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10.01.15America’s Biggest Competitor Really Isn’t China
Washington Post
If you ask Americans who their country's biggest competitor is, many people will tell you China.
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10.01.15On China’s National Day, Hong Kong Protesters Say That They Are Not Part of China
Time
Small groups of protesters waved the blue colonial flag.
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10.01.15China’s Latest Ally in Its Crackdown on Religion: The Pope
Quartz
This week, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Pope Francis missed each other on their back-to-back visits to the United States.
Media
10.01.15
When Chinese Internet Users Call Xi Jinping Daddy
Internet censorship in China has inspired the invention of a menagerie of online creatures: the river crab, the elephant of truth, the monkey-snake. Each beast’s name plays on a word or phrase that has at some point angered Chinese Internet users,...
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09.30.15China Micromanages Tibet, Floods It With Money to Woo Locals
Tablet
Nearly 6,500 civil servants have been dispatched to manage hefty budgets and shape Tibet's modernization.
Environment
09.30.15
Less Snow in Tibet Means More Heatwaves in Europe
from chinadialogue
Recent summer heatwaves in Europe and northeast Asia have caused massive water shortages and a large number of deaths. But the mechanism behind these extreme weather events is not fully understood.Scientists at China’s Nanjing University of...
Conversation
09.30.15
The Future of Autonomy in Hong Kong
Yesterday, the governing board of Hong Kong University, one of the territory’s most esteemed institutions of higher education, voted to reject the promotion of Johannes Chan, a former law school dean, over the objections of the faculty and students...
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09.30.15U.S. Pulls Spies from China After Hack
CNN
The U.S. suspects that Chinese hackers were behind the breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which exposed the fingerprints of 5.6 million government employees.
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09.30.15China Says Arrests Two Japanese for Spying
Reuters
Japan's Asahi newspaper said one man was taken into custody in China's northeast province of Liaoning near the border with North Korea and the other in the eastern province of Zhejiang near a military facility.
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09.30.15The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?
Atlantic
In 12 of 16 past cases in which a rising power has confronted a ruling power, the result has been bloodshed.
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09.29.15On U.S. Visit, China’s Xi Jinping Tries to Have It Both Ways
WSJ: China Real Time Report
Xi Jinping often seemed caught between two audiences—his skeptical hosts who needed gentle reassurance and the crowd back home who admire his firm rule and tough nationalism.
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09.29.15Asia's Richest Man Li Voices Support For China's Leadership
Reuters
Li said he resolutely supported China's path to reform and opening up.
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09.29.15China's Xi Says To Prioritize Energy Cooperation With Iran
Reuters
"(We) must prioritize energy and financial cooperation."
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09.29.15A Dangerous Game: Responding to Chinese Cyber Activities
Diplomat
Those calling for tougher U.S. measures should think twice.
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09.28.15
What’s China’s Mood Under Xi? New Data Gives a Glimpse
China, under the presidency of Xi Jinping, has invited a number of breathless pronouncements about the state of the country. Chinese media regularly conjure the “Chinese Dream,” one of Xi’s favored phrases, which means whatever readers want it to...
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09.28.15
Xi and Obama Should Make a BIT Breakthrough
President Xi Jinping has begun his first state visit to the United States to meet U.S. President Barack Obama in what state councilor and former foreign minister Yang Jiechi has called “a pivotal meeting at a critical time.”Xi arrived in the United...
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09.28.15Chinese President Xi Jinping Will Arrive At The UN Armed With A List Of Things He Wants Changed
Quartz
Xi Jinping will make his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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09.28.15China’s Think-Tank Great Leap Forward
Council on Foreign Relations
Governments, universities, and non-governmental actors have all jumped on the bandwagon of growing and creating think tanks.
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09.28.15Rights Group Demands Chinese Supporters of Hong Kong Democracy Be Freed
Reuters
Amnesty International called for the release of eight mainland Chinese activists.
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09.28.15Chinese Youth Admire American Culture But Remain Wary of U.S. Policy
New York Times
“We really like American culture, but we also like to have a government that doesn’t show weakness abroad.”
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09.28.15Everyone Wants To Decouple From China – Except Osborne
Guardian
UK Chancellor George Osborne urged Chinese firms to help build Britain’s “northern powerhouse” during his five-day long grand tour of China.
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09.28.15China Angered By Hillary Clinton Tweet on Women's Rights
BBC
China has reacted furiously at Hillary Clinton's recent comments about China's record on women's rights.
Environment
09.25.15
Weak Case for UK’s China-Funded Nuclear Plant, Critics Say
from chinadialogue
The U.K. and China moved closer this week to finalizing the finance of a highly controversial plan to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.K. for a generation. The plant, Hinkley Point C in Somerset, western England, is seeking Chinese...
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09.25.15Osborne Praised for 'Not Stressing Human Rights' in China
BBC
The Global Times praised Mr Osborne's "pragmatism regarding his China policy".
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09.25.15How A 10-Gallon Hat Helped Heal Relations Between China And America
Washington Post
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's 1979 tour marked a turning point in Americans' views of Communist China.
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09.25.15Top Hong Kong Judges Defend Rule of Law in Face of China Pressure
Reuters
Two top Hong Kong judges on Friday defended the rule of law in an apparent rebuke of China's top official.
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09.25.15Six Questions for Chinese President Xi Jinping
Washington Post
Chinese President Xi Jinping does not usually conduct open news conferences, but when in America, do as the Americans do.
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09.25.15China’s First Lady Tones Down Star Power
Wall Street Journal
On U.S. visit, Peng Liyuan must balance charity pursuits to not steal focus from Xi.
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09.25.15Obama, the Pope, and the President of China Are Teaming Up to Save the World
Mother Jones
Something big and strange is happening in the United States this week.
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09.25.15Enacting Cap-and-Trade Will Present Challenges Under China’s System
New York Times
White House officials have lauded President Xi Jinping's anticipated promise of a national market for China in greenhouse gas quotas.
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09.24.15Hybrid Warfare With Chinese Characteristics
Diplomat
From Sun Tzu to Xi Jinping: Russia isn’t the only one who knows hybrid warfare.
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09.24.15Cultural Revolution Shaped Xi Jinping, From Schoolboy to Survivor
New York Times
Visiting the United States this week, Mr. Xi, 62, has presented himself as a polished statesman.
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09.24.15Two Very Different Men Visit D.C.: China’s Leader And His Teenage Nemesis
Washington Post
Xi Jinping will get a state dinner and a 21-gun salute while Joshua Wong is in town to talk about Hong Kong’s fight for self-determination.
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09.24.15China Dissident's Wife Rejects Invite to State Department
Associated Press
The United States has warned that the toughest crackdown in years on Chinese activists threatens to cloud the high-profile visit by Xi.
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09.24.15Missing From The U.S.-China Tech Summit Class Photo: Uber, Google, And Women
Quartz
Business leaders from some of the biggest global names in technology gathered in Seattle for a meeting with Xi Jinping.
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09.24.15China to the U.S.: Return Our Fugitives
CNN
China has launched campaigns dubbed "Operation Foxhunt" and "Operation Skynet," aimed at returning suspected criminals from abroad to stand trial at home.
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09.24.15China's Xi Promises Better Investment Climate, Cyber War Deal Seen
Reuters
Seeking to warm bilateral ties and project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Xi Jinping vowed to cut restrictions on foreign investment.
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09.23.15Leading China Lawyer Says He Was Tortured
Associated Press
In his first interview in five years, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three years in solitary confinement during his latest period of detention since 2010.
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09.23.15Conflict Flavors Obama’s Meeting With Chinese Leader
New York Times
This week’s meeting between President Obama and Mr. Xi is fraught with points of conflict, and its unspoken subtext is whether the president will confront the Chinese directly, deliberately causing friction in the relationship in hopes of drawing...
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09.23.15Obama and Xi Must Do More Than Agree to Disagree
Huffington Post
They can forge a consensus on how to build trust through U.S.-China collaboration that acts to solve our common global challenges.
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09.23.15There is Still Hope for U.S.-China Relations: Schell
CNBC
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director at the Asia Society's Centre on US-China Relation, likens the developments in U.S.-China ties to a "constant ballet" and outlines his expectations for Xi's state visit.
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09.23.15Why Tibet Could Be the Best Opportunity for Xi Jinping
Huffington Post
The state visit is a growing alarm about China's less than peaceful rise, and provides a rare opportunity for Obama to give an important message on Tibet.
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09.23.15Rights Protesters, China Supporters Greet President Xi in Seattle
Reuters
About 100 people protesting against human rights abuses in China greeted President Xi Jinping in Seattle.
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09.23.15China's Xi Tells Foreign NGOs to Obey the Law
Agence France-Presse
Foreign organisations in China should "obey Chinese law".
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09.23.15China Admonishes Malcolm Turnbull on South China Sea Comments
Guardian
China hoped Australia would ‘stay committed to not taking sides on issues concerning disputes over sovereignty’.
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09.23.15He Said What? China's Xi Jinping Makes 'House of Cards' Joke
CNN
Xi Jinping did something unusual, almost unheard of, for a Chinese President: He cracked a joke. In public.
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09.23.15Conversation
09.22.15
Xi Jinping’s Message to America
China’s President Xi Jinping addressed an audience of more than 700 American businesspeople in Seattle on Tuesday evening on the first stop on his first state visit to the United States. Regular ChinaFile Contributors who watched the speech offer...
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09.22.15
Can the U.S. & China Make Peace in Cyberspace?
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in the United States today on his first state visit. Xi will address a group of American business leadersin Seattle. High on their list of concerns about trade with China is cyber hacking, cyber espionage and...
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09.22.15U.S. to China: Quit Cyber Spying
Reuters
Xi said China's government does not engage in the theft of commercial secrets and does not support Chinese companies that do so.
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09.22.15Let’s Face It, China Runs U.S. Monetary Policy Now
Time
What’s happening in China right now has limited the ability of the Federal Reserve Bank to do what’s right for the American economy.
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09.22.15Nuclear Technology - China's Next Great Export?
BBC
China will be part of building the next generation of UK nuclear power stations.
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09.22.15Working for A Chinese Boss Is Great, Ordinary Americans Explain in This Slick New Pro-China Video
Quartz
The video is called “When China met Carolina”.
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09.22.15China Says Investigating U.S. Woman Suspected of Spying
Reuters
An American woman suspected of spying is being investigated.
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09.22.15Who Is Xi Jinping?
New York Times
President Xi Jinping of China is to arrive in the United States on Tuesday for a state visit at a crucial crossroads in the Sino-American relationship.
Viewpoint
09.21.15
A New Book Praises China’s Governance Model, But Overlooks Its Politics
On August 12, China once again met with man-made tragedy. Massive explosions at a chemical storage warehouse in Tianjin took the lives of 173 people and injured nearly 700, some of them seriously. The owner of the warehouse that blew up, Rui Hai...
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09.21.15
New Chinese Book Says the U.S.-China ‘Feast on Power’ is Winding Down
from Two Way Street
At a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and China, it comes as little surprise that a new and important book on the bilateral relations, published by a think tank affiliated with the Chinese Foreign Ministry, should have the foreboding...