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China's caution on the war in Iran is improving its strategic position in the Middle East (EuroAsia and the World)US floats new tariffs on 60 economies over forced labor, including China ($Nikkei)Why China-bashing is being replaced by China-maxxing (SCMP) Report on the military activities of non-US extra-regional countries in the Western Pacific in 2025 (Pekingnology)US-Iran-China: What price Hormuz? (Project Syndicate)The world may or may not be entering 'Beijing time' (Asia Times)How China wins by avoiding war (SCMP)As Trump gambles on Iran, Putin and Xi play a new Great Game (Newsweek)Xi and Putin tout ‘new type’ of world order in Beijing - but is their alliance really that strong? (Asia Times)*** Trump has played his cards before China visit. Xi holds diplomatic powe (EuroAsia and the World)Economie - Nationaal
Is China’s economic model broken? (Inside Story)Beijing reins in Alibaba, JD.com over destructive 618 price cuts (Asia Times)China's consumer prices see May uptick as oil shock inflates factory-gate costs (SCMP)More cleantech giants expand into solar manufacturing (Trivium China Net Zero)How local China built the EV boom (Pekingnology)Beijing bets big on agtech in sectoral five-year plan (Trivium China)Beijing bets big on agtech in sectoral five-year plan (Trivium China)Top academician pours cold water on future industries (Trivium China)China's dual economy: When etrategic ambition hollows out the foundation (EuroAsia and the World)Why are Chinese EVs such a great deal? (China by Numbers)Economie - Internationaal
China's hydrogen push outstrips Japan's in new fuel race ($Nikkei Asia)Videos show Chinese businesses hawking North Korean labor (NYT)Rethinking technology export controls (Trivium China)China among top gold buyers as bullion overtakes US Treasuries in global reserves: ECB ($SCMP)Morocco as a Chinese industria base? (The China-MENA Newsletter)Breakdown & analysis of China's new outbound investment regulations (Tracking People's Daily)China’s H200 hunger drives Nvidia chip smugglers to Japan route (Asia Times)The world's carmakers are struggling to compete with China (BBC)Japan's auto industry retools to take on Chinese challengers (Nikkei Asia)Renminbi use surges as Iran war boosts CIPS, yuan nears three?year high (Dimsum Daily)Internationale Relaties
The long reach of Beijing now extends across the democratic world (Bitter Winter) China's latest South China Sea shocks reopen old wounds (Asia Times)Patron problem: Kim Jong Un played Russia, rattled China and won (Asia Times)China risks dirty hands from Prabowo’s tainted meal deal (Asia Times)Xi reels in North Korea as Kim and Putin's alliance deepens (Newsweek)CPEC 2.0: China’s grip tightening on Pakistan’s digital future (Asia Times)Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un vow stronger ties as North Korea visit wraps up (BBC)With or without China, Shangri-La Dialogue is still relevant (Asia Times)Xi's North Korea visit puts a Trump-Kim summit back in play (Asia Times)Au Dialogue de Shangri-La, la Chine au centre du ring, la diplomatie sans gants (Le Vent de la Chine)China - Verenigde Staten
China's AI chip landscape: A complete map of who's building what (Crossing the River)As some A.I. firms go public, China is being shut out (NYT)China arrests US scholar suspected of spying (BBC)A mayor, her boyfriend and China's mysterious propaganda machine (NYT)US targets China’s military-tech firm ties while forging its own (Asia Times)With the ‘Indo-Pacific’ label losing its lustre, China has an opportunity (SCMP)Washington blockaded Iran's oil. China is blockading Washington's capital (Global GeoPolitics) Xi closes the door after promising US CEOs to open wider (Asia Times)Strategic stability, structural strain (Sinification)How a Chinese blockade could grind America’s military and economy to a halt (The Washington Post)China - Europa
The China-Russia asymmetric partnership: Implications for Europe (EuroAsia and the World)Why Europe should erect high and hard trade barriers on China (Asia Times)SAIC – China’s second-largest automaker – is building a EUR 200 million auto plant in Galicia, Spain (Reuters, Trivium China)Watching China in Europe - June 2026 (Noah Barkin)Sandoz warns cheap Chinese imports threaten Europe’s antibiotic supply (FT)Europe is edging closer to a trade war with China. Here's why (NYT)Temu hit with fine in EU over sales of unsafe goods (NYT)Belgrade bets on Beijing as Budapest pivots to Brussels (Asia Times)EU to discuss potential restrictions on Chinese imports amid fears of overreliance (The Guardian)China's anti-dumping investigation on pork imports from Europe: A calibrated retaliation (Journal of Geoeconomics)China - Nederland
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)Un-sanctioned: China to welcome Dutch trade minister Sjoerdsma amid Nexperia, ASML discord ($SCMP)Police investigates the aggressors of Amsterdam's Lonely Uyghur (Bitter Winter)Transnational repression in The Hague: Amsterdam’s 'Lonely Uyghur' assaulted inside city hall (Bitter Winter)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 ($de Volkskrant)Politiek
Jennifer Lind, 'Autocracy 2.0'. Half-vicious: Innovation via smart authoritarianism (US-China Perception Monitor)China bets on AI to promote President Xi Jinping's thinking (Reuters)When 'autonomy' means obedience: China's new 'social sciences with Chinese characteristics' (Bitter Winter)From indemnity to indispensability: China’s 125-year reversal (Asia Times)Has China just ended the end of history? (SCMP)Catholic training in Beijing centered on Xi Jinping, not the Pope's magisterium (Bitter Winter) Communist Youth League of China has nearly 78.34 mln members (Xinhua)China's spy chief lays out threat landscape (Trivium China)Lu Xun, China's most famous modern writer: from fiery rebel to cute communist mascot (NYT) Ma Xingrui becomes China’s third Politburo member investigated for corruption ($SCMP)Maatschappij
China has long sought to control women’s bodies. Increasingly, they’re making their own choices (The Guardian)China has long sought to control women’s bodies. Increasingly, they’re making their own choices (The Guardian)Buddhist monk detained after marking the Tiananmen anniversary (Bitter Winter)China cracks down on soft porn, violence and materialism in viral micro dramas (BBC)When the Dao must march in formation: the new management system for Taoist clergy (Bitter Winter)Patriotic Catholic Church promotes the ethnic unity law (Bitter Winter)China raises childcare handouts to fight plummeting birth rate (Newsweek)From hiking to hotpot, lonely consumers in China fuel a $7.4 billion companionship economy (Reuters)Pékin relance la réforme du hukou : quels résultats attendre ? (Le Vent de la Chine)Urbanization in China: An octopus with many tentacles (The US-China Perception Monitor)Militaire zaken
Why electric cars and robot makers are being linked to China's military (Newsweek)China’s sailless submarine takes warfare to the seabed (Asia Times)China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos (Reuters)The PLA's theory of total war (Tracking People's Daily)All non-drone militaries are now obsolete (Asia Times)Anciens ministres de la Défense Li Shangfu, Wei Fenghe : les deux fusibles d’une affaire bien plus grande (Le Vent de la Chine)How China's leader lost faith in his generals (NYT)US, Japan missile drills put Philippines in China’s line of fire (Asia Times)*** China's J-35AE for Pakistan risks nuclear escalation with India (Asia Times)China to ban drone sales in Beijing citing security concerns (BBC)Cultuur
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)How old is Chinese civilisation? It really dates back 8,000 years, an archaeologist argues (SCMP)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)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
Beijing issues two new five-year plans for education and the environment (Trivium China)Two nations, two exams, one AI reckoning (Asia Times)PhD dropout's exposé forces an academic fraud reckoning in China (The East is Read)Is Huawei's new chip scaling law a true breakthrough, or mere hype? (SCMP)Another 'DeepSeek moment'? Huawei milestone alters China trajectory in chip race: analysts (SCMP)Huawei unveils new scaling law and tech that narrows gap with TSMC, Samsung (SCMP)This compact Chinese device can detect cancer biomarkers in a drop of blood (SCMP)China launches three-crew spaceflight as part of lunar ambitions (The Guardian)As war engulfs the Middle East, China's Xinjiang is thriving with future tech (SCMP)The human body's hidden pathways: The astounding discovery that could link Eastern and Western medicine (NYT)Milieu
China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help? (SCMP)China's coal consumption to plateau by 2030, report says ($Caixin)China scales new heights with world’s longest outdoor escalator ($FT)China amps up electric ships in push to decarbonise waterways, leverage EV prowess ($SCMP)Chang'an to launch world's first EVs equipped with sodium-ion batteries (Trivium China, Net Zero Weekly)Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban (The Guardian)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)Rampen en ongelukken
As Ebola spreads in East Africa, will China step up? (NYT) Secret tunnels and unregistered workers: China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of darker days (BBC)At least 90 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports (BBC)Deadly China plane crash was caused by fuel cut-off, says report (BBC)China suspends new autonomous driving permits after Baidu incident (Nikei)Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 21 people (BBC)Divers recover bodies of seven Chinese tourists from bottom of Lake Baikal (BBC)Why China moved so quickly to execute 11 members of a notorious mafia family (BBC)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)Schandalen
Place of danger: Cheng Lei takes her story onto the stage (Inside Story)China cracks down on 'ghost kitchens' in food delivery apps (BBC)Food safety fears: China cracks down on 'ghost kitchens' in food delivery apps (BBC)For exposing China's repression, women are targeted with deepfake AI porn (Newsweek)China sentences former Shaolin abbot to 24 years for corruption (SCMP)Anger grows after China's deadliest coal mining disaster in years (BBC)Former China defence ministers convicted of corruption in latest purge of military leaders (The Guardian)China tightens corruption rules across public and private sectors ($Caixin)One ship, three deaths: the shocking truth behind working conditions on a Chinese fishing vessel (The Guardian)China influencer tricked into Cambodia cyber scam recounts ordeal but live-stream was cut short (SCMP)Sport
With no team in World Cup, China fans rally around a red card-happy referee (BBC)The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas (BBC)China views sports industry as new growth driver in next five years (Xinhua)Chinese government unveils plan to boost football development and youth training (Xinhua)Third division Chinese football team penalized for attempting to gift match officials (Global Times)Two securities officials fall to their deaths amid China's graft sweep ($Caixin)China's pro-wrestlers search for a star to bring the sport out of the shadows (The Guardian)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)Taiwan
Careless Trump raises the stakes for Taiwan (Inside Story)China bans four New Zealand MPs over Taiwan visit (BBC)Taiwan’s more relaxed than most of us about Trumpian deal-making (Asia Times)Quand Trump transforme les ventes d’armes à Taïwan en monnaie d’échange (Le Vent d la Chine)A 'mainland spouse' wooed voters in Taiwan. Now she's on trial (NYT)Podcast: What exactly is US policy toward Taiwan? ($Trivium China)How partisan is Taiwan's security debate? (Brookings)Video: Taiwan Travelogue - how did this novel about food win a Booker Prize this year? (BBC)US-China conflict over Taiwan risks a nuclear escalation, study finds (Reuters)Nvidia spending up to $150bn a year on Taiwan AI suppliers: Jensen Huang ($Nikkei Asia)Hongkong
Hong Kong artist who tried to mark Tiananmen massacre with red thread intercepted by police (The Guardian)Donald Trump does ‘not feel optimistic’ for Jimmy Lai after speaking with Xi Jinping (The Guardian)Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany (The Guardian)Hong Kong wants to become a global gold vault. Does the Iran war create an opening? ($SCMP)Interpol: how shock Hong Kong meeting shows China's power in Interpol (Newsweek)Hong Kong bookstore staff arrested for allegedly selling 'seditious' Jimmy Lai biography, broadcaster reports (The Guardian)Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over releaseThe dark side of the Hong Kong White Paper: fear grows after the Jimmy Lai verdict (Bitter Winter)University expels student who called for accountability over Hong Kong fire (AFP)Hong Kong convicts a political exile's father, a first for the city (NYT)Macau
Macau's Grand Emperor hotel rips up lobby floor to sell off gold bricks (The Guardian)Macau's silent chill: the arrest of Au Kam San and the unseen repression (Bitter Winter)Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)Tibet
'Sinicizing' Tibetan Buddhism, one inspection tour at a time (Bitter Winter)Two Tibetan monks 'disappeared' into the Chinese jail system (Bitter Winter)A blueprint for 'harmony': reading between the lines of Tibet's new governance gospel (Bitter Winter)The new law on ethnic unity: a threat to Tibetan buddhism (Bitter Winter)China's Tibetan New Year gift to Mount Kailash pilgrims: more checkpoints, less pilgrimage (Bitter Winter)Tibet's new medical mystery: healthy young monk dies after arrest (Bitter Winter)Dalai Lama expresses 'gratitude and humility' at first Grammy win (The Guardian)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)Xinjiang
Sick and pensionless: the long punishment of a Xinjiang Falun Gong professor (Trivium China)When Uyghur culture becomes 'extremism': from Doppa to Hijab (Bitter Winter)'Unbroken,' by Rushan Abbas: A Uyghur woman's fight for her people (Bitter Winter)Green belt project transforms Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang (Xinhua)Dubious Uyghur' testimonies' hail 'conversions' to atheism- through marriage (Bitter Winter)China is escalating repression of Uyghurs and Kazakhs (Bitter Winter)Kazakh scholar sentenced in Xinjiang for 'misinterpreting' a poet (Bitter Winter)Amsterdam's Lonely Uyghur vs Uyghur restaurants - or in favor of them? (Bitter Winter)Why Uyghurs remembered February 5, 1997, 29 years on (Bitter Winter)Uyghurs are 'protected no more' in Türkiye (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
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)‘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)Een lach en een traan
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)Beijing pastry shop overrun by shoppers after Xi Jinping's visit (The Guardian)
