Laatste nieuws

  • China en de wereldcrisis

  • Xi Jinping's 'Global Community': A Uyghur view (Bitter Winter)
  • Fallout from Xi's Russia visit will be felt first in Asia (Asia Times)
  • Zelensky's gambit puts Xi on the spot (Newsweek)
  • Russian 'invasion was wrong': Views from China on war in Ukraine (Al Jazeera)
  • Xi Jinping says he is preparing China for war (Foreign Affairs)
  • In seeking to curb China, Aukus may well have launched a new cold war – and an arms race (SCMP)
  • 'When China Attacks' – and the US goes down to defeat (Asia Times)
  • An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent (NYT)
  • The real reason China is arming Russia in Ukraine (Gatestone Institute)
  • The Russia-China joint statement: what has changed since last year (The China Project)
  • Economie - Nationaal

  • Foreign media's obsession with Jack Ma's travels misreads China's policies for private sector (Global Times)
  • BYD seeks to beat Volkswagen as China's top automaker: chairman ($Nikkei)
  • Rift between gaming giants shows toll of China's economic crackdown (NYT)
  • China's cities are buried in debt, but they keep shoveling it on (NYT)
  • China offers olive branch to entrepreneurs as Jack Ma returns ($Nikkei)
  • Alibaba to overhaul China's biggest tech conglomerate into 6 units to reignite their entrepreneurial mojo as 'start-ups' (SCMP)
  • How China keeps putting off its 'Lehman moment' (NYT)
  • Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to mainland China to visit school in Hangzhou (SCMP)
  • China's economic rebound weaker than expected, warns Maersk (FT)
  • The cloud over China's entrepreneurs raises capital flight risk (FT)
  • Economie - Internationaal

  • Elon Musk plans China visit, seeks meeting with premier (Reuters)
  • De-dollarization inevitable as use of other currencies accelerates (Global Times)
  • China settles first LNG trade in yuan with UAE deal (Al-Monitor)
  • China Premier Li pledges opening up to world amid US tensions ($Nikkei)
  • China, Saudi Arabia consolidate energy ties amid uncertainty over Russian supplies (SCMP)
  • China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters (FT)
  • China's Africa Belt and Road investment drops as West spends more (Nikkei)
  • The dollar is our superpower, and Russia and China are threatening it (The Washington Post)
  • Russia surpasses Saudi Arabia as China's top oil supplier (Al-Monitor)
  • China, Russia gas-pipeline statements raise questions on Power of Siberia 2 progress (SCMP)
  • Internationale Relaties

  • Japan to restrict chipmaking equipment exports, with eye on China ($Nikkei)
  • Bhutan yields to Chinese salami-slicing pressure in Doklam, causing immediate impact on India (Firstpost)
  • China's growing influence threatens to undermine global human rights, new research finds (CNBC)
  • US and SE Asia as perennial 'imperfect partners' (Asia Times)
  • How China overreached and lost its grip in the Pacific (Asia Times)
  • Xi Jinping's plan to annex Russian territory is there for all to see (The Telegraph)
  • Saudis join Shanghai Cooperation Organization as China bromance blossoms (Al-Monitor)
  • Pakistan police resort to shutting Chinese shops over terror risk ($Nikkei)
  • Valery Gergiev, controversial conductor (CNN)
  • Saudi crown prince calls Xi following Iran, energy deals (Al-Monitor)
  • China - Verenigde Staten

  • China's role in the fentanyl crisis (Brookings)
  • Rich or poor? China's 'developing' status faces fire (Asia Times)
  • VP Kamala Harris' visit to Africa: Delivering on US commitments or countering China and Russia? (Brookings)
  • Why the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase ($The Economist)
  • China Inc. keen on setting up shop in the US despite tensions ($Nikkei)
  • Joe Biden attempts to defang the Chinese tiger ($The Economist)
  • The cold war with China is changing everything (NYT)
  • China's diplomatic wins rise from America's losses (Asia Times)
  • US hands China easy PR win with TikTok show (Asia Times)
  • 'Havoc and disaster': Chinese ambassador slams US in letter to NZ MPs ($The Sydney Morning Herald)
  • China - Europa

  • EU's von der Leyen calls for tougher policy on China ahead of Beijing visit (Politico)
  • China’s envoy warns EU of ‘peril’ from following US on trade curbs (FT)
  • Europe must reassess its relations with China, says EU chief (The Guardian)
  • TikTok: Civil service ban is politicising app - Chinese ambassador (BBC)
  • Why China was the ghost at the EU summit banquet (FT)
  • Spanish leader to discuss Ukraine war on Xi visit (FT)
  • BBC urges staff to delete TikTok from company mobile phones (The Guardian)
  • A Hungarian town seethes over a giant Chinese battery plant (NYT)
  • 1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown (The Guardian)
  • Biden splits EU’s top ranks over China (Politico)
  • China - Nederland

  • Beijing envoy warns Dutch of retaliation for chip curbs: 'China won't just swallow this' (SCMP)
  • Chinese ambassadeur: 'We houden misschien niet van elkaar, maar we hebben elkaar wel nodig (FD)
  • UK quietly shifts China policy as trust between countries erodes (The Guardian)
  • China opposes Dutch plan to curb chip export (Reuters)
  • Kabinet bevestigt beperking van export van ASML naar China ($de Volkskrant)
  • ASML chief warns of IP theft risks amid chip sanctions (FT)
  • Dutch Premier pokes China while praising 'century of America' (Bloomberg)
  • ASML accuses China employee of stealing chip data (Asia Times)
  • China reacts to export controls: Japan, the Netherlands, and Huawei (ChinaTalk)
  • US, Japan and Netherlands in a squishy China chip ban (Asia Times)
  • Politiek

  • An influential Chinese blogger disappeared from the internet. This woman says she knows why (CNN)
  • Technology has become the double-edged sword of Asia's protests (BBC)
  • China's new crackdown targets 'self-media' (Bitter Winter)
  • Kotkin on China: Communism's Achilles' heel, deterrence, and learning from the USSR (ChinaTalk)
  • China strengthens Communist Party oversight of financial sector ($Caixin)
  • China releases plan on reforming Party and state institutions (Xinhua)
  • The changing face of Chinese governance (Asia Times)
  • Xi tightens grip, hardens stance on US: Key takeaways from China's annual political meetings (CNN)
  • China's new premier needs to revive growth. How far will loyalty get him? (NYT)
  • President Xi is zeker van ‘historische wederopstanding’ China, maar gemakkelijk wordt het niet ($de Volkskrant)
  • Maatschappij

  • Japan in delicate deterrence dilemma over China (Asia Times)
  • Chinese cities are so broke, they’re cutting medical benefits for seniors (CNN)
  • Hohhot trial of Christians who illegally sold legal bibles scheduled for late April (Bitter Winter)
  • Chinese delivery worker reflects: 'When you call, they want you knocking. When you knock, they want you calling' (ChinaTalk)
  • Douyin: the app making more noise than TikTok in China (Asia Times)
  • Online trolls are taking a toll in China (BBC)
  • In China, marriage rates are down and 'bride prices' are up (NYT)
  • China population: primary and kindergarten enrolments tumble as the country's record low birth rate hits home (SCMP)
  • Wenzhou parents asked to sign a 'kindergarten family commitment not to believe in religion' (Bitter Winter)
  • China's social credit system bigger than Big Brother (Asia Times)
  • Militaire zaken

  • Russia to power China's nuclear weapon ambitions (Asia Times)
  • Chinese coast guard ship chased out of Vietnam waters (RFA)
  • Iran flexes military muscle after joint naval drills with Russia, China (Al-Monitor)
  • As war in Ukraine grinds on, China helps refill Russian drone supplies (NYT)
  • China sends military drones to Democratic Republic of Congo amid fears of regional war (The Diplomat)
  • Japan sends missile units to southwestern island to face China threat (Kyodo)
  • Chinese official asks if Australia’s Aukus nuclear submarines intended for 'sightseeing' (The Guardian)
  • China, Iran and Russia hold joint maritime exercise in Gulf of Oman (China Military Online)
  • China's new 'super island builder' set to roil South China Sea (Asia Times)
  • Penny Wong hits back at China's claim Aukus nuclear submarines will fuel an arms race (The Guardian)
  • Cultuur

  • Fan Bingbing returned to the global spotlight, after a five-year absence from the big screen (CNN)
  • Jackson Wang and China's quest for a global pop idol (FT)
  • Modern adaptations of mythology proof of strong cultural confidence (Global Times)
  • China's 2022 box office tops 30 billion yuan (Xinhua)
  • Most assume writing systems get simpler. But 3,600 years of Chinese writing show it's getting increasingly complex (The Conversation)
  • China's Golden Rooster Awards winners announced (Xinhua)
  • Les nouvelles formes du marché de l’art contemporain en Chine (Le Vent de la Chine)
  • Return to Dust review – paean to the simple life (The Guardian)
  • Return to Dust — rural Chinese love story hums with emotional truth (FT)
  • From worship to birth, oracle bones carry the secret of Chinese characters' origins (Global Times)
  • Wetenschap en Onderwijs

  • China to slash foreign researchers' access to academic database (Nikkei Asia, FT)
  • China approves its first mRNA Covid-19 vaccine (CNN)
  • China jobs: Beijing urged to reform vocational education and end discrimination to plug skilled worker gap (SCMP)
  • China's answer to ChatGPT gets an artificial debut and disappoints (NYT)
  • 'Gargantuan': China fossils reveal 70-tonne dinosaur had 15m neck (The Guardian)
  • Fearing ChatGPT is opium,' China to build its own (Asia Times)
  • China's new human gene-editing rules worry experts (BBC)
  • China takes 'stunning lead' in key technological research, think tank says (The Japan Times)
  • China leads the world with 4.21 million valid registered patents in 2022 (Mondaq)
  • Chinese educators should embrace ChatGPT as part of reform, experts say ($Caixin)
  • Milieu

  • Getting China to stick to its carbon commitments (Asia Times)
  • How China, the US and others watered down a key UN climate document (Bloomberg)
  • China adds coal capacity for energy security despite green goals (Nikkei)
  • Number of giant pandas in Chengdu breeding base increased 12-fold over past 30 years (Ecns.cn)
  • Lithium mining crackdown highlights environmental woes (China Digital Times)
  • 'We keep pets and eat livestock, why not this?': China’s defiant fur farmers (The Guardian)
  • China approves biggest expansion in new coal power plants since 2015, report finds (Reuters)
  • Chinese police arrest 90,000 for wildlife crimes (Xinhua) 25 feb 2023
  • West finally hitting back at China’s cleantech dominance (Asia Times)
  • China coal: energy shortage ensures chemical romance ends badly (FT)
  • Rampen en ongelukken

  • 'Being truthful is essential': scientist who stumbled upon Wuhan Covid data speaks out (The Guardian)
  • The Guardian view on how Covid began: look to the future (The Guardian editorial)
  • New data links pandemic's origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market (NYT)
  • China confirms 53 'missing or dead' from February mine collapse (The Straits Times)
  • Scores missing after large mine collapse in China (BBC)
  • Landslide halts rescue of over 50 missing after China mine collapse (Xinhua)
  • Xi orders all-out rescue efforts after Inner Mongolia coal mine collapse (Xinhua)
  • Tesla accident causes 1 death, 1 injury (Global Times)
  • The Cultural Revolution is still a part of China today (The Spectator)
  • Tibet avalanche death toll rises to 28 as search for survivors ends in Lunar New Year homecoming tragedy (SCMP)
  • Schandalen

  • The undoing of Guo Wengui, billionaire accused of fraud on 2 continents ($NYT)
  • China's fake science industry: how 'paper mills' threaten progress (FT)
  • Nouvelle pièce du puzzle sur l’origine du Covid-19 (Le Vent de la Chine éditorial)
  • WHO blasts China for withholding info on COVID origin after data pulled offline (Fox News)
  • WHO accuses China of withholding data on pandemic’s origins (NYT, Outlook India)
  • Doctor who exposed China's cover-up of Sars crisis dies aged 91 (The Guardian)
  • The Italian job: How the CCP laundered mafia money in Italy (Bitter Winter)
  • Bao Fan: Why do Chinese billionaires keep vanishing? (BBC)
  • Global asset managers in China grapple with fraudulent investor schemes (Reuters)
  • Chinese lab leak most likely origin of Covid-19 pandemic, Energy Department now says (WSJ)
  • Sport

  • China's soccer experiment was a flop. Now it may be over (NYT)
  • Lu Pinlin: The forgotten football king of China (Xinhua)
  • Lu Pinlin: The forgotten football king of China (Shine)
  • Chinese football stars and officials held in Xi's corruption crackdown (The Guardian)
  • Yao Ming caught in the cross-fire as Chinese basketball team leaves top league on eve of Covid reopening (CNN)
  • Why soccer hasn't graduated in China ($Caixin)
  • China's football crisis: what happened next after Covid struck? (The Guardian)
  • F1 facing four-week gap with no replacement for Chinese GP (PA Media)
  • Smart deterrence: China's AI-warfare plan for Taiwan (Asia Times)
  • At the Australian Open, Shang Juncheng leads wave of talent from China (NYT)
  • Taiwan

  • Taiwan: China paying people to protest Tsai's US visit (NHK)
  • China stages combat patrols after warning Taiwan about US speaker meeting (Reuters)
  • Taiwan calm in face of China raising tensions, President Tsai says in New York (Reuters)
  • The politics of Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou referencing 'yan huang descendants' (SCMP)
  • China is preparing merchant Ro-Ro ferries for amphibious warfare (Maritime Executive)
  • Taiwan braced for further water shortages in its chipmaking hubs (FT)
  • Political uncertainty in Taiwan adds to US-China tensions (WSJ)
  • US bans good for Chinese chipmakers, and bad for us, says Taiwanese rival (The Register)
  • China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between US, Taiwan region (Xinhua)
  • China renews threats as Taiwan president greeted by crowds in New York (The Guardian)
  • Hongkong

  • Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules (AP)
  • UK must fight for Jimmy Lai’s release, friend of jailed Hongkonger tells MPs (The Guardian)
  • From Singapore to Seoul, Asia's rising art capitals vie for Hong Kong's crown (CNN)
  • Hong Kong police put bailed pro-democracy leader Albert Ho back under arrest (Reuters)
  • Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book (The Guardian)
  • Hong Kong galleries thrive despite lockdowns and crackdowns (FT)
  • Hong Kong bans rapper who joked about hurting the feelings of the Chinese people (RFA)
  • Beijing's key office on Hong Kong affairs to answer directly to China's top Communist Party leadership (SCMP)
  • Hong Kong court jails Tiananmen anniversary vigil organisers (The Guardian, Reuters)
  • ‘Hong Kong society is still highly patriarchal’ (The China Project)
  • Macau

  • 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)
  • Macau begins 11th round of mass testing in worst COVID outbreak (Reuters)
  • Macau shuts down casinos following Covid outbreak (BBC)
  • Macau businesses asked to suspend operation to curb COVID-19 (Xinhua)
  • Macao casino king Alvin Chau 'cheats' government of $1bn in taxes (Nikkei)
  • Tibet

  • Sichuan Tibetan writer sentenced to 4 years for defending Tibetan language (Bitter Winter)
  • China's plan to assimilate Tibet (Newsweek)
  • Western media should respect facts when reporting boarding schools in Tibet: FM
  • The mysterious death of a Tibetan Tantric scholar Geshe Phende Gyaltsen (Bitter Winter)
  • United Nations: 'One million Tibetan children forcibly separated from their parents' (Bitter Winter)
  • SW China's Xizang to complete the building of 4,000 km of railway lines by 2025 (Global Times)
  • The fate of Tibet after the inevitable: A Tibetan opinion (Bitter Winter)
  • Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan: Massive re-education to prevent Tibetan self-immolations (Bitter Winter) 1 feb 2023
  • The weaponization of 'zero COVID' against Tibet (Bitter Winter)
  • Zhangzhung: how China reinvents ancient Tibetan history (Bitter Winter)
  • Xinjiang

  • Cultural genocide: the indoctrination of Uyghur children (Bitter Winter)
  • A Uyghur view: Putin got his arrest warrant - Xi Jinping should be next (Bitter Winter)
  • 'Like a war zone': Congress hears of China's abuses in Xinjiang 're-education camps' (The Guardian)
  • Empowering the next generation of Uyghurs to challenge China's genocide (Bitter Winter)
  • More Uyghur criticism of Donnie Yen: wasn't he more guilty than Will Smith? (Bitter Winter)
  • Regime's cheerleader was among the presenters at the Oscars: The Donnie Yen fiasco, a Uyghur view (Bitter Winter)
  • Abduxaliq Uyghur, 1901–1933: Uyghurs remember their beheaded poet (Bitter Winter)
  • Energiebedrijven hopen samen meer te kunnen betekenen voor de Chinese Oeigoeren (Trouw)
  • Muddled engagement with China leaves Xinjiang in the lurch (FT)
  • Uyghur woman serving 21 years in jail for sending children to religious school (RFA)
  • Binnen-Mongolie

  • 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)
  • Top political advisor urges accelerated efforts in promoting Putonghua in N.China's Inner Mongolia (Global Times)
  • Wang Yang tours Inner Mongolia, says unity is more important than autonomy (Trivium China)
  • Xi Jinping tells authorities in Inner Mongolia to 'solve ethnic problems' and promote use of Mandarin (AFP)
  • Xi Jinping tells Inner Mongolia's NPC deputies to put Mandarin first in schools ($$SCMP)
  • Netizens shocked by high-profile corruption case in Inner Mongolia involving head of economic zone (Global Times)
  • Why critics are asking if Inner Mongolia is the next Tibet or Xinjiang (intellinews)
  • N.China's Inner Mongolia passes regulation to promote ethnic unity (Global Times)
  • Een lach en een traan

  • Word of the week: Westernized lifestyle (生活西化 shēnghuó xīhuà) (China Digital Times)
  • Chinese startup invents long-distance kissing machine (The Guardian, agencies)
  • Screenings of Winnie the Pooh horror film cancelled in Hong Kong (Reuters)
  • Censors quash discussion of Xi’s unanimous re-election as president (China Digital Times)
  • Sleep quality among students discussed at 'two sessions' (Shine)
  • China censors women modeling lingerie on livestream shopping – so men are doing it (CNN)
  • China's censors are afraid of what AI chatbots might say (ChinaTalk)
  • A protest song has emerged in China - it's the communist anthem (China Change)
  • Chinese netizens petition for an earlier return of female panda Ya Ya in the US zoo (Global Times)
  • 2,400-year-old flush toilet discovered in China could be one of the oldest ever (CNN)
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     China en de wereldcrisis
     Economie - Nationaal
     Economie - Internationaal
     Internationale Relaties
     China - Verenigde Staten
     China - Europa
     China - Nederland
     Politiek
     Maatschappij
     Militaire zaken
     Cultuur
     Wetenschap en Onderwijs
     Milieu
     Rampen en ongelukken
     Schandalen
     Sport
     Taiwan
     Hongkong
     Macau
     Tibet
     Xinjiang
     Binnen-Mongolie
     Een lach en een traan