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Moscow has little or no incentive to stop its war in Ukraine, nor may Beijing (Appia Institute)Five things at the top of China's agenda for 2025 (Asia Times)Arab states urge China to 'take greater role' in promoting Middle East peace (SCMP)US, China, Russia gearing up for space wars to come (Asia Times)Russia and China stage nuclear bomber exercise in Sea of Japan (Newsweek)Admiral warns Russia will help China cut US naval dominance: here's how (Newsweek)The true aims of China's nuclear buildup (Foreign Affairs)World leaders seek stability with China as Biden exits the stage ($NYT)Xi says China's position and actions on Ukraine issue always fair and square (Xinhua)A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one (The Guardian)Economie - Nationaal
China corporate profits set for third year of declines (FT)Is China's five percent GDP growth credible? (Yicai)China's new technology achieves ‘unprecedented’ rare earth production speed (SCMP)Time for caution is over: China needs drastic action to spark demand (SCMP)China bets on kitchen appliances to boost economy (BBC)Xi Jinping muzzles Chinese economist who dared to doubt GDP numbers (WSJ)China to expand scope of consumer goods trade-in program (Xinhua)China expands consumer subsidies to boost spending as tariff risk looms (Dow Jones)China's lithium reserves jump to 2nd in the world (Xinhua)China's civil servants to get long-delayed pay rise, but will it boost economy? ($SCMP)Economie - Internationaal
China hails trade, investment achievements of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at three-year mark (Xinhua)China's zero-inflation troubles getting harder to ignore (Asia Times)Growing gold reserves highlight China's resilience against external risks (Global Times)Chinese electric model tops Israel's car sales in 2024 (Xinhua)How to invest in a much-changed China (FT)China steps up drive to break Boeing and Airbus grip on plane market (FT)Chinese carmaker BYD fires subcontractor building Brazil EV factory after forced labour claims (FT)Surge in textile imports drives up North Korea-China trade in November (NK News)Not just waiting around for higher tariffs, China looks to BRICS, speciaal Brazilie (Asia Times)Stale narrative of 'Chinese debt trap' hard for the West to rehash (Global Times editorial)Internationale Relaties
China advances territorial claim against US ally S.Korea (Newsweek)Grenada has benefited greatly from ties with China, prime minister says (Reuters)Could South Korea's political strife bring it closer to China? (SCMP)China to boost traditional Chinese medicine promotion worldwide (China Daily)Chinese Embassy in Myanmar urges citizens to be vigilant against telecom fraud and 'high-paying overseas job offers' (Global Times)Chinese patents reveal aim to cut undersea cables (Newsweek)What’s behind Egypt and China's 'golden decade' of partnership (Atlantic Council)China takes aim at Philippine democracy (Project Syndicate)'Dam over Brahmaputra won't impact water flows to India': China after New Delhi registers protest (Times of India)China congratulates Indonesia on becoming full member of BRICS (Xinhua)China - Verenigde Staten
Di Dongsheng on winning China's 'economic war' against the West (Sinification)R. Nicholas Burns, US ambassador to China, reflects from Beijing (ChinaTalk)US Pacific airfields highly vulnerable to China's preemptive attack (Asia Times)How Trump can break China's tightening grip on Central Asia (Asia Times)Why China's Ice Silk Road has Trump up in Arctic arms (Asia Times)Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India (Reuters)Chinese trade surplus soars to US$1 trillion on pre-Trump exports (The Business Times)Trump wants the Panama Canal. Just empty talk, or a real threat for Hong Kong? ($SCMP)The US is upset China wants to be self-reliant in producing chips ($SCMP)New York's Chinese dissidents thought he was an ally. He was a spy (NYT)China - Europa
Watching China in Europe - January 2025 (GMF)How friendly will Europe's right wing be to Trump on China? It’s complicated ($SCMP)Sweden says China denied request for prosecutors to board ship linked to severed cables (The Guardian)Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip (The Guardian)Video: Four reasons why the relationship between the UK and China is strained (BBC)United Front: China's 'magic weapon' caught in a spy controversy (BBC)China firmly opposes EU adding Chinese individuals, entities on sanctions list against Russia (Xinhua)China responds to EU sanctions over Ukraine war support to Russia (Newsweek)What does the China 'spy' row show? That Starmer can't just muddle through on foreign policy (The Guardian)La sfida cinese per l’Europa, e quella italiana per Meloni (Formiche)China - Nederland
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)Remarks Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands on the Xizang separatist's visit to the Netherlands (nl.china-embassy.gov.cn)When US comes calling the Dutch: shame if anything happened to AMSL (SCMP)ASML-baas hekelt Amerikaanse druk: Bidens exportverboden zijn 'economisch gemotiveerd' (de Volkskrant)China threatens chip war retaliation against Dutch, Japanese (Asia Times)Zes jaar cel voor Nederlands-Chinese zakenman Yang Bin, die grachtenpanden, molens en station Amsterdam Centraal nabootste (NRC)Why Trump or Harris might sell out to China (Asia Times)Politiek
Les bons voeux de Xi Jinping (Le Vent de la Chine Editorial)What Xi believes (ChinaTalk)Chinese Communist Party's grip on power is increasingly insecure (The Conversation, Asia Times)A filmmaker made a documentary about protests in China. Now he's sentenced to more than 3 years in prison (CNN)'I was very lucky': activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China (The Guardian)Beijing's headwinds and tailwinds (China in Eurasia)'On Xi Jinping': why Kevin Rudd's new book matters (Bitter Winter)Xi: Comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization (SInocism)Xinhua Headlines: Top 10 China news events of 2024 (Xinhua)Xi's anti-corruption warning at politburo's democratic life meeting (Tracking People's Daily)Maatschappij
The truth behind your £10 dress: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's success (BBC)China's economy faces disaster as population ages (Newsweek)Violent protests in China after student falls to his death (BBC)New update on brother Chang Hao: out of jail, but under heavy surveillance (Bitter Winter)Toezicht ($De Groene Amsterdammer)Geen partner? In China helpt de overheid er een te vinden ($de Volkskrant)In Shanghai, brain implants turn thought into speech and movement (Sixth Tone)China rolls out plan to tackle growing issue of dementia (Reuters)The man making a business out of China's burnout generation (The Guardian)What is human metapneumovirus, are cases surging in China, and should we be worried? (The Guardian)Militaire zaken
What will China do with its newfound military power? (Newsweek)What will China do with its newfound military power? (Newsweek)What wWill China do with its newfound military power? (Newsweek)US vs. Chinese cruisers: China is building its top surface warship at breakneck speed, and it's a match for its US rival (Business Insider)Serbia deploys FK-3 air defense system, 'flagship export product from China' (Global Times)Chinese military's range in West Pacific expands with new early warning aircraft ($SCMP)Video: A look back at 10 unskippable moments of China military in 2024 (China Military Online)China ousts two military lawmakers as Xi's defense purge widens (Bloomberg)The People's Liberation Army in 2024 (The PLA Bulletin)Dual-capable missiles could give China an edge in nuclear war against US (Newsweek)Cultuur
China's best music of 2024 (ChinaTalk)Cultural 'seed bank' explores richness of Chinese civilization (China Daily)China's passion for the piano fades as Beijing strikes somber tone ($Nikkei)Your culture’s no good here ($Trivium China)Xi's speech at literature, art symposium to be published (Xinhua)Man smashes Ai Weiwei's porcelain sculpture at Italian museum (NYT)Stamped postcards unveiled to celebrate 50 years of discovery of Terracotta Warriors (Ecns.cn)Les débuts de la « saga » chinoise du Puy du Fou, le plus grand spectacle immersif au monde (Le Vent de la Chine)'Emotional power': China's Covid wounds reopened in tense, divisive 'An Unfinished Film' (SCMP)Jia Zhangke's latest film: Caught by the Tides review – two-decade relationship tells story of China's epic transformation (The Guardian)Wetenschap en Onderwijs
Beijing doctors accomplish world’s first ultra-long-distance surgery on a patient in Xizang/Tibet (Global Times)BGI's Mei Yonghong on China's past, present, & future in science & technology (The East is Red)It was East Asia: Chinese scientist challenges 'out of Africa' theory of human evolution ($SCMP)China's international patent applications rank no 1 worldwide (AFD China)China to help train over 1,300 people from abroad in traditional Chinese medicine (Xinhua)China to start building igloos on the Moon as they race to establish new civilisation (Irish Star)Is a popular Chinese herbal medicine for brain bleeds useless? Here's what one study says ($SCMP)India surpasses China as top source of international students in the US, first time in 15 years (The Economic Times)China's job market braces for record number of fresh graduates next year (SCMP)How Xi Jinping's tutoring school ban backfired ($Nikkei)Milieu
China sees warmest year on record in 2024 (Xinhua)'We need to be prepared': China adapts to era of extreme flooding (The Guardian)Technology sows seeds of hope in combating desertification (Xinhua)Peking predicting petroleum peak ($Trivium)China's mega water diversion project benefits over 185 million people (Xinhua)Warming climate threatens Chinese farmers' livelihoods (Caixin)Integrating China into global sustainable development (The US-China Perception Monitor)Will China pay up to take the climate change lead? (Asia Times)Warming climate threatens Chinese farmers' livelihoods ($Caixin)China's largest desert fully encircled with green belt (Xinhua)Rampen en ongelukken
Earthquake strikes Tibet region; 95 dead, more than 100 injured, reports say ($SCMP)Tibet earthquake: at least 53 dead as strong quake strikes near holy Shigatse city (The Guardian)Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15 (AP)WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on (AFP)Blast rocks residential building in southern China (Reuters)Zhuhai car attack: senior heads roll in south China city where dozens died ($SCMP)Ground collapse leaves 13 workers missing in southern China (Xinhua)Car driven into crowd outside China primary school (BBC)South China car attack suspect still in a coma, Zhuhai authorities say (SCMP)Eight killed and 17 injured after stabbing incident in China (Reuters)Schandalen
How a viral post saved a Chinese actor from Myanmar's scam centres (BCC)Chinese actor Wang Xing says fraud gang trafficked him to Myanmar scam compound ($SCMP)China's top procuratorate orders arrest of former senior political adviser (Xinhua)Former chairman of China Everbright Group handed 12-year sentence for embezzlement, bribery (Xinhua)Chinese companies apologise for 'shrunken' sanitary pads (BBC)China defence minister Dong Jun under investigation for corruption, FT reports (Reuters)Former head of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration prosecuted (Xinhua)South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts to China or Vietnam, says charity (The Guardian)Cheng Peiming: Organ harvesting survivor slandered in China and threatened in the US (Bitter Winter)Leading human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike in Chinese prison, family says (The Guardian)Sport
41 Chinese chess individuals penalized for cheating (Xinhua)Table tennis will not be the same without three Chinese superstars ($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)Match-fixing in Chinese football rampant during Covid, ‘there was no escaping it’ player says (SCMP)China's new improbable football stars (BBC)Chinese FA bans 38 players for life in corruption crackdown (Reuters, The Guardian)Taiwan
China building monster barges to overrun Taiwan's shores (Asia Times)Foreign, Taiwan island media hype on alleged Chinese mainland construction of landing barges: expert (Global Times)The man who tasked himself with bringing the dead from Taiwan back to mainland China (Xinhua)The maps that show how China's military is squeezing Taiwan (The Guardian)Taiwan investigating Chinese vessel over damage to undersea cable (The Guardian)Will China invade Taiwan in 2025? (Newsweek)Will China invade Taiwan in 2025? (Newsweek)Note from Taiwan: the players on the eve of destruction (Asia Times)China issues chilling four-word warning to the world as Taiwan tensions skyrocket (Daily Espress US)A China-Taiwan war would start an economic crisis. America isn't ready (NYT)Hongkong
Shiu Ka-chun, advocate for Hong Kong prisoners, is dead at 55 (NYT)Hong Kong's cabbies, long scorned and frustrated, face the end of an era (NYT)Activists’ trial leaves a stain on Hong Kong. It can’t be business as usual (The Washington Post editorial)Relevant countries need to stop emboldening anti-China rioters in Hong Kong: FM spokesperson (Xinhua)Hong Kong police issue bounties for six more overseas activists (AFP)Xi Jinping pledges full support for Hong Kong’s John Lee to reform economy ($SCMP)Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene (The Guardian)Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory (BBC)China's crackdown on Hong Kong is a test for Trump ($The Washington Post)China rips countries' intrusion in HK trial (China Daily)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 ($SCMP)Sam Hou Fai elected chief executive-designate of Macau (Reuters)Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage (FT)No horse racing, please, we're Chinese: the end of a venerable tradition in Macau (Bitter Winter)Hong-Kong-style National Security Law comes to Macau (Bitter Winter) Tibet
Earthquake in Tibet: the wrong condolences (Bitter Winter)How China is erasing Tibetan culture, one child at a time (NYT)Winter school break: China prevents Tibetan children from studying Tibetan language (Bitter Winter)Tibet earthquake: rescuers search for survivors after powerful quake kills 126 (The Guardian, Reuters, AFP)China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet (BBC)China approves construction of hydropower project in lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River (Xinhua)In Dharamshala, nonviolent Tibetan leaders grapple with Chinese occupation, Gaza war (The Times of Israel)A dam ignited rare Tibetan protests. They ended in beatings and arrests, BBC finds (BBC)Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word (The Guardian)Tibet, Sera monastery monk persecuted to death in detention (BItter Winter)Xinjiang
Uyghur fighters in Syria: A Uyghur view (Bitter Winter)China's Xinjiang completes world's longest expressway tunnel through challenging mountains (Xinhua)Three years after the Uyghur tribunal verdict: where do we go from there (Bitter Winter)China warns Syria over Uyghur fighters who vowed to free East Turkestan (Regtechtimes)Is Turkestan Islamic Party a foreign proxy force to destabilise Xinjiang? (SCMP)China urges 'stability' in Syria as victorious Uyghur rebels threaten Xi (Newsweek)Xinjiang Cotton Association rejects Uniqlo's claim of forced labor, urges respect and trust (Xinhua)What the BBC hypes up is not tomatoes, but lies and division (Global Times editorial)Japan and the Uyghur fish connection ($Nikkei)China's Xinjiang seeks new alliances with Pakistan and Central Asia to counter US sanctions (SCMP)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
The $6.2 million banana: on art, bitcoins, and Chinese Communist capitalism (Bitter Winter)China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings (BBC)Video: Two tonnes of live snakes seized by customs in China (Viralpress)China's censors are letting rapper Ye perform there. His fans are amazed (NYT)Warm fronts to Y-fronts: Chinese city hit by underwear storm (The Guardian)Beijing launches drone delivery service on the Great Wall (Xinhua)Chinese university to train students on marriage services (Xinhua)China's urban pets forecast to outnumber toddlers this year ($FT)Lucky phone numbers and wedding dates to dining don'ts, Chinese numerology superstitions (SCMP)Man caught smuggling 100 snakes in his trousers (BBC)
