Fugitive Tycoon Guo Wengui Assailed by Businessman Who Says He Was Framed for Crimes
South China Morning Post
September 19, 2017
China’s highest profile fugitive, exiled billionaire Guo Wengui, is under attack from a former business partner who claims Guo got him framed for crimes he says he did not commit.
Guo Wengui, Corruption, Chinese Communist Party, Crime, Anti-Corruption
China’s State Media Blasts US Handling of North Korea Crisis
By Kristin Huang via South China Morning Post
September 18, 2017
China has shown its deepening frustration over the North Korean missile test crisis, with a commentary in the state-run People’s Daily blaming the United States for hindering efforts to resolve the issue.
China-North Korea Relations, U.S.-North Korea Relations, North Korea, U.S.-China Relations, Missile Crisis, North Korean Missiles
China to Amend Party Constitution at October Congress
Reuters
September 18, 2017
China’s ruling Communist Party is expected to amend its constitution at a key party congress next month, state media said on Monday, in a sign that President Xi Jinping aims to enshrine his guiding ideological doctrine in the charter.
19th Party Congress, Constitution, Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party, Politburo
China vs U.S.: Who Is Copying Whom?
By Louise Lucas via Financial Times
September 18, 2017
China is gradually shedding its reputation as the world’s technology copycat. It still spawns lookalikes, whether they be GoPro-style action cameras or Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing app that looked awfully like Uber until it added Chinese characteristics and vanquished its former rival. But some Chinese companies are also leading the way in new services and business models.
Copyright, Technology, Innovation, Retail Sales, Trade
China and India Water ‘Dispute’ after Border Stand-Off
By Navin Singh Khadka via BBC
September 18, 2017
China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water.
China-India Relations, China Borderlands, Border Dispute, Water Dispute, Water, Water Distribution
China's 'Sponge Cities' Aim to Re-Use 70% of Rainwater
By Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley via CNN
September 18, 2017
Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on flood-prone areas.
Urbanization, Urban Planning, Water, Flooding, Environmental Policy
China Communist Party Youth Twitter Account Prompts Abuse
BBC
September 18, 2017
Setting up a Twitter account may seem a fairly obvious thing for a political party to do, but the step has not so far worked out too well for China’s Communist Party.
Chinese Communist Party Youth, Twitter, The Great Firewall, Internet Censorship, Social Media
North Korea Fires Second Ballistic Missile over Japan
By BBC via BBC
September 15, 2017
The missile reached an altitude of about 770km, travelling 3,700km — higher and further than one fired over Japan late last month — before landing in the sea off Hokkaido, South Korea's military says.
North Korean Missiles, Japan, Korean Peninsula
Chinese Academics Prod Beijing to Consider North Korea Contingencies
By Reuters Staff via Reuters
September 15, 2017
Chinese academics are publicly broaching the idea that China and the United States should share plans on how to deal with a potential conflict on the Korean Peninsula, a sign some say of how North Korea’s weapons test may be making Beijing more open to the once taboo subject.
China-North Korea Relations, North Korea, Military Policy, Korean Peninsula, North Korean Missiles
China Used to Harvest Organs from Prisoners. Under Pressure, That Practice Is Finally Ending.
By Simon Denyer via Washington Post
September 15, 2017
After years of denials, China now acknowledges that history and has declared that the practice no longer occurs — largely thanks to the perseverance of a health official who, with the quiet backing of an American transplant surgeon, turned the system around over the span of a decade.
Organ Harvest, Prisoners, Politics, Criminal Justice
How Strongmen Co-Opted Democracy
By Kishore Mahbubani via New York Times
September 15, 2017
A wave of strongmen rulers has been elected, many of whom have clear non-Western identities. This list includes Shinzo Abe of Japan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Narendra Modi of India, Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as well as China’s Xi Jinping.
Western Democracy, Liberal Democracy, Xi Jinping, Shinzo Abe, Vladimir Putin
China's WeChat Crackdown Drives Bitcoin Devotees to Telegram
By Lulu Yilun Chen via Bloomberg
September 15, 2017
With administrators personally liable for what is said on groups they run, users of bitcoin exchanges OKCoin, Huobi and BTCChina are migrating to services beyond the Chinese government’s reach.
WeChat, Bitcoin, Social Media, Virtual Currency, Crackdown
G.M. Chief, in China, Challenges Planned Bans of Gasoline Cars
By Keith Bradsher via New York Times
September 15, 2017
Speaking in Shanghai on Friday, Mary Barra, the chief executive of General Motors said her company was making a big push to develop electric cars but that consumers, not government dictates, should decide how cars are powered.
Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Clean Energy
China's New Campaign to Instill Official Historical Narrative in Xinjiang
By Nectar Gan via South China Morning Post
September 14, 2017
Yu Zhengsheng, the party’s fourth-ranking official who is in charge of religion and ethnic minorities, presided at a high-level meeting in Beijing this week to address “several historical issues” regarding the restive region, Xinhua reported.
Xinjiang, Government Policy, State Propaganda, Party Officials
China Plans First Dollar-Denominated Bond Sale in a Decade
By Gabriel Wildau and Jennifer Hughes via Financial Times
September 14, 2017
China is planning to sell dollar-denominated bonds for the first time in a decade, as it seeks to take advantage of investor appetite for Chinese credit amid the country’s unexpectedly strong economic growth.
Bonds, Financial Market, Chinese Financial Policy
China Is Stumbling Hard at Acquiring the High-Tech Chip Companies It Wants So Badly
By Josh Horwitz via Quartz
September 14, 2017
US president Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a Chinese private-equity firm’s proposed $1.3 billion purchase of Lattice Semiconductor, an Oregon-based chip manufacturer.
High-Tech Industry, Technology, Chinese Economy, Semiconductors
VW, China Partners to Recall 4.86 Million Vehicles over Takata Airbags
By Reuters Staff via Reuters
September 14, 2017
Official Chinese estimates show over 20 million cars in China had air bags made by Takata, which have been linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries globally. The air bags have the potential to explode with too much force and spray shrapnel.
Automobile Industry, Automobiles, Takata Airbags, Transportation Safety, Product Safety
Chinese Landscapes at the Met: If Those Mountains Could Talk
By Holland Cotter via New York Times
September 14, 2017
“Streams and Mountains Without End: Landscape Traditions of China,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features a collection reinstallation spiced with a few loans. But the Met’s China holdings are so broad and deep that some of the pictures here are resurfacing for the first time in almost a decade; one is finally making its debut a century after it was acquired.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chinese Arts, Chinese Paintings, Caligraphy
World's Oldest Captive Panda Basi Dies in China
By BBC via BBC
September 14, 2017
At 37, Basi had outlived all her panda peers, reaching the equivalent of more than a hundred in human years.
Giant Panda, Fuzhou, Animal
China 'Feminist Five' Activist Handed 10-Year Travel Ban
By Yuan Yang and Emily Feng via Financial Times
September 13, 2017
One of China’s “Feminist Five” group of women who were arrested for campaigning against sexual harassment has been barred from leaving the country for a decade, in the latest example of Beijing’s ever-tightening grip on civil society.
Feminism, Activism, Protests, Sexual Harassment, Civil Society, Feminist Five
After Toiling in Rural China, ProtéGé of Xi Jinping Joins Party's Top Tiers
By Chris Buckley via New York Times
September 13, 2017
Guizhou is one of China’s poorest provinces, yet its villages of rice paddies, buffalos and mud-brick homes have long been a proving ground for rising stars in the Chinese Communist Party. The former president, Hu Jintao, once ran this mountainous southwestern province, as did a powerful lieutenant to President Xi Jinping.
Chinese Communist Party, Rural China, Guizhou, Political Culture, Politburo Standing Committee
China's Two Largest Tech Companies Sign a Deal over the West's Biggest Music
By Andrew Flanagan via NPR
September 13, 2017
Among the deals being signed that shape the way the world experiences culture, a new partnership will exert a great influence on the flow of content from the world's three remaining major record labels to an enormous and growing marketplace — as long as everyone plays by China's opaque rules around expression.
Tencent, Alibaba, Music, Entertainment, International Music Industry
The Rise and Rise of China's Xiaomi in India
By Abhishek Baxi via Forbes
September 13, 2017
A couple of years ago in 2015, MIT Technology Review ranked Xiaomi number 2 on their list of 50 Smartest Companies -- a list that also had companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft who were rated far below the Chinese smartphone and smart home products maker. This was exactly a year after Xiaomi landed in India -- the company's biggest market outside of China. In almost three years, the company has since become the number two brand in the overall Indian smartphone market, behind the long-standing leader, Samsung. India is a very important market for smartphone makers as it is expected to double in size in terms of sales by the year 2020. In the last three years, smartphone sales have tripled in the country to 120 million in 2016.
Xiaomi, Chinese Influence, Technology, Smartphones, India, China-India Relations
What Would China Do If North Korea and the United States Go to War?
By Nectar Gan via South China Morning Post
September 13, 2017
The US should sit down with China before pursuing a discussion with North Korea on how to solve the Korean peninsula’s nuclear crisis, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday.
China-North Korea Relations, North Korean Missiles, U.S.-North Korea Relations, U.S.-China Relations, United Nations, Nuclear Crisis
What the World’s Emptiest International Airport Says about China’s Influence
By Brook Larmer via New York Times
September 13, 2017
The four-lane highway leading out of the Sri Lankan town of Hambantota gets so little traffic that it sometimes attracts more wild elephants than automobiles. The pachyderms are intelligent — they seem to use the road as a jungle shortcut — but not intelligent enough, alas, to appreciate the pun their course embodies: It links together a series of white elephants, i.e. boondoggles, built and financed by the Chinese. Beyond the lonely highway itself, there is a 35,000-seat cricket stadium, an almost vacant $1.5 billion deepwater port and, 16 miles inland, a $209 million jewel known as “the world’s emptiest international airport.”
International Development, Chinese Economic Influence, Economic Diplomacy, Economic Development, Rise of China
China Just Reversed Two Policies Designed to Keep the Yuan from Sliding
By Elena Holodny via Business Insider
September 12, 2017
China is reversing course and loosening some financial restrictions after the yuan's appreciation in 2017.
Currency, Currency Devaluation, Economic Policy, People's Bank of China, Foreign Banks
China Fossil Fuel Deadline Shifts Focus to Electric Car Race
Bloomberg
September 12, 2017
China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, becoming the biggest market to do so in a move that will accelerate the push into the electric car market led by companies including BYD Co. and BAIC Motor Corp.
Environment, Fossil Fuels, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Automobile Industry
Smuggling Operations at Sea Targeted in Latest UN Sanctions against North Korea
By Liu Zhen via South China Morning Post
September 12, 2017
The UN has called on member states to use “new tools” to clamp down on smuggling activities at sea under the latest sanctions against North Korea following its nuclear test last week.
China-North Korea Relations, Economic Sanctions, Smuggling, Illegal Trade, United Nations
300 Tonnes of Diseased Pig Carcasses – the Latest Example of China's Pollution Crisis
By Tom Philips via Guardian
September 12, 2017
Stomach-churning symbols of the environmental calamity facing China have never been in short supply: exploding watermelons, toxic running tracks, rivers that flow the colour of blood.
Soil Pollution, Pollution, Swine, Disease, Environment, Pigs
China and Russia Warn the U.S. Not to Seek North Korean Regime Change
By Ting Shi and David Tweed via Bloomberg
September 12, 2017
In supporting a watered-down version of North Korea sanctions, China and Russia had a stern warning for the U.S.: Don’t try to overthrow Kim Jong Un’s regime.
U.S.-Russia Relations, U.S.-China Relations, China-Russia Relations, China-North Korea Relations, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, Sanctions
China Jails Muslim Man for 2 Years over Islam WeChat Groups
South China Morning Post
September 12, 2017
A member of a Muslim minority group has been sentenced to two years in a Chinese prison after forming online discussions groups to teach Islam.
Islam, Ethnic Minorities, Xinjiang, Religious Freedom, Hui
Next Stop for the Steve Bannon Insurgency: China
By Mark Landler via New York Times
September 11, 2017
Stephen K. Bannon plans to travel to Hong Kong to deliver a keynote address at an investor conference, where he will articulate his call for a much tougher American policy toward China.
Steve Bannon, Hong Kong, U.S.-China Relations, Trade
Renminbi Slides after China Relaxes Currency Controls
By Gabriel Wildau, Tom Mitchell, Jennifer Hughes via Financial Times
September 11, 2017
The renminbi suffered its worst day in three months after China’s central bank scrapped two rules intended to bolster the currency in a sign that official nervousness about currency depreciation and capital flight has eased.
Renminbi, Renminbi Revaluation, Exchange Rates, Currency
China to Shut Bitcoin Exchanges
By Chao Deng via Wall Street Journal
September 11, 2017
Chinese authorities are ordering domestic bitcoin exchanges to shut down, delivering a heavy blow to once-thriving trading hubs that helped popularize the virtual currency pushing it to recent record highs.
Bitcoin, Virtual Currency, Technology, Chinese Economy, Financial Regulation
China Steps up Curbs on Virtual Currency Trading
By Peng Qinqin, Wu Yujian and Han Wei via Caixin
September 11, 2017
Chinese regulators ordered a halt to all virtual currency trading platforms in the country, acting to further rein in risks related to cryptocurrencies, Caixin learned from a source close to regulators.
Bitcoin, Virtual Currency, Chinese Economy, Chinese Financial Policy
Pro-Independence from China Posters Appearing on Hong Kong Campuses Stoke New Tension
By Pak Yiu, Christine Chan via Reuters
September 11, 2017
Thirteen Hong Kong universities and academic institutions accused the Chinese-ruled city’s leader of undermining freedom of expression amid a row over pro-independence banners appearing on campuses.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong-Mainland Tension, Higher Education, Hong Kong Independence
The Chinese Female Gamers Putting Male Players in the Shade
By Danny Vinceny via BBC
September 11, 2017
In the world’s newest superpower, professional video gaming is a booming industry set to be worth billions. Female players struggle to earn as much as their male competitors – but that's not stopping one talented team of young women.
Online Gaming, Professional Gaming, League of Legends, Women, Technology
Tillerson Is Working with China and Russia — Very, Very Quietly
By David Ignatius via Washington Post
September 8, 2017
The Tillerson approach focuses on personal diplomacy, in direct contacts with Chinese and Russian leaders, and through private channels to North Korea. His core strategic assumption is that if the United States can subtly manage its relations with China and Russia — and allow those leaders to take credit for successes — complex regional problems can be solved effectively.
North Korea, Korean Peninsula, Rex Tillerson, China-North Korea Relations, Russia
China and Pakistan Team up for Swipe at Trump's Afghanistan Plans
By Stuart Lau via South China Morning Post
September 8, 2017
The air forces of China and Pakistan teamed up for joint training exercises, state media reported on Friday as the foreign ministers from the two countries present a united front in Beijing against Washington’s new military policy in Afghanistan.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, China Borderlands, Donald Trump, Chinese Foreign Policy
China’s Export Engine Slows as Imports Maintain Steady Gains
By Bloomberg News via Bloomberg
September 8, 2017
China’s export growth slowed as global demand for the country’s products moderated, while imports remained robust as investment at home aided demand.
Chinese Economy, Imports and Exports, Chinese Products, Trade
Lacking a Point Person on China, U.S. Risks Aggravating Tensions
By Mark Landler via New York Times
September 8, 2017
The National Security Council is conducting a review of the White House’s China policy — taking into account Mr. Trump’s populist trade agenda and differences over how to curb the rogue government in North Korea. Aside from Mr. Trump himself, it remains unclear who in the administration wields genuine influence on the relationship.
U.S.-China Relations, Foreign Relations, Foreign Policy, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping
Sweeping Change in China's Military Points to More Firepower for Xi
By Philip Wen and Benjamin Kang Lim via Reuters
September 8, 2017
China’s military is preparing a sweeping leadership reshuffle, dropping top generals, including two that sources say are under investigation for corruption. The changes would make room for President Xi Jinping to install trusted allies in key positions at a key party congress that begins on Oct 18.
Party Politics, 19th Party Congress, National Party Congress, Military Leadership
High Cost of China's Push for Unesco Heritage Sites
By Ben Bland via Financial Times
September 8, 2017
China is ranked second only to Italy in terms of number of world heritage sites. But it's come at a cost.
Historic Preservation, Cultural Conservation, Economic Development, Gulangyu, UNESCO
China Will Back Fresh U.N. Measures on North Korea over Nuclear Tests
By Emily Rauhala via Washington Post
September 7, 2017
China’s foreign minister said Thursday that Beijing would support further U.N.-imposed “measures” against North Korea following its largest nuclear test, but stopped short of saying whether China would back crippling economic sanctions such as halts to fuel shipments.
North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, Korean Peninsula, Economic Sanctions
Blocked in China, Facebook Is Said to Seek a Shanghai Office
By Paul Mozur via New York Times
September 7, 2017
The social media giant in recent months has quietly scouted for office space in Shanghai, according to two people with knowledge of its efforts there. Those offices would house employees working on Facebook’s effort to make hardware but could also help with its broader ambitions in China.
Facebook, Social Media, Shanghai, Business
Wanda Sues over 'False' Reports on Chairman Wang Jianlin
By Wayne Ma via Wall Street Journal
September 7, 2017
Dalian Wanda Group, the property and entertainment giant controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, has filed defamation suits against at least 10 Chinese social media accounts that published reports the company says sent its shares and bonds tumbling.
Wanda, Wang Jianlin, Social Media, Asset Management
Wanted Chinese Tycoon Seeks US Political Asylum
By Gerry Shih via Associated Press
September 7, 2017
Chinese real estate tycoon Guo Wengui, one of the Communist Party’s most wanted exiles, has applied for political asylum in the United States.
Guo Wengui, Exile, Political Asylum, Party Politics, Wang Qishan
Trump May Have Pushed Mexico into the Arms of China's Alibaba
By Sophia Yan via CNBC
September 7, 2017
Mexico's Ministry of Economy and Alibaba will partner to get more Mexican products onto the tech firm's popular e-commerce platforms.
Trade, Mexico, Alibaba
China Brings Mars a Little Closer with Replica on Tibet Plateau
By Tom Philips via Guardian
September 7, 2017
The “simulated Mars station” – a 95,000 square-kilometre tribute to the solar system’s second-smallest planet – will be built in Qinghai province’s Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, not far from the westernmost tip of the Great Wall.
Air Space, Space Program, China National Space Administration, Space Exploration, Mars, Tibetan Plateau
Pregnant Chinese Woman ‘Commits Suicide’ after Family Refuse to Allow Her to Have a Caesarean Section
By Laurie Chen via South China Morning Post
September 6, 2017
A heavily pregnant woman is reported to have committed suicide after her family repeatedly refused to let her have a caesarean section.
Health, Women's Health, Women’s Rights
South Korea Calls for Cutting North Korea’s Oil Supplies but Russia Is Reluctant
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee via Washington Post
September 6, 2017
Amid escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-In sought Russian backing Wednesday for calls to block critical crude oil supplies to the North Korean regime after its latest nuclear test.
South Korea, China-North Korea Relations, North Korea, North Korean Missiles, Chinese Foreign Policy, Oil, Sanctions, Trade, Economic Sanctions
Chinese Premier to Discuss Economy with Int'l Institution Chiefs
By Xinhua via Xinhua
September 6, 2017
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold a roundtable meeting with leaders of six major international economic and financial institutions in Beijing next Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Wednesday.
Li Keqiang, Global Economy, Economy, Chinese Economy, International Monetary Fund
Bad News, World: China Can’t Solve the North Korea Problem
By Max Fisher via New York Times
September 6, 2017
After each North Korean provocation, a soothing mantra echoes through the halls of government and think tanks in the United States.
China-North Korea Relations, North Korea, Military, United Nations, Nuclear Weapons
China Brushes off Vietnam Protests over South China Sea Drills
By Reuters via Reuters
September 6, 2017
China on Wednesday dismissed Vietnamese condemnation of its military live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was acting within its sovereign rights.
South China Sea, China-Vietnam Relations, Vietnam, Military, Territory Disputes, Border Conflict, Paracel Islands
‘Dunkirk’ Conquers China's Box Office
By Gaochang Zhang via Los Angeles Times
September 6, 2017
The World War II rescue tale “Dunkirk” dominated the box office in China last week, building on its international success.
Film, Film Industry, Box Office, Chinese Box Office, Warner Bros., Christopher Nolan
North Korea Nuclear Test Puts Pressure on China and Undercuts Xi
By Jane Perlez via New York Times
September 5, 2017
It was supposed to be Xi Jinping’s moment to bask in global prestige, as the Chinese president hosted the leaders of some of the world’s most dynamic economies at a summit meeting just weeks before a Communist Party leadership conference.
China-North Korea Relations, U.S.-China Relations, North Korea, North Korean Missiles, Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, Sanctions
Leaders of China and India Seek Stable Ties after Border Spat
By Iain Marlow and Ting Shi via Bloomberg
September 5, 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first talks since defusing a border stand-off, with both leaders calling for stable ties between the two Asian giants.
China-India Relations, China Borderlands, BRICS, International Relations, Border Conflict
China’s Former Richest Man Now Banned from Hong Kong’s Business World
By Sophia Yan via CNBC
September 5, 2017
Chinese entrepreneur Li Hejun, who briefly held the title of China’s richest man, was just banned from Hong Kong’s business world.
A Hong Kong court ruled to disqualify Li from being a director or being involved with the management of any Hong Kong listed or unlisted company for eight years. That came as the court found him incompetent and negligent in his duties as chairman of Hong Kong-listed Hanergy Thin Film.
Corruption, Hong Kong, Hanergy Holding Group, Economy, Business
China’s Top Bike-Sharing Groups Battle for London
By Yuan Yang, Yingzhi Yang via Financial Times
September 5, 2017
China’s top bike-sharing companies are taking their rivalry to London after local supplier Ofo revealed plans to roll out a smart bike service this week in the UK to compete with rival Mobike.
Sharing Economy, Public Bikes, Mobike, Ofo, Smart Bike
Google Continues to Hire in China Even as Search Remains Blocked
By David Ramli via Bloomberg
September 5, 2017
Google’s search service may be banned in China but parent Alphabet Inc. is hunting for workers in a further sign it has ambitions in the world’s biggest internet market.
Google, The Great Firewall, Technology, Internet Censorship, Censorship
China Subverting UN Efforts to Protect Human Rights, Says Pressure Group
South China Morning Post
September 5, 2017
A human rights group said in a report on Tuesday that China has tried to intimidate, blacklist and suppress the voices of rights advocates who operate within the UN system, calling on Beijing to stop such pressure and urging UN agencies to resist.
Human Rights, United Nations, Civil Society, Non-Profit Sector, Human Rights Abuses
More Women Are in Hong Kong’s Prisons Than Anywhere Else. They Should Be Protected, Not Criminalized
By Yenni Kwok via Guardian
August 31, 2017
Hong Kong and Macau, two cities associated with wealth and riches, hold a dubious distinction in the justice system: they put women behind bars at a shockingly high proportion. Women comprise 20.8% of Hong Kong’s prison population, while in neighboring Macau, 14.7% of its prison population are women – the fourth highest.
Imprisonment, Criminal Justice, Hong Kong, Women’s Rights
CPC Expected to Convene 19th National Congress on Oct. 18
Xinhua
August 31, 2017
One of China's most important political events, the key five-yearly congress will decide the new leadership line-up.
19th Party Congress, National Party Congress, Party Politics, Party Leadership, Chinese Communist Party
China's HNA Group Sues Exiled Chinese Businessman
By Julie Steinberg and Carolyn Cui via Wall Street Journal
August 31, 2017
One of China’s most acquisitive companies is suing an exiled Chinese businessman for allegedly spreading what it says are falsehoods that have hurt the conglomerate’s reputation and financial interests.
Exile, Business, Party Politics, Guo Wengui
China Realizes It Needs Foreign Companies
By Christopher Balding via Bloomberg
August 31, 2017
China is increasingly desperate for foreign investment. Yet foreign companies are less and less interested in what it has to offer. How this problem gets resolved may be one of the most important questions facing China's economy.
Foreign Investment, Overseas Investment, Business, Foreign Companies
Young People in China Have Started a Fashion Movement Built around Nationalism and Racial Purity
By Kevin Carrico via Quartz
August 31, 2017
The Han Clothing Movement, a youth-based grassroots nationalist movement built around China’s majority Han ethnic group, has emerged over the past 15 years in urban China. It imagines the numerically and culturally dominant Han—nearly 92% of China’s population—as the target of oppression by both China’s minorities and “the West,” in need of revitalization to save China.
Nationalism, Racism, Han Race, Youth