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China en de wereldcrisis
Manufacturing at Suez: China's hedge against fragile chokepoints (Alicia Garcia Herrero)'Crumbling into disarray': Xi warns global order is fracturing as US-China tensions threaten markets (Moneywise)*** Trump 2.0 and the unraveling global order (Asia Times)*** Een toekomst met Chinese kenmerken (Project Syndicate, De Groene Amsterdammer)*** Beyond winning and losing: What Beijing wants from the Iran war (Brookings)*** The abandoned order: learning to live in a post-American world (Foreign Affairs)The myth of Chinese tolls in the western Pacific (Asia Times)The west turns a blind eye to Xi Jinping's repressive regime in China (Letters to The Guardian)*** From Asia to the Arctic, how Trump's war is pushing his rivals closer (Newsweek)Economie - Nationaal
*** What really made China rich (US-China Perception Monitor)Chinese scientists propose turning abandoned coal mines into underground farms (SCMP) Economist Lan Xiaohuan on the balancing act needed to boost China's consumption (SCMP)China's 'Tesla imitators' have a new mission: build affordable humanoid robots for consumers (SCMP)Beijing’s property blueprint (Trivium China)Road traffic law draft revisions finally tackle autonomous driving (Trivium China)Beyond coal: China’s installed solar power capacity crosses historic threshold (SCMP)On target, upgrading, still the anchor: key messages on China's economy (Beijing Scroll, Peking Ensight)The Iran war shows China's energy strategy is working (NYT)China's 'policy addiction' warning signals Beijing’s preference for targeted stimulus ($SCMP)Economie - Internationaal
China's export machine strengthens in August as US critiques trade imbalance ($SCMP)The embedded AI inside 'Made in China' (Asia Times)China gives its inland factories a direct route to Southeast Asia (Global GeoPolitics)China overcapacity or Western protectionism? What the numbers say (Asia Times)China, which once took the world’s factory jobs, is now losing them ($The Washington Post)China's hypercompetition goes global as Beijing frets over backlash (Nikkei Asia)Nearly three million Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles (BBC)Who's afraid of Chinese surpluses? ($Project Syndicate)The China Shock 2.0 (NYT)*** The next China shock (Axios Macro)Internationale Relaties
Xue Lan: China's AI responsibility and global action (Pekingnology)Turning the tide: China seeks to set the rules at sea (Brookings)What Xi achieved in Kyrgyzstan & Egypt? (Tracking People's Daily)China's pressure campaign against Japan is backfiring badly (Asia Times)Xi outlines four-point agenda for new security architecture for Middle East (Tracking People's Daily)Xi visits Egypt, marking new Chinese interest in Middle East as Egypt pushes to keep growing (The Jerusalem Post)Xi Jinping calls on SCO members to team up for bigger global tech-security role (SCMP)First Jordan, then Egypt: Xi Jinping's search for a new MO in the Middle East (JNS)*** La 'route de la soie polaire' doit être perçue comme une stratégie de couverture révélatrice des ambitions de la Chine (EuroAsia and the World)New UN filing: Refugees from The Church of Almighty God remain in danger (Bitter Winter)China - Verenigde Staten
Heading to America to bridge the gap in US-China relations (SCMP)How a blacklisted Chinese tech giant kept buying America's best AI chips (NYT)*** Coexistence in the new world order (US-China Perception Monitor)War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn ($SCMP)How Trump and Xi can do AI safety (ChinaTalk)US, Japan race to secure chip-grade minerals as China curbs exports (Asia Times)US-China race for orbital supremacy could decide a Taiwan war (Asia Times)US-China: Nobody knows where the line is, and that’s the problem ($Trivium China)China lashes back at US over G20 row ahead of Xi-Trump summit ($FT)Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears ($SCMP)China - Europa
German firms back tougher EU trade measures on China despite business risks (SCMP)Watching China in Europe - September 2026 (Noah Barkin)German industry presses Merz for tougher China policy (Reuters)China and the West: Blacklisted in Washington, welcomed in Madrid (Think BRICS)Video: China is quietly doing far more damage to European industry (EU MADE SIMPLE)Germans emerge as Europe's biggest China hawks as economic pain begins to bite (SCMP)Brussels vs Beijing: The new trade battle begins in Morocco and Turkey (Euronews)China's export offensive turns Europe into a dumping ground (Bitter Winter)Germany may be searching its supply chains for leverage on China. Will it find any? ($SCMP)Watching China in Europe - August 2026 (Watching China in Europe)China - Nederland
WRR: innovatie alleen is niet genoeg, ook ander handelsbeleid is nodig (WRR)China's DUV lithography still lags ASML by four generations (Asia Times)China's scale, innovation, business dynamism offer major opportunities across industries: Dutch business representative (Global Times)China's scale, innovation, business dynamism offer major opportunities across industries: Dutch business representative (Global Times)China targets strategic sectors in Netherlands, report warns, citing ASML (Nikkei Asia)Dutch trade minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma in China for high-stakes talks on tech war, tariff tensions (SCMP)Uyghur rights: Dutch Parliament hits Beijing where it hurts (Bitter Winter)The Hague City Council bans pro-Chinese Lantern Festival (Bitter Winter)The Netherlands vows to protect Uyghurs against China’s transnational harassment (Bitter Winter)The doppa on our heads, the homeland in our hearts: Amsterdam's lonely Uyghur on doppa day (Bitter Winter)Politiek
Social media in China is getting really dark (NYT)When local leaders in China pick up the public hotline (Beijing Scroll)No immunity: how Xi’s anti-corruption fighters are zeroing in on fresh targets (SCMP)No immunity: how Xi’s anti-corruption fighters are zeroing in on fresh targets (SCMP)Frank Dikötter's 'Red Dawn Over China': when history is itself anti-communist (Bitter Winter)Zhu Rongji's four phrases for the state-run press (Pekingnology)The oddly long lives of China's leaders (Newsweek)At ex-premier Zhu Rongji's funeral, China's past shadows its present (NYT)China censors public mourning as it holds former premier Zhu Rongji's funeral (BBC)China's silent anniversary: how the Cultural Revolution's sixtieth year was erased (Bitter Winter)Maatschappij
'If you defend house churches, we will shut down your law firm' (Bitter Winter)New reality for China's entertainment sector as AI drama goes prime time (SCMP)Why China's shrinking population may be a blessing, not a curse (SCMP)China's new graduates, facing a dire job market, must also contend with AI (NYT)A Yunnan house church preacher faces criminal charges (Bitter Winter)The Falun Gong Dashiqiao Nine verdict: jail terms up to nine years (Bitter Winter)Even in the fertility heartland, China can't stop its birth rate from falling ($SCMP)Chinese graduates swarm grassroots jobs as government hiring shrinks ($Caixin)Cash for accusations: How China rewards those reporting 'illegal religious activities' (Bitter Winter)Xu Jilin on the politics of resentment among China's youth (Sinification)Militaire zaken
From dance floor to war: China readies humanoid robots for combat (Reuters)Chinese military university urged to revise AI course to 'educate for war' (SCMP)This obscure airport tells you a lot about China ($The Washington Post)America's scientific elite is fueling China's military machine (Newsweek)Chinese navy’s combat software guru Zhao Xiaozhe disappears from academy website (SCMP)PLA scientists say submarine cables carrying 99% of global data could be 'easy target' ($SCMP)'Surprising' how quickly China’s military is closing gap with US: analyst Lyle Goldstein (SCMP) 4 Aug 2026What China's sub-launched missile test really signaled (Asia Times)China's often flawed arms still buy lasting influence (Asia Times)China's nuke missile test routine or cause for Pacific panic? (Asia Times)Cultuur
Documentary films: 'I thought it didn't stand a cat's chance in hell': Andrew Ridgeley on Wham’s surreal trip to China (The Guardian) Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize (BBC)Why are Chinese audiences going for Korean musicals rather than Western shows? ($SCMP)What the I Ching is really about ($SCMP)China wants to suppress independent cinema. But young film-makers are undaunted by red lines (The Guardian)Art on trial - a sculptor's arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China (BBC)Plato goes to Beijing: Why Xi Jinping wants China to become a world leader in Greek and Latin studies (Bitter Winter)When the esoteric West sought the Dao - and discovered its own reflection (Bitter Winter)"Was I scared going back to China? No': Ai Weiwei on AI, western censorship and returning home (The Guardian)Le Serpent se faufile, le Cheval hennit (Le Vent de la Chine)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
5 years after sweeping ban, China's tutoring industry still bleeding parents dry ($SCMP)UK university teacher: 'We pretend to teach, they pretend to learn’. The reality of lecturing Chinese students (The Spectator)China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job – yet (Reuters)Robots smash human track records, including Bolt's 100m sprint — video (Reuters, China Central Television)When humanoids outrun Olympians, what comes next? (Nikkei Asia)Video - Chinese humanoid robot 'Superman' hits 28 mph and could outrun Usain Bolt (New York Post)Record graduate influx lifts China's youth jobless rate to 17.9% in July (SCMP)China’s shaping the future of open?source technology including AI (Asia Times)Video: A glimpse from China of AI's future (The Economist)China's world-level plans get a Beidaihe push (Newsweek)Milieu
China's anti-desertification solutions contribute to a greener world (Xinhua)Central regulators tigthen environmental accountability for local leaders with new measures (Trivium China)Typhoon Narra: record flood waters submerge homes and force mass evacuations in China (Reuters)China planted 78 billion new trees - and seriously messed up its water cycle (Popular Mechanics)40% of flights grounded in Shanghai as long-lived Typhoon Dolphin moves north ($SCMP)China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives (BBC)Is China's climate returning to that of Tang dynasty golden age? Experts warn of a trap (SCMP)How climate change and tariffs help China raise more cattle (NYT)Cars swept away and trees toppled as Typhoon Noul brings flooding to southern China – video (Reuters, AP)Chinese scientists turn to bamboo to strengthen the Great Green Wall ($SCMP)Rampen en ongelukken
31 dead, 531 missing after mudslide hits border port in China's Xizang (Xinhua)China stuurt DNA-deskundigen naar Nepal, dodental verder gestegen ($de Volkskrant)China says 261 foreigners from 23 countries are missing in Tibet flood (NYT)China's super-dam is becoming an upstream water bomb (Project Syndicate)Chinese rescuers find 'nothing but ruins' at border crossing as Nepal seeks help to ID and store the dead (The Guardian, Reuters)Chinese Embassy in Nepal rebuts 'fake news' claims over devastating mudslide in border areas, urges cooperation for saving lives (Global Times)Chinese premier arrives at mudslide-hit area in Xizang (Xinhua)High-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal triggers mudslide disaster in China's Xizang: expert (Global Times)3 dead, 558 missing, 2 rescued after mudslide hits border port in China's Xizang (Tibet)China's Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch, satellite lost ($SCMP)Schandalen
Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering 'heroes and martyrs' (The Guardian)China sentences the founder op the collapsed real estate giant Evergrande to life in prison (NYT)Founder of China's property giant Evergrande sentenced to life in prison (BBC)84-year-old female Falun Gong practitioner dies in notorious Heilongjiang prison (Bitter Winter)Corruption: Another financial official bites the dust (Trivium China)China launches global tax hunt going back decades ($FT)Former president of China Development Bank under probe (Xinhua)Politburo member Ma Xingrui's downfall exposes shadowy network tied to Evergrande, Vanke ($Caixin)'Even Politburo members can be touched': what the latest purge says about Xi Jinping's China (The Guardian)How I was kicked out of China (NYT)Sport
China outlines new five-year plan for sports powerhouse drive (gov.cn)Why China's football problem is an economic problem (Sinification)Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100-meter record (NYT)With no team in World Cup, China fans rally around a red card-happy referee (BBC)The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas (BBC)China views sports industry as new growth driver in next five years (Xinhua)Chinese government unveils plan to boost football development and youth training (Xinhua)Third division Chinese football team penalized for attempting to gift match officials (Global Times)Two securities officials fall to their deaths amid China's graft sweep ($Caixin)China's pro-wrestlers search for a star to bring the sport out of the shadows (The Guardian)Taiwan
Will the US become China’s indirect enforcer on Taiwan? (Asia Times)China boycotts a top art festival over Taiwan exhibition (NYT)China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally Eswatini over 'security risks' (BBC)Taiwan opens up about US security cooperation ahead of Xi-Trump summit (The Japan Times)How secure is Taiwan? The view from Taipei (Brookings)Inspired by Ukraine's battlefield gains, Taiwan is betting on drones to deter a potential Chinese invasion (NYT)Why was Taiwan's president evacuated in the middle of the night? (BBC)Taiwan's path to victory is unclear (Asia Times)Taiwan tests how it would resist a Chinese siege at sea (NYT)The US-Taiwan relationship is stronger than the headlines suggest (Brookings)Hongkong
Joshua Wong admits instigating sanctions against Beijing, Hong Kong governments (SCMP)'Panic' as US immigrant visa interview pause hits at least 100 Hong Kong applicants (SCMP)These bookshops let Chinese readers question their country - now the doors are closing (BBC)Two Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial (BBC)Communist confession rituals return in Hong Kong (Bitter Winter)Yes, the Hong Kong of old is over (Project Syndicate)Hong Kong: booksellers raided, arrested for selling Emily Feng's 'Red Flowers' book (Bitter Winter)Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops (BBC)Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban (AP)Hong Kong slams Washington Post commentary on national security law changes (SCMP)Macau
Sinicization of religion reaches Macau (Bitter Winter)Then they came for Macau: The Au Kam San case cignals an escalation of repression (Bitter Winter)Macau's Grand Emperor hotel rips up lobby floor to sell off gold bricks (The Guardian)Macau's silent chill: the arrest of Au Kam San and the unseen repression (Bitter Winter)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)Tibet
Tibet or Xizang? Why Real Madrid's condolences for mudslide victims hurt Chinese feelings (The Straits Times)The mudslide buried homes, the Communist Party buried the numbers (Bitter Winter)The Nepal-Tibet catastrophe: what is China hiding? (Bitter Winter)Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there (BBC)China's weaponization of Tibet's green revolution (Bitter Winter)Progress 'with Chinese characteristics': a threat to the Tibetan people? (Bitter Winter)Tibetan protesters in New Delhi denounce China with shaved heads and prayers (Euronews)In death, a Tibetan activist finally got the world's attention (NYT)Wang Huning tours Tibet to enforce the new Ethnic Unity Law (Bitter Winter)What Lobga Rangzen's self-immolation in New York tells the Uyghurs (Bitter Winter)Xinjiang
How Beijing turned Uyghur childhood into a state project (Bitter Winter)How Beijing turns human relationships into instruments of power (Bitter Winter)The August 4, 2008, Semen Road Uyghur attack: was it really 'terrorism'? (Bitter Winter)China's transnational anti-Uyghur strategy: new research by Zenz and Tohti (Bitter Winter)China's Ethnic Unity Law: Uyghurs in the diaspora already see its effects (Bitter Winter)The East Turkestan flag at the World Cup (Bitter Winter)Coming together against silence: reflections on the 3rd International Uyghur Forum, ten years after the camps (Bitter Winter)Uyghur fathers, Uyghur children: persecution and resilience across generations (Bitter Winter)Stop Uyghur forced labor: an event in the UK Parliament (Bitter Winter)Two Uyghurs were sentenced to death for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Thai history. But doubts remain (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
The Great Solar Wall in Inner Mongolia: China doubles down on its ambitious effort to tame deserts ($SCMP)Ga. Sharavjamts and the Mongolian myths China tried to silence (Bitter Winter)July 5: The Urumqi massacre’s unanswered questions (Bitter Winter)How Chinese propaganda erased Mongolian identity - and much more (Bitter Winter)Mongolian: The language Beijing wants to bury alive (Bitter Winter)A memoir on repression in China's Southern Mongolia - in an anti-West magazine (Bitter Winter)Genocide in Southern Mongolia: the return of a buried history (Bitter Winter)Inner Mongolia focuses on desertification control of Horqin sandy land (Xinhua)Words used for cultural genocide: how 'Northern Frontier' is replacing 'Inner Mongolia' (Bitter Winter)Unusual protest by Southern Mongolian herders ask for compensation after grazing ban (Bitter Winter)Een lach en een traan
An aging population in China inspires a new industry: Adult children for hire (The Washington Post)For Xi's critics, summit spectacle is fuel for jokes they can't tell (NYT)Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon (Reuters)Chinese carmaker patents voice-controlled 'in-vehicle toilet' (BBC)The Party bureaucrat who married his deceased sister (Bitter Winter)AI-gekte in China bereikt grens: overheid waarschuwt voor gevaarlijke app 'De Kreeft' ($de Volkskrant)Why are smugglers swarming East Africa for ants to send to China and Europe? ($SCMP)Group of dogs that went missing in China go viral after walking 17km home (The GuardianChinese university tells students to 'fall in love' during spring break (Reuters)Chinese national charged for trying to smuggle 2,000 ants from Kenya (BBC)
