State Sector is China’s Secret Sauce
The state sector has provided essential organization, capital and the ability to survive turbulence collectively. That’s the Chinese edge, like it or not.
China Real Estate Falls Back to Earth
One of the world’s longest-running bull markets finally seems to be stalling, with broad consequences for China’s economy and possibly its politics as well.
China’s Coal Dependency Threatens Efforts to Curb Warming
China's coal consumption contributes one-fifth of the world’s total emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, which, if it continues, will make it change “almost impossible."
China to Build Railway Linking East Africa
Leaders agree $3.8bn project to link Kenya's port of Mombasa to neighboring Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
China Tightens Security in Beijing
China has deployed armed police patrol vehicles in Beijing after three attacks at transport hubs around the country.
Conversation
05.09.14
The China-Vietnam Standoff: How Will It End?
Daniel Kliman:
Five thousand miles from Ukraine, off the coast of Vietnam, China is taking a page from Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s playbook. Beijing’s recent placement of a huge oil drilling rig in disputed waters in the South...
Media
05.08.14
The Chinese Are Coming! (And That’s OK)
On April 29, the United States Chamber of Commerce, a U.S. lobbying group, announced that Chinese investment in the...
The NYRB China Archive
05.08.14
The China Challenge
from New York Review of BooksIn 1890, an undistinguished U.S. Navy captain published a book that would influence generations of strategists. Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 posited that great nations need potent, blue-water...
China Denies Preparing for North Korean Collapse
Experts say leaked contingency plans, which include the detention of leaders and establishment of refugee camps, may be valid but do not suggest that the alliance is weakening.
Rights Lawyer Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary
Pu Zhiqiang, 49, has been detained by the Beijing police one month before the 25th anniversary of the deadly crackdown on the Tiananmen protest movement.
China Corruption Campaign: On the Trail of Zhou Yongkang
Until recently one of China's most powerful politicians, Zhou Yongkang has simply disappeared, presumed victim of the Orwellian security apparatus he once controlled.
Young Party Members ‘Top Earners’
Survey of China's 'post-80s' generation finds high pay tied to official status inside the Chinese Communist Party.
China Jails Man for Leaking Military Data
News reports have not named the country which received the information leaked by a man surnamed Li in 23 classified documents, of which 13 were considered highly classified, state media said.
A New Kind of Spy
Greg Chung worked on NASA’s space-shuttle program. Then, in 2010, he became the first American to be convicted of economic espionage. He was eager to help China: “He has a big heart,” his wife said.
China's 'Ordinary' Billionaire Behind Grand Nicaragua Canal Plan
Wang Jing, the businessman behind Nicaragua's $50 billion Interoceanic Grand Canal, insistis he's not an agent of the Beijing government.
China Premier Arrives in Africa Eyeing Better Ties
China's Li Keqiang arrived Sunday in Ethiopia for a four-country tour of Africa, calling for deeper ties with his country and seeking to recast a relationship that has admittedly faced difficulties.
Why India Will Soon Outpace China
India’s decentralized, often chaotic economic model has been seen as inferior to China’s authoritarian, top-down model. A reappraisal of that view may soon be in order.
China's Half-Year Report Card on Economic Reform: Slow, Safe and Steady
Incremental steps promise to reach enough critical mass to sustain reform momentum and help the world's second-largest economy shift down fairly smoothly after decades of red-hot...
Conversation
04.30.14
Will China’s Economy Be #1 by Dec. 31? (And Does it Matter?)
On April 30, data released by the United Nations International Comparison Program showed China’s estimated 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate was twenty percent higher than...
Environment
04.30.14
China’s Environmental Law Good on Paper
from chinadialogueChina’s environmental protection law, which stirred great controversy during its amendment process, has...
Media
04.30.14
Five Lessons From the Axing of ‘The Big Bang Theory’
It’s a plot twist few saw coming. Not long ago, China’s video streaming sites were trying to clean up years of copyright violations by...
Caixin Media
04.29.14
‘Black Jail’ Victims Hunt Down Captors, Get Day in Court
A recent one-day trial in the northern province of Hebei involving China’s “black jail” industry came about because people who say they were illegally detained did some detective work to find their former prison and then took the matter to the...
China Denies Declaring War on Christians After Mega-Church is Razed
Communist Party officials have rejected claims they have launched an orchestrated campaign to slow the spread of Christianity in China, after the razing of a church in a city known as the "Jerusalem of the East".
Bill Gates Urges China’s Wealthiest to Give to Charity...Again
Businessman makes plea in People's Daily for country to improve bad philanthropic record by investing in the poor.
China Forces Four U.S. TV Shows Off Web
'Big Bang Theory' and 'Good Wife' are among programs taken down from popular video streaming sites Sohu, Youku Tudou, and Tencent, as government control of the Internet and over foreign entertainment content intensifies.
U.S., Philippines Sign Defense Pact Amid China Tensions
Philippine President Benigno Aquino is strengthening military ties with countries like the U.S. as it is embroiled in a territorial dispute with China over islands and shoals in the South...
Media
04.25.14
Bieliebers They Are Not—Chinese Outraged by Singer’s Tokyo Shrine Visit
Justin Bieber has once again displayed his talent for seemingly effortless international gaffes. The twenty-year-old Canadian pop princeling, who last year wrote “hopefully she would have been a Belieber” in the guestbook on his visit to the Anne...
The Shadow over Obama’s Asia Trip: 3 Ways China Scares the U.S.
The Balance of Power in the Pacific; China’s global footprint; and friendship with Russia
Environment
04.24.14
Almost One-Fifth of China’s Arable Land is Polluted
from chinadialogueAlmost one-fifth of China’s arable land is polluted to various degrees, according to a national soil quality report on April 17.
The report, based...
China’s Police Will Carry Guns Unlike Any Others
Arming regular beat patrols is a significant policy change for a nation with some of the world’s most restrictive gun laws.
Degrees of Influence Peddling in China and U.S.
The people who hold the levers of state power control the deployment of vast riches; every decision about a change in the tax code or the issuance of oil drilling licenses is worth billions to someone.
China Court Frees Japanese Ship After Unprecedented Seizure
A Chinese court released a Japanese ship owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. after the cargo carrier paid compensation for the loss of two vessels leased from a Chinese company before the two countries went to war in 1937.
I Sold Out to China
You know that censorship has won its war on truth-telling when journalists happily police themselves.
Russia, China Block Central African Republic Blacklistings at U.N.
The United States and France proposed U.N. sanctions of former Central African Republic President Francois Bozize for "engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security."
China Won’t Necessarily Observe New Conduct Code for Navies
Code Approved This Week by 21 Naval Powers Isn't Legally Binding
Tesla CEO Makes Smooth Drive into China
Tesla’s China launch, accompanied by a well-crafted publicity blitz, could help the company sell up to 5,000 cars in the market this year.
America Should Step Back from the East China Sea Dispute
The Diaoyu Islands, which are of little real strategic or economic use, are hardly worth disrupting relations among the world’s three largest economies. It is time to put the issue back into a box.
Caixin Media
04.23.14
Graft Inquiry at CNPC Uncovers Shady Deal
A little-known deal related to an equally little-known, yet highly productive oilfield has come to light as a graft investigation unfolds at oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC). A businessman with strong ties to officials is behind...
Media
04.23.14
Welcome to Uighur Web—Now Watch What You Say
China’s Internet is vast, with millions of sites and more than 618 million users. But nested within that universe is a tiny...
Obama Faces Headwinds on Trans-Pacific Partnership in East Asia trip
Negotiations with Japan on a 12-nation transpacific trade liberalisation deal are bogged down, while support for it is waning in Malaysia, which could pull out altogether under pressure from business concerns. Analysts say the negotiations, which...
China’s Growing Human Rights Movement Can Claim Many Accomplishments
Since Xi Jinping became president of China, there has been a sustained crackdown on advocates of democracy and civil society. A couple hundred Chinese citizens have been arrested and tried or await trial. Lawyer and activist ...
Xi’s Corruption Crackdown Hits China's Restaurants
Dirty officials aren’t the only ones getting slammed as Xi Jinping continues his crackdown on corruption and waste. China’s restaurant industry grew 9 percent, to 2.56 trillion yuan ($411 billion), last year, its slowest growth in more than...
U.S. Department of State: Preview of President Obama's Upcoming Trip to Asia
This is the President’s fifth trip to the Asia Pacific region, which has been a focus of our foreign policy. It makes up in part for the trip he was not able to take last fall because of the government shutdown, with the stops in Malaysia and the...
Zhou Family Ties
Zhou Yongkang, a member of China’s ruling Politburo Standing Committee from 2007 to 2012, is the subject of one of the highest-level corruption investigations in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Several members of his family, over...
Media
04.17.14
Ai Weiwei’s Reach Draws New Yorkers’ Attention to Free Speech
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Ai Weiwei retweeted me!” exclaimed a young blonde woman, laughing and waving her iPhone in the air with excitement. She and some two hundred other New Yorkers had gathered on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army...
Environment
04.16.14
Ten Steps to Cleaner Air in China’s Cities
from chinadialogueEarlier this year, former San Francisco planning advisor Eugene Leong looked at the legacy of air pollution in San Francisco. Here he draws out ten key policy lessons for China's leadership.
Recognize PM2.5 pollution as a...
A Role for Taiwan in Promoting Peace in the South China Sea
Taiwan has a chance to set a positive example and chart a peaceful course in managing and eventually resolving East Asian maritime disputes.
China’s Losers: Disillusioned Office Workers
Amid spreading prosperity, a generation of self-styled also-rans emerges.
China Gets First Bitcoin ATM, Skirting Bank Crackdown
Strong interest from Chinese speculators drove up global bitcoin prices last year to above $1,000, sparking a crackdown by the People's Bank of ...
China is Reportedly Screwing Up the Search For MH370
With a handful of countries still searching the Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the one country annoying the others is China.
The Mystery Shrouding China’s Communist Party Suicides
At least 54 Chinese officials died of “unnatural causes” in 2013, and that more than 40 percent of those deaths were suicides.
Bitcoin’s Status in China Not So Black-and-White
The Chinese government has disseminated what amounts to a “confidential” policy governing the digital currency, which has led to uneven enforcement.
Caixin Media
04.15.14
New Sichuan Petchem Plant on Shaky Ground
A controversial petrochemical project in the southwestern province of Sichuan quietly went into operation in March, but questions about the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) facility continue to linger.
The project is in Pengzhou, a...
China Cancels Human Rights Dialogue with Britain
Beijing accuses UK of using rights issues to interfere in its internal affairs and axes dialogue that resumed after diplomatic freeze over Dalai Lama
Chinese Signaling in the East China Sea?
What to make in the decline of Chinese patrols of the territorial waters around the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands since September 2013.
