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Chinese FM calls on China, Britain to uphold international order established after WWII (Xinhua)China warns nations against 'appeasing' US in trade deals (BBC)China dismisses Zelenskyy's claim it has supplied weapons to Russia (The Guardian, agencies)China accuses US of interfering in its Latin America ties (Newsweek)China wants countries to unite against Trump, but is met with wariness (NYT)Trump's tariffs leave China's neighbours with an impossible choice (BBC)China's plan to fight Trump's trade war (The New Yorker)The US-China decoupling arrives (Axios Macro)Can a global trade war be avoided? ($Project Syndicate)Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to 'screw' the US, says Trump (The Guardian, agencies)Economie - Nationaal
China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war (NYT)Number of private enterprises in China tops 57M by March (Xinhua)Rollen omgedraaid: China grootste handelspartner voor veel landen, niet de VS ($de Volkskrant)China says its own consumers will save the day. But they're not buying (NYT)There is no private sector in China: The US needs officially to restrict cooperation with China (Gatestone Institute)'Fruit of the devil': Hainan's betel nut sellers suffer from stuttering economy (The Guardian)China's first homegrown large cruise ship debuts in Qingdao (Xinhua)The relentless innovation fuelling China's 'brutal' car wars ($FT)World feels it when spending habits of 500 million Chinese change (Asia Times)Maker of Assassin's Creed video games gets $1.25bn Chinese investment (BBC)Economie - Internationaal
Harming Iran's oil exports to China is 'dramatic blow' (JNS)Trump's trade war with China could be good for India. But is it ready? (NYT)Xi says China to join neighboring countries for Asia's modernization (Xinhua)Xi's rondreis door Zuidoost-Azië krijgt door Trumps heffingen plots meer gewicht ($de Volkskrant))Donald Trump's China trade war a 'boon' for Brazil but sends US farmers reeling ($FT)SCO dialogue partners eye deeper cooperation with China at investment event (Xinhua)China's neighbourhood play (The India China Newsletter)Three key takeaways of China's central conference on work related to neighboring countries (Beijing Scroll)Xi: Strengthen ties with neighbouring countries (rthk.hk, Reuters, AFP)« Je te taxe, tu me taxes… » (Le Vent de la Chine, éditorial)Internationale Relaties
Chinese Communist Party hails the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan (Bitter Winter)Why is Egypt's military betting on China? (Coffee in the Desert)China expresses condolences over passing of Pope Francis (Xinhua)China responds as territorial dispute with US ally S.Korea goes public (Newsweek)The Dragon, the Bear, and the Eagle: Managing trilateral relations in the Arctic (The US-China Perception Monitor)China's envoy to N. Korea says 'blood-forged' bilateral friendship will reach new heights (Yonhap)Iranian foreign minister to visit China ahead of nuclear talks (Reuters)China's double game in Myanmar (Foreign Affairs)With African mining interests at stake, China wades into DR Congo-Rwanda conflict (SCMP) Chinese scholars suggest peaceful path with Philippines in South China Sea dispute ($SCMP)China - Verenigde Staten
US and China holding talks on trade war, Trump says after Beijing rebuttal (The Guardian)China says no ongoing trade talks with the US, calls for canceling 'unilateral' tariffs (CNBC)Five cards China holds in a trade war with the US (BBC)Trump's 'anxious' tariff comments put China in control, analysts say ($SCMP)Trump may slash China tariffs by 50%, report says ( Crypto on The Street)China responds to Trump's softening tone on trade (Newsweek)US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not 'sustainable' (AP)China digs in to insulate CCP from fallout of Trump tariffs (Money Control)Trump's tariffs will pay off - for China (NYT)China releases video of encounter with US aircraft carrier fighter jet (Newsweek)China - Europa
China to snub UK energy summit amid row over infrastructure projects (The Guardian)Top Donald Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech (FT)Why Europe fears a flood of cheap goods from China (NYT)Another UK government is doing contradictory things when it comes to China (The Guardian)Don't politicise row over Scunthorpe steel plant, says Chinese foreign ministry (The Guardian)China and EU unite against US tariff 'weapon' (Conflict Watcher)It's time for the European Union to do a 'Kissinger' with China ($SCMP)Europe must choose between America and China ($FT)China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as Xi urges EU to resist Trump 'bullying' (The Guardian, agencies)UK sends military chief to China for first visit in 10 years (BBC)China - Nederland
Chinese vice president meets Royal Philips CEO (Xinhua)Missing Chinese student in Amsterdam confirmed dead (Shine)Chinese student missing in the Netherlands for over 2 weeks (Shine)Na verkoop havens rond Panamakanaal vertrekt Hongkongs bedrijf ook uit Rotterdam ($de Volkskrant)China, Netherlands pledge to build open world economy, strengthen green development cooperation (Xinhua)Amsterdam's 'Lonely Uyghur,' the court of the citizens of the world, and Xi Jinping's genocide (Bitter Winter)China ready to expand economic, trade exchanges with Netherlands: Chinese Premier (Xinhua)Chinese embassy strongly opposes Taiwan-related motion adopted by the Netherlands (Global Times)Chinese invloed en inmenging in het Nederlandse medialandschap (China Kennis Netwerk)Remarks Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands on the Xizang separatist's visit to the Netherlands (nl.china-embassy.gov.cn)Politiek
'Why would he take such a risk?' How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor (The Guardian)Steeling China for a fight, Xi faces his biggest test since Covid (NYT)Why a recent campaign mobilizing 100 million Party members deserves special attention? (Beijing Scroll)Top Chinese military official close to Xi rumored to have been arrested (Newsweek)Clap de fin (Le Vent de la Chine)China's third top official Zhao Leji missing from 'two sessions' closing due to illness ($SCMP)Et un ministre de moins… (Le Vent de la Chine)Mao Zedong's first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda (The Guardian)Safeguarding China's regime is the top priority, Xi Jinping tells Politburo (SCMP)Xi stresses advancing Peaceful China Initiative to higher level (Xinhua)Maatschappij
Pope Francis and China: A difficult legacy (Bitter Winter)China executes man who stabbed Japanese school boy (BBC)China Buddhist Association: A Trojan horse of Chinese propaganda (Bitter Winter)United Front calls for more control of Buddhist practice to set animals free (Bitter Winter)Aboard the 'silver trains', China's retirees do their bit to offset Trump's tariffs (BBC)Family of three sentenced for practicing Falun Gong (Bitter Winter)Hohhot Christians' trial: nine sentenced to jail terms for distributing bibles (Bitter Winter)Religious activities by foreigners in China: New restrictions from May 1 (Bitter Winter)Coffee craze hits China's smaller cities via budget-friendly brews (Xinhua)China facing obesity crisis as forecasts predict 65% will be overweight by 2030 (SCMP)Militaire zaken
First-ever joint air force drills between Egypt and China (Al-Monitor)PLA ambitions and Xi's ideology (Appia Institute)Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia captured in Ukraine: Zelensky (Newsweek)China's military gamble? (Appia Institute)Nuking tsunami from Asia (Appia Institute)AGI and the future of warfare (ChinaTalk)Satellite images show fresh Chinese bomber deployment in South China Sea around the Scarborough Shoal (Reuters)How did Chinese weapons reach Hamas?China brandishes cutter for snipping deep-sea cables (Asia Times)Chinese naval group returns to contested waters after Australia mission (Newsweek)Cultuur
Ne Zha 2 review – record-breaking animation is tale of demons, dragons and dazzling visuals (The Guardian)Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records (The Guardian)City walls from China's earliest dynasty discovered in Henan (Xinhua)Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins Pritzker Prize (NYT)Chinese blockbuster 'Ne Zha 2' shatters records, now 7th on all-time global box office chart (Xinhua)Chinese film stirs national pride, rakes in $1bn in days (BBC)China's best music of 2024 (ChinaTalk)Cultural 'seed bank' explores richness of Chinese civilization (China Daily)China's passion for the piano fades as Beijing strikes somber tone ($Nikkei)Your culture’s no good here ($Trivium China)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
CATL sets new industry standard with release of five ultra-long-range, supercharging battery models ($Trivium)Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: 'embodied AI' is reshaping daily life in China (The Guardian)Scientists find new method to extend lifespan of lithium-ion batteries (XinhuaSome troubled science reporting at South China Morning Post (Pekingnology)Cutting-edge breakthroughs drive medical innovation (China Daily)Xi Jinping is investing in China's science and technology research as Trump is gutting America's research foundations (Sinocism)Largest gallium wafer at lowest cost: how China leads on next-gen semiconductor tech ($SCMP)Unitree's humanoid robot a great side-flip forward for China (Asia Times)Tiny Chinese drone conquers Earth's deepest point, beyond reach of US Navy (SCMP)DeepSeek has changed China's AI model landscape – what’s next? (SCMP)Milieu
Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds (BBC)Chinese economist calls for bold action to fill climate leadership vacuum (SCMP)UK energy secretary Ed Miliband: The global battle against the climate crisis needs China (The Guardian)'All the birds returned': How China led the way in water and soil conservation (The Guardian)China pledges global cooperation to address climate change (Xinhua)How China-Russia can seize the climate action lead (Asia Times)China is not the West's environmental ally ($The Spectator)Clean energy contributed 10% to China's GDP in 2024, analysis shows (The Guardian)China's coal power habit undercuts 'unprecedented pace' of clean energy (The Guardian)A thirst for power: China's water grid shapes its future (Asia Times)Rampen en ongelukken
Nursing home fire in China kills 20 people (BBC)Xi orders all-out rescue of people buried in landslide (Xinhua)32 civil servants handed punishments for fatal expressway collapse in China (Xinhua)Earthquake strikes Tibet region; 95 dead, more than 100 injured, reports say ($SCMP)Tibet earthquake: at least 53 dead as strong quake strikes near holy Shigatse city (The Guardian)Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15 (AP)WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on (AFP)Blast rocks residential building in southern China (Reuters)Zhuhai car attack: senior heads roll in south China city where dozens died ($SCMP)Ground collapse leaves 13 workers missing in southern China (Xinhua)Schandalen
China investigates 'princeling' amid crackdown on finance industry (FT)‘The boat owners treat us as slaves’: crews report abuse and death on long-haul vessels (The Guardian)China to maintain high pressure on corruption fugitives (Xinhua)2,876 fraud suspects repatriated from Myanmar to China (Xinhua)China prosecutes over 21,000 people for counterfeit crimes in 2024 (Xinhua)China steps up judicial efforts to punish corruption in 2024 (Xinhua)Zhenhao Zou: 'charming' PhD student who filmed dozens of attacks on women (The Guardian)Church of Almighty God: 648 members arrested in Jilin, two died from torture (Bitter Winter)In China, rare dissent over a program to save on drug costs (NYT)Myanmar escape by actor signals action to come against scammers (SCMP)Sport
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)41 Chinese chess individuals penalized for cheating (Xinhua)Table tennis will not be the same without three Chinese superstars ($SCMP)China held 671 marathons, road races in 2024 (Xinhua)China jails ex-football head coach for bribery (BBC)Two former football officials sentenced to years behind bars for accepting bribes (Global Times)World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren (China) v Gukesh Dommaraju (India) pre-match questions, answered (The Guardian)Global trail runners gather in China's Zhangjiajie for epic race (Xinhua)Taiwan
Royal Navy ready to defy China in Taiwan Strait (The Telegraph)'Don't panic, but don't relax': Taiwan’s plan 'to use 7-Eleven chains' as wartime hubs (The Guardian)Would Donald Trump defend Taiwan? (Newsweek)Taiwan deports mainland spouse amid rising cross-Strait friction (US-China Perception Monitor)Taiwan’s security chief Joseph Wu visits US for 'special channel' talks, source says ($SCMP)Defense spokesperson says PLA's drills around Taiwan 'legitimate, necessary, reasonable' (Xinhuanet)New poll: Does 'America First' mean abandoning Taiwan and Korea? (Asia Times)China military drills targeting Taiwan put region's security at risk, says US (The Guardian, agencies)PLA launches 'Strait Thunder-2025A' exercises in middle, southern areas of Taiwan Strait (Beijing Scroll)PLA launches 'Strait Thunder-2025A' exercises in middle, southern areas of Taiwan Strait (Beijing Scroll)Hongkong
Hong Kong suspends postal service to the US after Trump's tariff hikes (CNN)Hong Kong defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry (AP)Outcry after British MP refused entry to Hong Kong (The Guardian, agencies)'All Is well in Hong Kong,' says Sydney's 'Law Society Journal' 2. Misrepresenting 'colonial Hong Kong' (Bitter Winter)'All is well in Hong Kong,' says Sydney's 'Law Society Journal.' 1. Slandering pro-democracy activists (Bitter Winter)Hong Kong firm did not uphold Panama Canal ports contract: Panama audit (AFP)Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plummets 13% in its worst rout in decades amid all-out US-China tariff war ($SCMP)China rejects so-called US 'Hong Kong Policy Act Report' (Xinhua)Li Ka-shing entre le marteau et l’enclume (Le Vent de la Chine Editorial)The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong's rule of law (The Guardian)Macau
Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)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) Tibet
Digital repression targets Tibetans in Tibet and abroad (Bitter Winter)Surprise: Lama Humkar Dorje Rinpoche 'died in Vietnam' (Bitter Winter)China decides to impose reciprocal visa restrictions on US personnel who behave badly on Xizang-related issues (Xinhua)Leading Tibetan lama 'disappeared' and possibly killed (Bitter Winter)Stop the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet (The Adams-Solomon Report)US restricts Chinese officials' visas over access to Tibetan areas (Reuters)White paper highlights human rights progress in Xizang (Xinhua)Why the choice of the next Dalai Lama is such a sensitive issue for Beijing (SCMP)Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the 'free world' (Reuters)Tibetan students told not to attend religious activities during the holidays (Bitter Winter)Xinjiang
Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to 'sanitise' China abuses in Xinjiang (The Guardian)How I celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Barin Revolution in East Turkestan (Bitter Winter)Amsterdam's 'Lonely Uyghur' about celebrating Nowruz in exile (Bitter Winter)Thailand will 'visit' in China the Uyghurs it deported there: it's just theater (Bitter Winter)Morocco finally frees Uyghur dissident Idris Hasan (Bitter Winter)Could Morocco's religious tolerance be the answer to the Chinese Uyghur crisis? (Middle East Forum)International Mother Language Day: an appeal for Uyghur language by the Netherlands' 'Lonely Uyghur' (Bitter Winter)China's weapons against Uyghurs: birth control and alliances with Islamic countries (Bitter Winter)UK politicians rally in support of Uyghurs and remember the Ghulja massacre 28 years ago (Bitter Winter)Never again, but not for the Uyghurs: a shameful omission (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
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)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)Een lach en een traan
'I've had 100 operations and will never stop' - inside China's cosmetic surgery boom (BBC)Chinese robots ran against humans in the world's first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile (CNN)Beijing gears up for human-robot marathon (Ecns)Chinese influencer smashes temples, performs bold stunts to challenge superstitions (SCMP)LA-to-Shanghai United Airlines flight turns back after pilot forgets passport (AFP)Xi Jinping's vision drives China's winter sports boom (Xinhua)The $6.2 million banana: on art, bitcoins, and Chinese Communist capitalism (Bitter Winter)China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings (BBC)Video: Two tonnes of live snakes seized by customs in China (Viralpress)China's censors are letting rapper Ye perform there. His fans are amazed (NYT)
