06.07.18
Letter from U.S. Congress Questions U.S. NGO’s Ties to Chinese Government
The United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources is “seek[ing] clarification” regarding the advocacy activities of U.S.-based non-profit National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). In a June 5 letter to the NRDC president,...
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02.05.18Mystery of Suspected China-CIA Spy Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny
Politico
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and other senior members of Congress are asking why the FBI took more than five years to arrest former CIA China hand Jerry Chun Shing Lee after it first became suspicious of him.
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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
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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
Conversation
06.06.15
Should the U.S. Change its China Policy and How?
The past several months have seen a growing chorus of calls for the U.S. to take stock of its policy toward China. Some prominent voices have called for greater efforts by the U.S. and China to forge “a substantive sense of common purpose,” while...
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05.21.15Why the U.S. Needs to Listen to China
Atlantic
And why China needs to listen to the U.S. The importance of the mutual economic criticisms between two major world powers.
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06.25.14Congress Votes to Rename Road by Chinese Embassy After Jailed Dissident
Time
Beijing is not amused by the “provocative action,” as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo “has been convicted in accordance with the law.”
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01.08.14Moon Landing ‘100pc Made in China,’ says Xi Jinping
South China Morning Post
Contrary to Xi's claims, scientists have noted that the design of the moon rover has borrowed heavily from previous Soviet and American versions.
Media
10.17.13Journalist’s Call for ‘de-Americanized World’ Provokes Alarm in U.S., Fart Jokes in China
As fears mounted this week about a possible (and now, it seems, averted) U.S. government default, the U.S. press stumbled upon an October 13 editorial in Xinhua, China’s largest news agency, calling for a “de-Americanized...
Conversation
10.16.13
Uncomfortable Bedfellows: How Much Does China Need America Now?
Bill Bishop:The D.C. dysfunction puts China in a difficult place. Any financial markets turmoil that occurs because of a failure of Congress to do its job could harm China’s economy, and especially its exports. The accumulation of massive foreign-...
Reports
10.10.13
Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 2013 Annual Report
United States Congress
The Commission notes China’s lack of progress in guaranteeing Chinese citizens’ freedom of expression, assembly, and religion; restraining the power of the Chinese Communist Party; and establishing the rule of law under the new leadership of...
Media
10.02.13
China’s Surprising Reaction to the U.S. Government Shutdown
As the U.S. federal government hurtles into shutdown mode, many in the United States have responded with anger or shame. At Foreign Policy, for instance, Gordon Adams compares the congressional bickering that gave rise to the shutdown to Shakespeare...
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07.16.13
CFIUS and the U.S. Senate’s Anti-China Bug
Last week, senators from both parties finally came together for a common objective: stopping the $4.7 billion sale of America’s largest pork producer to China. Their reason? The sale of Smithfield Farms to a Chinese company, Shuanghui, could pose a...
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07.18.12The Chinese Media Reciprocity Act and Censorship of Foreign Journalists in China (Pt. 2)
China Law & Policy
Putting aside the shrill rhetoric surrounding the Chinese Media Reciprocity Act and the fact that it only deals with the harassment of a small segment of U.S. journalists in China (the VOA and RFA reporters), the Act does draw attention to an...
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07.18.12What is Wrong With the Chinese Media Reciprocity Act (Pt. 1 of 3)
China Law & Policy
The Chinese Media Reciprocity Act attempts to combat China’s restrictive visa policies for U.S. government-employed journalists. In reality, the impact of the Chinese Media Reciprocity Act is anything but reciprocal. The U.S. has two...
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07.16.12China Commentary Says U.S. Uniform Row Olympic "Blasphemy"
Reuters
An uproar over the U.S. Olympic team's made-in-China uniforms is a blasphemy on the Olympic spirit which is supposed to separate sports from politics and a show of pure ignorance to boot, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
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06.13.12The Unwritten Rules in Chinese Technology
New Yorker
What do we mean when we say a Chinese company has “close ties to the government”? Or is “connected to the military”? And does this matter? It is a problem that writers on China have encountered for years, and it can be difficult get firm evidence...