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Asia without America, part 1: The cupboards are bare (Asia Times)The silent reordering: How China builds while America shouts (Pascal's Substack)Xi goes to Moscow, Wang Yi gives readout on Sino-Russian ties (Coffee in the Desert)What role for China in Ukraine? (Project Syndicate)China and Russia pledge to deepen ties as they criticise US on Victory Day (The Guardian)Trump failing to grasp China's long-game trade war tactics (Asia Times)Can the SCO mediate the India-Pakistan conflict? (Coffee in the Desert)Xi Jinping's Moscow visit highlights China's strategic vulnerabilities (Brookings)Xi holds talks with Putin (Xinhua)Xi starts state visit to Russia, calls to safeguard post-war order (Global Times)Economie - Nationaal
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)China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war (NYT)Number of private enterprises in China tops 57M by March (Xinhua)Rollen omgedraaid: China grootste handelspartner voor veel landen, niet de VS ($de Volkskrant)China says its own consumers will save the day. But they're not buying (NYT)Economie - Internationaal
World’s seven wealthiest countries agree to counter China’s trade practices (The Guardian, agencies)Nissan says it could share global plants with Chinese state firm (BBC)China, Colombia sign cooperation plan on BRI (Xinhua)Latin America wary of US trade backlash as it builds relations with China ($FT)China to continue efforts in joining CPTPP amid global trade challenges (Xinhua)India worried about Chinese 'dumping' as trade tensions with Trump escalate (BCC)Guangzhou launches direct shipping route to South America (Ecns.cn)Harming Iran's oil exports to China is 'dramatic blow' (JNS)Trump's trade war with China could be good for India. But is it ready? (NYT)Xi says China to join neighboring countries for Asia's modernization (Xinhua)Internationale Relaties
Wang Yi: China wants Pakistan and India to settle differences through dialogue (chinadaily.com.cn)China fully respects Denmark's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Greenland (Xinhua)Is China the winner in the India-Pakistan conflict? (BBC)China's name war in Indian Arunachal Pradesh continues (Bitter Winter)Under Chinese pressure, Malaysia arrested 76 Falun Gong practitioners (Bitter Winter)China's strategic pivot paying off in South Caucasus (Asia Times)India rejects China's latest renaming of places in Arunachal border state (Reuters)China to extend visa-free policy to nationals from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay (Xinhua)Russia-China ties not as healthy as Putin is making out (Asia Times)India blocks X accounts of Chinese state media over coverage of Kashmir crisis (The Guardian)China - Verenigde Staten
The end of extended deterrence in Asia? (Foreign Affairs)China urges US to abandon 'Golden Dome' for global strategic stability (Xinhua)Translating Chinese perspectives on Trump's Middle East travel (Coffee in the Desert)China reacts to Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile shield (Newsweek)China is opening a new front in its supply chain war, restricting exports of rare earth elements and magnets ($The Washington Post)US chip export controls are a 'failure' because they spur Chinese development, Nvidia boss says (The Guardian)China urges US to stop politicizing COVID-19 origins tracing (Xinhua)US brain drain handing the global talent war to China (Asia Times)American AI chipmakers’ eyes are on Saudi Arabia now, not China (Asia Times)US narrative on opioids must change to gain full China support (SCMP)China - Europa
China opposes unjustified European sanctions against Chinese companies (Xinhua)Chinese foreign ministry official on 50 years of China-EU relations (Yuzhe He)Trump tariffs could lead to surge of cheap Chinese vapes in UK, experts say (The Guardian)Brusselse heffingen op Chinese e-auto lijken averechts uit te pakken, Chinezen sturen nu benzineauto's ($de Volkskrant)Europe repositioning between US and China in new global order (Asia Times)UK should not fear trade with China – but it needs to keep risks in check (The Guardian)TikTok fined €530m by Irish regulator for failing to guarantee China would not access user data (The Guardian)What will the change of government in Berlin mean for China policy? (Noah Barkin)Watching China in Europe - May 2025 (GMF)China lifts sanctions on EU lawmakers amid transatlantic strains caused by Trump ($SCMP)China - Nederland
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp to visit China (gov.cn)Chinese vice president meets Royal Philips CEO (Xinhua)Missing Chinese student in Amsterdam confirmed dead (Shine)Chinese student missing in the Netherlands for over 2 weeks (Shine)Na verkoop havens rond Panamakanaal vertrekt Hongkongs bedrijf ook uit Rotterdam ($de Volkskrant)China, Netherlands pledge to build open world economy, strengthen green development cooperation (Xinhua)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)Politiek
War by other means: Could diplomacy have changed the course of postwar Chinese history? (Inside Story)What I learned in China: obedience gets you nowhere ($NYT)CCP’s top ideologist Wang Huning on religion: Enforce 'Rule of Law on Religious Work' (Biter Winter)Christian media mobilized for CCP propaganda (Bitter Winter)Communist Youth League of China has about 75.32 million members (Xinhua)'Why would he take such a risk?' How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor (The Guardian)Steeling China for a fight, Xi faces his biggest test since Covid (NYT)Why a recent campaign mobilizing 100 million Party members deserves special attention? (Beijing Scroll)Top Chinese military official close to Xi rumored to have been arrested (Newsweek)Clap de fin (Le Vent de la Chine)Maatschappij
In Taiwan and China, young people turn to AI chatbots for 'cheaper, easier' therapy (The Guardian)Chinese universities launch weight management programs to address expanding waistlines (Xinhua)Shi Xuemin dies at 86: CCP celebrates his 'secularization' of acupuncture (Bitter Winter)China executes 3 convicted of sex crimes against minors (Xinhua)The white paper on national security: propaganda, threats, and promises to fight 'religious extremism' (Bitter Winter)Marriage reforms making it easier to tie the knot (China Daily)Chinese nationalism surges across social media as viral video mocks downed Indian jets ($SCMP)Is China the future? (Inside Story)Sinicization of Chinese Buddhism: What does it mean? (Bitter Winter)Sinicization of Chinese Buddhism: What does it mean? (Bitter Winter)Militaire zaken
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)Pakistan's use of J-10C jets and missiles exposes potency of Chinese weaponry (The Guardian)Xi can't trust his own military (NYT)Under the nuclear shadow: China's deterrence playbook (ChinaTalk)What's behind China's anti-corruption crackdown targeting top military brass? ($SCMP)First-ever joint air force drills between Egypt and China (Al-Monitor)PLA ambitions and Xi's ideology (Appia Institute)Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia captured in Ukraine: Zelensky (Newsweek)China's military gamble? (Appia Institute)Cultuur
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 $1bn in days (BBC)China's best music of 2024 (ChinaTalk)Cultural 'seed bank' explores richness of Chinese civilization (China Daily)China's passion for the piano fades as Beijing strikes somber tone ($Nikkei)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
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)CATL sets new industry standard with release of five ultra-long-range, supercharging battery models ($Trivium)Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: 'embodied AI' is reshaping daily life in China (The Guardian)Scientists find new method to extend lifespan of lithium-ion batteries (XinhuaSome troubled science reporting at South China Morning Post (Pekingnology)Cutting-edge breakthroughs drive medical innovation (China Daily)Milieu
Ground temperatures in some N.China regions soar above 70 C (Global Times)Millions told to stay indoors as China braces for strong winds (BBC)Chinese economist calls for bold action to fill climate leadership vacuum (SCMP)UK energy secretary Ed Miliband: The global battle against the climate crisis needs China (The Guardian)'All the birds returned': How China led the way in water and soil conservation (The Guardian)China pledges global cooperation to address climate change (Xinhua)How China-Russia can seize the climate action lead (Asia Times)China is not the West's environmental ally ($The Spectator)Clean energy contributed 10% to China's GDP in 2024, analysis shows (The Guardian)China's coal power habit undercuts 'unprecedented pace' of clean energy (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 ($SCMP)Tibet earthquake: at least 53 dead as strong quake strikes near holy Shigatse city (The Guardian)Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15 (AP)WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on (AFP)Blast rocks residential building in southern China (Reuters)Schandalen
‘When power can define madness’: China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics (The Guardian)No booze, no flowers: Chinese officials told to tighten their belts ($The Washington Post)'You start to go crazy': The Australian who survived five years in a Chinese prison (BBC)71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner tortured to death in Chongqing (Bitter Winter)China announces senior doctor investigation (chinadaily.com.cn)Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma implicated in intimidation campaign by Chinese regime (The Guardian)76-year-old Falun Gong practitioner dies in jail (Bitter Winter)China investigates 'princeling' amid crackdown on finance industry (FT)‘The boat owners treat us as slaves’: crews report abuse and death on long-haul vessels (The Guardian)China to maintain high pressure on corruption fugitives (Xinhua)Sport
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)Global trail runners gather in China's Zhangjiajie for epic race (Xinhua)Taiwan
The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip (Foreign Affairs)Taiwan president calls for peace and dialogue with China amid heightened military activity (The Guardian)Decoding UNGA resolution 2758 and Taiwan's status under international law (Beijing Scroll)Ma Ying-jeou urges return to cross-Strait dialogue on 'Peace Journey' anniversary (Pekingnology)US general details China military plans to defeat US in Taiwan war (Newsweek)China's invasion barges play military mind games with Taiwan (Asia Times)The risk of war in the Taiwan Strait is high - and getting higher (Foreign Affairs)Can the US and Taiwan advance a shared vision? (Brookings)Taiwan ex-president Tsai Ing-wen to visit UK as China ratchets up threats against Taipei (Reuters)Taiwan faces similar threat to Europe in 1930s, president says (The Guardian)Hongkong
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)Rights groups condemn arrest of Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok's father and brother (The Guardian)Hong Kong frees four pro-democracy lawmakers after completing jail terms (BBC)Hong Kong suspends postal service to the US after Trump's tariff hikes (CNN)Hong Kong defends its immigration procedures after British MP was denied entry (AP)Outcry after British MP refused entry to Hong Kong (The Guardian, agencies)'All Is well in Hong Kong,' says Sydney's 'Law Society Journal' 2. Misrepresenting 'colonial Hong Kong' (Bitter Winter)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
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)US restricts Chinese officials' visas over access to Tibetan areas (Reuters)White paper highlights human rights progress in Xizang (Xinhua)Xinjiang
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)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)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
'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)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)
