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10.06.16Pakistan Tensions Loom Over India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
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Pakistan may not be officially included in this year's round of talks between India and China, but it's certainly high up on the agenda.
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10.06.16Is the Growing Pessimism About China Warranted?
from Washington Quarterly
There are few more consequential questions in world affairs than China’s uncertain future trajectory. Assumptions of a reformist China integrated into the international community have given way in recent years to serious concerns about the nation’s...
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10.06.16China: A Life in Detention
from New York Review of Books
Every year in China, thousands of people suffer what the United Nations calls “arbitrary detention”: confinement in extra-legal facilities—including former government buildings, hotels, or mental hospitals—which are sometimes known as “black jails...
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10.05.16China’s Experiment in Djibouti
Diplomat
China’s role in Africa is changing from resource extractor to long-term strategic partner. Djibouti is a prime example
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10.05.16Taiwan President Tsai: Taiwan Won’t Succumb to China’s Pressure
WSJ: China Real Time Report
In an interview with WSJ, Ms.Tsai discussed her first four months in office
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10.05.16Thailand Bars Entry to Teenage HK Activist “at China’s Request”
Reuters
Joshua Wong was detained in Bangkok where he had been invited to speak at universities about Hong Kong's "Umbrella Movement"
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10.05.16U.S., China Said to Discuss Choking Off North Korean Energy
Bloomberg
Talks involve restrictions on coal, iron ore and crude oil
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10.05.16China’s Media Challenges Western Narratives of Africa
The Chinese media presence across Africa has expanded dramatically over the past ten years, as Beijing has built a vast distribution network for its newspaper, radio, and TV content. China’s flagship TV network, China Central Television (CCTV),...
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10.04.16How Does the American Election Look to Chinese?
During the first presidential debate on September 26, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump mentioned China a dozen times. They spoke about China and jobs, currency, exports, infrastructure, cyberhacking, nuclear non-proliferation, trade, and North Korea...
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10.04.16China’s Rising Threat to the U.S. Movie Industry
Politico
With firms like Dalian Wanda gaining influence in the U.S., would a war movie called South China Sea ever play in one of Wanda’s theaters?
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10.04.16How Donald Trump Ditched U.S. Steel Workers in Favor of China
Newsweek
Trump has been stiffing American steel workers on his own construction projects for years
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10.04.16Propaganda and Censorship Remain China’s Favored Tools of Control
South China Morning Post
Recent court rulings rapping people questioning the party-state’s tales about war heroes reflect leaders’ insecurity over their rule
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10.03.16Is Philippine President Duterte Playing the United States and China?
South China Morning Post
Is the pivot away from the U.S. and towards China real, or is Manila just trying to play the two superpowers against each other?
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10.03.16China Eyes Ending Western Grip on Top U.N. Jobs With Greater Control Over Blue Helmets
Foreign Policy
As China steps up its commitment to U.N. peacekeeping, Beijing is said to be eyeing a leadership role — with potentially troubling human rights implications
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10.03.16Fate Catches Up to a Cultural Revolution Museum in China
New York Times
The museum was covered up and shut down in the spring, a few weeks before the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution.
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09.30.16A Storied Hong Kong Newspaper Feels the Heat from China
NPR
After recently shutting down its Chinese-language website and deleting archives, the South China Morning Post announced more cuts.
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09.30.16China Says Countering Dalai Lama is Top Ethnic Priority in Tibet
Reuters
Region's Communist Party boss vows to uproot the monk's "separatist and subversive" activities
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09.30.16China Plans to Teach Developing Countries and the UN About Protecting Human Rights
Quartz
Like many of Beijing’s edicts, it is being criticized as a blatant piece of propaganda
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09.29.16How Rocky U.S.-China Relations Benefit North Korea’s Nuclear Missiles
Fortune
Earlier this month, North Korea tested its fifth nuclear device.
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09.29.16How to Fix China’s Crooked Congress
Nearly four years into Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, Chinese citizens could be forgiven if their eyes glaze over at the news of yet another high official’s fall from grace. But even the most jaded likely could not ignore...
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09.29.16‘The Songs of Birds’
from New York Review of Books
Day and night,I copy the Diamond Sutraof Prajnaparamita.My writing looks more and more square.It proves that I have not gone entirelyinsane, but the tree I drewhasn’t grown a leaf.—from “I Copy the Scriptures,” in Empty ChairsEvery month, the...
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09.28.16Chinese State Media Say U.S. Debate Shows Vote is ‘Lose-Lose’
Bloomberg
Party paper report calls Trump nervous, Clinton well-prepared
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09.28.16Li Keqiang Becomes First Chinese Premier to Visit Cuba
Diplomat
The world’s largest and smallest communist states have had stable relations for years.
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09.28.16Blow-By-Blow Account of the China-Singapore Spat Over South China Sea Report
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Global Times report stirs up controversy
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09.28.16North Korea and The South China Sea: What’s Next?
from Carnegie China
Given the increasingly complex security environment in the Asia-Pacific, it is critical for the United States and China to deepen cooperation on promoting regional stability. In this podcast, Paul Haenle and Admiral Gary Roughead, former Chief of...
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09.27.16Why the US Presidential Debate Couldn’t Ignore China
South China Morning Post
Clinton, Trump clash over cybersecurity, terrorism, trade, and nuclear threats
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09.26.16Phillippines’ Duterte Wants to ‘Open Alliances’ With Russia, China
Reuters
Duterte turns after reaching "the point of no return" with the U.S.
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09.26.16Japan Warns China After Warplanes Were Spotted Flying Close to Disputed Islands
Time
This comes days after Japan announced plans to step up presence in the South China Sea
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09.26.16China to Prosecute Former Top Executives for Alleged Graft
Reuters
Next on the chopping block: former Sinopec, China Southern execs, Tibet top security official
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09.23.16Mother’s Killing of 4 Children Reveals Cracks in Anti-Poverty Drive
Corruption, red tape has led to most vulnerable citizens receiving little help
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09.23.16Provincial Boss Ordered Crackdown on China's 'Democracy Village' with Eye on National Power
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Wukan is Hu Chunhua's tryout for the Politburo Standing Committee
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09.22.16How to Counter China’s Global Propaganda Offensive
New York Times
It has been a difficult year for many Western democracies — and China is rubbing it in.
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09.21.16What Should the U.S. Presidential Candidates Be Saying on China?
Barely eight weeks before the United States presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump have said surprisingly little about how they plan to address China—in areas ranging from the global economy...
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09.21.16Chinese Agents Enter Canada on Tourist Visas to Coerce Return of Fugitive Expats
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Trudeau begins negotiations for an extradition treaty with China
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09.21.16Hong Kong Protest Leaders Avoid Jail After Failed Court Bid
Channel NewsAsia
"Umbrella Revolution" leaders walk free from court
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09.20.16China, US to Step Up Cooperation to Halt North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program
South China Morning Post
China’s premier and Obama make a pledge at the UN
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09.19.16Chinese Spending Can Help Create Jobs in the United States
Trade does result in very real and serious job losses, while its benefits are spread more broadly over the entire U.S. economy. Yet many job losses are not a result of trade; they are actually driven by productivity gains related to rapid...
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09.19.16Four Years On: Where is Xi Jinping’s Anti-corruption Drive Headed?
China Policy Institute Blog
As the anti-corruption campaign launched by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping approaches its fourth anniversary, the question ought to be asked: where is it going?
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09.16.16Obama’s Asia Legacy
from Carnegie China
As President Obama enters his final months in office and a new administration prepares to take the helm in 2017, what will his legacy be in the Asia-Pacific? In this podcast, Paul Haenle and Michael Green, former senior director for Asian affairs at...
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09.14.16The Chinese Democratic Experiment that Never Was
Protesters in southern China are up in arms. They feel that Beijing’s promises that they’d be able to vote for their own local leaders have been honored in the breach. They’re outraged at the show of force in the face of peaceful protest, and...
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09.13.16Can China’s Best Newspaper Survive?
On September 9, the South China Morning Post’s Chinese-language website went dark with little explanation, leading to concerns that censorship might next spread to the newspaper’s English-language coverage. Can Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, who has...
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09.12.16African Migrants in Guangzhou, Forgetting, Family Planning’s Fate, and More...
from Yuanjin Photo
Photographing the aftermath of catastrophic events is challenging—one that photographer Mu Li handles with creativity and grace looking back at the chemical explosion in Tianjin that damaged as many as 17,000 homes August 12, 2015. Another challenge...
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09.12.16The South China Morning Post Has Suddenly Shut Down Its Chinese-language Website
Quartz
In one fell swoop, years of reporting from SCMP is gone.
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09.12.16China Lays New Brick in Silk Road With First Afghan Rail Freight
Bloomberg
China has for years had grand investment plans for Afghanistan’s resource riches.
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09.12.16China Rethinks Its Alliance With Reeling Venezuela
Wall Street Journal
Concerns prompted emergency meetings between the Chinese envoy and state companies.
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09.12.16Mayor of Major Chinese Port City of Tianjin Faces Corruption Inquiry
Guardian
City’s acting Communist party chief is accused of ‘serious discipline breaches’ by investigators.
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09.08.16Mao the Man, Mao the God
Mao Zedong was dying a slow, agonizing death. Diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in July 1974, he gradually lost control of his motor functions. His gait was unsure. He slurred his speech and panted heavily. The decline was...
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09.08.16The People in Retreat
from New York Review of Books
Ai Xiaoming is one of China’s leading documentary filmmakers and political activists. Since 2004, she has made more than two dozen films, many of them long, gritty documentaries that detail citizen activism or uncover whitewashed historical events...
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09.07.16The Hong Kong Election: What Message Does it Send Beijing?
On September 4, Hong Kong elected a batch of its youngest and most pro-democratic lawmakers yet. Six new legislators, all under 40, won on platforms that called for Hong Kongers to decide their own fate. The youngest is 23-year-old Nathan Law, a...
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09.07.16China Confirms Development of New Long-Range Bomber
Diplomat
The new long-range bomber should be capable of reaching targets as far as the “second island chain.”
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09.07.16International Diplomatic Incidents Bring Benefits for China
Financial Times
Western officials say that negotiations and joint events often feel like exercises in humiliation.
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09.07.16Goldman Sachs: China Signaling Further Stimulus on the Way
CNBC
The bank pointed to China’s State Council meeting this week, which discussed plans to streamline the approval process for investment projects.
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09.06.16China Says It Has Netted One-Third of Top Overseas Graft Suspects
Reuters
Over the past two years, the commission has returned to China 1,915 people from more than 70 countries.
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09.06.16China Warns Hong Kong Democracy Activists After Election
BBC
Many in Hong Kong are increasingly concerned about Beijing's interventions in its politics.
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09.06.16G20 A Success For China, But Hard Issues Kicked Down the Road
Reuters
Scratch beneath the surface, and the gathering of the world's most powerful leaders was not all plain sailing.
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09.01.16What Can We Expect from China at the G20?
On September 4-5, heads of the world’s major economies will meet in the southeastern city of Hangzhou for the G20 summit. The meeting represents “the most significant gathering of world leaders in China’s history,” according to The New York Times...
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09.01.16How to Deal With China’s Human Rights Abuses
When world leaders touch down in early September in the city of Hangzhou for this year’s G20 leaders’ summit, which China will they see? The one of glossy skylines, enviable growth statistics, and perfectly choreographed diplomatic exchanges? Or the...
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08.31.16What Is Cultural About the Cultural Revolution? Creativity Amid Destruction
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This year marked the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, a chaotic decade of Chinese history made infamous in the West through books such as Wild Swans and Life and Death in Shanghai, which describe in horrific detail the...