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A war of chance: rattle those sabers enough and you might accidentally shake something loose (The US-China Perception Monitor)The West's last chance: How to build a new global order before it's too late (Foreign Affairs)China's peace pieces for Ukraine (Appia Institute)Why Xinjiang casts a long shadow over China and Syria’s efforts to build better relations ($SCMP)China-funded infrastructure projects completed in West Bank (Xinhua)America’s toothless sanctions on Russian oil: as long as Beijing keeps buying, Moscow won’t feel the pain ($Foreign Afairs)New NATO allies' arctic laser base will counter Russia and China (Newsweek)China's act of war against PM Takaichi and Japan (Asia Times)How should Trump approach China? A debate (NYT)Economie - Nationaal
China hopes AI can fix its consumer demand problem (Asia Times)China's rural reform: a history not designed but discovered (Pekingnology)China completes world's largest-span steel arch bridge (Ecns)China's extended property slump was always expected ($SCMP)China names 'hotspot' sectors in 19-point plan to spur consumption (SCMP)China releases action plan to further boost consumption (Xinhua)China's strategy of industrial abundance: an imperial banquet, not molecular gastronomy (Sinification)Will AI kill the middle class? ($SCMP)What's deiving China’s 15th Five-Year Plan? (YCai)China looks strong. Life here tells a different story (NYT)Economie - Internationaal
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home (Reuters)Russia's Eastern pivot: the geopolitical stakes of Asia's oil appetite (Think BRICS)China will deepen energy cooperation with Russia: vice premier (Xinhua)The Global South and China's mineral power (Coffee in the Desert)China's top economist Jian Lian, reveals BRICS' de-dollarization plan (Think BRICS)Dutch retreat on China's Nexperia signals faster chip decoupling (Asia Times)North Korean trade with China slumps to $227M in October as exports bottom out ($NK News)Global markets fall after tech sell-off and fears over Chinese economy (The Guardian)Why factories will keep looking for alternatives to China (NYT)Tang Xiaoyang: Stitch Africa's fragmented supply chains with Chinese Capacity (Pekingnology)Internationale Relaties
China's social credit system being forced on the world (Gatestone Institute)Japan, China continue to spar at UN over Takaichi remarks on Taiwan (Al Jazeera)Foreign aid with Chinese characteristics (Foreign Affairs)Do 'China Hands' truly understand China? (Xinhua)China's 'pop-up' consulates aren't about passports (Probe International)Is Canon's factory closure tied to strains in China-Japan ties? (Asia Times)China unlikely to aid Maduro if US acts, but could benefit from fallout: analysts ($SCMP)Japan's Sanae Takaichi moves to ease weeks of tensions with China over the Taiwan Strait (SCMP)China, Russia conduct strategic alignment on issues related to Japan (Global Times)Japan's letter to UN chief 'full of erroneous views, hypocritical lies' (Xinhua)China - Verenigde Staten
Nvidia's Jensen Huang warns of China's AI 'belt and road' ambitions (Nikkei Asia)China's poverty victory and America's poverty shame (Asia Times)Congress could hand Beijing a win as China investment crackdown falters (Daily Caller)China opposes external forces interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs under any pretext (Xinhua)US airfields increasingly exposed to a Chinese missile attack (Asia Times)US prepares front-line air base for Chinese missile attack (Newsweek)China issues first batch of streamlined rare earth export licences, source says (Reuters)Get ready, America: here come China's food and drink chains (NYT)Kenya between Washington and Beijing (Global GeoPolitics)China opposes external interference in Venezuela's internal affairs under any pretext: ministry (People's Daily)China - Europa
Xi woos Macron with sightseeing trip, but little in the way of deals (Reuters)Macron urges Xi to help end war in Ukraine (NYT)Why are Europe still expanding their investments in China? (Think BRICS)Xi Jinping urges Emmanuel Macron to 'firmly stand on the right side of history' ($SCMP)UK government delays decision on China's super-embassy until January (The Guardian)Watching China in Europe - December 2025 (GMF)Where is Europe in the fight for rare earths? (Euroactiv)EU wide open to China’s rare earths blackmail (Asia Times)Europe at a crossroads with China trade (Asia Times)To avoid crushing change, Europe must take control of its destiny ($The Economist)China - Nederland
Nederlands-Chinese conflict over Nexperia loopt verder op: China spreekt van 'samenzwering' ($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' ($de Volkskrant) China bevestigt versoepeling exportverbod voor chipmaker Nexperia ($de Volkskrant)China resumes some chip exports, easing fears of a global crunch (NYT)Nexperia crisis: Beijing agrees to talks with Dutch officials in ChinaNexperia fallout: Dutch-Chinese chip debacle reignites EU debate over foreign investments (SCMP)China urges Netherlands to work toward constructive solution to Nexperia issue (Xinhua)Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production (The Guardian)Politiek
China's new residential surveillance rules: reform or consolidation of an abusive system? (Bitter Winter)Roses are red, loyalty is too: How China weaponizes love (Bitter Winter)The vanishing craft of journalism in China (Pekingnology)*** Podcast: Where is China heading? Neil Thomas unpacks the view of the world from Xi Jinping's vantage point (Tracking People's Daily)Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu (The Guardian)How the fight for a Chinese bookstore's future heightened concerns over cultural squeeze ($SCMP)'Three closures in a row': Applauding the Party becomes mandatory in China (Bitter Winter)A tough job to keep: On the fates of China's international relations ministers (The US-China Perception Monitor)China to loosen chip export ban to Europe after Netherlands row (BBC)How vulnerable is China? ($Project Syndicate)Maatschappij
Dcumentary - How to find a date in a country with over 30 million extra men (NYT)The dual face of 'freedom of belief' in China: Constitutional promises and real-world persecution (Bitter Winter)China is struggling to reverseits birth rate crisis, researchers say (Newsweek)Chinese residents' average life expectancy reaches 79.0 yearsChina's reported marriage surge: a turning point or a mirage of reform? (Bitter Winter)Inequality with Chinese characteristics: how to atomize a nation without firing a shot (Bitter Winter)A long journey of battling against AIDS in China (Xinhua)Explainer: How China aims to reach 80-year average life expectancy by 2030 (Xinhua)What do Chinese people really think about China? (The US-China Perception Monitor)State Council pushes for health insurance fund efficiency (Trivium China)Militaire zaken
China issues statement on nuclear weapons tests (Newsweek)How China's growing nuclear strength is keeping Russia in check (Newsweek)China, Russia agree to deepen military cooperation (chinadaily.com.cn)Je fiets op slot zetten in China? Onzin, klinkt het. Toch schuurt die zogenaamde 'veiligheid' ($de Volkskrant)Chinese Navy makes historic visit to Latin America amid military tensions (Newsweek)China teases new stealth drone in video (Newsweek)Days after Fujian launch, images suggest China is building first nuclear-powered carrier (SCMP)Xi's military purges show unease about China's nuclear forces (NYT)China's latest aircraft carrier enters fleet as naval competition with the US heats up (CNN)China reacts to Trump's nuclear weapons tests order (Newsweek)Cultuur
China's cultural advantage in the AI Age (Asia Times)Al jaar vast voor 'beledigend' kunstwerk (Amnesty International)Was Venice's winged lion made in China and delivered by Marco Polo's family? ($SCMP)Xi projects power at military parade with Putin and Kim (Reuters)An artist on the run, an exhibition censored: How China tried to silence a Thai art show (BBC)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)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
Millions in China cram for civil service exam and the hope of a job for life (The Guardian)How China achieved innovation without freedom (Project Syndicate)China launches international program for fusion energy research (chinadaily.com.cn)China launches international program to advance 'artificial sun' research (Xinhua)Zixuan Li on the Chinese AI ecosystem (ChinaTalk)China to have 12.7 million new college graduates next year (chinadaily.com.cn)Stranded Chinese astronauts return home from space station mission ($SCMP)How China is closing tech gap on the West; rare earth mineral find: SCMP daily highlights (SCMP)The myth of China's 'AI talent pipeline' (ChinaTalk)Nothing is given: China's open-source AI tsunami (Asia Times)Milieu
China expands green belt around its largest desert (Xinhua)China makes huge nuclear leap in world first for clean energy (Newsweek)China doesn't want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns (The Guardian)China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals (The Guardian)A flood of green tech from China is upending global climate politics (NYT)China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds (The Guardian)When Beijing makes a climate pledge, the world should listen (Asia Times)'A life of captivity': Canada refuses marine park's request to export its whales to China (The Guardian)China is the adult in the room on climate now (NYT)China for first time promises to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (NYT)Rampen en ongelukken
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)At least 60 dead in north China following extreme rain, authorities say (Reuters)After the flood: Beijing residents left to count the cost with little state support (The Guardian)Firefighters trek uphill to aid stranded residents in Beijing after heavy rains (Ecns.cn)Schandalen
PRC-linked Spamouflage works to spread antisemitic disinformation (Asia Times)China cracks down on financial corruption with harsh penalties (chinadaily.com.cn) The rot eating at China’s war machine (Asia Times)Deadly boat accident cover-up reveals corruption in China's fishing industry ($SCMP)Tourism as treason: Pastor Sun Chenghao sentenced to four and a half years for a trip (Bitter Winter)China extradites online gambling, fraud criminal from Thailand (Xinhua)Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion to be sentenced over £5bn Bitcoin stash (BBC)Cuba arrests alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped custody in Mexico (AFP)China’s No 2 general He Weidong expelled from the Communist Party (SCMP)Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring from the UK to China in UK's 'largest' phone theft crackdown (PA Media)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
Taiwan's opposition leader, once for independence, turns toward China (NYT)'Seeking the Koko' Ta'ay' - Taiwan's little people, big questions (Bitter Winter)Taiwan cheered, China upset after Trump signs new Taiwan legislation into law (Reuters)Taiwan cheered, China upset after Trump signs new Taiwan legislation into law (Reuters)Japan has changed how the world must think about Taiwan (NYT)The naked king of Taiwan (Appia Institute)Holger Chen's Shanghai sojourn: a Taiwanese influencer under influence (Bitter Winter) China urges Japan to give honest, accurate, complete clarification of so-called 'consistent position' on Taiwan (Xinhua)China warns foreign interference in Taiwan will be 'crushed' (Al Jazeera)Taiwan plans extra $40bn in defence spending to counter China's 'intensifying' threats (The Guardian)Hongkong
Hong Kong warns 'external forces' working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159 (The Guardian)300 Hong Kong buildings must remove scaffolding mesh by Saturday ($SCMP)Family alarmed over Jimmy Lai's deteriorating health as he languishes in solitary confinement in Hong Kong (AFP)Substandard netting found to have been used on Hong Kong blaze buildings; death toll at 151 (SCMP)Anger simmers over Hong Kong deadly blaze as Beijing warns against 'disruption' (Reuters)Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 146 (SCMP)Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against 'anti-China disruptors' (Reuters)3-day mourning begins in Hong Kong, 7 Indonesian helpers among 128 dead (SCMP)Hong Kong fire death toll hits 128, status of 200 unclear; ICAC arrests 6 more (SCMP)What we know about the Hong Kong apartment fires (BBC)Macau
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 ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)No horse racing, please, we're Chinese: the end of a venerable tradition in Macau (Bitter Winter)Tibet
China releases latest findings from second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition (Xinhua)Silencing pro-Tibet activists abroad: China's transnational repression (Bitter Winter)Choosing the next Dalai Lama is surprisingly dangerous ($The Washington Post)Why China built 162 square miles of solar panels on the world's highest plateau, in Tibet (NYT)'She didn't realise how dangerous it was': London-bound student held in China over Tibet support (The Guardian)Outdoor clothing brand Arc'teryx apologises for fireworks display in Tibet (BBC)Tsang monastery: One Tibetan monk arrested, A leader commits suicide (Bitter Winter)A voice silenced: Tibetan Head Lama dies in Chinese custody (Bitter Winter)Xi touts unity and development in surprise Tibet visit (BBC)Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president (Reuters)Xinjiang
How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison (The Guardian)Kazakhstan's detention of Xinjiang witnesses: Beijing's long arm reaches across the border (Bitter Winter)300 million tourists just visited China's stunning Xinjiang region. There's a side they didn't see (BBC)'Stop dealing with thieves. America must recognize the Uyghurs' stake in rare earths' (Bitter Winter)Silk Roads and surveillance: How aid became a tool of control in Xinjiang (Bitter Winter)Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi and the fight against the East Turkestan genocide: A Uyghur view (Bitter Winter)'They told me not to speak out': the Uyghur woman who took on China – and won her husband's freedom (The Guardian)From Istanbul to East Turkistan: Nuh Theatre gives voice to silenced people (Bitter Winter)What makes the Xinjiang-Tibet mega railway China's 'project of the century'? ($SCMP)'Xinjiang is a wonderful land': China's new White Paper recasts control as cultural progress (Bitter Winter)Binnen-Mongolie
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)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)Een lach en een traan
Want a wedding in a nightclub, a temple, a lake or a subway station? In China, you can (Reuters)Shanghai offers nighttime marriage registration at nightclub (City News Service)Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president (The Guardian)"I can touch the clouds': how it feels to cross the world's highest bridge, in S. China (The Guardian)Horror film digitally altered in China to make gay couple straight (The Guardian)A restaurant scandal sticks in China's throat (The Economist)US tennis player Townsend apologizes after mocking Chinese cuisine (Shanghai Daily)Chinese teens to pay $300,000 for urinating in soup (BBC)Kim Jong Un grins as Xi and Putin talk 'immortality' in hot mic moment (NK News)Local Chinese government's stimulus plan entices big spenders to dig in while dining out (SCMP)
