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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.
Media
09.23.15‘God’s United Front’ and the Battle Over China’s Crosses
This article first appear in Chinese on September 2 in Hong Kong-based outlet The Initium Media. Foreign Policy translates with permission, with edits for brevity and clarity.On the evening of August 16, nearly one hundred pastors, ministers, and...
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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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09.23.15Boeing to Sell 300 Jets to China Firms, Set Up China Plant: Xinhua
Reuters
Boeing Co is becoming the first U.S. firm to clinch a business tie-up in the country since Chinese president Xi Jinping began a U.S. state visit.
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09.23.15Boeing to Sell 300 Jets to China Firms, Set Up China Plant: Xinhua
Reuters
Boeing Co is becoming the first U.S. firm to clinch a business tie-up in the country since Chinese president Xi Jinping began a U.S. state visit.
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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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09.22.15Chinese Contractor Finds Project in Bahamas Is No Day at Beach
A giant luxury resort planned on a beach outside the Bahamas’ capital, Nassau, that is supposed to be a showpiece to help China’s largest construction company tap the U.S. market has become a headache for both its builder and a lender.The resort was...
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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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09.22.15Working 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’s Workers Stumble as Factories Stall
Wall Street Journal
As factories run out of money and construction projects idle, China sees a rise in unrest.
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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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09.21.15Respect Your Elders: Confucian Kindergartens Catch On in China
WSJ: China Real Time Report
The Party is now introducing traditional culture classes in state-run kindergartens and other levels of schooling.
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09.21.15Neil Gaiman Joins Authors in Urging Chinese President to Release Jailed Writers
Guardian
More than 40 authors have written to Xi Jinping, expressing ‘concern about the deteriorating state of free expression in China’.
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09.18.15Controversy Brewing Around China’s Oscar Submission
Hollywood Reporter
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke revealed that producers are lobbying for his latest feature, Mountains May Depart, to be submitted.
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09.18.15Teaching ABCs of The Birds And The Bees
Shanghai Daily
Pupils eagerly participate in a class about sex and gender difference at a school in Shanghai.
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09.18.15Japan's 'Profound' New American Military Ties Are All About China: Q&A
Christian Science Monitor
Japan's parliament passes the most sweeping changes to Japan's defense policy since World War II.
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09.17.15Daring Sailboat Escape by Chinese Dissidents Ends in Rescue, Detention by Taiwan
Radio Free Asia
Chinese dissidents escaped by boat to Taiwan before attempting a journey to Guam.
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09.17.15“These Old Men Look So Terrible”—China Watches The U.S. Republican Primary
Quartz
"Just looking at these faces, I feel Hillary being the next president is already certain."
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09.17.15China Defends Xi Visit to U.N. Forum Despite Activists' Detention
Reuters
President Xi's attendance at a U.N. women's summit, brushing off concern about its detention of women activists in March.
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09.17.15China’s Fast Growing Film Industry
Bloomberg
The discussion on the expansion of the entertainment industry in China and differences between audiences in the U.S. and Asia
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09.17.15The Chinese Government Is Censoring A Documentary About Mothers Who Love Their Gay Kids
Quartz
The upcoming court case of a filmmaker from Beijing, stands out.
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09.16.15The Missing Piece of US-China Relations: Trust
Diplomat
“U.S. antipathy to China is rooted in angst about its rise and the prospect of American decline.”
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09.16.15Obama and China: Trying to Play Well With A Close Frenemy
Washington Post
Obama plans to welcome Xi with the highest level of diplomatic pageantry for a foreign leader.
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09.16.15China Teaching Troops Folk Dances to Make Friends in Xinjiang
Reuters
China's military tries to improve relations with the minority people who live there.
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09.16.15Is Romance Dead? France Seeks New Image in China
Reuters
France's finance minister wants to persuade Chinese officials to set aside their romantic image.
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09.15.15Stock Market Volatility Is Not a Harbinger of Collapsing Growth
It would be a sad end to an amazing story. An economic miracle—one that lifted 300 million people from poverty and shifted the world's economic center of gravity—collapsing under the weight of risky investments and a financial crisis.This seems...
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09.15.15U.S. and China Aim to Hit Climate Goals Sooner Than Expected in Some Cities
Los Angeles Times
U.S. and Chinese officials plan to unveil more ambitious carbon-emission rules for several Chinese cities and provinces.
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09.15.15China's Biggest, Yet Most Unlikely Film of This Summer
Mashable
As of Sept. 12,Monster Hunthad grossed a whopping RMB 2.428 billion (US$380.95 million).
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09.15.15China Frees Activist Academic Before Xi Trip to United States
Reuters
Guo Yushan, founder of a think-tank that did research on business regulations, reform and civil society is released recently.
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09.14.15Who Are Uighurs? A Look at Group from Restive China Region
Associated Press
A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad.
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09.14.15UN Rights Chief Airs Worry About Lawyers Detained in China
Associated Press
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the detention and interrogation of more than 100 lawyers in China.
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09.14.15U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
New York Times
The Justice Department dropped all charges against Mr. Xi, the chairman of Temple University's physics department.
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09.14.15The US and China: Will It be Collision or Cooperation?
Christian Science Monitor
On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the US, a China expert lays out how the two great powers can avoid confrontation.
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09.14.15China: Government Should Account for Activist’s Detention, Death
Human Rights Watch
United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member states should press China to account for a Chinese activist's detention and death.
The NYRB China Archive
09.12.15‘I Try to Talk Less’: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei and Liao Yiwu
from New York Review of Books
In late July, Chinese authorities renewed travel privileges for conceptual artist and political activist Ai Weiwei, ending a five-year prohibition following his arrest in 2011. He promptly flew to Munich and then Berlin, where he has accepted a...
Environment
09.11.15Beijing Slams Henan Capital for Using Scarce Fresh Water to Combat Smog
Officials in the city of Zhengzhou are under central government scrutiny after media reports revealed the capital of Henan province is using valuable fresh water supplies to combat air pollution. Scientists and academics have criticised...
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09.11.15Chinese Society 'Very Fragile,' Warns Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei
CNN
Suffocated by censorship, Chinese society is "very fragile," warned dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Thursday.
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09.11.15U.S. to China: Take Back Your Undocumented Immigrants
Reuters
China was taking steps to provide the paperwork needed to expel undocumented immigrants from the U.S.
Sinica Podcast
09.10.15China’s Millennials
from Sinica Podcast
This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn record from San Francisco, where they interview Eric Fish, a long-time China resident, writer at Asia Society, and author of the recent book China’s Millennials: The Want Generation. The hosts talk...
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09.10.15How Chinese and Americans Are Misreading Each Other—And Why It Matters
Huffington Post
Young Chinese don't like it when Americans see China as a monolith.
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09.10.15Guo Meimei, Chinese Web Celebrity, Gets 5-Year Sentence on Casino Charge
New York Times
A woman notorious for a lavish lifestyle while claiming to work for a charity was convicted of running a casino.
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09.09.15Chinese Television Program Features LGBT Rights Panel
Washington Post
In any authoritarian country, controlling the flow of information is always key to the survival of the regime.
Culture
09.09.15The Met Goes to China
In July, while in New York, I toured The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s much buzzed about “China: Through the Looking Glass,” a visually stunning multimedia exhibit that showcases the varied ways that Western fashion designers have been inspired by...
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09.08.15Amnesty As a Stepping Stone to Rule of Law
A recent amnesty declaration affecting convicted criminals deemed no threat to society was a poignant reminder of China’s tradition of prudent punishment, support for human rights, and progress toward of rule of law.The recent decision by the...
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09.04.15No Coins, No Red Faces: Apps Change Chinese Attitudes to Splitting Bills
CNN
Splitting the bill is a relatively new idea to most Chinese, but now it's being embraced by cash-strapped young people.
Sinica Podcast
08.31.15A ‘China Watcher’s China Watcher’ Decamps
from Sinica Podcast
As anyone who reads the Sinocism newsletter knows, Bill Bishop is among the most plugged-in people in Beijing with an uncanny ability to figure out what is actually happening in the halls of power. But as casual readers may not be aware, he is also...
Media
08.27.15Chinese Media Jumps on Tragic Virginia Shooting
On the morning of August 26, a reporter and a cameraman for a local Virginia television station were fatally shot during a live television interview. The alleged gunman, now dead, apparently shot himself before being apprehended by police.The...
Conversation
08.18.15How Should the U.S. Conduct the Xi Jinping State Visit?
As tensions increase between China and the United States over the value of the yuan, human rights violations, alleged cyber attacks, and disputed maritime territories, among other issues, how should the Obama administration conduct the upcoming...
Media
08.17.154 Questions Chinese Want Answered After Deadly Tianjin Blast
Around 11:30 p.m., Beijing time, on Wednesday, at least two fearsome blasts in quick succession rocked the large northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin. Originating at or near a hazardous materials warehouse near the city’s downtown, the...
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08.15.15In China, Single Women Live by Their Own Rules
New York Times
Though many single women have recently begun to push back on the term, traditional attitudes among China’s older generation still prevail: Get married young or risk becoming unwanted goods. Klaudia Lech, a photographer based in...
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08.13.15P&G Tripped Up by Its Assumptions About Diapers in China
Wall Street Journal
Pampers diapers fall behind after aiming too low at the growing middle class.
Media
08.13.15Sorry China, the Internet You’re Looking for Does Not Exist
The long arm of China’s massive internal security apparatus just reached further into the heart of the country’s web. On August 4, China’s Ministry of Public Security announced that it would embed law enforcement officers at major Internet companies...
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08.07.15Learning to Speak Lingerie: Chinese Merchants and the Inroads of Globalization
New Yorker
All told, along a three-hundred-mile stretch, I found twenty-six Chinese lingerie dealers: four in Sohag, twelve in Asyut, two in Mallawi, six in Minya, and two in Beni Suef. It was like mapping the territory of large predator cats: in the Nile...
Viewpoint
08.07.15Here’s What’s Wrong With Most Commentary on the Beijing 2022 Olympics
Upon hearing that Beijing would be hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, we wondered what the Chinese government was thinking. The decision seemed counterintuitive, to say the least: For one thing, it barely snows in Beijing, or even in Zhangjiakou, the...
Media
08.05.15Beijing’s Ban on Smoking Is Actually (Sort of) Working
They rarely trash hotel rooms or boast about drugs, but Chinese rock stars could at least be counted on to smoke. Now even that’s starting to change in the face of a smoking ban in China’s capital that shows little sign of burning out, almost two...
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08.04.15Beijing’s Winter Doldrums
On July 31, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing, the arid northern capital of a country with little tradition of winter sports. Beijing will be the first city in history to host both the winter games and...