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Decoding Trump’s Plan to Rein in China

By Sui-Lee Wee via New York Times

December 19, 2017

Much of the newly released national security blueprint focused on brewing disputes between Beijing and Washington over emerging industries of the future — and who will control them.

National Security, Donald Trump, Trade

China Unveils an Ambitious Plan to Curb Climate Change Emissions

By Keith Bradsher and Lisa Friedman via New York Times

December 19, 2017

China released plans on Tuesday to start a giant market to trade credits for the right to emit planet-warming greenhouse gases. The nationwide market would initially cover only China’s vast, state-dominated power generation sector, which produced almost half of the country’s emissions from the burning of fossil fuels last year.

Coal, Greenhouse Gases, CO2 Emissions, Energy

West Grows Wary of China’s Influence Game

By Jamil Anderlini and Jamie Smyth via Financial Times

December 19, 2017

“Aodaliya renmin zhan qi lai! The Australian people have stood up,” the country’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in mangled Mandarin — a deliberate echo of Mao’s declaration in 1949 that the Chinese people had stood up.

Chinese Influence, Australia, Chinese Economic Influence, Authoritarianism

China Set to Move into United States’ Backyard with National Development Plan for Grenada

By Stephen Chen via South China Morning Post

December 19, 2017

China is helping the government of Grenada prepare a national development plan 34 years after the Caribbean island nation was invaded by US-led forces due to concerns in Washington that its government was too close to the Soviet and Cuban communist regimes.

Carribbean, Chinese Influence

The China-India Row That Spells Disaster for Flood Victims

By Navin Singh Khadka via BBC

December 19, 2017

Fear of flooding has been growing in the Indian state of Assam ever since upstream China stopped sharing river data crucial for issuing early warnings.

China-India Relations, India, Flooding, Environment

Trump National Security Strategy Sees U.S. Confronting China and Russia

By David Sanger and Mark Landler via New York Times

December 18, 2017

President Trump’s first national security strategy envisions a world in which the United States confronts two “revisionist” powers — China and Russia — that are seeking to change the global status quo, often to the detriment of America’s interests.

U.S.-China Relations, Russia, National Security, Trade

China’s Warplanes Hold Drill near Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

By Associated Press via ABC

December 18, 2017

Chinese air force spokesman Shen Jinke said the air force dispatched bombers, fighters and reconnaissance planes through the Tsushima Strait to the Sea of Japan to “test its ocean combat ability.”

Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Military Drills

Thousands in China Watch as 10 People Sentenced to Death in Sport StadiumThousands in China Watch as 10 People Sentenced to Death in Sport Stadium

By Benjamin Haas via Guardian

December 18, 2017

A court in China has sentenced 10 people to death, mostly for drug-related crimes, in front of thousands of onlookers before taking them away for execution.

Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, Legal System, Crime

China Property Price Growth Slows to 21-Month Low

By Hudson Lockett via Financial Times

December 18, 2017

Growth in the cost of new housing in China decelerated for a twelfth straight month in November, according to official figures, marking the slowest rise since early 2016.

Housing, Urban Life, Economic Growth

China Hails ‘First Antarctica Flight’ for Its Tourists

By BBC via BBC

December 18, 2017

According to Chinese media, the country’s first commercial flight to Antarctica brought 22 lucky tourists to the exotic destination this weekend.

Tourism

China Plans to Kill Local Subsidies for Electric Cars

By Bloomberg News via Bloomberg

December 18, 2017

The Ministry of Finance is working on a plan that would mandate authorities to phase out the incentives to discourage protectionism and help rein in state expenditure, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing government policy proposals that aren’t yet public.

Automobile Industry, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy

Xi Jinping Says War Must Never Be Allowed on Korean Peninsula as South's President Tries to Mend Relations on Visit to China

South China Morning Post

December 14, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that wars on the Korean peninsula are never acceptable, adding that China would continue to support dialogue between Seoul and Pyongyang.

Xi Jinping, North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, Nuclear Crisis

Latin America Needs a China Strategy

Bloomberg

December 14, 2017

To judge by the pomp and shuttle diplomacy, Latin America and China are best of friends.

China-Latin America Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, Chinese Investment, Chinese Economy

Google Plans Big AI Push in China

Fortune

December 14, 2017

Google is expanding its artificial intelligence, or AI research to China.

Google, Chinese Economy, Technology, Foreign Investment

What to Do about China's "Sharp Power"

Economist

December 14, 2017

WHEN a rising power challenges an incumbent one, war often follows.

Chinese Economy, Chinese Foreign Policy, Global Politics, Culture

At South Korea-China Summit, South Korean Journalist Beaten Bloody

CNN

December 14, 2017

The summit was intended to cement improved relations after a frosty period of tension between China and South Korea.

South Korea, Journalism, Economy, Trade

China Accuses US of Meddling over Potential US Navy Visits to Taiwan

Voice of America

December 14, 2017

China submitted an official protest with the United States Thursday after U.S

Donald Trump, Taiwan, China-Taiwan Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations, Military, Navy

Tillerson offers North Korea talks ‘without preconditions’

By Demetri Sevastopulo and Katrina Manson via Financial Times

December 13, 2017

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson offered to open direct talks with North Korea “without preconditions” in a new overture to Pyongyang that jars with the more confrontational stance of the White House.

Rex Tillerson, North Korea, North Korea Sanctions, Oil

China Marks Nanking Massacre's 80th Anniversary

By Wayne Zhang and Gerry Shih via ABC

December 13, 2017

Chinese officials struck a tempered tone on the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre on Wednesday, saying China would “look forward” and deepen friendship with its neighbor Japan despite historical misgivings.

Nanjing, Xi Jinping, Yu Zhengsheng, China-Japan Relations, Invasion

Founder of China's Embattled LeEco Placed on Debt Blacklist

By Engen Tham, Adam Jourdan via Reuters

December 13, 2017

The high-profile founder of struggling Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco has been placed on an official blacklist of debt defaulters, a further blow to a firm that had spent heavily to compete in areas from smart cars to online entertainment.

Technology, Debt, Entrepreneurs

Fearing the Worst, China Plans Refugee Camps on North Korean Border

By Jane Perlez via New York Times

December 13, 2017

A Chinese county along the border with North Korea is constructing refugee camps intended to house thousands of migrants fleeing a possible crisis on the Korean Peninsula, according to an internal document that appears to have been leaked from China’s main state-owned telecommunications company.

China-North Korea Relations, North Korea, Refugees

China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions

Human Rights Watch

December 13, 2017

Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints, iris scans, and blood types of all residents in the region between the age of 12 and 65, Human Rights Watch said today. This campaign significantly expands authorities’ collection of biodata beyond previous government efforts in the region, which only required all passport applicants in Xinjiang to supply biometrics.

Xinjiang, Ethnic Minorities, Human Rights, Human Rights Abuses

Google to Open Beijing AI Center in Latest Expansion in China

By Shelly Banjo and David Ramli via Bloomberg

December 13, 2017

Google is deepening its push into China as it seeks an edge in one of technology’s most competitive fields: artificial intelligence.

Google, Beijing, Technology

Chinese Rooftop Climber Dies in 62-Storey Fall

By BBC via BBC

December 12, 2017

A well-known Chinese climber has died while performing one of his trademark daredevil skyscraper stunts.

Skyscrapers, Death, Weibo

Australian Lawmaker to Resign amid Global Allegations of Chinese Meddling

By Simon Denyer via Washington Post

December 12, 2017

Relations between Australia and China have nosedived in the past week, since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government moved to ban foreign political donations, citing “disturbing reports about Chinese influence” in Australian politics.

Australia, Chinese Influence, International Relations

China Conducts ‘Island Encirclement’ Patrols near Taiwan

By Reuters Staff via Reuters

December 12, 2017

China’s military announced the action on Tuesday, after a senior Chinese diplomat threatened that China would invade the self-ruled island if any U.S. warships made port visits there.

Taiwan, China-Taiwan Relations, U.S.-Taiwan Relations

Trump’s Claim That West Virginia Is ‘Sending Clean Coal’ to ‘China’

By Nicole Lewis via Washington Post

December 12, 2017

“If you look at what’s happened in West Virginia and so many different places, we’re sending clean coal. We’re sending it out to different places — China," Trump said last Tuesday.

Coal, Coal Industry, Energy Reform, Trade

Need Stretchy Pants? China's Energy Squeeze May Mean Higher Prices

By Keith Bradsher via New York Times

December 12, 2017

Homes, businesses and even hospitals across northern China are running short of natural gas. Some schoolchildren are shivering. And in the chemical industry — well, the spandex supply is getting tight.

Natural Gas, Coal, Coal Industry, Energy Management, Heating

The Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe China Doesn't Want You to See

By Nicholas Hune-Brown via Guardian

December 12, 2017

Shen Yun seems like a kitsch dance troupe. But Beijing sees it as the propaganda wing of the Falun Gong movement, and a threat to their rule – and hounds the dancers from city to city, trying to sabotage their shows.

Falun Gong, Crackdown, Human Rights

China, Taiwan Spar over Chinese Diplomat's Invasion Threat

By Ben Blanchard, Jess Macy Yu via Reuters

December 11, 2017

A threat by a senior Chinese diplomat to invade Taiwan the instant any U.S. warship visits the self-ruled island has sparked a war of words, with Taipei accusing Beijing of failing to understand what democracy means.

China-Taiwan Relations, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

Forced Evictions in China's Capital Spark a Rare Display of Dissent

By Joseph Hincks via Time

December 11, 2017

The protests in Feijia, a village in Beijing’s northeastern Chaoyang district, follow a controversial clean-up campaign that began after an apartment block fire killed 19 people last month, the South China Morning Post reports.

Eviction, Forced Evictions, Beijing, Urban Development, Urban Planning

Germany Says China Seeking to Ensnare Officials on LinkedIn

By Tobias Buck via Financial Times

December 11, 2017

Chinese intelligence agencies are using social networks such as LinkedIn to establish contact with German politicians and officials, according to a study by Germany’s internal security service.

China-Germany Relations, Germany, Cybersecurity, Intelligence

Worries Grow in Hong Kong as China Pushes Its Official Version of History in Schools

By Rob Schmitz via NPR

December 11, 2017

The new proposed curriculum for city schools is missing key parts of modern Chinese history, like Hong Kong’s 1967 pro-Communist riots against British rulers and the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, when Chinese troops killed hundreds of unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing.

Hong Kong Independence, Hong Kong-Mainland Tension, Hong Kong

China Telecom Picked to Become the Philippines' Third Telecoms Player

By Reuters via South China Morning Post

December 11, 2017

China Telecom Corp could become the Philippines’ third nationwide telecommunications operator, officials of the Southeast Asian country said on Sunday, as the government sought to stir up competition to boost notoriously poor fixed-line broadband and mobile network operations.

China-Philippines Relations, Philippines, Mobile Phones, Telecommunications

China's Top Paper Says Australian Media Reports Are Racist

By Reuters Staff via Reuters

December 11, 2017

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last week he took reports very seriously that China’s Communist Party had sought to interfere in his country.

Australia, Soft Power, Chinese Influence

Why Is China So Worried about Trump Recognising Jerusalem as Israel's Capital?

South China Morning Post

December 7, 2017

China anticipates more conflict in the Middle East following the United States’ move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which in turn would disrupt its investment plans in the region, diplomatic observers said。

Donald Trump, Israel, Middle East, Palestine

Four U.S. Engineers Charged with Trying to Steal Chip Designs for a Chinese Startup

Fortune

December 7, 2017

Four former Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT, +2.37%) engineers have been charged with attempting to steal chip designs from the semiconductor equipment company to sell to a Chinese startup.

Intellectual Property, Computer Chips, Engineering

North Korea Says U.S. Threats Make War Unavoidable as China Urges Calm

Reuters

December 7, 2017

Two American B-1B heavy bombers joined large-scale combat drills over South Korea on Thursday amid warnings from North Korea that the exercises and U.S. threats have made the outbreak of war “an established fact”.

North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, North Korean Missiles

Rich Countries Are Reducing Their Emissions—by Exporting Them to China

Quartz

December 7, 2017

Historical greenhouse-gas emissions data make clear that much of the burden of climate change lies with rich countries. The US, the UK, Germany, and others built their economies burning fossil fuels without thinking about the consequences.

Greenhouse Gases, Emissions, Climate Change, Environment

China's Debt Levels Pose Stability Risk, Says IMF

Guardian

December 7, 2017

Fears that China risks being the cause of a fresh global financial crisis have been highlighted by the International Monetary Fund in a hard-hitting warning about the growing debt-dependency of the world’s second biggest economy.

Chinese Financial Market, Financial Crisis, Debt, GDP

Why China's GDP Growth Rate Tells Us Nothing about Its Economy

Fortune

December 7, 2017

China clocked in GDP growth of 6.9% in the first three quarters of 2017, and is set to end the year at 6.8%. But Peking University finance professor Michael Pettis believes that the figure is no indication of the actual state of the Chinese economy.

Chinese Economy, GDP

China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford's Chairman Says

By Keith Bradsher via New York Times

December 6, 2017

The world’s automakers are just starting to bet on an electric car future — and already, one of the most powerful people in the industry says that future belongs to China.

Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Air Pollution, Clean Technology

China Province near North Korea Warns about the Dangers of Nuclear War

By Simon Denyer via Washington Post

December 6, 2017

A provincial state newspaper on China’s border with North Korea spooked a few people Wednesday by dedicating an entire page to advice for local residents on how they might survive a nuclear war.

North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, North Korea Nuclear Test, Defense

Trump Wasn’t Soft with Xi Jinping on Trade Gap, Says US Ambassador to China

By Holly Ellyatt, Geoff Cutmore, Eunice Yoon via CNBC

December 6, 2017

The U.S. ambassador to China has defended President Donald Trump’s stance towards the Asian nation during his recent visit, amid criticism that the U.S president was too soft on trade imbalances between the two superpowers.

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Trade

China Scolds Australia over Its Fears of Foreign Influence

By Damien Cave via New York Times

December 6, 2017

The Chinese Embassy in Australia accused Australian officials on Wednesday of “making irresponsible remarks” and damaging “mutual trust,” a day after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull unveiled a series of proposed laws to curb foreign influence in Australian politics.

Australia, Campaigns

Why Is China So Worried about Trump Recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital?

By Liu Zhen via South China Morning Post

December 6, 2017

Beijing has extensive economic and military relations with Israel, but also maintains close ties with Palestine.

Israel, Palestine, Donald Trump, Belt and Road Initiative

Will Tech Firms Challenge China’s ‘Open’ Internet?

By Robin Brant via BBC

December 6, 2017

China has been smart and ruthless in its control of the internet within its borders. It blocks some foreign sites altogether and it censors - heavily - what Chinese are allowed to see.

Internet Censorship, The Great Firewall, Censorship, Technology, Business

China’s Drive for Cleaner Energy Is Causing a Gas Shortage for Winter

By Huileng Tan via CNBC

December 6, 2017

China's push to clean up its environment may have had an unintended consequence: a shortage of heating fuel supply is hitting some regions in the dead of winter, sending prices of domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a three-year high.

Clean Energy, Natural Gas, Environment, Coal

Starbucks Is Opening a Store in China Every 15 Hours

By Angelica LaVito via CNBC

December 5, 2017

China has become Starbucks’ second largest and fastest growing market, and one the company expects to eclipse the U.S. market one day. Starbucks already operates more than 3,000 stores in the country and 2,000 more by 2021.

Starbucks, Coffee, Foreign Companies

China Will Lead an Electric Car Future, Ford's Chairman Says

By Keith Bradsher via New York Times

December 5, 2017

Speaking in Shanghai, William C. Ford Jr., Ford Motor’s longtime executive chairman, outlined why in an unusually blunt comment. “When I think of where E.V.s are going,” he said, using an abbreviation for electric vehicles, “it’s clearly the case that China will lead the world in E.V. development.”

Automobile Industry, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy

Are Alibaba and Tencent Fueling a Tech Bubble? Investors Weigh the Worrisome Question

By Polina Marinova via Fortune

December 5, 2017

Alibaba has spent roughly $1.72 billion buying at least 50 startups and small businesses since 2013, while Tencent has doled out at least $780 million over the same period, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

Investment, Capital, Start-Ups, Technology, Internet

The Underclass That Threatens Xi's 'China Dream'

By Andrew Browne via Wall Street Journal

December 5, 2017

Beijing’s mass evictions of migrants cast a chill over Xi’s lofty equality goals.

Eviction, Forced Evictions, Beijing, Urban Development, Urban Planning

Ad Promises Students 'You Won't Feel Like You're in China When You're on Our Buses'

By AnneClaire Stapleton via CNN

December 5, 2017

At first glance, it looks like any other email touting travel deals. In this case, it was a bus company offering its services to students of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Higher Education, Racism, U.S. Colleges, College/University

Behind China's Attempt to Ease the Rohingya Crisis

By Nicholas Bequelin via New York Times

December 5, 2017

Beijing strenuously avoids playing a high-profile part in ameliorating international humanitarian crises. Its most identifiable role in Myanmar had been to shield the local military from international criticism for carrying out what the United Nations high commissioner on human rights has called a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” that has set off the exodus of more than 600,000 people to neighboring Bangladesh.

China-Myanmar Relations, Myanmar, Human Rights, Migration, Borders, United Nations

China Gets 300 Political Parties to Endorse Xi as Peacemaker

By Tingshi via Bloomberg

December 4, 2017

The signatures of almost 300 foreign political leaders on a document praising Chinese President Xi Jinping’s contribution to world peace has provided him valuable ammunition to counter arguments by those who fear the country’s rising international clout.

Xi Jinping, Peace, Myanmar, Global Politics

Special Report: Hidden Peril Awaits China’s Banks as Property Binge Fuels Mortgage Fraud Frenzy

By Engen Tham, Clare Jim, Yawen Chen via Reuters

December 4, 2017

While property prices in China continue to rise, mortgage fraud remains largely a hidden danger, much as subprime loans in the United States remained mostly out of sight ahead of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Markets, Housing, Loans

Free Trade Talks with China Will Not yet Begin

By Chris Hall via CBC News

December 4, 2017

Canada will not begin formal free trade talks with China — at least not yet.

Canada, Free Trade, Li Keqiang, Human Rights

Apple CEO Backs China’s Vision of an ‘Open’ Internet as Censorship Reaches New Heights

By Simon Denyer via Washington Post

December 4, 2017

Reading headlines from the World Internet Conference in China, the casual reader might have come away a little confused. China was opening its doors to the global Internet, some media outlets optimistically declared, while others said Beijing was defending its system of censorship and state control.

Apple, Tim Cook, Internet Censorship

China in Pole Position amid 'Desperate' Global Race to Secure Lithium Supplies

By Sam Meredith via CNBC

December 4, 2017

China is outpacing the U.S. and other countries in a global race to secure supplies of an all-important element for electric cars.

Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Climate Change, Global Warming, Clean Technology

China Closes School ‘Teaching Women to Be Obedient’

BBC

December 4, 2017

Chinese authorities have shut down an institute that was teaching women to be obedient and subordinate to men.

Gender Equality, Education, Values, Morality

China Sends Its Top Actors and Directors Back to Socialism School

Washington Post

December 1, 2017

Culture is the soul of the nation, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared in a key speech last month. And like Chairman Mao Zedong before him, Xi believes that Chinese culture must serve socialism and the Communist Party.

Xi Jinping, Core Socialist Values, Actors, Socialism

'North Korea Is the Biggest Threat to All Humankind.' U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad Talks to TIME

Time

December 1, 2017

Tucked between northeastern Beijing’s third and fourth ring-roads, the U.S. Embassy in China is a squat complex of silver-gray buildings, with the ambassador’s office on the fourth floor.

North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, Trade, Xi Jinping

Stability and Strategy: Why Is China So Easy on North Korea?

CNBC

December 1, 2017

While the world watches North Korea test yet another missile in defiance of international sanctions and warnings, China continues to be a friend to Kim Jong Un's regime.

North Korea, China-North Korea Relations, Missile Crisis, Pyongyang

China's Evicting Mentions of Its "Low-End" Migrants from Cyberspace

Quartz

December 1, 2017

First Beijing pushed thousands of migrant workers out of the city in the name of safety. Now authorities are carrying out a parallel virtual eviction as well, removing references to China’s “low-end population” from the internet.

Censorship, Internet Censorship, Migration, Beijing

Trump's First Major Trade Fight with China Could Be over Solar Panels

New York Times

December 1, 2017

With President Trump vowing to get tougher on trade, troubled American makers of everything from steel tubing and aluminum foil to washing machines have lined up to ask Washington for protection from foreign rivals.

Solar Energy, Donald Trump, Trade

Scientists Discovered an Ancient Flying Reptile Eden in China

Quartz

December 1, 2017

Scientists have unearthed a massive trove of fossilized eggs and remains in China—giving us a peek into the life and death of a giant flying creature that lived tens of millions of years ago.

Archaeology, Science
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