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Why did Ukraine’s top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba meet China’s Wang Yi in Guangzhou? ($SCMP) No need for an Asian NATO to counter China (Asia Times)Russian and Chinese nuclear bombers approach US airspace (Newsweek)China, the United States, and the future of a rules-based international order (Brookings)China's Long March through the Global South (Asia Times)UK and its allies face 'deadly quartet' (China, Russia, Iran and North Korea) of nations, says defence expert (The Guardian)Nato barbarians are expanding and gathering at the gate of Asia (SCMP)Confrontations in South China Sea surge, raising fears a miscalculation could lead to conflict (The Guardian)China hits back at Nato over Russia accusations (BBC)Japan can help Global South navigate US-China clash (The Japan Times)Economie - Nationaal
Why is China stockpiling resources? (The Week)'High quality, low price and dizzying variety': how the Chinese switched to electric cars (The Guardian)Xi Jinping bets on high tech for 'great rejuvenation' (FT) China sets 2029 deadline to create science and tech 'quality workforce' to power nation (SCMP)CPC Central Committee adopts resolution on further deepening reform comprehensively (Xinhua)China pledges industrial modernisation, reiterates past policy goals (Reuters)Chinese state media touts Xi Jinping's commitment to private sector (SCMP)How China's economy compares to the US's after latest results (Newsweek)China's state rare-earth players bleed red ink as prices fall ($Nikkei)Xi tackles slow growth as economy 'hits the brakes' (BBC)Economie - Internationaal
China breaks ground on massive Afghan copper mine after 16 years of delays (China in Eurasia)China, Russia agree to further expand investment, energy cooperation (Xinhua)Overproduction is OK as long as it’s done by anyone except China (SCMP)Chinese electric vehicles are more of an opportunity than a threat (FT editorial)China's exports surge 8.6% in June as trade provides economic growth support (SCMP)China exports 485,000 vehicles in June, up 26.9% YoY (Xinhuanet)China tightening its grip on leaky rare earth supplies (Asia Times)China Tesla rival BYD signs $1bn Turkey plant deal (BBC)Indonesia's possible 200% tariffs on Chinese goods may not have substantial impact on bilateral trade ties: expert (Global Times)China’s space economy plan coming into celestial view (Asia Times)Internationale Relaties
Chinese FM warns Philippines over US intermediate missile system deployment (Xinhua)'I did it as quietly as I could': the Philippine navy chief who wrecked his ship to scupper China's ambitions (The Guardian)India-China warming pops US pipe dream (Asia Times)Beijing can take the South China Sea without firing a shot (NYT)The cruise that will get you chased by the Chinese coastguard (The Economist)Reactions to the Palestinian unity meetings in Beijing (The China-MENA Newsletter)China welcomes Brazil to join Belt and Road family as soon as possible: spokesperson (Xinhua)China's Rising Foreign Ministry (book excerpt) (Pekingnology)Sideline sinology (ChinaFile)Ukraine's foreign minister seeking 'common ground' with China in talks on ending war with Russia (AP)China - Verenigde Staten
TikTok's appeal should be thrown out, US justice department tells court (The Guardian, agencies)Pentagon responds to Russian, Chinese bombers near Alaska (Newsweek)US warns Chinese banks over Russian shipments (Asia Times)Donald Trump says Xi Jinping wrote him a 'beautiful note' after rally shooting (The Guardian, Reuters)Trump praises Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un in Michigan rally speech – video (Reuters)What Vance gets wrong about the China challenge ($The Washington Post)Donald Trump's China stance risks angering Republicans (Newsweek)Chinese underworld takeover of US illicit pot trade (Asia Times)Chip stocks drop on fears US to toughen China rules (BBC)Chinese border crossers chase the American dream, with mixed success (SCMP)China - Europa
China's development, opening up to bring new opportunities for China-EU cooperation: Wang Yi (Xinhua)From Tel Aviv to Brussels: Who is China's new ambassador to the EU? (Discourse Power)For China, EU ties looking rocky after re-election of hawkish Ursula von der Leyen (SCMP)China EVs still driving for EU's protected markets (Asia Times)Sino-Hungarian relations and Orbán's travels (Asia Times)China's battery giant taps Europe's elite to expand supply chain (FT)Beijing to probe EU trade barriers after bloc's tariff decision on Chinese EVs ($SCMP)China’s legacy chips in EU’s crosshairs (Asia Times)Yao Yang: No to retaliations against EU tariffs (Sinification)Orban arrives in China on Ukraine peace mission (Reuters)China - Nederland
China, Netherlands to collaborate on stabilizing global industrial, supply chains: Chinese FM (Xinhua)Felle Chinese taal na incident met Nederlands fregat in de Oost-Chinese Zee ($de Volkskrant)Chinese gevechtsvliegtuigen omsingelen Nederlands marineschip en helikopter: 'Potentieel onveilige situatie' ($de Volkskrant)Chinese spies target Dutch industries to strengthen military, intelligence agency says (Reuters)Dutch set to comply with US demands on China exports (Reuters)Tech war: China quietly making progress on new techniques to cut reliance on advanced ASML lithography machines (SCMP)China extends invitation to Dutch companies for 7th CIIE (Xinhua)Xi Jinping warns Dutch leader Mark Rutte not to put up barriers after ban on chip technology exports to China (SCMP)Chinese premier holds talks with Dutch PM (gov.cn)Rutte looks back on a 'successful visit to China' (X)Politiek
'Strict governance of religion' extends to Hui Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists (Bitter Winter)A neoclassical solution for China (Asia Times)The Plenum: Why Xi Jinping tries to impersonate Deng Xiaoping (Bitter Winter)Full text: Communique of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Xinhua)Ousted Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang loses seat in Communist Party inner circle (SCMP)Was fallen Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe compromised by hostile force? (SCMP)'Strict governance of religion' imposed on Christians (Bitter Winter)Video: 9th anniversary of crackdown on human rights lawyers and defenders (China Change)Chinese bankers go communist – good for them ($SCMP)Red Backpack: Taoist clergy's mandatory pilgrimage to a Maoist shrine (Bitter Winter)Maatschappij
China to raise retirement age as population gets older (BBC)Chinese university sacks professor after social media accusation of sexual harassment (AP)Doctor fatally stabbed in east China hospital (Shine)How is China's domestic situation evolving? (Brookings)Church of Almighty God: The economy of refugees and ill-founded accusations of human trafficking (Bitter Winter)'Garbage time of history': Chinese state media seeks to shut down claims country has entered a new epoch (The Guardian)'Society doesn't want my kids': China’s single women forced abroad to freeze their eggs (The Guardian)Anti-cult propaganda in Ulugqat county, Xinjiang - where there are no 'cults' (Bitter Winter)Yet another xie jiao: crackdown on an offshoot of 'Human Universal Science' (Bitter Winter)A conversation with Koala, a survivor of the 2015 '709 crackdown' (Human Rights in China)Militaire zaken
China to 'speed up' nuclear force buildup (Newsweek)China's secretive spaceplane likely testing 'dual use' technology, experts say (Reuters)China and Russia launch naval exercises in South China Sea (RBC-Ukraine)Philippines wants to point more BrahMos missiles at China (Asia Times)The Chinese base that isn't there ($NYT)China, Russia hold simultaneous joint naval drill, patrol (Global Times)China isn't the strongest military in Asia (24/7 Wall St.)China's fragile army (Appia Institute)NATO summit matched by rise of rival SCO (Asia Times)Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means (The Guardian)Cultuur
Stamped postcards unveiled to celebrate 50 years of discovery of Terracotta Warriors (Ecns.cn)Les débuts de la « saga » chinoise du Puy du Fou, le plus grand spectacle immersif au monde (Le Vent de la Chine)'Emotional power': China's Covid wounds reopened in tense, divisive 'An Unfinished Film' (SCMP)Jia Zhangke's latest film: Caught by the Tides review – two-decade relationship tells story of China's epic transformation (The Guardian)Two poems, four years in detention: the Chinese dissident who smuggled his writing out of prison (The Guardian)Five of the best books to understand modern China (The Guardian)Liu Cixin: 'I'm often asked – there's science fiction in China?' (The Guardian)Wereldwijd kromp de kunstmarkt vorig jaar, maar in China werd juist veel méér uitgegeven aan kunst ($de Volkskrant)China's Nobel winning novelist Mo Yan targeted by growing band of online nationalists (SCMP)China's top-rating drama for 2023: life and death in China's rustbelt (Inside Story)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
China flexes AI muscle at Shanghai expo (Asia Times)Cash for college: Chinese school offers hefty cash prize, sparks (chinadaily.com.cn)China leading generative AI patents race, UN report says (Reuters)China becomes world's leading patent power: report (Xinhua)China becomes first country to retrieve rocks from the moon's far side ($NYT)China's Chang'e-6 moon mission returns to Earth with historic lunar far side cargo ($SCMP)Putting China's science surge in proper perspective (Asia Times)Night schools becoming popular in China (China Daily)Record 13.42m Chinese students take fiercely competitive college exam (Xinhua)China's spacecraft takes off from moon with first samples from lunar far side (Xinhua)Milieu
China quietly taking the lead in climate diplomacy (Asia Times)Weather tracker: Heavy seasonal rain causes widespread flooding in China (The Guardian)Why the era of China's soaringcarbon emissions might be ending (NYT)China's emissions of two potent greenhouse gases rise 78% in decade (The Guardian)New snake species discovered in Central China (Global Times)China building more wind, solar capacity than rest of world combined (AFP)Coal push damps hopes of China's climate ambition (FT)Brazil and China at 50: Green goals and trade realities (Dialogue Earth)Over a third of urban Chinese live in sinking cities (Asia Times)China launches ambitious mission to far side of the moon (The Guardian)Rampen en ongelukken
Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines12 dead, 31 missing after China bridge collapse amid torrential rain (Xinhua)Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after highway bridge collapse kills 11 (Reuters)Chinese brug stort in: zeker elf doden en tientallen vermisten ($de Volkskrant)Fire at shopping mall in southwest China kills 16 people (CNN)Floods - it is all about the Party-state's response (Tracking People's Daily)Un été sous tension (Le Vent de la Chine)Chinese space rocket crashes in flames after accidental launch (Reuters)Ataque con cuchillo provoca 8 muertos y un herido en provincia china de Hubei (Xinhua)Knife attack in Guixi city primary school leaves two dead (BBC)Schandalen
Former head of China's religious affairs administration sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery (Xinhua)App that tracked fuel tankers in China used to transport cooking oil is disabled (The Guardian)China to investigate scandal of mixed use of tankers for edible and chemical oil (Global Times)China state media slams Sinograin over alleged use of fuel tankers to transport cooking oil (Reuters)Authorities, Sinograin launch probe after reports of mixed use of tank trucks transporting food and chemical liquids raised concerns (Global Times)The 'Ink Girl' six years after: is she alive or dead? (Bitter Winter)Fake police scammers convinced me I was on China's 'most wanted' list (BBC)Did Chinese Communist eat children (and adults)? Reading 'Scarlet Memorial' again (Bitter Winter)Chinese Communist party expels two ex-defence ministers for corruption (BBC)Former Chinese defence minister Li Shangfu under investigation for corruption ($SCMP)Sport
Chinese bedrijven willen met reclames op EK 'het nieuwe China' laten zien (NOS)Chinese 'koning van de borstslag' komt naar de Spelen – tot ontzetting van sommige dopingbestrijders ($de Volkskrant)Chinese swimmers twice tested positive for drugs. They kept on swimming (NYT)'Deeply concerned' with China doping allegations, US drug czar sends letter to anti-doping agency (AP)Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies (AP)China Anti-Doping Agency criticizes swimmer report as 'misleading' (Xinhua)Top Chinese swimmers tested positive for banned drug, then won Olympic gold (NYT)Organizers cancel runner's half marathon victory (Shine)China looks to employ big data to tackle persistent misconduct in soccer ($Caixin)Beijing half marathon hit by controversy as China's He Jie allowed to win (The Guardian)Taiwan
5 months after fishermen deaths off Quemoy, can Beijing and Taiwan put tragedy to rest? (SCMP)5 months after fishermen deaths off Quemoy, can Beijing and Taiwan put tragedy to rest? (SCMP)Taipei's intelligence: CCP manipulates exchanges between Taoist temples in Taiwan and Mainland China (Bitter Winter)China's defense spokesperson slams DPP's separatist activities (Xinhua)Strengthening Taiwan's civil society during wartime: Lessons drawn from its pandemic governance (Brookings)Taiwan's military drills turn serious as China threat escalates (FT)'Protection fees’: can Taiwan still rely on US defence if Trump returns to office? (SCMP)Taiwan must rely on itself for defence, foreign minister says (Reuters)Trump didn't say he wouldn't defend Taiwan (Asia Times)China suspends nuclear talks with US over arms sales to Taiwan (The Guardian, agencies)Hongkong
Exiled pro-democracy Hong Kong activists blocked from accessing pensions (The Guardian)Chair of Hong Kong press union Selina Cheng fired by Wall Street Journal, says paper urged her to quit group (HK Free Press)Hong Kong is more Chinese, but don't call it 'another Chinese city' ($The Washington Post)Hong Kong: Pro-democracy singer Denise Ho harassed again (Bitter Winter)Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case (AP)Hong Kong is 'slowly becoming a totalitarian state', says UK judge (The Guardian)Three arrested in Hong Kong for 'insulting' Chinese anthem at World Cup qualifier (AFP)The shadow of Tiananmen falls on Hong Kong (The New Yorker)'We refuse to disappear': the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown (The Guardian)US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese, Hong Kong officials over guilty verdicts in trial of pro-democracy organizers in HK (Reuters)Macau
Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)No horse racing, please, we're Chinese: the end of a venerable tradition in Macau (Bitter Winter)Hong-Kong-style National Security Law comes to Macau (Bitter Winter) Macau facing increased restrictions under expanded security law (BBC) Koning van de casino's en exclusieve reisjes verdwijnt voor achttien jaar in de Chinese cel ($de Volkskrant)Alvin Chau: Macau gambling kingpin jailed for 18 years (BBC)Macao casino revenue plunges 51% to 18-year low amid zero-COVID ($Nikei)Mainland Chinese vaccine tourists flock to Macau for mRNA Covid jabs (FT)Macau's MGM Cotai casino under lockdown after dealer infected (Nikkei)Macau to broaden reach of national security law in response to Pelosi's Taiwan trip (RFA)Tibet
Golog, Qinghai: After 30 years, a prestigious Tibetan school is liquidated (Bitter Winter)China calls the US resolve Tibet act a 'sinister farce' (Bitter Winter)Kora in New York: What the American welcome to the Dalai Lama means (Bitter Winter)As the Dalai Lama turns 89, exiled Tibetans fear a future without him (Reuters)Like father, like son: Why Xi Jinping visited Hongjue Temple (Bitter Winter)China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views (ABC News)Chinese President Xi visits Tibetans and temple in western China, calls for ethnic unity ($SCMP)Pelosi in visit accuses China of trying to erase Tibetan culture (Bloomberg)US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China (AP) Tibet's fate in hands of Biden after Congress passes new bill (VieuwusGlobal)Xinjiang
The story of Zuhre Sultan, Uyghur exile: 'The CCP took away my entire family' (Bitter Winter)Blind love for the CCP: left-wing journalist Roger McKenzie in the Uyghur region (Bitter Winter)Uyghurs in China: The most heavily jailed group in the world (Bitter Winter)Why Gaza gets more attention than Xinjiang (Asia Times)China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups (The Guardian)China's ethnic policy chief slams 'ignorance of history' in Xinjiang assimilation claims (SCMP)Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: the man who came to Urumqi with a blue tie (Bitter Winter)Morally rotten tomatoes: the Urumqi-Salerno 'train' has now arrived in Italy (Bitter Winter)Is Turkish minister's Xinjiang visit an effort to draw a line under human rights claims? (SCMP)Thailand accused of sending Uyghur and other refugees back to China (Bitter Winter) Binnen-Mongolie
Inner Mongolia emerges as model for Xi Jinping's ethnic affairs policy, but analysts warn of cultural 'erosion' (SCMP)Podcast: Why is the Communist Party redoubling its assimilation efforts? (The Economist)Christian inmate tortured in notorious Southern Mongolia prison (Bitter Winter)Anti-religious social credit targets Southern Mongolian peasants (Bitter Winter)China's push to create a single national identity. Inner Mongolia is the latest target (The Economist)China kidnaps Southern Mongolian dissident in Mongolia (Bitter Winter)Southern Mongolia: The CCP mobilizes traditional culture against religion (Bitter Winter)Chinese deprogrammer in Inner Mongolia honored by Xi Jinping (Bitter Winter)The not-so model minority: Xi Jinping's Mongolian crackdown (China Leadership Monitor)Sweden stops deportation of Inner Mongolian dissident (Safeguard Defenders)Een lach en een traan
Lucky phone numbers and wedding dates to dining don'ts, Chinese numerology superstitions (SCMP)Man caught smuggling 100 snakes in his trousers (BBC)Elderly in China engage in bizarre fitness trends, posing safety risks (Global Times) Chinese 'broken pots' found in Lincolnshire attic sell for £160,000 (The Guardian)Dan's the man: Why Chinese women are looking to ChatGPT for love (BBC)Pride before a fall: water pipe helps cherished waterfall in China stay flowing (The Guardian)Xi Story: Illuminating the future of every child (Xinhua)'Let Japanese politicians drink radioactive waste water.' How nationalism helped a Chinese drinks firm rise – briefly (SCMP)Chinese PR boss says sorry after glorifying work-till-you-drop culture (The Guardian)China places 311 under administrative detention in 'air rage' crackdown (Xinhua)