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Wang Yi calls Iranian counterpart, US warns China on Iran weapons and oil (Trivium China)China presses Iran to open Hormuz in call between top diplomats ($Nikkei)US Hormuz blockade may not survive a Chinese standoff (Asia Times)Strait of Hormuz blockade: How China should respond (Sinification)*** Trump's Iran blockade risks US-China standoff (Newsweek)US-sanctioned ships pass Strait of Hormuz as China calls Trump's blockade 'dangerous' (BBC)Chinese Defense Ministry's 'warning' to US over Hormuz strait fake news (Beijing Channel)China's electrostate is poised to win from war in the Middle East (NYT)Spanje flirt steeds openlijker met China, tot ongenoegen van Trump én de EU ($de Volkskrant)China's secret hand in the US-Iran ceasefire (Newsweek)Economie - Nationaal
China's GDP stronger than expected, led by infrastructure spending (NYT)China records 5% GDP growth in first quarter, on track for annual target (SCMP)China's factory-gate prices rise for first time in 3 years as Iran war bites (SCMP)The biggest threat to China’s global champions is not Donald Trump (FT) Can China grow from within? (Project Syndicate, Channel News Asia)China's 'teapot' oil refineries keep economy brewing – but surging crude prices leave them strainedb(Thew Guardian)The rise of the Chinese platform state (Project Syndicate)Beijing intervenes to limit fuel price increases in unprecedented move (Trivium China)China eases planned increase to gas prices for 300 million drivers (NYT)There is no 'consumption-driven' growth model, and China’s infrastructure investment is far from saturated (The East is Read)Economie - Internationaal
China's export engine stutters as Iran war chills global demand (Reuters)China imposes new rules to block foreign companies from 'decoupling' (NYT)Chinese electrotech is the big winner in the Iran war (Paul Krugman)The 'greater-than-expected' impact of the Iran War on China's economy (Sinification)Aiming at China, Malaysia puts new restrictions on electric cars (NYT)Iran war ends China’s deflationary spiral – but not in a good way (Trivium China)BYD hails windfall as Iran oil crisis supercharges Chinese EV outlook ($Nikkei)COSCO ships successfully transit Strait of Hormuz (Trivium China)Pékin à l’épreuve du recul des investissements étrangers (Le Vent de la Chine)As oil-shocked world turns to renewables, China will reap the rewards ($SCMP)Internationale Relaties
Why North Korea is rekindling China relations (SCMP)China moves to block entrance to disputed South China Sea shoal, images show (Reuters)Vietnam's To Lam visits China after solidifying power with presidency ($Nikkei)To Lam's Vietnam drifting perceptibly closer to China (Asia Times)How China built its vast natural gas stockpile (NYT)Buy a Chinese cleaning robot, have your home watched by Beijing (Bitter Winter)NDRC economist: 'The goal is to fundamentally reduce resource dependence on Iran and other high-risk geopolitical spots' (Discourse Power)Why Beijing is now the only true partner of Africa and Latin America (SCMP)When non-interference is no longer enough: A qualified case for Chinese 'Interventionism 2.0' (Sinification)The making of China's strategic thinkers (Tracking People's Daily)China - Verenigde Staten
Chinese officials on US blockade, Iran using Chinese satellites to monitor US assets around the Middle East (The China-MENA Newsletter)A war on Iran, a strategy against China ($Global GeoPolitics)Trump's blockade risks upending an emerging détente with China (NYT)Xi told Trump that China is not giving Iran weapons, White House says (The Guardian)FT report: Iran used Chinese satellite to target US bases (JNS)Short-term gains for China from US-Iran war may turn to longer-term pain (The Guardian)China's image rebounds in America*** Jake Sullivan: The tech high ground (Foreign Affairs) US Air Force unready for a prolonged war with China (Asia Times)Trump puts China in zugzwang and forces a visible choice (Newsweek)China - Europa
Viktor Orbán, China's best friend in Europe (Watching China in Europe)Watching China in Europe - April 2026 (Noah Barkin)Prosperity or stability, Europe and China (Appia Institute)China overtakes US as Germany's top trading partner (The Guardian)China floats FTA ahead of Merz visit - seen as ploy to keep EU market open to Chinese goods (Watching China in Europe)What's behind UK-China border security deal? (Asia Times)EU probes Shein over sale of illegal products, addictive design (Reuters)China, Europe are partners, not systemic rivals: Chinese FM (Xinhua)Henry Huiyao Wang on beyond blocs: Europe and China will not align nor compete, but selectively cooperate (Pekingnolgy)Der China-Schock (Watching China in Europe)China - Nederland
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 ($de Volkskrant)Dutch economy minister reportedly admits China's counterreaction on Nexperia 'blindsided' him; expert says he still shifts blame (Global Times)Nederlands-Chinese conflict over Nexperia loopt verder op: China spreekt van 'samenzwering' ($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' ($de Volkskrant) Politiek
China's spy chief lays out threat landscape (Trivium China)Lu Xun, China's most famous modern writer: from fiery rebel to cute communist mascot (NYT) Ma Xingrui becomes China’s third Politburo member investigated for corruption ($SCMP)Family line, Party line, with Joseph Torigian (The US-China Monitor)China's new retirement plan for dissidents: work, prison, repay, repeat (Bitter Winter)China's biggest political meeting is ending - what have we learned? (BBC)The Church, the Party, and their faiths (Appia Institute)What to know about the 'two sessions', China's biggest political meeting (BBC)In Xi's purge of the military, a search for absolute loyalty (NYT)Beware of 'political swindlers', China's cadres warned ahead of next year's leadership change ($SCMP)Maatschappij
Create Abundance and the vague science of spiritual persecution (Bitter Winter)China built the world's drone industry. Now it's locking down the skies (NYT)China's battle for the dead: Guangdong villagers oppose crematorium project, clash with police (Bitter Winter)China hails Japan's dissolution of the Unification Church (Bitter Winter)China to ban storing remains of dead in 'bone ash apartments' (The Guardian)The man ordinary Chinese chose to trust (Pekingnology)Police block 'parade of the Gods' in Guangdong (Bitter Winter)China wants robots to look after the elderly (The Spectator)Uncommon knowledge: Deus sex machina (Newsweek) Mar 25, 2026 Beijing mandates nationwide long-term care insurance rollout (Trivium China)Militaire zaken
Iran's US radar strike exposes China's South China Sea gap (Asia Times)US bunker-buster hits on Iran drive China deeper underground (Asia Times)China military tense, Xi at ease at start of National People's Congress ($Nikkei)China removes three retired generals from national advisory body (BBC)Deep in China's mountains, a nuclear revival takes shape (NYT)Xi Jinping makes rare reference to recent military purge (BBC)What the Indian army chief's memoir tells us about the PLA (The India China Newsletter)Xi's military purge is not really about corruption (Asia Times)*** China's disappearing generals (NYT)China's top general probe to 'remove obstacles' in military: state media (CNA)Cultuur
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)Was Venice's winged lion made in China and delivered by Marco Polo's family? ($SCMP)Xi projects power at military parade with Putin and Kim (Reuters)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
How China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition (BBC)China building a different AI future than the West (Asia Times)Don't trust the rankings that put China's universities on top (NYT)How Chinese scientists made petrol building blocks with CO2, water and sunlight ($SCMP)DeepSeek was a warning shot. China is building its next surprise (The Washington Post)Accelerationist State: China's biopharma revolution (Asia Times)China cancels rocket launches after failures – but will the Long March-10A still lift off? ($SCMP)How can China help Uruguay battle beetles threatening to invade South America? ($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)Milieu
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)Great Green Wall 2.0: China is geoengineering deserts with blue-green algae (SCMP) China expands green belt around its largest desert (Xinhua)Rampen en ongelukken
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)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)Schandalen
Chinese national given one year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya (BBC)Founder of China's Evergrande pleads guilty to fraud (BBC)Death toll of the abrupt end of zero COVID in China: likely, two million (Bitter Winter)A house erased: Beijing dissident returns from prison to find her life bulldozed (Bitter Winter)The splinternet: how online shutdowns are getting cheaper and easier to impose (The Guardian)Li Wenliang, an ordinary man, who sounded the alarm on COVID-19, died six years ago. Lest we forget (Pekingnology)We had sex in a Chinese hotel, then found we had been broadcast to thousands (BBC)Rights groups say China detained two journalists over corruption report (BBC)China fails to furb the 'secret filming betrayal’ of women and girls (NYT)China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia (BBC)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
Cheng hopeful to invite Xi Jinping to Taiwan if the KMT wins 2028 election (SCMP)The Iran war doesn't immediately jeopardize Taiwan (Asia Times)Taiwan opposition leader kicks off 'peace tour' in mainland China (Trivium China)Taiwan opposition leader makes first China visit since 2016 (BBC)Iran war teaching Taiwan hard lessons about US resolve (Asia Times)Xi invites Taiwan's opposition leader to talk 'peace' ahead of Trump summit (NYT)China turning Cold War jets into budget Taiwan strike drones (Asia Times)On Taiwan, Trump reimagines strategic ambiguity to suit his own ends (SCMP)China cashes in on Taiwan’s Mideast evacuation fumble (Asia Times)Taiwan debates military spending as choices over US and China loom (NYT)Hongkong
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)Jimmy Lai severely sentenced despite Trump calling for his release (Asia Times)Hong Kongs once-vibrant press stays silent or celebrates Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence (The Guardian)Nathan Law: Jimmy Lai's sentencing tells me this: democracy is dead in Hong Kong, and I escaped just in time (The Guardian)Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences (The Guardian)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
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)China detains respected Tibetan educator Dorje Tenzin, closes his school (Bitter Winter)China releases latest findings from second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition (Xinhua)Xinjiang
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)A tale of two hostage-takings: Maduro and the Uyghurs (Bitter Winter)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)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
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? ($SCMP)Group of dogs that went missing in China go viral after walking 17km home (The GuardianChinese university tells students to 'fall in love' during spring break (Reuters)Chinese national charged for trying to smuggle 2,000 ants from Kenya (BBC)Beijing pastry shop overrun by shoppers after Xi Jinping's visit (The Guardian)Draco Malfoy becomes unlikely Lunar New Year mascot in China (BBC)How UK plush toy Jellycat conquered China (BBC)China probes museum art theft claims that 'make the Louvre thieves look dumb' ($SCMP)
