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11.18.16Smog May be Easing, but in Parts of China Water Quality Worsens
Reuters
Despite commitments to crack down on polluters, the quality of water in China's rivers, lakes and reservoirs in several regions has deteriorated significantly
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11.18.16JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle Allegations of Nepotism in China
NPR
The bank isn't being formally charged, but by agreeing to pay the fines, it brings a three-year investigation by the U.S. government to a close
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11.18.16A China-America Romance?
Economist
After the wildest political upsets this year, here’s a prediction for next: China will deem its relations with America to be entering something of a golden period
Caixin Media
11.18.16
Is the Trump Victory a Blow to Globalization?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election ended with the surprise victory of property mogul Donald J. Trump. An outsider without a political track record, Trump defied predictions by most polls, pundits, and political observers when he defeated Hillary...
The China Africa Project
11.17.16
China’s Controversial, Out-Sized Role in Africa’s Digital Revolution
Africa is home to one of the fastest growing technology markets in the world. In fact, more African households own a mobile phone than have reliable electricity or clean water. The combination of a young population, quickly growing economies, and...
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11.17.16China Tells Trump Climate Change is Not a Hoax
Washington Post
Trump’s Twitter claim that China created the “concept of global warming” to undermine U.S. manufacturing has elicited a response from the Chinese government
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11.17.16A Chinese Aid Project for Rwandan Farmers is More of a Gateway for Chinese Businesses
Quartz
The Chinese approach to development cooperation does not separate aid, diplomacy, and commerce
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11.17.16How China’s Government Helps —and Hinders— Innovation
Harvard Business Review
Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative
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11.17.16Is China Getting Better at Charming Southeast Asia on the South China Sea?
Diplomat
Beijing looks to be getting better at how it uses soft power in the region
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11.17.16U.S. Should Get Tougher on China’s Deal-Making, Panel Says
New York Times
Congressional commission: Congress should exercise greater scrutiny over trade and investment practices between the United States and China
China in the World Podcast
11.16.16
Electing Donald Trump: The View from China
from Carnegie China
Donald Trump’s election in the 2016 U.S. presidential race ushers in a period of considerable uncertainty in regard to the future of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific and vis-à-vis its relationship with China. In this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with...
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11.16.16China and Germany: the Honeymoon is Over
Diplomat
A visit to China by Germany’s economics minister highlighted the beginning to a blunter approach to bilateral relations.
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11.16.16China’s Arctic Ambitions Take Shape in Remote Iceland Valley
Washington Post
In a valley near the Arctic Circle where the wind whips the coarse yellow grass, China and Iceland are preparing to look to the sky — and a shared future
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11.15.16Trump May Push African Countries Away From America and Closer to China
Quartz
The idea of the US as the guardian of liberal values against powers like China might now be upended
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11.15.16U.S. Workers to Lose in China Trade War
Wall Street Journal
Some of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters would be hit if he makes good on tariff pledges
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11.14.16Trump, China’s Xi Set Tone of “Mutual Respect” in Phone Call
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Trump’s campaign was marked by heated rhetoric targeting China, but in a phone call, the leaders agreed cooperation was key
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11.14.16Unfinished Bridge Reveals Broken State of North Korea’s Alliance with China
Guardian
Two years on from its expected completion, the bridge joining Dandong and Sinuiju remains unfinished: an emblem of an uneasy alliance gone sour
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11.14.16China Won’t Buy Boeing Planes, iPhones, or US Corn if Trump Starts a Trade War
Quartz
In an editorial, the Global Times threatened retaliation if Trump starts a trade war with China
Sinica Podcast
11.11.16
How Will Donald Trump’s Victory Impact China and U.S.-China Relations?
from Sinica Podcast
The U.S. election is over, and Donald Trump’s pundit-defying victory over Hillary Clinton has stunned and surprised people all over the world. In China—where activity on Weibo and WeChat indicated strong support for Trump among netizens both in...
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11.11.16Swinging Singles' Day: Alibaba Holiday Drives Shoppers in China
Wall Street Journal
China’s online-retail giant once again broke its sales record on the shopping day it helped create
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11.11.16Trump Win Opens Way for China to Take Climate Leadership Role
CNBC
Trump's election is likely to end the U.S. leadership role in the fight against global warming, and may lead to the emergence of an unlikely champion: China.
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11.11.16Chinese Scholars Look to a Trump Administration with Hope and Concern
South China Morning Post
President-elect’s pledges but lack of policy during campaign keeps experts guessing
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11.11.16As the Election Haze Clears, Trump’s China Conundrum Will Become Clear
Guardian
President Trump would be well advised to steer away from the rhetoric of Candidate Trump in dealing with the world’s second biggest economy
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11.10.16China Pushes Asia-Pacific Trade Deals as Trump Win Dashes TPP Hopes
Reuters
China will seek support for a Beijing-led Asia-Pacific free trade area at a regional summit in Peru later this month, after Donald Trump's U.S. election win dashed hopes for a U.S.-led free trade pact.
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11.10.16What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for China?
NPR
The response of China's state-controlled media to Donald Trump's victory seemed almost gleeful. What's happens next?
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11.10.16Theresa May Promises ‘Golden Era’ in UK-Chinese Relations
BBC
May has promised to work for a "golden era" in the UK's relations with China, as the country's vice-premier visits London for talks.
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11.10.16In China and Around Asia, Disbelief that Trump Means What He Says on Trade
Washington Post
China has largely dismissed Trump’s talk of new trade tariffs as election rhetoric
Media
11.09.16
Chinese, Netizens React to President-Elect Trump
When Donald Trump was elected president, the hashtag #TrumpWon was trending on Chinese social media. Chinese Internet users speculated about what Trump’s victory might mean for Sino-American relations, discussed the broader global implications of a...
Conversation
11.09.16
How Should Trump Deal with China, and How Should China Deal with Trump?
Donald J. Trump, president-elect of the United States, spent much of his antagonistic campaign blaming China for many of America’s economic ills, and repeatedly making thinly veiled threats of a U.S. trade war with Beijing. How should Trump engage...
Viewpoint
11.09.16
Donald Trump’s Peace Through Strength Vision for the Asia-Pacific
from Foreign Policy
In 2011, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced with great fanfare in Foreign Policy that the United States would begin a military “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific. This beating of the American chest was done against the backdrop of China’s...
Viewpoint
11.09.16
China Just Won The U.S. Election
from Foreign Policy
The election of Donald Trump will be a disaster for anyone who cares about human rights, U.S. global leadership, and media freedom. That means it’s a victory for Beijing, where, as I write, the Chinese leaders near me in the palatial complex of...
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11.09.16In Trump Win, China Hopes for U.S. Retreat
Wall Street Journal
Election results mean economic threat, geopolitical opportunity for Beijing
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11.09.16China Just Won the U.S. Election
Foreign Policy
China’s leaders are looking forward to a President Trump who offers less resistance and more hypocrisy. But Beijing's triumph may cost it in the end
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11.09.16Trump’s China Wall
Bloomberg
For all his rhetoric about building a wall along the Mexican border, Donald J. Trump may build an even bigger barrier against China
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11.09.16A Sea of Red Across Asian Markets as Trump Wins
Nikkei Asian Review
Asian stock markets had a very bad day on Wednesday, plummeting across the board as U.S. voters swept Republican candidate Donald Trump to the White House
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11.09.16Beijing Reacts Cautiously to Trump Triumph
Financial Times
President-elect has threatened China with trade and currency wars
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11.08.16Hong Kong Umbrellas, Chinese Maoism, Trump, Duterte, and Brexit: What’s the Link?
South China Morning Post
Why the global order is becoming ever more uncertain
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11.08.16How Alibaba Turned China’s Singles Day into the World’s Biggest Shopping Bonanza
Forbes
Sales this 11/11 are expected to reach $20 billion–-a 40% year-over-year surge
Depth of Field
11.08.16
Dongbei’s Last Match Factory, Capital Straphangers, Retracing the Long March...
from Yuanjin Photo
In October, several publications marked the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese Communists’ Long March. We have chosen two stories that revisited this event and that were standouts, visually. Elsewhere, photographers followed stories both large and...
Media
11.07.16
Why Chinese Elites Endorse Hillary Clinton
The United States, China’s largest trading partner but also its greatest geopolitical rival, faces an election that threatens domestic instability. A Donald Trump victory would confirm to many Chinese the inherent weakness of American democracy. A...
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11.07.16China Ousts Finance Minister Lou Jiwei as Xi Turns to Allies in Surprise Reshuffle
Wall Street Journal
Senior official was widely seen as a voice for reform of the country’s fiscal system
Culture
11.04.16
A New Comedy Looks Back at a Bygone Beijing
The forthcoming Mandarin-language comedy King of Peking takes the viewer back to Beijing in 1998. The sooty rooms, the boxy automobiles of just a few makes, models, and colors, and the alleyways crammed with shops hawking cheap home cooking and...
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11.04.16China’s Dream of Smart Economy Must "Get Past Talent Gap”
South China Morning Post
A new study shows that 70 per cent of Chinese employers say the education offered by universities “has little value”
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11.04.16TPP’s Failure Would Hand U.S. Business in Japan to China, White House Says
Wall Street Journal
Exporters could miss gains from Pacific trade deal, lose market share, according to study
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11.03.16China Slowdown Deepens Looming Pension Crisis
Wall Street Journal
Shortfall most threatens struggling industrial areas, where retirees’ hopes are dimming
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11.03.16China Land Reform Opens Door to Corporate Farming
Financial Times
Move to bring capital into large-scale agriculture keeps bar on individual ownership
The China Africa Project
11.02.16
Chinese-IMF Rivalry Worsened Congo’s Debt Load
In 2007, when China’s Exim Bank unveiled a massive U.S.$6 billion mining deal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), it rocked the normally-staid world of international development finance. The agreement, known as Sicomines, was among the...
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11.02.16Alibaba Earnings Show It Again Defying China’s Slowdown
New York Times
Amid concerns about a slowdown of Chinese economic growth, China’s largest e-commerce company is showing that business on its platforms is holding steady
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11.01.16A Plea to Britain: Don’t Forget Tibet in Your Dealings With China
Guardian
Britain has a fine history of upholding the democratic values of Tibet. It must do once again as it negotiates business and trade ties with Beijing
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11.01.16On Duterte’s Heels, Malaysia is the Next Asian Country to Embrace China
Washington Post
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called himself a “true friend” of China, determined to take their relationship to "new heights"
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11.01.16Germany Inc. Is Not for Sale to China, Berlin Says
Foreign Policy
And Beijing has made clear that it has “great concern” over this turn of events
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10.31.16Russia Welcomes Growing Wave of “Red Tourists” from China
Wall Street Journal
Nostalgia for Communist past as well as capitalist bargain-hunting draw more Chinese visitors
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10.31.16Made in China
Quartz
Once known for cheap knockoffs, Chinese companies are now the world’s innovators
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10.31.16Seeking Lower Rent, Chinese Artists Cut Path for Themselves Outside Beijing
New York Times
A small and decidedly nondescript city called Yanjiao, about an hour’s drive from Beijing, has been experiencing an influx of artists
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10.31.16China Tries to “Divide and Rule” Taiwan by Befriending Pro-Beijing Towns
Reuters
Taiwanese local officials, representing China-friendly Nationalist Party controlled counties, were promised greater tourism and agricultural ties
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10.28.16Here’s What Africans Think of China’s Influence in Their Countries
Washington Post
An African-led research network conducting surveys in 36 African countries reported on citizens’ attitudes toward China. They’re mostly positive.
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10.27.16China Does Itself No Favors With Its Threats
Nikkei Asian Review
If its economy keeps on growing, China's sheer size, wealth and military reach may make a kind of Pax Sinica in the region inevitable
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10.27.16In China, It’s Always Greener on the Other Side
Salon
China is making the difficult transition to cleaner energy, but their efforts will help mitigate climate change
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10.27.16A Chinese Billionaire is Staking His Legacy—and Thousands of American Jobs—on this Factory in Ohio
Washington Post
The chairman of Fuyao Group, the biggest auto glass maker in China, rose from poverty by riding the same wave of globalization that devastated Moraine, Ohio
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10.27.16China’s Millennials Are Risk Takers—and They’re Dreaming Big
Bloomberg
Having grown up in a booming economy, China's 7.5 million school leavers this year are intent on forging paths very different from their parents