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The China Agenda for November 6–12: APEC Summit and Anthony Blinken in the Indo-Pacific
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of November 6–12.
The China Agenda for October 1–8 — Golden Week and China-Germany Finance Dialogue
The key events this week are the China-Germany Finance Dialogue and the ongoing Asian Games.
The origins of World War II in Asia
The Mukden Incident — when explosives detonated along the route of the South Manchurian Railway near Shenyang — was a pretext for Japanese aggression in Asia. The events of that Friday night are underwhelming, almost ridiculous, in the context of what they sparked.
Sushi restaurants in China left scrambling after Fukushima-linked seafood ban
Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood, coupled with rising animosity toward all things Japanese, have sent sushi restaurants in China searching for alternative supplies and, in some cases, new recipes.
‘A desperate attempt’ — Phrase of the Week
Chinese consumers are stockpiling salt in reaction to news of Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Anti-Japan sentiment grows in China, egged on by government
Beijing banned seafood from Japan immediately after the Tokyo Electric Power Company began releasing treated wastewater from its Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean. Now Japanese companies and schools are facing boycotts and harassment.
The Japanese intellectual who inspires Chinese women
Millennials and younger Gen-Zers are having a feminist awakening in post–#MeToo China, despite a conservative backlash and a government increasingly hostile to the movement. Their unlikely hero is a 74-year-old Japanese provocateur.
China bans Japanese seafood over Fukushima wastewater concerns
Beijing has banned all seafood imports from Japan over its decision to discharge treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. The backlash in China has been swift.
When the British lost Hong Kong to the Japanese
Philip Snow’s “The Fall of Hong Kong” is the definitive account of the Japanese invasion and occupation of Hong Kong starting on Christmas Day 1941, all the way through the Imperial Army’s departure and the rebuilding of this British colony.
The China Agenda for August 14–20 — Camp David Summit
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of August 14–20.
China and South Korea: Beijing balks at the new global order
South Korea’s conservative president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is bolstering the alliance with America and embracing Japan despite Seoul’s historic disputes with Tokyo. These moves aren’t winning him friends in China.
China and Japan: East Asia’s ‘severe and complex’ bilateral relationship
Japan’s government defines China as a “strategic challenge” to the international order. The countries clash over many issues, yet a senior Japanese politician has assured The China Project there’s still momentum for dialogue.
BBC exposé about Japanese subway groping provokes discussion in China, then censorship
A recent BBC documentary briefly dominated Chinese social media — but then censors sprang into action, with state media weighing in.
NATO official visits Taiwan as patchwork approach to countering Beijing emerges
NATO Defense College confirmed a previously unreported meeting in Taiwan in March. It’s just one of an array of regional and global moves aimed at restraining China’s future military options.
Editor’s note for April 7, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Tsai meets McCarthy: Will China double down on threatening Taiwan or play it cool?
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is meeting U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in LA today. Will there be fierce words or crickets from Beijing tonight?
High-level talks between China and Japan, but no results
China and Japan are talking again, but relations will probably deteriorate over Beijing’s growing military presence in disputed territories, Tokyo’s crackdown on advanced chipmaking gear, and a detained Japanese businessman.
Editor’s note for April 3, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
China is driving South Korea and Japan together
The leaders of the Republic of Korea and Japan will dine on home-style fried rice in Tokyo tomorrow as they try to resolve their differences and deal with a rising China and a pugnacious North Korea.
Beijing and Tokyo calm the waters of the East China Sea — at least for today
The talks were stiff, but Chinese and Japanese officials did some jaw jaw rather than war war today.
