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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)Cheating peace (Appia Institute)China calls for lasting peace plan after Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire (Xinhua)Iran confirms nuclear talks with China, Russia after rebuking Trump (Newsweek)'Stay calm. Be patient': Zheng Yongnian's antidote for China's Trump shock (SCMP)Mao Keji on Trump, India and the World in 2049 (Part 2) (Sinification)The future of world order (Project Syndicate)China wants a fair and durable Russia-Ukraine peace deal, Wang says (chinadaily.com.cn)Mao Keji on China's rise, nationalism and western misconceptions (Part 1) (Sinification)Economie - Nationaal
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 ($FT)China unveils plan on special initiatives to boost consumption (Xinhua)China needs a consumer revolution to hit growth goal (Asia Times)How does rural revitalization help a poor village become more prosperous and happier? (Ecns.cn)China targets 5% growth as it reels from Trump tariffs (BBC)This week is a moment of truth for Xi Jinping on deflation ($The Economist)China's grand plan for food self-sufficiency (Asia Times)Economie - Internationaal
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)China-Africa cooperation energizes Global South growth, bolsters modernization, say officials (Xinhua)China launches self-developed Antarctic krill-harvest vessel (Ecns.cn)Nieuwe ontwikkeling handelsoorlog: China gaat Canadese import fors belasten ($de Volkskrant)China's $1 bubble tea chain soars 40% in Hong Kong debut (FT)Labour abuse on Brazil building site: The town that welcomed a Chinese car plant - only for a 'slavery' scandal to hit (FT)Iranian port Chabahar: Where Trump is hurting India and helping China (Asia Times)Is China's trillion dollar trade surplus a sign of weakness? (China by Numbers)Internationale Relaties
China responds to criticism after executing Canadians (Newsweek)Sales of Vietnamese doll plunge over face marking like China’s 'nine-dash line' (The Guardian)China executed four Canadians for drug crimes, says Ottawa (BBC)Philippines nabs alleged Chinese spies amid South China Sea tensions (Nikkei)Chinese space project under review after Newsweek investigation (Newsweek)Modi's recent positive remarks on China-India relations appreciated: Chinese FM spokesperson (Global Times)Modi's call for strengthening ties with China reflects pragmatic approach: expert (Global times)Delegation of Communist Party of China visits Panama (Global Times)China's five-point proposition on the Iranian nuclear issue (gov.cn)China, Russia and Iran issue joint call for end to 'illegal' nuclear sanctions on Tehran (SCMP)China - Verenigde Staten
New US sanctions to slow but not stop China's Iranian oil imports, traders say (Reuters)US warns over China's expansion on its Latin America doorstep (Newsweek)Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after China war story (Newsweek)Trump's first step to outcompeting China: Gutting USAID? (Coffee in the Desert)Would Americans go to war against China? (Foreign Affairs)America's 'Diploma Divide' hands China the crown (Asia Times)How China stands to gain from Trump-Houthi escalation (Al-Monitor)Hutchison’s Panama ports deal: everything you need to know about the saga (SCMP)VOA a biased lens, never 'an important window' into China (Global Times)China job worries deepen as Trump hikes tariffs and automation spreads (Nikkei)China - Europa
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, Europe foster mutual success (chinadaily.com.cn)EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants (The Guardian)Is there a new opening in Europe for China? (China in Eurasia)China - Nederland
Chinese student missing in the Netherlands for over 2 weeks (Shine)Na verkoop havens rond Panamakanaal vertrekt Hongkongs bedrijf ook uit Rotterdam ($de Volkskrant)China, Netherlands pledge to build open world economy, strengthen green development cooperation (Xinhua)Amsterdam's 'Lonely Uyghur,' the court of the citizens of the world, and Xi Jinping's genocide (Bitter Winter)China ready to expand economic, trade exchanges with Netherlands: Chinese Premier (Xinhua)Chinese embassy strongly opposes Taiwan-related motion adopted by the Netherlands (Global Times)Chinese invloed en inmenging in het Nederlandse medialandschap (China Kennis Netwerk)Remarks Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands on the Xizang separatist's visit to the Netherlands (nl.china-embassy.gov.cn)When US comes calling the Dutch: shame if anything happened to AMSL (SCMP)ASML-baas hekelt Amerikaanse druk: Bidens exportverboden zijn 'economisch gemotiveerd' (de Volkskrant)Politiek
Top Chinese military official close to Xi rumored to have been arrested (Newsweek)Clap de fin (Le Vent de la Chine)China's third top official Zhao Leji missing from 'two sessions' closing due to illness ($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)Top ideologst Wang Huning's Chinese New Year wishes to religions: get ready for even more control (Bitter Winter)Maatschappij
China lays out guidelines on improving TCM quality (Xinhua)China unveils new food safety regulatory framework across full supply chain (Xinhua)'Leftover men' fuel trafficked bride boom in China (Asia Times)Xi stresses preserving distinctive culture in ethnic regions (Xinhua)China Islamic Association rebrands, distancing from Islamic symbols (SCMPLosing pounds goes viral amid China's wellness wave (Xinhua)Generous childcare subsidies rolled out across China in birth boost effort (Xinhua )Chinese cities offer generous subsidies to boost birth rates (Global Times)'Let's not talk about it': 5 years later, China's Covid shadow lingers (NYT)China's obesity crisis is big business (FT)Militaire zaken
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)China, Iran and Russia to conduct joint naval exercise in March (Xinhua)China to increase defense budget by 7.2% in 2025, marking single-digit growth for 10th year (Xinhua)China holds live-fire exercises in Gulf of Tonkin after Vietnam marks its territorial claims (AP)'Extremely capable' weapons on Chinese warships off Australia's east coast, NZ government says (The Guardian)Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand (The Guardian)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 ($Trivium China)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China (BBC)Key system in China's next-generation 'artificial sun' passes expert review (Global Times)China's 2030 plan to land on moon (Newsweek)China to gradually implement free preschool education (Xinhua)China opens recruitment for 'planetary defence force' amid fears of asteroid hitting Earth (The Guardian)China steps up planetary defense efforts amid asteroid impact concerns (Global Times)Un Serpent dopé à l’IA (Le Vent de la Chine)Why China's super-rich are spending billions to set up universities ($SCMP)DeepSeek: a tragedy foretold? (ChinaTalk)China shortens assessment time for invention patents (Xinhua)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 ($SCMP)Ground collapse leaves 13 workers missing in southern China (Xinhua)Car driven into crowd outside China primary school (BBC)Schandalen
2,876 fraud suspects repatriated from Myanmar to China (Xinhua)China prosecutes over 21,000 people for counterfeit crimes in 2024 (Xinhua)China steps up judicial efforts to punish corruption in 2024 (Xinhua)Zhenhao Zou: 'charming' PhD student who filmed dozens of attacks on women (The Guardian)Church of Almighty God: 648 members arrested in Jilin, two died from torture (Bitter Winter)In China, rare dissent over a program to save on drug costs (NYT)Myanmar escape by actor signals action to come against scammers (SCMP)Denied asylum in Italy, Church of Almighty God member was arrested and tortured in China (Bitter Winter)Top Chinese chess players banned in widespread corruption probe (Sixth Tone)A kidnapped Chinese actor, a scam gang, and a very public rescue operation (The Guardian)Sport
Chinese Football Association launches self-recommendation system to better select talent, prevent corruption (Global Times)Xi declares 9th Asian Winter Games open (Xinhua)41 Chinese chess individuals penalized for cheating (Xinhua)Table tennis will not be the same without three Chinese superstars ($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)Match-fixing in Chinese football rampant during Covid, ‘there was no escaping it’ player says (SCMP)Taiwan
China has debuted its new landing barges – what does this mean for Taiwan? (The Guardian)Taiwan revokes visa of pro-Beijing Chinese influencer (BBC)Tensions over Taiwan (Pekingnology)Taiwan's president labels China a 'foreign hostile force' and ramps up security measures citing 'infiltration' (The Guardian)The persecution of Yiguandao in China and martial-law Taiwan - 2 (Bitter Winter)Taiwan shows US allies how to win over Trump (Newsweek)US turning attention to Taiwan after Ukraine War, envoy says (Newsweek)Several US weapons will not alter inevitable demise of 'Taiwan independence': spokesperson (Xinhua)Only reference to Taiwan region in UN is 'Taiwan, Province of China': Chinese Foreign Minister (Global Times)US Space Force leader warns about China's expanding military drills (Newsweek)Hongkong
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)Shiu Ka-chun, advocate for Hong Kong prisoners, is dead at 55 (NYT)Hong Kong's cabbies, long scorned and frustrated, face the end of an era (NYT)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 ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)No horse racing, please, we're Chinese: the end of a venerable tradition in Macau (Bitter Winter)Hong-Kong-style National Security Law comes to Macau (Bitter Winter) Tibet
Why the choice of the next Dalai Lama is such a sensitive issue for Beijing (SCMP)Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the 'free world' (Reuters)Tibetan students told not to attend religious activities during the holidays (Bitter Winter)Gyalo Thondup, political operator and brother of the Dalai Lama, dies at 97 (NYT)China's large and mysterious dam project in Tibet is alarming neighbors and experts (NYT)The Dalai Lama shares thoughts on China and the future in a new book ($NYT)Earthquake in Tibet: the wrong condolences (Bitter Winter)How China is erasing Tibetan culture, one child at a time (NYT)Winter school break: China prevents Tibetan children from studying Tibetan language (Bitter Winter)Tibet earthquake: rescuers search for survivors after powerful quake kills 126 (The Guardian, Reuters, AFP)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
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)Lucky phone numbers and wedding dates to dining don'ts, Chinese numerology superstitions (SCMP)
