinan University, joins the Sinica Podcast to offer his perspective on how Beijing views the ongoing war in Ukraine.
March 24, 2022 Source: The China Project
The twists and turns of U.S.-China relations: The view from the U.S. Embassy
William Klein, a veteran diplomat who served as acting deputy chief of mission in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, joins the Sinica Podcast to reflect on the intensifying mistrust between the U.S. and China, and what we can expect in the future.
February 24, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for Friday, February 11, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Predictions on Ukraine, and more.
February 11, 2022 Source: The China Project
Chinese buy up Canadian Olympics team’s Lululemon down jacket
Lululemon’s maple-red jackets for the Canadian Olympic team were a hit in China, where the company’s website crashed several times due to an influx of traffic. Overseas, however, the outfits bombed.
February 7, 2022 Source: The China Project
New competition in China’s hip bar scene: COMMUNE raises funds to expand beyond 100 locations
COMMUNE, a trendy Chinese bar and restaurant chain, has nearly 100 locations across Beijing, Shanghai, and the country’s main provincial capitals. It has larger ambitions, and just raised “several hundred million yuan” to achieve them.
February 3, 2022 Source: The China Project
Beijing finds multiple Omicron cases, suggests Canadian mail could be to blame
The Omicron variant was identified in Beijing, less than three weeks before the city is due to host the Winter Olympics. A city health official said it “cannot be ruled out” that the virus was transmitted via mail from Canada.
January 18, 2022 Source: The China Project
China sees first local Omicron transmissions, expands COVID restrictions on tens of millions of people
The 2022 Beijing Olympics begins in three and a half weeks. Officials are confident that their “closed-loop” system can keep COVID away from the Games, even as the first local transmissions of the Omicron variant become apparent.
January 11, 2022 Source: The China Project