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Australia's confidence in Trump's US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture? (The Guardian)Japan, Philippines refine security pact with eye on China (Asia Times)Trump is making a power play in Latin America. China is already there (NYT)*** The Maduro effect: regime change fears grip Asia's autocrats after US raid on Venezuela ($SCMP)*** Inside US plans to reopen WWII air bases for war with China (Newsweek)*** China's Quad counter centers on building an anti-India arc (Asia Times)The West is not ready for a multipolar world (Project Syndicate)Seven books that shaped my thinking on geopolitics, competition, and power in 2025 (Coffee in the Desert)Trails to apocalypse (Appia Institute)America cannot win alone (NY Editorial Board)Economie - Nationaal
China's solar giants warn of record $5bn loss despite anti-price war bid ($Nikkei)Hainan, the Chinese island where dreams of real estate glory never die (NYT)IMF raises China’s 2026 growth forecast to 4.5%, citing US ‘truce’ and stimulus roll-out ($SCMP)Real estate crash weighs on China's economic growth (NYT)China's economy hit growth goal last year despite Trump trade war and property crisis (The Guardian) 19 Jan 2026La Chine accélère le déploiement de son yuan numérique (Le Vent de la Chine)China's trade surplus, part III - How should policy respond? (Paul Krugman)China's Central Bank reclassifies e-CNY as interest-bearing deposit in major overhaul (Trivium China)'Structurally hurt': why are Chinese tourists spending less overseas than before? (SCMP)In China's whisky boom, local distillers take aim at big shots (Nikkei Asia)Economie - Internationaal
Australia's new strategic reserve targets China's rare earth grip (Asia Times)China-Latin America trade on the rise amid strategic partnerships (Beijing Post)China reports record trillion-dollar trade surplus despite Trump tariffs (Reuters)China sells the world on its duty-free island, amid a $1 trillion trade surplus (NYT)China's silver export license requirements take effect (Trivium China)China's trade surplus, Part II (Paul Krugman)Tesla loses place as world's top electric vehicle seller to China's BYD (Agencies)Australian beef industry 'extremely disappointed' after China hits imports with 55% tariff (The Guardian)Inside China's six-decade campaign to dominate rare earths (NYT)Inside China's shadow LNG fleet offering a lifeline to Putin (Bloomberg)Internationale Relaties
Philippines: 'China's troll army' and the new face of influence operations (Bitter Winter)*** Syrie, Venezuela et Iran… ? Le destin tragique des alliés stratégiques de la Chine (Le Vent de la Chine)How Trump's Venezuela strike humiliated Russia and worried China (SCMP)Book talk: Andrea Ghiselli on narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern futures (The China-MENA Newsletter)Mark Carney in China positions Canada for 'the world as it is, not as we wish it' (The Guardian)Nepal, Belt and Road to Big Brother: surveillance tech in China's sphere of influence (Bitter Winter)Canada PM hails new partnership with China in wake of 'new global realities' (The Guardian, AFP)China-Japan row signals new era of 'wolf warrior' diplomacy (Asia Times)Caught between superpowers, Canada seeks a new path in Beijing (NYT)China's Antelope Reef dredge deepens South China Sea tensions (Asia Times)China - Verenigde Staten
Bullied by Trump, US allies turn to China (Noah Barkin)Beijing pours cash into Belt and Road financing in global resources grab ($FT)The China Commission's report to Congress (ChinaTalk)US-China, summit on the world's future (Appia Institute)China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US government cleared for export – report (The Guardian, Reuters)Canada's deal with China signals it is serious about shift from US (BBC)*** Can China interpret Trump's chaos? (Coffee in the Desert)Trump is making the world fall in love with China ($FT)Trump is making one country stronger in the world’s eyes – and it isn’t America (The Independent)In the future, a large amount of US dollars will flow into China, and China will become a developed country (Think BRICS)China - Europa
UK approves Chinese 'mega embassy' in London after reassurances from spy chiefs (The Guardian)Why a Chinese 'mega embassy' is not such a worry for British spies (The Guardian)EU and China reach important milestone on EV price undertakings (Trivium China)Europe and China take step to resolve dispute on electric vehicles (NYT)Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe's push for rare earth metals (The Guardian)Watching China in Europe - January 2026 (GMF)Prato, Italy, Chinese mafia wars: from Beijing, silence or complicity? (Bitter Winter)China's Germany watchers take stock of Berlin's uneasy turn (Pekingnology)China zet nieuwe stap in handelsoorlog met heffingen op Europese zuivel ($de Volkskrant)China has set a bear trap for Keir Starmer – and our naive PM is walking straight into it |(The Guardian)China - Nederland
Slimme meters Kritiek op miljoenenorder van netbeheerders in China: 'Goedkoop is duurkoop' (rtl.nl)Chip company Nexperia plotted to send technology to China, ex-CEO says (NYT)Nieuwe escalatie in Nexperia-vete: China publiceert namen Nederlandse spionnen ($de Volkskrant)Dutch economy minister reportedly admits China's counterreaction on Nexperia 'blindsided' him; expert says he still shifts blame (Global Times)Nederlands-Chinese conflict over Nexperia loopt verder op: China spreekt van 'samenzwering' ($de Volkskrant)China urges Netherlands to swiftly resolve Nexperia issue: commerce ministry (Xinhua)Netherlands suspends state seizure of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia (The Guardian)'Karremans gedroeg zich als een dode eend met harde snavel' ($de Volkskrant) China bevestigt versoepeling exportverbod voor chipmaker Nexperia ($de Volkskrant)China resumes some chip exports, easing fears of a global crunch (NYT)Politiek
Beijing may face challenges in using history to advance its claims (Appia Institute)Les voeux de Xi Jinping pour 2026 (Le Vent de la Chine)President Xi Jinping's 2026 New Year message (Beijing Scroll)Top political advisor Wang Huning meets Chinese Buddhist delegates (Xinhua)Top political advisor meets with Chinese Taoist delegates (Xinhua)CCP purges as camp: A Bo Xilai retrospective! (ChinaTalk)*** A student chases the shadows of Tiananmen (The New Yorker)Birds of a feather: Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party. A new book (Bitter Winter)Xi Jinping: AI can now crush dissent even before it surfaces (Bitter Winter)China's new residential surveillance rules: reform or consolidation of an abusive system? (Bitter Winter)Maatschappij
A Chinese Christian reflects on the house churches' bitter winter (Bitter Winter)China's population falls for fourth straight year (BBC)China's population falls for fourth straight year (BBC)Wang Ou: Migrant workers, after the honeymoon (The East is Read)Chinese woman's plea for help killing pigs draws thousands to her village (BBC)China's fertility crisis: free babies, subsidized embryos, and the ghost of the one-child policy (Bitter Winter)Xiaomi: a hater's taunt, a fan revolt (The East is Read)Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone (BBC)Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown (The Guardian)Li Xunlei: one billion people in China have never been on a plane (The East is Read)Militaire zaken
Thousands of Chinese fishing boats quietly form vast sea barriers (NYT)Why Saudi Arabia really wants China's JF-17 fighter (Asia Times)Civilian or military? China turns to merchant fleet to boost military power ($The Japan Times)How China is using AI to win future wars (Newsweek)China-made military radars may have failed Venezuela during US raid (Newsweek)China plans to build six aircraft carriers in 10 years: Pentagon (Newsweek)Top PLA Air Force duo miss key military event led by Xi as corruption fight rolls on (SCMP)Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online (The Guardian)The secret trial of the general who refused to attack Tiananmen Square (NYT)Japan builds up 'missile archipelago' near Taiwan to counter China (The Japan Times)Cultuur
China steps up cultural heritage protection to keep its past alive for the future (Xinhua)China's cultural advantage in the AI Age (Asia Times)Al jaar vast voor 'beledigend' kunstwerk (Amnesty International)Was Venice's winged lion made in China and delivered by Marco Polo's family? ($SCMP)Xi projects power at military parade with Putin and Kim (Reuters)An artist on the run, an exhibition censored: How China tried to silence a Thai art show (BBC)Tourist damages two of China's terracotta warriors after jumping fence (AFP)China's new Revolution of Culture (Appia Institute)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)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
How can China help Uruguay battle beetles threatening to invade South America? ($SCMP)Why one-off tech controls won’t stop China’s moonshot (Asia Times)Chinese universities surge in global rankings as US schools slip (NYT)Tech why China filed plans for 203,000 satellites (Beijing Scroll)China's biggest test (Inside Story)In China, AI is finding deadly tumors that doctors might miss (NYT)How an acclaimed education experiment in Beijing ended up on the brink (Caixin)Flying taxis? China has them. And drone lunch deliveries, too (NYT)The US-China science race that isn't a race (Asia Times)Chinese AI in 2025, wrapped (ChinaTalk)Milieu
Xi Jinping thought on ecological civilization transcends industrial civilization & is going global (Tracking People's Daily)'If you're flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know': how China turned rain into an asset (The Guardian)Beijing won its war for blue skies, but villagers are paying the price (NYT)Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s (The Guardian)Great Green Wall 2.0: China is geoengineering deserts with blue-green algae (SCMP) China expands green belt around its largest desert (Xinhua)China makes huge nuclear leap in world first for clean energy (Newsweek)China doesn't want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns (The Guardian)China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals (The Guardian)A flood of green tech from China is upending global climate politics (NYT)Rampen en ongelukken
China delays plans for mass production of self-driving cars after accident (NYT)Train hits, kills 11 in China's worst rail accident in over a decade (Reuters)Major Chinese bridge collapses into river just months after opening to traffic (Fox News)China tries to cover up toxic mining disaster in Zambia: WSJ (Newsweek)Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard (Reuters)Super Typhoon Ragasa rampages through Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China (The Guardian)Typhoon Ragasa live: Two million people evacuated in southern China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines (The Guardian)12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in Qinghai (China Daily)At least 60 dead in north China following extreme rain, authorities say (Reuters)After the flood: Beijing residents left to count the cost with little state support (The Guardian)Schandalen
Why Cambodia deported scam boss Chen Zhi to China, not the US (Asia Times)Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi extradited to China after Cambodia arrest (AFP)Catching the hunters trapping rare songbirds in China (BBC)Tricked, abducted and abused: Inside China's schools for 'rebellious' teens (BBC)Chinese traditional medicine injections face rigorous regulation for the first time ($Caixin)The PCR Covid test billion sollar scam (Global GeoPolitics)PRC-linked Spamouflage works to spread antisemitic disinformation (Asia Times)China cracks down on financial corruption with harsh penalties (chinadaily.com.cn) The rot eating at China’s war machine (Asia Times)Deadly boat accident cover-up reveals corruption in China's fishing industry ($SCMP)Sport
China views sports industry as new growth driver in next five years (Xinhua)Chinese government unveils plan to boost football development and youth training (Xinhua)Third division Chinese football team penalized for attempting to gift match officials (Global Times)Two securities officials fall to their deaths amid China's graft sweep ($Caixin)China's pro-wrestlers search for a star to bring the sport out of the shadows (The Guardian)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)Taiwan
How war with China begins (NYT)Taiwan faces possible Beijing squeeze after US quits WHO and other agencies (SCMP)China's J-35 could be the key to winning a Taiwan war (Asia Times)TSMC buys up land in Arizona as Taiwan pledges US$500 billion US tech investment (SCMP)China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a 'red line' (The Guardian)China and Taiwan on Venezuela (ChinaTalk)After Trump hits Venezuela, will China invade Taiwan? (Gatestone Institute)Satellites capture Chinese invasion ship after drills near Taiwan (Newsweek)China threatened to cancel key trade talks after UK minister's Taiwan visit in June (The Guardian)Trump administration issues new warning to China over Taiwan (Newsweek)Hongkong
What went wrong before Hong Kong's apartment inferno (NYT)This billionaire - Jimmy Lai - tested China's limits. It cost him his freedom (BBC)Hong Kong media tycoon's conviction was years in the making (NYT)Jimmy Lai's son urges UK to back words with action after Hong Kong verdict ($Nikkei)Jimmy Lai: To China, he was an arch villain. To his supporters, he was their hope (NYT)Governments and groups condemn conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai (The Guardian)Hong Kong court finds Jimmy Lai guilty in national security Trial (NYT)Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure (Reuters)Vote to disband Hong Kong's Democratic Party looms as members weigh 'rough ride' ($SCMP)Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses (The Guardian)Macau
Macau's silent chill: the arrest of Au Kam San and the unseen repression (Bitter Winter)Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($SCMP)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)Tibet
Three centuries after his death, China is still afraid of the Sixth Dalai Lama (Bitter Winter)Beijing's bonfire of Tibetan prayer flags (Bitter Winter)The theater of obedience: 30 years of the false Panchen Lama (Bitter Winter)China detains respected Tibetan educator Dorje Tenzin, closes his school (Bitter Winter)China releases latest findings from second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition (Xinhua)Silencing pro-Tibet activists abroad: China's transnational repression (Bitter Winter)Choosing the next Dalai Lama is surprisingly dangerous ($The Washington Post)Why China built 162 square miles of solar panels on the world's highest plateau, in Tibet (NYT)'She didn't realise how dangerous it was': London-bound student held in China over Tibet support (The Guardian)Outdoor clothing brand Arc'teryx apologises for fireworks display in Tibet (BBC)Xinjiang
America's Maduro operation and China's Aksu cave operation: A Uyghur view (Bitter Winter)China, Kazakhstan, and the 'Chinese flag burning' trial (Bitter Winter)China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs (AP)A new anthology reveals the suppressed voices of Uyghur poets, most of whom are in jail (Bitter Winter)US drops plan to deport Chinese man who helped expose abuse of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, say activists (AP)Man who documented Uyghur camps in China may face removal from US after ICE arrest (AFP)How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison (The Guardian)Kazakhstan's detention of Xinjiang witnesses: Beijing's long arm reaches across the border (Bitter Winter)300 million tourists just visited China's stunning Xinjiang region. There's a side they didn't see (BBC)'Stop dealing with thieves. America must recognize the Uyghurs' stake in rare earths' (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
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)‘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)Een lach en een traan
How UK plush toy Jellycat conquered China (BBC)China probes museum art theft claims that 'make the Louvre thieves look dumb' ($SCMP)Miss Finland's viral 'slanted-eyes' photo stirs racism firestorm (BBC)Want a wedding in a nightclub, a temple, a lake or a subway station? In China, you can (Reuters)Shanghai offers nighttime marriage registration at nightclub (City News Service)Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president (The Guardian)"I can touch the clouds': how it feels to cross the world's highest bridge, in S. China (The Guardian)Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight (The Guardian)A restaurant scandal sticks in China's throat (The Economist)US tennis player Townsend apologizes after mocking Chinese cuisine (Shanghai Daily)
