China Says It Has Detained Rights Activist from Taiwan
The detention adds to signs of an intensified clampdown on outsiders working with China’s beleaguered rights lawyers and groups.
Good News for Africa’s Elephants: China Is Losing Its Taste for Ivory
China will close 67 ivory carving factories and retail shops on Friday, roughly one-third of the total, as it moves to implement a pledge to end all domestic ivory sales by the end of the year.
Australian Vote on Extradition Treaty With China Is Canceled
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull canceled a parliamentary vote to ratify an extradition treaty with China on Tuesday after opposition lawmakers said they would not support it
Taiwan Democracy Activist Said To Be Detained in China
People close to a Taiwanese pro-democracy activist say he went missing nine days ago during a visit to the Chinese territory of Macau and appears to be in Chinese custody.
Caixin Media
03.27.17
Expert Doubts Incentives Would Boost China’s Birth Rate
Proposed incentives for couples to have a second baby—including tax breaks and extra maternity leave—won’t lead to a significant spike in China’s birth rate, a renowned demographer said.
Liang Zhongtang’s comments come amid...
Why Is Spain in the Middle of a Spat between China and Taiwan?
Spain could soon become the first European Union country to extradite Taiwanese criminal suspects to China, instead of their home island.
Demolishing Dalian: China’s ‘Russian’ City Is Erasing Its Heritage—in Pictures
Founded by the Russians, Dalian boasts a wealth of architectural history. But now its treasured buildings are marked for demolition—and the government is being sued. One student went to capture the area before it disappears
Eleven Countries Signed a Letter Slamming China for Torturing Lawyers. The U.S. Did Not.
When 11 embassies signed on to a joint letter criticizing China over “credible claims” that lawyers and human rights activists have been tortured while in detention, there were two notable abstentions.
How China Is Preparing for Cyberwar
The U.S. and China have made progress on curbing commercial cyberespionage. Now, the global powers need to set limits when it comes to digital warfare.
American Unrest Proves China Got the Internet Right
Beijing has been criticized for its Great Firewall and online censorship. Now it's looking prescient.
As Attitudes Change, Chinese Lawmakers Seek Better Protection for Rhinos and Other Endangered Animals
Slowly but surely, Chinese attitudes toward wildlife conservation are changing.
Is Google Another Step Closer to Being Unblocked in China?
Google is still in talks with Beijing over its plans to return to the mainland Chinese market
China’s Political Propaganda Gets a Digital Makeover
There are more such tactics being adopted this year.
China Fans Anger Over Seoul's Missile Move
The only perspective that gets an airing is that the Thaad battery allows the Americans to see deep into China, that this is a threat to China.
Japan Plans to Send Largest Warship to South China Sea, Sources Say
China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation....
Sinica Podcast
03.10.17
Jane Perlez: Chinese Foreign Relations in a New Age of Uncertainty
from Sinica PodcastJane Perlez has been a reporter at The New York Times since 1981. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for coverage of the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has reported on wars, diplomacy...
Conversation
03.09.17
Is THAAD the Start of a U.S.-China Arms Race?
In late February, U.S. President Donald Trump called for adding $54 billion to the U.S. military budget—an increase of roughly 10 percent. And in early March, despite outcry from Beijing, the United States began deploying the Terminal High-...
Books
03.08.17
The Killing Wind
Over the course of 66 days in 1967, more than 4,000 “class enemies”—including young children and the elderly—were murdered in Daoxian, a county in China’s Hunan province. The killings spread to surrounding counties, resulting in a combined death toll of more than 9,000. Commonly known as the Daoxian massacre, the killings were one of many acts of so-called mass dictatorship and armed factional conflict that rocked China during the Cultural Revolution.
Trump Trademarks Approved by China
China has given U.S. President Donald Trump the chance to expand his brand, after approving dozens of applications to register the Trump trademark.
China’s New Civil Code Light on Individual Rights Reforms
China’s Communist leaders will this week introduce sweeping new laws that codify social responsibilities for the country’s 1.4 billion citizens while also providing some modest new protections.
China’s Congress Meeting Brings Crackdown on Critics
Chinese authorities have shut down activist Ye Haiyan’s blogs and forced her to move from one city to another. Left with few options, she now produces socially conscious paintings to make a living and advocate for the rights of sex workers and...
Caixin Media
03.03.17
China’s Legislators Take on Zombie Companies, Real Estate
Curbing wasteful socialist-era business practices and taming unruly real estate and lending sectors will take center stage at the annual meeting of China’s legislature, which starts next week, with some also looking for signs of a...
Forget the Great Firewall... China Is Beefing up Its Ability to Police All Cyberspace
China plans to bolster its defenses in cyberspace while keeping a close eye on the U.S. government’s review of its own strengths, a senior foreign ministry official said on Thursday.
‘All-out Offensive’ in Xinjiang Risks Worsening Grievances
China is in the midst of what it calls a “people's war on terror” in its far west. What sparked this latest campaign was a knife attack.
China Accuses Western Media of ‘Fake News’ about Human Rights
China has launched a Donald Trump-style attack on foreign media, branding claims that a leading human rights lawyer was tortured by government agents “fake news.”
As Atheist China Warms to the Vatican, Religious Persecution ‘Intensifies’
According to a new report from U.S.-based NGO Freedom House, persecution of Chinese Christians and other faith groups has “intensified” in recent years.
Conversation
02.28.17
Is The Trump Era Really The Xi Era?
On February 17, China’s Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping announced what he called the “two guidances.” Beijing should now “guide the international community to jointly build a more just and reasonably new world order,” Xi said in an important...
The China Africa Project
02.28.17
Is China a Partner or Predator in Africa (or Both)?
In this week’s episode of the China in Africa podcast, Matt Ferchen from the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing joins Eric and Cobus to discuss his new paper on the perception gaps that exist around the world...
US-China Relations: Trump Meets Senior Official Yang Jiechi
A senior Chinese diplomat had a brief meeting with President Donald Trump while at the White House for talks with the president's advisers
‘The President Always Gets Something’: Spicer Suggests Trump Gained Concession from China
Before taking power Trump hinted he might reverse the US’s stance on Taiwan but later back-pedaled, prompting speculation he had capitulated to Beijing
China Capital Crackdown Threatens Wave of Overseas Buyouts
Delay in Wanda’s $1bn takeover of Golden Globes producer signals shift in Beijing
China Considers Baby Bonus for Couples to Have Second Child
The Chinese government may consider giving families financial incentives to have a second child in a bid to reach higher birth rate targets
China Seeks Baby Boom to Counter Sluggish Birth Rates
Chinese authorities are looking at ways to encourage people to have more children, less than 18 months after dropping the country’s contentious one-child policy in a bid to boost birth rates and stave off a demographic decline.
‘We the Workers’: On the Front Lines of China’s Record-Level Labor Unrest
Zhang Zhiru is one of a shrinking number of Chinese labor activists helping workers in the world’s second largest economy fight for their rights—an ongoing crackdown has seen dozens detained and slapped with heavy prison sentences.
Trump’s Feminist Critics Gagged by Chinese Internet Giant Weibo
Chinese feminists have hit out at their country’s answer to Twitter after it gagged one of their movement’s most visible social media accounts in an apparent bid to stifle criticism of U.S. president Donald Trump.
China Opposes U.S. Naval Patrols in South China Sea
China said on Tuesday it opposed action by other countries under the pretext of freedom of navigation that undermined its sovereignty, after a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group began patrols in the contested South China Sea
China Orders GPS Tracking of Every Car in Troubled Region
Security officials in China’s violence-stricken north-west have ordered residents to install GPS tracking devices in their vehicles so authorities are able to keep permanent tabs on their movements
Conversation
02.16.17
Can China Become a Leader of Innovation?
China’s ambitious high-tech strategy is raising alarm in industrialized nations. From American and South Korean chipmakers to German car and machine manufacturers, some industry leaders expect the imminent arrival of strong Chinese competitors....
He Called China’s President ‘Xitler’ on Twitter. Now He Faces Prison.
From his hometown in northeast China, Kwon Pyong used the internet to mock and criticize the nation’s rulers, including posting a selfie in which he wore a T-shirt that likened President Xi Jinping to Hitler.
Live-Streaming in China Now Requires a Broadcast License If You’re Not a Citizen
Live streaming is taking off in China, but foreigners won’t be able to join in the fun.
China Moves to Keep Its Deadly Opioids out of U.S.
China moved to stem its flow of deadly drugs to the U.S., adding four lethal heroin-like narcotics to a list of controlled substances after Washington had urged it to help combat a growing opioid epidemic.
In China, a Lonely Valentine’s Day for Millions of Men
That’s because China’s gender gap remains huge. There were 33.59 million more men than women in China in 2016, according to figures from the country’s National Bureau of Statistics that were issued last month
Foreign Passports Offer Little Protection for China’s Elite
Beijing’s corruption crackdown drives rush for second citizenship
Viewpoint
02.13.17
The U.S. Should Not Demand In-Kind Reciprocity from China
In a well-drafted task force report issued this week by the Asia Society and the University of California San Diego, a group of scholars and former government officials recommend that the Trump administration take steps to make the U.S.-China...
‘We Had to Sue’: The Five Lawyers Taking on China’s Authorities over Smog
In an unprecedented legal case, a group of Chinese lawyers have charged the governments of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei with failing to protect their citizens from air pollution, which is linked to a third of all deaths in the country
China in the World Podcast
02.11.17
Trump Will Honor ‘One China’ Policy
from Carnegie ChinaPresident Trump agreed to honor the U.S. “one China” policy in his first phone call with President Xi Jinping since taking office, providing the basis for bilateral relations to move forward. Shortly after the February 9 call, Paul Haenle spoke...
China to Store All Foreigners’ Fingerprints upon Entry—with New Rule Starting in Shenzhen
Regulation, to be gradually rolled out at entry points nationwide, will affect all foreigners aged 14 to 70
China Judge Blasts Trump as “Enemy of Rule of Law”
A top Chinese judge has branded President Donald Trump a bully and “enemy of the rule of law” for attacking the US judiciary as China revels in the upheaval gripping the world’s leading democracy.
U.S. Policy Toward China
Asia Society
The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy generated the following report and set of recommendations to assist the 45th U.S. presidential administration in formulating a China strategy that will protect and further U.S. national interests. This report...
China’s ‘Silk Road’ Push Stirs Resentment, Protest in Sri Lanka
China signed a deal with Sri Lanka late last year to further develop the strategic port of Hambantota and build a huge industrial zone nearby, a key part of Beijing’s ambitions to create a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia.
Why Foreign Companies Are Shutting Shop in China
Sony Electronics, Marks & Spencer, Metro, Home Depot, Best Buy, Revlon, L’Oreal, Microsoft, and Sharp—some of the big names to have closed Chinese operations