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12.14.16GM China Reportedly Under Antitrust Investigation: A Warning for Trump?
Forbes
The surprising report of an investigation of GM comes suspiciously close to President-elect Trump’s incendiary recent comments on Taiwan
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12.14.16‘Friends Forever’? China Wary of Rex Tillerson Wooing Away Russia
Guardian
Trump will have close ties to Moscow via its Secretary of State, but relations with Beijing are frosty. Could Sino-Russian ties be under threat?
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12.14.16Popular Chinese Muslim Website Down After Posting Letter Critical of Xi
Reuters
Users of China Muslim Net say they have been unable to access the website since Saturday
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12.13.16Attempts to ‘Clean Up Beijing’ Target Low-Cost Migrant Homes
"They came and banged on tenants' doors every day until they agreed to move out, and they cut off their power supply for a week"
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12.13.16China’s Richest Man Threat to Trump ’Should Things Be Handled Poorly’
Quartz
Wang Jianlin says 20,000 American jobs and $10 billion in investment are at stake
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12.13.16China Stocks Drop as Insurers Face Crackdown
Wall Street Journal
China’s top securities regulator has accused some big insurers of behaving like ‘barbarians’
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12.13.16Is Latin America of Strategic Importance to China?
Diplomat
For China, Latin American countries will be a key part of its bid to influence global governance
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12.13.16If Donald Trump Pushes, How China Could Push Back
New York Times
Here are five ways the Chinese could make life difficult for a Trump administration
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12.12.16Beijing Concerned by Trump Questioning ‘One China’ Policy on Taiwan
Wall Street Journal
President-elect Donald Trump questioned U.S. support for the idea that mainland China and Taiwan are part of ‘one China’
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12.12.16Trump Says China is Not a Market Economy. Here’s Why That is a Big Deal
Washington Post
In 2001, in China’s view, the U.S. promised it would treat the Asian country as a “market economy” starting in December 2016. Trump has a different idea.
Media
12.09.16
U.S.-China Relations As a Cycle of ‘Rapturous Enchantment’ and ‘Deep Disappointment’
from Asia Blog
In 1872, China’s imperial government began sending teenage boys to the United States to study science and technology. After a series of “humiliating” military defeats at the hands of technologically superior foreign powers, China’s leaders realized...
Viewpoint
12.09.16
I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
“Friendship” is everywhere in China, at least when it comes to dealing with foreigners. International societies are friendship associations. The stores once accessible only to foreign currency holders were called Friendship Stores. Provincial cities...
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12.09.16China Universities Must Become Communist Party 'Strongholds', Says Xi Jinping
Guardian
All teachers must be ‘staunch supporters’ of party governance, says president in what experts called an effort to reassert control
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12.09.16China Has Gained Hugely from Globalization, So Why Are Its Workers So Unhappy?
Economist
Now, more than ever, working-class Chinese fret about rising inequality, the impact of mass migration from the countryside into cities and job losses
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12.09.16China Faces off Against World on Open Global Markets
Wall Street Journal
Anniversary of China’s accession to World Trade Organization highlights global rift over Beijing’s economic policy
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12.09.16I Think That Chinese Official Really Liked Me!
Foreign Policy
Trump's pick for U.S. Ambassador to Beijing is apparently 'old friends' with President Xi Jinping. That will mean very little.
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12.09.16China Takes Aim at South Korea’s Lotte After Missile Move
Financial Times
Series of probes follows Lotte’s surrender of golf course to host US-made Thaad missile shield
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12.08.16Risking Beijing’s Ire, Vietnam Begins Dredging on South China Sea Reef
Reuters
Activity visible on Ladd Reef in the Spratly Islands could anger Beijing, which claims sovereignty over the group and most of the resource-rich sea
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12.08.16Uganda is Worried About the Number of Chinese Men Marrying Their Women
Quartz
An increasing number of Chinese men are marrying Ugandan women to gain residency and continue their business interests in the country
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12.08.16How a Midwest Governor Rose to Become America’s Top Official in China
South China Morning Post
Trump administration hopes Terry Branstad’s long-standing friendship with Xi Jinping will smooth often-strained ties between the two nations
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12.08.16What Taiwan’s Leader Sees in Donald Trump
New Yorker
Taiwanese President Tsai's call to President-elect Trump, which riled both Washington and Beijing, suggests a hidden streak of boldness
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12.07.16Trump Picks Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as Beijing Ambassador
Washington Post
Branstad has extensive ties to China and a personal friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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12.07.16Taiwan Feels Forgotten. But Not By Trump.
New York Times
Despite facing a sober future, Taiwanese will continue to celebrate what they see as an overdue recognition of their hard-won existence
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12.06.16China’s Currency Didn’t Really Drop, Despite Jitters Over Trump
New York Times
Early Tuesday it appeared the RMB had suddenly fallen more than 8%, but no deliberate devaluation took place. Instead, the culprit was a technical problem
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12.06.16Xi Jinping to be ‘First Chinese President to Attend Davos Summit’
South China Morning Post
Trip has yet to be officially announced but preparations well underway for Chinese head of state’s visit to World Economic Forum in Switzerland
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12.06.16Trump’s China Tweets are Just Tough Talk
Guardian
A trade war would be damaging for the US, and the president-elect is likely to need Beijing’s help with North Korea. Wait until he’s in office
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12.06.16A China Economist Told Us How China Could Hurt the US in a Trade War
Business Insider
BI caught up with Gene Ma, IIF's Chief Economist, to ask him some questions about where the Chinese economy is going in the age of Trump
Conversation
12.05.16
Should Washington Recalibrate Relations with Taipei?
On Friday, Donald Trump shocked the China-watching world when news broke that he had spoken on the phone to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The call was remarkable not for its content—Tsai’s office said she told Trump she hoped the United States “...
Caixin Media
12.05.16
‘Two-Child Policy’ Driving Mini Baby Boom in China
The number of children born in China this year is set to rise by 5.7 percent from 2015 as a result of the introduction of the country’s new two-child policy, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) Deputy Director...
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12.05.16Through Climate Change Denial, We’re Ceding Global Leadership to China
Los Angeles Times
Remember when China was the climate change outcast? What a difference a few years — and an election — can make
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12.05.16After the Call: Does Taiwan Have a Plan for the Trump Years?
Diplomat
What is Taiwan looking for from Donald Trump?
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12.05.16China Says Trump Clear About Taiwan, in Touch with His Team
Reuters
"The whole world knows about the Chinese government's position on the Taiwan issue. I think President-elect Trump and his team are also clear"
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12.05.16How China Could React to Trump’s Taunts: Best Case to Worst Case Scenarios
Quartz
In the wake of #TaiwanFreakout and the latest Twitter-storm, here’s a range of things Beijing could do, from the shrug-worthy to the downright terrifying
Features
12.02.16
How Do You Stand up to China? Ask Mongolia
The day before the Dalai Lama’s November 18 trip to Mongolia, Beijing issued a “strong demand” to its neighbor to cancel the visit of the “anti-Chinese separatist” or face (unstated) consequences. The Dalai Lama would be making his ninth visit to...
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12.02.16China’s Top Court Exonerates Man 21 Years After Execution
Case puts spotlight on accusations that judges accept coerced confessions and that police torture is rampant, activists say
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12.02.16China Seizes Opening in U.S. Backyard as Trump Upends Policy
Bloomberg
As Trump weighs plans to tear up trade deals and deport illegal migrants from Latin America, China's Xi is moving swiftly to reset relations in America’s backyard
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12.02.16China’s Second Most Powerful Man Warns of Dissent and Corruption in the CCP
Quartz
Tough talk on corruption is not unheard of from Wang, but his harsh manner and candid rundown of the party’s problems mean the speech was given great importance
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12.02.16Microsoft, Intel, IBM Push Back on China Cybersecurity Rules
Wall Street Journal
Comments offer rare glimpse at tussle between Beijing and U.S. tech companies
Viewpoint
12.01.16
Why I’m Giving Away My Book in China
After a decade covering Asia for The Wall Street Journal, I devoted three years of my life to researching and writing a book about China’s one-child policy, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment. This month, I’m giving away the...
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12.01.16China is Censoring People’s Chats Without Them Even Knowing About It
Quartz
Censorship in WeChat group chats is prevalent, and is done so that the sender isn’t even aware a piece of text has been scrubbed
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12.01.16China’s Dalian Wanda Group Faces Renewed U.S. Regulatory Scrutiny
Wall Street Journal
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer raises concerns over Chinese conglomerate’s Hollywood takeovers
Sinica Podcast
11.30.16
The Intersection of Chinese Law and Politics
from Sinica Podcast
China’s legal system is much derided and poorly understood, but its development has, in many ways, been one of the defining features of the reform and opening-up era. Rachel Stern, a professor of law and political science at the University of...
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11.30.16Michael Flynn, a Top Trump Adviser, Ties China and North Korea to Islamists
New York Times
Flynn believes China and N. Korea are allied with militant Islamists bent on imposing their religious ideology worldwide
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11.30.16China’s Approach to the Middle East Looks Familiar
Diplomat
Despite repudiating American foreign policy, China now borrows heavily from U.S.-style Middle Eastern diplomacy
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11.30.16S.Korea Says China is Retaliating Against Its Missile-Defense System by Taking Aim at Korean Dramas
Quartz
China has turned down Korean stars’ applications to perform in the country and has not let any Korean movies screen in the mainland
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11.30.16Why Facebook’s China Adventure Will Need More than Censorship to Succeed
Guardian
As social network develops tools to restrict users so China will let it in, some experts say it is ‘light years’ behind rivals already in place
Viewpoint
11.29.16
The Anti-Mainland Bigotry of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
Given the political earthquake that occurred on November 8, the recent political and constitutional crisis in Hong Kong now seems comparatively diminished in significance. At the time, however, it was widely seen as—and continues to be—a major...
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11.29.16China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything
Wall Street Journal
Beijing wants to give every citizen a score based on behavior such as spending habits and filial piety, which can bar citizens from loans, jobs, air travel
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11.29.16Stuck at the Bottom in China
New York Times
If the Chinese government is serious about fostering a stable and harmonious society, it must address limits on social mobility before it’s too late
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11.29.16Hong Kong’s Rebellious Lawmaker Yau Wai-ching
BBC
The youngest woman elected to Hong Kong's parliament has been called many things, including: "radical", "goddess", "spy", "pretty" and "cancer cell"
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11.29.16Putin Brings China’s Great Firewall to Russia in Cybersecurity Pact
Guardian
The Kremlin has joined forces with Chinese authorities to bring the internet and its users under greater state control
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11.29.16Author’s Vision of a Future Beijing Looks to China’s Present
New York Times
Meet Hao Jingfang, author of "Folding Beijing,” the science-fiction novelette that beat out Stephen King to win a Hugo Award.
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11.29.16Why Singapore’s Taiwan Ties Anger China
Financial Times
Seizure of armored vehicles comes as Beijing seeks to isolate Taipei
Conversation
11.28.16
Should Facebook Self-Censor to Enter the Chinese Market?
The social network Facebook has reportedly developed software to suppress posts from users’ feeds in targeted geographic areas, a feature created to help the giant social media network gain access to China, where it is blocked. Facebook Chief...
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11.28.16Castro’s Death a Reminder in China of Changed Communist Axis
Washington Post
China and Cuba frequently nod to their shared ideological history, but relations revolve more around developing beach resorts or Chinese telecoms investments
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11.28.16China Cites ’The Art of War’ as Trump Signals Trade Battle
Bloomberg
You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers
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11.28.16China is Confiscating the Passports of Citizens in its Muslim-Heavy Region
Quartz
China is requiring all residents in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to turn in their passports to help the government “maintain social order”
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11.28.16'Social' Feature Turns China’s Alipay Into a Hook-up App
WSJ: China Real Time Report
Alipay update leads to suggestive content flooding the typically staid financial app
The NYRB China Archive
11.28.16
Inside and Outside the System: Chinese Writer Hu Fayun
from New York Review of Books
Over the summer, I traveled to Wuhan to continue my series of talks with people about the challenges facing China. Coming here was part of an effort to break out of the black hole of Beijing politics and explore the view from China’s vast hinterland...
China in the World Podcast
11.23.16
U.S.-China Trade Relations in the Trump Era
from Carnegie China
Donald Trump’s election injects greater uncertainty, and potentially increased contention, into the trade and investment relationship between the United States and China. In this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with Claire Reade, a senior associate with...