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The Russian burden for China (Appia Institute)What China gained from US launching a failed war on Iran (Newsweek)Zheng Yongnian on local government overreach and the private economy (Sinification)China wins the Iran war without firing a shot (Asia Times)Chinese offshore wealth shifts to Singapore, Middle East ($Caixin)Power and geopolitics after Trump (Paul Krugman)Myanmar's leader looks to Beijing to boost international recognition (GZERO)Wang Yi holds phone call on the Iran deal with Ishaq Dar, Pakistani Deputy PM and FM (Xinhua)Iran conundrums and China's bets (Appia Institute)China's caution on the war in Iran is improving its strategic position in the Middle East (EuroAsia and the World)Economie - Nationaal
Rising foreclosures cast shadow over housing recovery (Trivium China)Is the Chinese economy in trouble? (Newsweek)Is the Chinese economy in trouble? (Newsweek)China's second-quarter GDP misses mark, with lowest reading since end of 2022 ($SCMP)Past is prologue for Beijing's five-year consumption plan (Trivium China)China’s central bank thinks the widening gap between the economy's boom and bust sectors is a looming risk (Trivium China)'Eastern data, western compute' is fake (ChinaTalk)China's passenger car sales slump as automakers race overseas ($Caixin)China's rare earth industry has critical weakness, researchers warn (SCMP)Gao Shanwen on Chinese government and overcapacity: historical patterns, current context, and response strategies (Pekingnology)Economie - Internationaal
As the yen sinks, Asia's monetary anchor subtly shifts to yuan (Asia Times)All that glitters isn't gold for Asia’s central banks (Asia Times)China's Africa lending model has a split personality (Asia Times)China's next move may decide whether oil prices soar (NYT)China announces temporary ban on helium exports (SCMP)China’s grip on global ship repair worries Japan. Can Tokyo end its dependence? ($SCMP)China's currency stance could cost it lost decades (Appia Institute, Asia Times)Wall Street’s got China’s currency ambitions all wrong (Asia Times)RMB internationalization – moving beyond the foundations (Trivium China)China built Indonesia’s nickel boom. Will it stay for the bust? (Asia Times)Internationale Relaties
Xi dabbles in 'AI diplomacy' at Shanghai forum with Thai, Cambodian PMs ($Nikkei Asia)Philippines demands 'racist' Chinese state media video depicting Filipinos as monkeys be taken down (The Guardian)Indonesia's telling empty chair on the South China Sea (Asia Times)The Arctic: Indo-Pacific deterrence challenge (Asia Times)China's savvy pivot in courting Muslim Indonesia (Asia Times)Xi Jinping's top ideology architect Wang Huning to visit North Korea: state media ($NK News)How Xi went from admiring Putin to managing him (The Wall Street Journal)Beijing doubles down in South China Sea dispute (Newsweek)For a China on the rise, soft power is vital ($SCMP)Pacific version of NATO launched to counter China (Newsweek)China - Verenigde Staten
Could Trump's 'last-gasp' China election claims derail Xi's US trip? (SCMP) Trump alleges vast Chinese conspiracy to commit and cover up fraud in 2020 US elections (Axios)US-China moon race could turn into a lunar land grab (Asia Times)Beijing's hunt for aliens and space supremacy (Newsweek)More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests (BBC)Award-winning chemist Zhang Wei leaves US to join China’s Great Bay University ($SCMP)US wartime buildup races against China's industrial clock (Asia Times)We returned from China. We realized our century's biggest challenge (NYT)Why US–China competition is losing the lithium triangle (The US-China Perception Monitor)Trump's climate jibes at China and EU just make him look out of date (SCMP)China - Europa
China hits out at British Steel nationalisation (BBC)The quest for 'technological sovereignty' in Europe (and why it's so hard) (NYT)How Volkswagen's troubles were made in China (NYT)Steel is the test case for dealing with China's overcapacity (EuroAsia and the World)Canicule : quand la Chine regarde l'Europe suffoquer (Le Vent de la Chine)China, the EU and Russia 'de-risking' from the US (Sinification)A bigger role for the EU in the US-China-Europe triangle (The Balancing Act)A sinister new law brings Chinese repression to Britain’s doorstep (The Telegraph)Chine – Europe : le dialogue de sourds se poursuit (Le Vent de la Chine)The rollercoaster of EU-China relations is now heading decisively downhill (EuroAsia and the World)China - Nederland
China's scale, innovation, business dynamism offer major opportunities across industries: Dutch business representative (Global Times)China's scale, innovation, business dynamism offer major opportunities across industries: Dutch business representative (Global Times)China targets strategic sectors in Netherlands, report warns, citing ASML (Nikkei Asia)Dutch trade minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma in China for high-stakes talks on tech war, tariff tensions (SCMP)Uyghur rights: Dutch Parliament hits Beijing where it hurts (Bitter Winter)The Hague City Council bans pro-Chinese Lantern Festival (Bitter Winter)The Netherlands vows to protect Uyghurs against China’s transnational harassment (Bitter Winter)The doppa on our heads, the homeland in our hearts: Amsterdam's lonely Uyghur on doppa day (Bitter Winter)Un-sanctioned: China to welcome Dutch trade minister Sjoerdsma amid Nexperia, ASML discord ($SCMP)Police investigates the aggressors of Amsterdam's Lonely Uyghur (Bitter Winter)Politiek
Chinese catholics and SSPX (Appia Institute)La Chine au cœur du retour des empires (Le Vent de la Chine)As Xi looks to extend his rule, he leans on a longtime ally, Cai Qi (NYT)The politics of policy research in China (The East is Read)Xi Jinping writes 'struggle' into the Party's DNA (Trivium China)Xi codifies his doctrine for running the Party (Trivium China)Uncle Cai’s growing empire: One of China's most influential officials just got even more powerful (Trivium China)Jennifer Lind, 'Autocracy 2.0'. Half-vicious: Innovation via smart authoritarianism (US-China Perception Monitor)China bets on AI to promote President Xi Jinping's thinking (Reuters)When 'autonomy' means obedience: China's new 'social sciences with Chinese characteristics' (Bitter Winter)Maatschappij
'Brainwashing' accusations and the persecution of the Church of Almighty God (Bitter Winter)'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC'They don't need people': the workers left behind by China's robot drive (NYT)China's regime-controlled Three-Self Church: what kind of pastors? (Bitter Winter)China's booming gig economy masks job market pain, strains welfare system (Reuters)Pastor Jin Mingri's July 4 release: what does Iit mean? (Bitter Winter)Why Chinese youth aren't booing AI, unlike American graduates (SCMP)The robots are here (ChinaTalk)Why China's technical schools offer both hope and despair for jobless college grads (SCMP)'I have successfully defended my personal dignity': woman wins rare MeToo court victory in China (The Guardian)Militaire zaken
What China's sub-launched missile test really signaled (Asia Times)China's often flawed arms still buy lasting influence (Asia Times)China's nuke missile test routine or cause for Pacific panic? (Asia Times)China test fires long-range ballistic missile in the Pacific, angering neighbors (NYT)Xi taps new military anti-graft chief, promotes two generals (Reuters)Why electric cars and robot makers are being linked to China's military (Newsweek)China’s sailless submarine takes warfare to the seabed (Asia Times)China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos (Reuters)The PLA's theory of total war (Tracking People's Daily)All non-drone militaries are now obsolete (Asia Times)Cultuur
Why are Chinese audiences going for Korean musicals rather than Western shows? ($SCMP)What the I Ching is really about ($SCMP)China wants to suppress independent cinema. But young film-makers are undaunted by red lines (The Guardian)Art on trial - a sculptor's arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China (BBC)Plato goes to Beijing: Why Xi Jinping wants China to become a world leader in Greek and Latin studies (Bitter Winter)When the esoteric West sought the Dao - and discovered its own reflection (Bitter Winter)"Was I scared going back to China? No': Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home (The Guardian)Le Serpent se faufile, le Cheval hennit (Le Vent de la Chine)How old is Chinese civilisation? It really dates back 8,000 years, an archaeologist argues (SCMP)China steps up cultural heritage protection to keep its past alive for the future (Xinhua)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
China's race to build commercial spaceports (Beijing Scroll)China shutters 30,000 preschools and primary schools in a single year ($Caixin)Compasses, not maps: China is building a different type of AI (Asia Times)China hails breakthrough in 'artificial sun' project (Newsweek)Overhaul of university majors must balance present realities with long-term goals (Caixin Global)Why more Chinese university graduates turn to flexible work, skip higher degrees (SCMP)China's universities cut 12,000 ‘obsolete’ degrees amid race to embrace AI era ($SCMP) Beijing issues two new five-year plans for education and the environment (Trivium China)Two nations, two exams, one AI reckoning (Asia Times)PhD dropout's exposé forces an academic fraud reckoning in China (The East is Read)Milieu
Beijing's evolving carbon road map balances climate targets and energy security (SCMP)China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help? (SCMP)China's coal consumption to plateau by 2030, report says ($Caixin)China scales new heights with world’s longest outdoor escalator ($FT)China amps up electric ships in push to decarbonise waterways, leverage EV prowess ($SCMP)Chang'an to launch world's first EVs equipped with sodium-ion batteries (Trivium China, Net Zero Weekly)Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban (The Guardian)Xi Jinping thought on ecological civilization transcends industrial civilization & is going global (Tracking People's Daily)'If you're flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know': how China turned rain into an asset (The Guardian)Beijing won its war for blue skies, but villagers are paying the price (NYT)Rampen en ongelukken
Factory fire kills at least 28 in China's 'shoe capital'Venomous snakes escape breeding farms in southern China during flooding (The Guardian)'The water just came so fast': Typhoon triggers floods and rare tornadoes in China (BBC)China says pilot who flew into skyscraper had thoughts of death (NYT)Crash contre la tour CITIC : les angles morts de la sécurité aérienne chinoise (Le Vent de la China)Small plane crashes into tallest building in Beijing (NYT)As Ebola spreads in East Africa, will China step up? (NYT) Secret tunnels and unregistered workers: China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of darker days (BBC)At least 90 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports (BBC)Deadly China plane crash was caused by fuel cut-off, says report (BBC)Schandalen
'Even Politburo members can be touched': what the latest purge says about Xi Jinping's China (The Guardian)How I was kicked out of China (NYT)China links family of ex-Politburo member Ma Xingrui to 'rampant corruption' (SCMP) China purges top official over corruption and sex charges (NYT)China purges top official over corruption and sex charges (NYT)The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico's 'fentanyl king' (BBC)China's anti-corruption fight in numbers (SCMP)China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes (BBC)The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woes (BBC)Cooking the books (Trivium China)Sport
With no team in World Cup, China fans rally around a red card-happy referee (BBC)The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas (BBC)China views sports industry as new growth driver in next five years (Xinhua)Chinese government unveils plan to boost football development and youth training (Xinhua)Third division Chinese football team penalized for attempting to gift match officials (Global Times)Two securities officials fall to their deaths amid China's graft sweep ($Caixin)China's pro-wrestlers search for a star to bring the sport out of the shadows (The Guardian)China's dream of becoming a football superpower lies in tatters (BBC)Chinese Football Association launches self-recommendation system to better select talent, prevent corruption (Global Times)Xi declares 9th Asian Winter Games open (Xinhua)Taiwan
Taiwan eyes local AI as digital 'bulwark' against Chinese influence ($Nikkei Asia)Dwindling US firepower doesn't shrink China's Taiwan trap (Asia Times)China raises pressure on Taiwan with expanded coast guard patrols (NYT)Why did Sanae Takaichi make outrageous remarks about intervening in the Taiwan Strait situation? (Think Brics)Beijing sends new coastguard force into waters east of Taiwan ($SCMP)Inside Taiwan's nightmare scenario: Chinese blockade, earthquake, sabotage and invasion (Newsweek)China's import of custard apples is sparking fears in Taiwan (BBC)Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones (The Guardian)Banned from China for going to Taiwan (Newsweek)Taiwan's top diplomat seeks tighter Philippine ties against China coercion ($Nikkei Asia)Hongkong
Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops (BBC)Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban (AP)Hong Kong slams Washington Post commentary on national security law changes (SCMP)Hong Kong’s nightmare gets darker (The Washington Post Editorial)Hong Kong artist who tried to mark Tiananmen massacre with red thread intercepted by police (The Guardian)Donald Trump does ‘not feel optimistic’ for Jimmy Lai after speaking with Xi Jinping (The Guardian)Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany (The Guardian)Hong Kong wants to become a global gold vault. Does the Iran war create an opening? ($SCMP)Interpol: how shock Hong Kong meeting shows China's power in Interpol (Newsweek)Hong Kong bookstore staff arrested for allegedly selling 'seditious' Jimmy Lai biography, broadcaster reports (The Guardian)Macau
Then they came for Macau: The Au Kam San case cignals an escalation of repression (Bitter Winter)Macau's Grand Emperor hotel rips up lobby floor to sell off gold bricks (The Guardian)Macau's silent chill: the arrest of Au Kam San and the unseen repression (Bitter Winter)Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Tibet
What Lobga Rangzen's self-immolation in New York tells the Uyghurs (Bitter Winter)After a Tibetan set himself on fire in New York: how Tibetans react (Bitter Winter)China will use AI to shape the international narrative on Tibet (Bitter Winter)Tibetan man dies after setting himself on fire outside UN in New York, activists say (Reuters)The Chinese Communist Party teaches Tibetan Buddhism to Tibetan Buddhists (Biter Winter) Tibet scholars urged to use Marxism to promote Beijing's agenda (Bitter Winter)'Sinicizing' Tibetan Buddhism, one inspection tour at a time (Bitter Winter)Two Tibetan monks 'disappeared' into the Chinese jail system (Bitter Winter)A blueprint for 'harmony': reading between the lines of Tibet's new governance gospel (Bitter Winter)The new law on ethnic unity: a threat to Tibetan buddhism (Bitter Winter)Xinjiang
Coming together against silence: reflections on the 3rd International Uyghur Forum, ten years after the camps (Bitter Winter)Uyghur fathers, Uyghur children: persecution and resilience across generations (Bitter Winter)Stop Uyghur forced labor: an event in the UK Parliament (Bitter Winter)Two Uyghurs were sentenced to death for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Thai history. But doubts remain (Bitter Winter)Uyghurs and the Middle East: The wedge issue that doesn't wedge (The China-MENA Newsletter)Sick and pensionless: the long punishment of a Xinjiang Falun Gong professor (Trivium China)When Uyghur culture becomes 'extremism': from Doppa to Hijab (Bitter Winter)'Unbroken,' by Rushan Abbas: A Uyghur woman's fight for her people (Bitter Winter)Green belt project transforms Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang (Xinhua)Dubious Uyghur' testimonies' hail 'conversions' to atheism- through marriage (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
Ga. Sharavjamts and the Mongolian myths China tried to silence (Bitter Winter)July 5: The Urumqi massacre’s unanswered questions (Bitter Winter)How Chinese propaganda erased Mongolian identity - and much more (Bitter Winter)Mongolian: The language Beijing wants to bury alive (Bitter Winter)A memoir on repression in China's Southern Mongolia - in an anti-West magazine (Bitter Winter)Genocide in Southern Mongolia: the return of a buried history (Bitter Winter)Inner Mongolia focuses on desertification control of Horqin sandy land (Xinhua)Words used for cultural genocide: how 'Northern Frontier' is replacing 'Inner Mongolia' (Bitter Winter)Unusual protest by Southern Mongolian herders ask for compensation after grazing ban (Bitter Winter)‘Northern frontier culture’: How China is erasing ‘Mongolia’ from Mongolian culture (The Strategist)Een lach en een traan
For Xi's critics, summit spectacle is fuel for jokes they can't tell (NYT)Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon (Reuters)Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet' (BBC)The Party bureaucrat who married his deceased sister (Bitter Winter)AI-gekte in China bereikt grens: overheid waarschuwt voor gevaarlijke app 'De Kreeft' ($de Volkskrant)Why are smugglers swarming East Africa for ants to send to China and Europe? ($SCMP)Group of dogs that went missing in China go viral after walking 17km home (The GuardianChinese university tells students to 'fall in love' during spring break (Reuters)Chinese national charged for trying to smuggle 2,000 ants from Kenya (BBC)Beijing pastry shop overrun by shoppers after Xi Jinping's visit (The Guardian)
