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Wang Yi decries 'unacceptable' Israeli attack on Iran, urges political resolution ($SCMP)China urges Israel to stop military adventurism in Iran (Xinhua)A response to State Department's 'civilizational allies in Europe' (Coffee in the Desert)Can China and US de-escalate the Middle East after Israel-Iran attacks? (Coffee in the Desert)Israel attacks Iran: What should we expect from Beijing? (The China-MENA Newsletter)Map tracks Russian and Chinese spy ships loitering off coast of US ally Japan (Newsweek)China takes another step toward global political power (Newsweek)Macron in Singapore: Europe and Asia should form 'positive new alliance', away from the battling superpowers of the US and China (The Guardian)Extraterritorial countries' intervention in South China Sea to exacerbate risk of 'new Cold War': expert (Ecns.cn)China learns new lessons from Russia-Ukraine war: report (Newsweek)Economie - Nationaal
L’ « involution » du marché automobile (Le Vent de la Chine)Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei's front page interview in the People's Daily (Tracking People's Daily)On board the driverless lorries hoping to transform China's transport industry (BBC)Xiaomi's Lei Jun speaks (ChinaTalk)China's top economic planners unveils 53 specific measures as Private Economy Promotion Law takes effect (Global Times)La Chine de tous les paradoxes (Le Vent de la Chine)« Made in China 2025 » : l’heure du bilan (Le Vent de la Chine)China's economy on cusp of a deflationary death spiral (Asia Times)Satellite images reveal Huawei's advanced chip production line in China (FT)Xi's real test is not Trump's trade war (BBC)Economie - Internationaal
China, Africa pledge to strengthen trade ties (China Daily)China to eliminate all tariffs for African countries (Trivium)China demands sensitive information for rare earth exports, companies warn ($FT)China’s commerce ministry shows signs of loosening rare earth export controls (Trivium China)Egypt's new capital city ('New Administrative Capital' or 'New Cairo') is being built by a Chinese construction giant ($SCMP)Groeiende paniek onder westerse bedrijven nu China de export van zeldzame aardmetalen afknijpt ($de Volkskrant)World map shows countries that owe China money (Newsweek)China dominates 'dark' network behind global fishing crisis (Newsweek)Australia's trade would be fatally exposed in a US-China war (Asia Times)How to break China's stranglehold on critical minerals (FT)Internationale Relaties
Why is China-Central Asia cooperation becoming increasingly important? (Xinhua)China's military conducts patrols in South China Sea and warns the Philippines (Reuters)China's UN envoy condemns Israeli strikes on Iran (Reuters)Protestactie op Zuid-Chinese Zee moet Filipijnse vissers hoop geven: 'Laten ons niet intimideren door China' (Een Vandaag)China reacts to Israel's attack on Iran (Newsweek, AP)China is highly concerned Israel's attacks on Iran; deeply worried about potential consequence: FM spokesperson (Global Times)China blaming Japan for fighter jet incidents 'unacceptable': Tokyo (AFP)US ally S.Korea seeks China's help in dealing with N.Korea (Reuters)China gets new Catholic bishop, as Pope Leo continues deal over appointments (Reuters)China supports Panama's effort to uphold independence, defend lawful rights (Xinhua)China - Verenigde Staten
China revoked my visa, and came to regret it (NYT)How hapless Chinese scientists became ‘agroterrorists’ in the US ($SCMP)China's achterstand in AI is nog maar minimaal. Wat doet Trump en wat betekent het voor ASML? ($NRC)Xi bezit de belangrijkste troefkaart in handelsoorlog, niet Trump ($NRC)Former Cuomo campaign adviser led Chinese state oil company (NYT)Chinese opinion on the Los Angeles riots (US-China Perception Monitor)Aukus pact up in the air but US to stay focused on countering China: analysts ($SCMP)US ally Japan secures military access to contested South China Sea (Newsweek)Global student flows are changing as Chinese families seek better value ($Caixin)Trump miscalculated on China. Now the administration is trying to fix the mess ($The Washington Post editorial)China - Europa
China considers lifting sanctions on UK parliamentarians as relations warm (The Guardian)China and the EU hold human rights dialogue (gov.cn)EU pushes for 'independence' from China and US – but can it achieve it? ($SCMP)Europe doesn't have a China card (Foreign Affairs)China overweegt aanschaf van honderden Airbus-toestellen, meldt Bloomberg ($de Volkskrant)Labour is cosying up to China after years of rollercoaster relations (BBC)Watching China in Europe - June 2025 (VMF)China reportedly signals softening of rare earth elements export controls for EU semiconductor companies (Trivium)EU en Navo woedend op China na aanval van hackers op 'kritieke infrastructuur' Tsjechië ($de Volkskrant)For Europe doing business in China is getting harder, but its exports are hard to resist (NYT)China - Nederland
Dutch sound alarm on Chinese super-embassy in London ($The Spectator)How Heineken tapped into China's beer market ($FT)China, Netherlands to maintain close communication through existing channels in semiconductor industry: FM (Global Times)Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with Dutch Foreign Minister Veldkamp (People's Daily)Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp to visit China (gov.cn)Chinese vice president meets Royal Philips CEO (Xinhua)Missing Chinese student in Amsterdam confirmed dead (Shine)Chinese student missing in the Netherlands for over 2 weeks (Shine)Na verkoop havens rond Panamakanaal vertrekt Hongkongs bedrijf ook uit Rotterdam ($de Volkskrant)China, Netherlands pledge to build open world economy, strengthen green development cooperation (Xinhua)Politiek
China uses artificial intelligence to eliminate references to the Tiananmen Square massacre (Bitter Winter)Persecuted by Mao, Xi's father became a reformer. Did Xi reject his legacy? (NYT)Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He's now 36 years into exile (The Guardian)China fails to win over the public with second chances for disgraced officials (SCMP)What differentiates Xi's father Xi Zhongxun from most first-generation revolutionary leaders? (CLM)China has about 113 million young pioneers (chinadaily.com.cn)Disgraced Chinese admiral Miao Hua suspected of 'legal violations' ($SCMP)The Chinese Communist Party insists: Marxism is compatible with prosperity (Bitter Winter)Chinese religious leaders asked to spread 'Chinese traditional' (in fact, Communist) culture (Bitter Winter)Behind Xi's strongman image, a demanding father always loyal to the Party (WSJ)Maatschappij
Police in Northwest China detain writers of gay erotic fiction ($Caixin)Police action hit branches of Zion Church nationwide (Bitter Winter)China boasts over 900 integrated juvenile tribunals (chinadaily.com.cn)In Taiwan and China, young people turn to AI chatbots for 'cheaper, easier' therapy (The Guardian)Chinese universities launch weight management programs to address expanding waistlines (Xinhua)Shi Xuemin dies at 86: CCP celebrates his 'secularization' of acupuncture (Bitter Winter)China executes 3 convicted of sex crimes against minors (Xinhua)The white paper on national security: propaganda, threats, and promises to fight 'religious extremism' (Bitter Winter)Marriage reforms making it easier to tie the knot (China Daily)Chinese nationalism surges across social media as viral video mocks downed Indian jets ($SCMP)Militaire zaken
Chinese fighter jet in near miss with Japanese military plane as Pacific tensions rise (The Guardian)Iran importing missile fuel from China as US tensions rise: report (Newsweek)Trial by fire: Chinese laser weapon reputedly in Russian service (Asia Times)Map shows China's arms sales footprint around the world (Newsweek)India's coming counter to Pakistan's Chinese-made fighters (Asia Times)China flexes military muscle with East Asian naval activity, sources say (Reuters)China claims its new stealth tech could evade US' proposed Golden Dome missile defense (Interesting Engineering)Pakistan upgrading nukes with Chinese support, US warns (The Telegraph)China gave Pakistan satellite help, India defense group says (Bloomberg)China's defense chief outlines six proposals to support UN peacekeeping reform (China Military Online)Cultuur
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)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 $1bn in days (BBC)China's best music of 2024 (ChinaTalk)Cultural 'seed bank' explores richness of Chinese civilization (China Daily)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
Gaokao, dix ans après le début de la réforme (Le Vent de la Chine)Chinese superconducting quantum computer completes over 500,000 tasks for 143 global users (ECNS)China reveals laser tech to read text from a mile away (Newsweek)China unveils new strategy to boost tech dominance (essanews.com)Global study debunks 'lab leak' theory, finds Covid-19 virus didn't originate in Wuhan ($SCMP)AI joins China's primary schools (China Media Project)DeepSeek. Temu. TikTok. China tech is starting to pull ahead (NYT)China rolls out comprehensive measures to foster young scientific talent (Xinhua)Wuhan boy implanted with the world's smallest magnetically levitated artificial heart (Global Times)Who will win the race to develop a humanoid robot? (BBC)Milieu
Xi Jinping drives China's relentless fight against desertification (Xinhua)Ground temperatures in some N.China regions soar above 70 C (Global Times)Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds (BBC)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 ($The Spectator)Clean energy contributed 10% to China's GDP in 2024, analysis shows (The Guardian)Rampen en ongelukken
Ten dead after tourist boats capsize in China (BBC)Restaurant fire in Northeast China's Liaoning kills 22 (Ecns.cn)Nursing home fire in China kills 20 people (BBC)Xi orders all-out rescue of people buried in landslide (Xinhua)32 civil servants handed punishments for fatal expressway collapse in China (Xinhua)Earthquake strikes Tibet region; 95 dead, more than 100 injured, reports say ($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)Schandalen
Australian journalist Cheng Lei, after years in a Chinese prison: 'I'm catching up on four years. I missed my children so much' (The Guardian)Elderly Falun Gong practitioner dies in jail for lack of proper medical care (Bitter Winter)Brazil sues China carmaker BYD over 'slave-like' conditions (BBC)China student says college made her 'take off trousers' for period leave (BBC)Why are so many people sure Covid leaked from a lab? ($NYT)84-year-old Falun Gong grandmother jailed despite poor health (Bitter Winter)‘When power can define madness’: China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics (The Guardian)'You start to go crazy': The Australian who survived five years in a Chinese prison (BBC)No booze, no flowers: Chinese officials told to tighten their belts ($The Washington Post)71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner tortured to death in Chongqing (Bitter Winter)Sport
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 ($SCMP)China held 671 marathons, road races in 2024 (Xinhua)China jails ex-football head coach for bribery (BBC)Two former football officials sentenced to years behind bars for accepting bribes (Global Times)World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren (China) v Gukesh Dommaraju (India) pre-match questions, answered (The Guardian)Taiwan
Top political advisor Wang Huning stresses jointly guarding Taiwan Strait peace, advancing reunification (Xinhua)Ma Ying-jeou's speech at 17th Straits Forum in the mainland (Pekingnology)Chinese ship captain jailed for damaging Taiwan's undersea cable (BBC)Four ex-staff of Taiwan’s ruling party charged with spying for China (The Guardian)'Strategic clarity' over Taiwan is just so much American bombast (SCMP)The end of Taiwan's strategic flexiblity (Asia Times)From grey-zone intimidation to control: Gao Zhikai's path to reunification (Part 2) (Sinification)Trump administration says America would go to war if China invaded Taiwan (National Security Journal)From grey-zone intimidation to control: Gao Zhikai's path to reunification (Part 1) (Sinification)Trump doesn't know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely (The Guardian)Hongkong
Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong hit with new charges (The Guardian)Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong faces fresh charge of foreign collusion ($SCMP)2 arrested, 10 taken away as Hong Kong police ramp up Tiananmen vigil patrols ($SCMP)Hong Kong releases second group of democrats jailed for four years in national security trial (The Guardian, Reuters)Hong Kong's independent media targeted by abusive tax audits (Bitter Winter)Hong Kong's famous bamboo scaffolding hangs on (for now) (NYT)Hong Kong authorities trying to disrupt independent press with ‘strange’ tax auditsFormer prisoners and hostages urge Starmer to secure release of Jimmy Lai (The Guardian)Hong Kong's richest man is caught between China and America (The Economist)Hong Kong pro-China informer: 'Why I've reported dozens of people to police' (BBC)Macau
Macau's big money days are behind it (FT)Xi Jinping urges Macau to diversify economy away from casinos (The Guardian)Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy (AP)Macau: a city of contrasts – in pictures (The Guardian)Macao's casino boom brings wealth but at a cost, 25 years since China's takeover (AP)Macau 'gradually unleashing deep potential' in push for better future: Xi ($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 did Xi Jinping meet the fake Panchen Lama? (Bitter Winter) Xi receives visit from Panchen Rinpoche (Xinhua)A new book on Tibetan women writers in exile (Bitter Winter)Tibet: If you are a dissident, we will cut your electricity and water (Bitter Winter)An auction in London highlights the truth on the reincarnation of Dalai Lamas (Bitter Winter)Digital repression targets Tibetans in Tibet and abroad (Bitter Winter)Surprise: Lama Humkar Dorje Rinpoche 'died in Vietnam' (Bitter Winter)China decides to impose reciprocal visa restrictions on US personnel who behave badly on Xizang-related issues (Xinhua)Leading Tibetan lama 'disappeared' and possibly killed (Bitter Winter)Stop the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet (The Adams-Solomon Report)Xinjiang
The cost of silence: reflections three years after the Xinjiang police files leak (Bitter Winter)Far from home: Uyghur workers in factories supplying global brands (NYT)China is spying on Uyghurs in Türkiye using fake cell towers (Bitter Winter)Xinjiang, Tibet - China mobilizes museums for propaganda (Bitter Winter)Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to 'sanitise' China abuses in Xinjiang (The Guardian)How I celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Barin Revolution in East Turkestan (Bitter Winter)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)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
'Mom, am I the missing twin?' The story of two babies separated by the Chinese state – and their emotional reunion (The Guardian)Paragliding mishap sparks debates (China Daily)Twinkle, twinkle, little Y-20 … Chinese children's songs get a military makeover (SCMP)'I've had 100 operations and will never stop' - inside China's cosmetic surgery boom (BBC)Chinese robots ran against humans in the world's first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile (CNN)Beijing gears up for human-robot marathon (Ecns)Chinese influencer smashes temples, performs bold stunts to challenge superstitions (SCMP)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)
