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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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12.01.16Researchers May Have ‘Found’ Many of China’s 30 Million Missing Girls
Washington Post
A new study proposes the births of many of the 'missing' girls were simply not registered
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12.01.16Though Awash in Fakes, China Rethinks Counterfeit Hunters
New York Times
As China grows and matures, and moves to protect brands and ideas, it still struggles with how to get rid of fakes. Enter Mr. Ji.
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12.01.16Full-Sized Replica of the Titanic Begins Taking Shape in Landlocked Southwest China
South China Morning Post
Tourist attraction aims to recreate the thrills and horror of doomed voyage
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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.
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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11.28.16China 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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11.28.16Animosity in a Burmese Hub Deepens as Chinese Get Richer
New York Times
Locals view Chinese as taking advantage of Mandalay’s location and resources. Chinese view locals as beneath them, slow at business and making money.
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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
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11.28.16China Risks Wasting $490 Billion on New Coal Plant, Say Campaigners
Guardian
Carbon Tracker says many plants running at overcapacity but China reluctant to wean itself off coal, fearing unemployment and unrest
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...
Sinica Podcast
11.23.16
Lines of Fracture in Chinese Public Opinion: A Conversation with Ma Tianjie
from Sinica Podcast
On this week’s episode, our guest Ma Tianjie, editor of the bilingual environmental website chinadialogue and the blogger behind Chublic Opinion, untangles the complexities and contradictions of online discussions in China. Ma shares insights into...
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11.23.16Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into China
New York Times
The social network has quietly developed software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas
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11.23.16China Expands UN Peacekeeping Role as U.S. Influence Wanes
Financial Times
‘Blue helmet’ deployments offer opportunity to burnish international image
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11.23.16China is Poised to Benefit from Trump’s Ambiguous Africa Policy
Huffington Post
By neglecting to propose a clear approach toward the continent, the future U.S. president may end up boosting Beijing
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11.23.16What Does a Fried Chicken Restaurant Have to do With Prostitution? China Wants to Know
Quartz
One business in China is learning that a play on words can get it in trouble with the government
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11.23.16Dalai Lama Says He Will Visit Trump in Move Bound to Anger China
Reuters
"I think there are some problems to go to United States, so I will go to see the new president," the Dalai Lama told reporters, without elaborating
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11.22.16$100 Billion Chinese-Made City Near Singapore ’Scares the Hell Out of Everybody’
Bloomberg
Planeloads of buyers fly in as condos rise from the sea
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11.22.16German Automaker Chief Removed After ‘Racist Rant’ in China
BBC
German carmaker Daimler has apologized and removed a senior executive from his job after he made racist remarks in a row over parking
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11.22.16Rwanda is a Landlocked Country with Few Natural Resources. So Why is China Investing So Heavily in it?
Quartz
Rwanda doesn't fit the usual narrative of China's interest in Africa-- namely that China is only interested in the continent's resources
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11.22.16Will Trump’s Love of Deals Work With China?
Wall Street Journal
A president known for deal-making could change the landscape in East Asia
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11.22.16China Says it is Caring for Refugees from Myanmar Fighting
New York Times
China is caring for about 3,000 refugees who have entered its territory to escape fighting in Myanmar between the government and ethnic rebels
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11.22.16U.S. Won’t Tolerate Pressure from China on Fugitive Families
Reuters
China has upset Western countries by sending undercover agents to try and get suspects back, although it says it has changed tactics after complaints
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11.21.16China is No Longer Ruining Their Livelihoods, but These Filipino Fishermen are Not Entirely Grateful
Los Angeles Times
“We cannot forget China’s aggression towards us. They bumped our boats, they fired their water cannons on us"
Features
11.18.16
Chinese and American City-Dwellers Differ on Trump Win
City-dwellers in China and the United States are among the greatest beneficiaries of the international trade deals President-elect Trump says he’s against, but the two groups responded differently to the outcome of the U.S. election, and the...
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11.18.16Smog May be Easing, but in Parts of China Water Quality Worsens
Reuters
Despite commitments to crack down on polluters, the quality of water in China's rivers, lakes and reservoirs in several regions has deteriorated significantly
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11.18.16China’s Trump Prepares for His Close-up
New York Times
Spray tans and hair dye: the transformation of a retired music professor into China's Trump impersonator
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11.18.16A China-America Romance?
Economist
After the wildest political upsets this year, here’s a prediction for next: China will deem its relations with America to be entering something of a golden period
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11.18.16China Presses Tech Firms to Police the Internet
Wall Street Journal
Third-annual World Internet Conference aimed at proselytizing China’s view to global audience
Caixin Media
11.18.16
Is the Trump Victory a Blow to Globalization?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election ended with the surprise victory of property mogul Donald J. Trump. An outsider without a political track record, Trump defied predictions by most polls, pundits, and political observers when he defeated Hillary...
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11.17.16With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage
New York Times
Underlying the debate over reproductive rights is China’s low fertility rate of 1.05 children per woman, revealed in the mini-census last year
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11.17.16How China’s Government Helps —and Hinders— Innovation
Harvard Business Review
Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative
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11.17.16Is China Getting Better at Charming Southeast Asia on the South China Sea?
Diplomat
Beijing looks to be getting better at how it uses soft power in the region
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11.16.16China Discovers the Price of Global Power: Soldiers Returning in Caskets
Wall Street Journal
Xi’s quest to make his nation a military player on the world stage provokes soul-searching as China absorbs its first combat casualties in decades
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11.16.16China’s Xi Urges Cooperation Among Nations in Governance of Global Internet
Reuters
At an internet conference in Wuzhen, Xi called for greater cooperation among nations in governing the internet, while respecting "cyber sovereignty"
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11.16.16“We Have a Fake Election”: China Disrupts Local Campaigns
New York Times
Local elections are democratic in name only. The party picks its preferred candidates and leaves no room for an upset
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11.16.16U.S. Returns Chinese Fugitive After 13 Years on the Run
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. government sent back to China a former official long wanted on corruption charges, in an act hailed by Beijing as a major diplomatic success
Features
11.15.16
For Chinese Orphan with a Disability, Life in the U.S. Brought the Strength to Help a Friend Left Behind
According to my caretakers at the orphanage, Chunchun arrived a few years before I did, when she was a baby. They estimate that I was around three or four years old at the time of my arrival, howling and screaming at the top of my lungs. I had been...
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11.15.16
Same Tough Start, Radically Different Lives
According to my caretakers at the orphanage, Chunchun arrived a few years before I did, when she was a baby. They estimate that I was around three or four years old at the time of my arrival, howling and screaming at the top of my lungs. I had been...
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11.15.16Unswayed by Extraordinary Public Outcry, China Executes Nail Gun Killer
Washington Post
China sends messsage that ordinary people can’t take the law into their own hands, and the Communist Party is simply not going be swayed by a public outcry.
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11.15.16Trump May Push African Countries Away From America and Closer to China
Quartz
The idea of the US as the guardian of liberal values against powers like China might now be upended
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11.15.16Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say
New York Times
Security contractors discovered preinstalled software in some Android phones that monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in texts
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11.15.16New Wave of Chinese Restaurants Challenge “Cheap” Stereotype
NPR
A new generation of immigrant restaurateurs is aiming to offer an updated spin on the Chinese restaurant, with prices to match
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11.15.16With Odes to Military March, China Puts Nationalism into Overdrive
New York Times
President Xi has been making the case for a “new long march,” using the anniversary to rally the public and warn against creeping complacency
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11.14.16China Mourns First Female J-10 Pilot After Death in Training
BBC
China is mourning the death of Yu Xu, the country's first female J-10 jet pilot who was killed during an aerobatic training session on Saturday
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11.14.16China Revives “Comrade” in Drive for Communist Party Discipline
Financial Times
Anti-corruption watchdog orders return of outmoded greeting now embraced by gay men
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11.14.16With It’s Latest Intervention in Hong Kong, Beijing Wins the Battle but is Losing the War
South China Morning Post
Cheung: the NPC should be sparing in the use of its power to interpret the Basic Law, or it risks further alienating the city’s young people
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11.11.16Swinging Singles' Day: Alibaba Holiday Drives Shoppers in China
Wall Street Journal
China’s online-retail giant once again broke its sales record on the shopping day it helped create
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11.11.16Trump Win Opens Way for China to Take Climate Leadership Role
CNBC
Trump's election is likely to end the U.S. leadership role in the fight against global warming, and may lead to the emergence of an unlikely champion: China.
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11.11.16For Chinese Women, a Surname is Her Name
New York Times
Keeping a surname is not an expression of marital equality, but of powerful patriarchal values. A married woman continued to be identified by her father’s lineage.