Trump Is Reportedly Targeting China in Aggressive Trade Crackdown
President Donald Trump will unveil plans for an aggressive trade crackdown over the coming weeks, according to a report by Politico.
France’s Macron Visits China to Talk Fairer Trade and the Future
As French President Emmanuel Macron began his three-day visit to China on Monday, he arrived with a bold message. “Europe is back,” he said.
Bitcoin Miners Are Shifting outside China amid State Clampdown
As China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies broadens to bitcoin miners, some of the industry’s biggest players are shifting operations overseas.
The NYRB China Archive
01.06.18
‘The Biggest Taboo’
from New York Review of BooksOne of China’s most influential artists is forty-eight-year-old Qiu Zhijie. A native of southern China’s Fujian province, Qiu studied art in the eastern city of Hangzhou before moving to Beijing in 1994 to pursue a career as a...
THANK YOU TRUMP: THAT TWEET WAS JUST WHAT CHINA NEEDED TO TAME PAKISTAN
In South Asia, there is one clear winner from Donald Trump’s tweet tantrums this week: China, which suddenly finds its leverage over Pakistan multiplying as a result of the US president’s mood swings.
As Koreas Agree to Talk, China Ups Pressure on the North
South Korea said Friday that both Koreas had agreed to hold their first talks in more than two years on Tuesday.
China Says It Will Limit Oil, Refined Product Exports to North Korea
China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday it will limit exports of crude oil, refined oil products, steel and other metals to North Korea, in line with tough new sanctions imposed by the United Nations for Pyongyang's missile tests.
Chinese ‘Generation Zen’ Millennials Choosing Smartphones over Communist Values
China’s ruling communist party is concerned that swathes of politically apathetic millennials, branded the ‘Zen-generation’, are sauntering through life in a passive and unpatriotic way - raising doubts about their loyalty to the Chinese...
China and the US ‘Are about to Ride a Bumpy Journey,’ State News Agency Says
China warned of a “bumpy journey” in trade with the U.S. and “retaliatory measures” a day after Washington blocked MoneyGram's proposed sale to a financial services firm affiliated with Chinese tech giant Alibaba.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will head to China next week to strengthen commercial ties with the world's second-largest economy.
China Land Grab on Lake Baikal Raises Russian Ire
A sleepy tourist town on the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal has become an unlikely lightning rod among Russian nationalists after Chinese investors bought up properties on the town’s lakefront.
Trump Readies Tougher ‘America First’ Line for China Trade in 2018
The Trump administration is setting the stage to unveil tough new trade penalties against China early next year, moving closer to an oft-promised crackdown that some U.S. business executives fear will ignite a costly battle.
China to Look at Changing Its Constitution
China’s Communist party will meet next month to deliberate revisions to the country’s state constitution that would mark the document’s first amendments since 2004.
China Says Part of Hong Kong Rail Station to Be Subject to Mainland Laws
China’s parliament on Wednesday said part of a high-speed railway station being built in Hong Kong would be regarded as mainland territory governed by mainland laws, an unprecedented move that critics say further erodes the city’s autonomy.
China in the World Podcast
12.22.17
Shifts in U.S. Global Leadership
from Carnegie ChinaPower in the world is increasingly being measured and exercised in economic terms with China, and other significant countries are already treating economic power as a core part of their statecraft. But Jake Sullivan, a former senior official in...
AP Exclusive: Anger with China Drives Uighurs to Syria Fight
Since 2013, thousands of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China, have traveled to Syria to train with the Uighur militant group Turkistan Islamic Party and fight alongside al-Qaida.
China Tells U.S. Not to Be a 'Human Rights Judge' After Sanctions on Chinese Official
Gao Yan was one of the targets of an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocking the property of foreigners involved in human rights abuses.
India, China Hold Talks on Long-Running Border Dispute
India and China on Friday discussed ways to prevent a repeat of a recent face-off between their armed forces at a Himalayan plateau where their borders meet.
France Couple in China Unreachable After Liu Xiaobo Tribute
Hu Jiamin and Marine Brossard painted a mural showing an empty blue chair at an art exhibition in Shenzhen last week.
A Second Territorial Dispute in Asia Could Be More Dangerous Than the South China Sea
When it comes to territorial disputes in Asia, the South China Sea typically commands the bulk of attention.
The US and China Are Preparing for All Hell to Break Loose in North Korea
As tensions rise to historic heights on the Korean Peninsula, both the US and China have begun taking unprecedented steps to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
The Arms Race in the South China Sea
China’s increasingly assertive attitude in the South China Sea has its neighbors worried.
Taiwan Says Pro-China Party Is Suspected of Passing Information to Beijing
Taiwan is investigating four members of a small political party that advocates unification with China, on the suspicion that they gave Chinese officials classified information related to an espionage case.
Conversation
12.19.17
Trump’s National Security Strategy and China
On December 18, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced the United States’ new national security strategy. He called China a “strategic competitor,” and, along with Russia, called it a “revisionist power.” Those two nations, Trump said, are...
China Says Trump’s New Security Policy Shows ‘Cold War Mentality’
Speaking Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged the US to “abandon its Cold War mentality and zero-sum game ” warning failure to do so “would only harm itself as well as others.”
Decoding Trump’s Plan to Rein in China
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.
West Grows Wary of China’s Influence Game
“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.
China Set to Move into United States’ Backyard with National Development Plan for Grenada
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...
The China-India Row That Spells Disaster for Flood Victims
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.
Trump National Security Strategy Sees U.S. Confronting China and Russia
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...
China’s Warplanes Hold Drill near Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
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.”
Xi Jinping Says War Must Never Be Allowed on Korean Peninsula as South's President Tries to Mend Relations on Visit to China
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.
Latin America Needs a China Strategy
To judge by the pomp and shuttle diplomacy, Latin America and China are best of friends.
Conversation
12.13.17
Is Chinese Investment Good for Workers?
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a $1 trillion plan to deepen economic relations between itself and up to 60 other countries worldwide through large investments in infrastructure, construction, and other projects. Many commentators have...
Tillerson offers North Korea talks ‘without preconditions’
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.
China Marks Nanking Massacre's 80th Anniversary
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.
Fearing the Worst, China Plans Refugee Camps on North Korean Border
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: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions
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’...
Australian Lawmaker to Resign amid Global Allegations of Chinese Meddling
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.
China Conducts ‘Island Encirclement’ Patrols near Taiwan
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.
Trump’s Claim That West Virginia Is ‘Sending Clean Coal’ to ‘China’
“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.
The Traditional Chinese Dance Troupe China Doesn't Want You to See
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.
Central Planning, Local Experiments
Mercator Institute for China Studies
The “Social Credit System” is designed to monitor and rate citizens and companies in China and to guide their behavior. “It is a wide-reaching project that touches on almost all aspects of everyday life,” the authors Mareike Ohlberg, Bertram Lang...
China, Taiwan Spar over Chinese Diplomat's Invasion Threat
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.
Germany Says China Seeking to Ensnare Officials on LinkedIn
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's Top Paper Says Australian Media Reports Are Racist
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.
Why Is China So Worried about Trump Recognising Jerusalem as Israel's Capital?
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。
North Korea Says U.S. Threats Make War Unavoidable as China Urges Calm
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”.
China Province near North Korea Warns about the Dangers of Nuclear War
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.
China Scolds Australia over Its Fears of Foreign Influence
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...
Why Is China So Worried about Trump Recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital?
Beijing has extensive economic and military relations with Israel, but also maintains close ties with Palestine.
Behind China's Attempt to Ease the Rohingya Crisis
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...
China Gets 300 Political Parties to Endorse Xi as Peacemaker
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...
Apple CEO Backs China’s Vision of an ‘Open’ Internet as Censorship Reaches New Heights
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...
China Closes School ‘Teaching Women to Be Obedient’
Chinese authorities have shut down an institute that was teaching women to be obedient and subordinate to men.
China Sends Its Top Actors and Directors Back to Socialism School
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.
'North Korea Is the Biggest Threat to All Humankind.' U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad Talks to TIME
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.
Stability and Strategy: Why Is China So Easy on North Korea?
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.