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Russia-Ukraine war: Why China chose interests over values (Sinification)China, Palestine, Israel w/ Guy Burton (US-China Perception Monitor)A 'no limits' partnership that will be an unstoppable global force (SCMP)WW3: New poll lays bare growing US fear over all-out attack by China or Russia (The Daily Express)No time left: China and Russia making sure Iran goes nuclear before end of Trump's ultimatum (Gatestone Institute)Trump's Sino-Russia split bid likely to backfire (Asia Times)China has already remade the international system (Foreign Affairs)Trump's Sino-Russia split bid likely to backfire (Asia Times)Beijing hits out at 'arrogant and malicious' G7 criticisms over South China Sea and Taiwan (SCMP)Podcast: Can Trump drive a wedge between Russia and China? (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)Economie - Nationaal
Maker of Assassin's Creed video games gets $1.25bn Chinese investment (BBC)Chinese electric carmaker BYD sales beat Tesla (BBC)What happened to China's 'ghost cities'? (Newsweek)Chinese EV maker BYD says new fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tank (The Guardian, agencies)Why is China spending billions to get people to open their wallets? (BBC)How Jack Ma's pivot to AI rehabilitated Alibaba ($FT)China unveils plan on special initiatives to boost consumption (Xinhua)China needs a consumer revolution to hit growth goal (Asia Times)How does rural revitalization help a poor village become more prosperous and happier? (Ecns.cn)China targets 5% growth as it reels from Trump tariffs (BBC)Economie - Internationaal
United bllionaires for China (Appia Institute)China-Japan-South Korea collaboration offers stabilizing force amid anti-globalization headwinds (Global Times)Foreign business leaders reaffirm China as oasis of certainty (Xinhua)China, South Korea and Japan agree to strengthen free trade (AFP)Sci-fi to reality: Chinese EV makers outpace Tesla in the autonomous-driving race (SCMP)BYD aims to double overseas sales to 800,000 in 2025, chairman tells analysts (Reuters)Pékin courtise les grands patrons étrangers (Le Vent de la Chine)China is trying to kneecap Indian manufacturing (Asia Times)The Global South's path to Economic ResiliencePlans for a Chinese port roil the politics of a former Soviet nation, Georgia (NYT)Internationale Relaties
China sends high-tech 'spy ship' to Australian waters (Newsweek)'Friends forever, never enemies', Chinese foreign minister tells Russia (Reuters)Albanese 'would prefer' Chinese research vessel was not off the coast of Australia (The Guardian)China discovers major oilfield in South China Sea (Xinhua)Chinese national rescue team leaves for earthquake-hit Myanmar (Xinhua)Global key takeaways of South China Sea subforum in Boao (Beijing Scroll)US-Philippines cooperation should not target a third party, China says (China Daily)Embassy advises Chinese nationals in South Sudan to leave ASAP via commercial flights as security situation worsens (Global Times)Satellite photos show island building in contested South China Sea (Newsweek)Fourth Beijing warning for Li Ka-shing's Hutchison over Panama ports deal ($SCMP)China - Verenigde Staten
China to take countermeasures following US visa restrictions on Chinese officials (Xinhua)Mapped: Global ports China could lose to US after Panama deal (Newsweek)Island chains: Can the US's Cold War strategy still contain China? (Newsweek)FM slams Hegseth's remarks calling 'warrior' Japan 'indispensable in deterring China' (Global Times)China's government bristles at growing ties between the US and oil-rich Guyana (AP)FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado (Ars Technica)Venezuela to increase oil exports to China - one of its top buyers - despite US sanctions threat (Latin Times)For China and US Inc, Trump's trade war feels much worse this time (Reuters)Greenlandic political leaders looks to enhance cooperation with China (Xinhua)JD Vance warns there's 'very strong evidence' China, Russia want Greenland (Newsweek)China - Europa
Watching China in Europe - April 2025 (GMF)US playing up 'Russia,China threat' in Greenland reflects geopolitical calculus: Chinese expert (Global Times)How Western classics are now weaponised against the West (SCMP)China, Europe must lean 'closer' as Trump-led US turns its back on multilateral world ($SCMP)EU defence white paper says China's military action risks 'major disruption' for Europe (SCMP)Xi Jinping snubs EU-China anniversary summit (FT)Trump's trade war is giving Europe and China the nudge they need (SCMP)Trump's spat with Ukraine opens door for China in Europe (Newsweek)Watching China in Europe - March 2025 (GMF)European Parliament removes curbs on lawmaker meetings with China (SCMP)China - Nederland
Missing Chinese student in Amsterdam confirmed dead (Shine)Chinese student missing in the Netherlands for over 2 weeks (Shine)Na verkoop havens rond Panamakanaal vertrekt Hongkongs bedrijf ook uit Rotterdam ($de Volkskrant)China, Netherlands pledge to build open world economy, strengthen green development cooperation (Xinhua)Amsterdam's 'Lonely Uyghur,' the court of the citizens of the world, and Xi Jinping's genocide (Bitter Winter)China ready to expand economic, trade exchanges with Netherlands: Chinese Premier (Xinhua)Chinese embassy strongly opposes Taiwan-related motion adopted by the Netherlands (Global Times)Chinese invloed en inmenging in het Nederlandse medialandschap (China Kennis Netwerk)Remarks Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands on the Xizang separatist's visit to the Netherlands (nl.china-embassy.gov.cn)When US comes calling the Dutch: shame if anything happened to AMSL (SCMP)Politiek
Why a recent campaign mobilizing 100 million Party members deserves special attention? (Beijing Scroll)Top Chinese military official close to Xi rumored to have been arrested (Newsweek)Clap de fin (Le Vent de la Chine)China's third top official Zhao Leji missing from 'two sessions' closing due to illness ($SCMP)Et un ministre de moins… (Le Vent de la Chine)Mao Zedong's first Little Red Book had blue cover and less propaganda (The Guardian)Safeguarding China's regime is the top priority, Xi Jinping tells Politburo (SCMP)Xi stresses advancing Peaceful China Initiative to higher level (Xinhua)Who is Xi Jinping? The answer is in a comic book (Bitter Winter)China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows (The Guardian)Maatschappij
China's rapid AI growth sparks hiring boom as demand outpaces supply (Xinhua)Living Stone Reformed Church: Pastor sentenced to five years in jail (Bitter Winter)China unveils guideline to improve social credit system (Xinhua)Disgrâce d'un cyber-nationaliste (Le Vent de la Chine)Why retirees are the future of China's outbound tourism market (SCMP)Young Chinese woman faces high rent, pays US$7 a month to sleep in office toilet (SCMP)Why China's marriage crisis matters (Project Syndicate)China's national religious groups joint conference: 'Preach the Two Sessions' (Bitter Winter)Expanding the notion of xie jiao in China: now even Reformed Christians are 'cultists' (Bitter Winter)Calls to address pension inequality grow (Pekingnology)Militaire zaken
Nuking tsunami from Asia (Appia Institute)AGI and the future of warfare (ChinaTalk)Satellite images show fresh Chinese bomber deployment in South China Sea around the Scarborough Shoal (Reuters)How did Chinese weapons reach Hamas?China brandishes cutter for snipping deep-sea cables (Asia Times)Chinese naval group returns to contested waters after Australia mission (Newsweek)US think tank issues update on China's nuclear weapons arsenal (Newsweek)Japan to deploy long-range missiles able to hit North Korea and China (The Guardian)Defense Ministry responds to US report 'China building large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier', says it's 'purely speculative' (Global Times]Chinese wapenimport keldert, want China maakt wapens nu zelf met als doel 'een leger van wereldklasse' ($de Volkskrant)Cultuur
Ne Zha 2 review – record-breaking animation is tale of demons, dragons and dazzling visuals (The Guardian)Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records (The Guardian)City walls from China's earliest dynasty discovered in Henan (Xinhua)Chinese architect Liu Jiakun wins Pritzker Prize (NYT)Chinese blockbuster 'Ne Zha 2' shatters records, now 7th on all-time global box office chart (Xinhua)Chinese film stirs national pride, rakes in $1bn in days (BBC)China's best music of 2024 (ChinaTalk)Cultural 'seed bank' explores richness of Chinese civilization (China Daily)China's passion for the piano fades as Beijing strikes somber tone ($Nikkei)Your culture’s no good here ($Trivium China)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
Cutting-edge breakthroughs drive medical innovation (China Daily)Xi Jinping is investing in China's science and technology research as Trump is gutting America's research foundations (Sinocism)Largest gallium wafer at lowest cost: how China leads on next-gen semiconductor tech ($SCMP)Unitree's humanoid robot a great side-flip forward for China (Asia Times)Tiny Chinese drone conquers Earth's deepest point, beyond reach of US Navy (SCMP)DeepSeek has changed China's AI model landscape – what’s next? (SCMP)China's SiCarrier emerges as challenger to ASML, other chip tool titans ($Nikei)From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China (BBC)Key system in China's next-generation 'artificial sun' passes expert review (Global Times)China's 2030 plan to land on moon (Newsweek)Milieu
Chinese economist calls for bold action to fill climate leadership vacuum (SCMP)UK energy secretary Ed Miliband: The global battle against the climate crisis needs China (The Guardian)'All the birds returned': How China led the way in water and soil conservation (The Guardian)China pledges global cooperation to address climate change (Xinhua)How China-Russia can seize the climate action lead (Asia Times)China is not the West's environmental ally ($The Spectator)Clean energy contributed 10% to China's GDP in 2024, analysis shows (The Guardian)China's coal power habit undercuts 'unprecedented pace' of clean energy (The Guardian)A thirst for power: China's water grid shapes its future (Asia Times)China’s EVs driving world into the post-carbon energy era (Asia Times)Rampen en ongelukken
Xi orders all-out rescue of people buried in landslide (Xinhua)32 civil servants handed punishments for fatal expressway collapse in China (Xinhua)Earthquake strikes Tibet region; 95 dead, more than 100 injured, reports say ($SCMP)Tibet earthquake: at least 53 dead as strong quake strikes near holy Shigatse city (The Guardian)Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15 (AP)WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on (AFP)Blast rocks residential building in southern China (Reuters)Zhuhai car attack: senior heads roll in south China city where dozens died ($SCMP)Ground collapse leaves 13 workers missing in southern China (Xinhua)Car driven into crowd outside China primary school (BBC)Schandalen
‘The boat owners treat us as slaves’: crews report abuse and death on long-haul vessels (The Guardian)China to maintain high pressure on corruption fugitives (Xinhua)2,876 fraud suspects repatriated from Myanmar to China (Xinhua)China prosecutes over 21,000 people for counterfeit crimes in 2024 (Xinhua)China steps up judicial efforts to punish corruption in 2024 (Xinhua)Zhenhao Zou: 'charming' PhD student who filmed dozens of attacks on women (The Guardian)Church of Almighty God: 648 members arrested in Jilin, two died from torture (Bitter Winter)In China, rare dissent over a program to save on drug costs (NYT)Myanmar escape by actor signals action to come against scammers (SCMP)Denied asylum in Italy, Church of Almighty God member was arrested and tortured in China (Bitter Winter)Sport
China's dream of becoming a football superpower lies in tatters (BBC)Chinese Football Association launches self-recommendation system to better select talent, prevent corruption (Global Times)Xi declares 9th Asian Winter Games open (Xinhua)41 Chinese chess individuals penalized for cheating (Xinhua)Table tennis will not be the same without three Chinese superstars ($SCMP)China held 671 marathons, road races in 2024 (Xinhua)China jails ex-football head coach for bribery (BBC)Two former football officials sentenced to years behind bars for accepting bribes (Global Times)World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren (China) v Gukesh Dommaraju (India) pre-match questions, answered (The Guardian)Global trail runners gather in China's Zhangjiajie for epic race (Xinhua)Taiwan
China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan (The Guardian)PLA launches military drills around Taiwan (Pekingnology)Photo shows Taiwan's new F-16 jet to counter China threat (Newsweek)Chinese sea goddess Mazu statues flown to Taiwan island on cultural exchange (Global Times)Pentagon chief says US will ensure 'deterrence' across Taiwan Strait (AFP)The US will not abandon Taiwan (Taipei Times)Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict (The Guardian)Taiwan jails four soldiers, including three who worked in presidential office, for spying for China (The Guardian, agencies)TSMC making a risky bet on MAGA (Asia Times)Lai's 'hostile force' claim is all about his secessionist agenda (SCMP)Hongkong
Li Ka-shing entre le marteau et l’enclume (Le Vent de la Chine Editorial)The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong's rule of law (The Guardian)Resistance and repression in Hong Kong (The US-China Perception Monitor)More shameless interference from the US in Hong Kong affairs (SCMP)HK should cheer Elon Musk for shutting down 'criminal' USAID (SCMP)Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve (BBC)The A-level student who became an enemy of the Chinese state (BBC)UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state (The Guardian)Hong Kong's rich potential as a crypto art trading hub (Asia Times)Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to 'orchestrated harassment' (The Guardian)Macau
Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)No horse racing, please, we're Chinese: the end of a venerable tradition in Macau (Bitter Winter)Hong-Kong-style National Security Law comes to Macau (Bitter Winter) Tibet
US restricts Chinese officials' visas over access to Tibetan areas (Reuters)White paper highlights human rights progress in Xizang (Xinhua)Why the choice of the next Dalai Lama is such a sensitive issue for Beijing (SCMP)Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the 'free world' (Reuters)Tibetan students told not to attend religious activities during the holidays (Bitter Winter)Gyalo Thondup, political operator and brother of the Dalai Lama, dies at 97 (NYT)China's large and mysterious dam project in Tibet is alarming neighbors and experts (NYT)The Dalai Lama shares thoughts on China and the future in a new book ($NYT)Earthquake in Tibet: the wrong condolences (Bitter Winter)How China is erasing Tibetan culture, one child at a time (NYT)Xinjiang
Amsterdam's 'Lonely Uyghur' about celebrating Nowruz in exile (Bitter Winter)Thailand will 'visit' in China the Uyghurs it deported there: it's just theater (Bitter Winter)Morocco finally frees Uyghur dissident Idris Hasan (Bitter Winter)Could Morocco's religious tolerance be the answer to the Chinese Uyghur crisis? (Middle East Forum)International Mother Language Day: an appeal for Uyghur language by the Netherlands' 'Lonely Uyghur' (Bitter Winter)China's weapons against Uyghurs: birth control and alliances with Islamic countries (Bitter Winter)UK politicians rally in support of Uyghurs and remember the Ghulja massacre 28 years ago (Bitter Winter)Never again, but not for the Uyghurs: a shameful omission (Bitter Winter)Relatives plead with Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghur men to China (The Guardian)'Hell on earth': China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand (BBC)Binnen-Mongolie
Words used for cultural genocide: how 'Northern Frontier' is replacing 'Inner Mongolia' (Bitter Winter)Unusual protest by Southern Mongolian herders ask for compensation after grazing ban (Bitter Winter)‘Northern frontier culture’: How China is erasing ‘Mongolia’ from Mongolian culture (The Strategist)Inner Mongolia emerges as model for Xi Jinping's ethnic affairs policy, but analysts warn of cultural 'erosion' (SCMP)Podcast: Why is the Communist Party redoubling its assimilation efforts? (The Economist)Christian inmate tortured in notorious Southern Mongolia prison (Bitter Winter)Anti-religious social credit targets Southern Mongolian peasants (Bitter Winter)China's push to create a single national identity. Inner Mongolia is the latest target (The Economist)China kidnaps Southern Mongolian dissident in Mongolia (Bitter Winter)Southern Mongolia: The CCP mobilizes traditional culture against religion (Bitter Winter)Een lach en een traan
LA-to-Shanghai United Airlines flight turns back after pilot forgets passport (AFP)Xi Jinping's vision drives China's winter sports boom (Xinhua)The $6.2 million banana: on art, bitcoins, and Chinese Communist capitalism (Bitter Winter)China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings (BBC)Video: Two tonnes of live snakes seized by customs in China (Viralpress)China's censors are letting rapper Ye perform there. His fans are amazed (NYT)Warm fronts to Y-fronts: Chinese city hit by underwear storm (The Guardian)Beijing launches drone delivery service on the Great Wall (Xinhua)Chinese university to train students on marriage services (Xinhua)China's urban pets forecast to outnumber toddlers this year ($FT)
