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11.20.15Yiyi Lu: Rebuilding the Communist Party
WSJ: China Real Time Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s effort to clean up politics in the country is generally known as an “anticorruption campaign.”
Media
11.20.15
Pulitzer’s ‘Lookout on the Bridge’ vs. China’s ‘News Ethics Committees’
In a recent harangue on the imperative of better journalism, a website run by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department tore a jagged page from the wisdom of American newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer: “A journalist is the...
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11.20.15Why 2,500-Year-Old Tale Gives Ma Hope for Chinese Democracy
Bloomberg
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said history gives him hope for political change on the Communist-ruled mainland.
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11.20.15Japan Could Risk Chinese Anger by Joining U.S. Sea Patrols
Guardian
Shinzo Abe reported told Barack Obama that Tokyo would think about participating in operations in South China Sea.
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11.20.15Will China Get Involved in the Fight Against ISIS?
CNN
Non-intervention has been a cornerstone of Chinese foreign policy for five decades.
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11.20.15China Acknowledges Killing 28, Accusing Them of Role in Mine Attack
New York Times
The Chinese authorities had killed 28 people suspected of taking part in an attack on a coal mine in the country’s turbulent western frontier.
Media
11.20.15
China Censors Online Outcry After ISIS Execution
On November 18, the Islamic State (IS) released photos of what it claimed were two executed hostages. The photos, appearing in the terrorist group’s English-language magazine Dabiq, depict two men with bloodied faces, the word “executed” emblazoned...
Conversation
11.19.15
Is China a Credible Partner in Fighting Terror?
In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said, “China is also a victim of terrorism. The fight against the ‘East Turkestan Islamic Movement’… should become an important part of the international fight against...
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11.19.15China Insists to U.N. That It’s Combating Torture
New York Times
Senior Chinese officials dismissed allegations of the widespread use of torture.
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11.19.15Asia-Pacific Leaders See Trade as Solution to Economic, Security Troubles
Wall Street Journal
Leaders stay quiet on territorial disputes in South China Sea.
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11.19.15China’s College Counselors Told to Join the Party — the Communist Party
Time
China’s Education Ministry has deemed universities an “ideological frontline”.
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11.19.15Islamic State Claim of Hostage Killing Complicates China’s Terror Debate
Washington Post
China vowed "justice" for a Chinese national kidnapped and apparently slain by the Islamic State.
Viewpoint
11.19.15A Response to Andrew Nathan
I’d like to thank Andrew Nathan for his thoughtful critique of my book, published originally in short form in The National Interest and in longer form on ChinaFile. At first glance, his argument may seem far-fetched: although I’ve been living and...
The NYRB China Archive
11.19.15
China: Novelists Against the State
from New York Review of Books
Can writers help an injured society to heal? Did Ōe Kenzaburō, who traveled to Hiroshima in 1963 to interview survivors of the dropping of the atomic bomb on that city eighteen years earlier, and then published a moving book called Hiroshima Notes,...
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11.18.15McDonald's China Heritage Outlet Criticised
BBC
The opening of a McDonald's outlet in the home of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, China has sparked a controversy.
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11.18.15Chinese security forces kill 17 in Xinjiang: Radio Free Asia
Reuters
China has appealed for the international community to provide more help in its campaign against Xinjiang militants following the attacks in Paris.
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11.18.15Obama Calls on Beijing to Stop Construction in South China Sea
New York Times
President Obama addressed the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Manila, where he discussed China, trade and climate change.
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11.18.15ISIS Kills Norwegian And Chinese Hostages
International Business Times
Who Are Islamic State Victims Fan Jinghui And Ole Johan Grimsgaard?
Conversation
11.18.15
How Can China’s Neighbors Make Progress at APEC?
Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week, we asked a group of experts from China’s neighboring countries what they thought the main thrust of discussion in Manila should be. If host, the Philippines, under pressure from...
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11.18.15India-China Talks Fail To Make Progress on Border Dispute
Defense News
"This is the highest level defense delegation to visit India in the recent years. The visit signifies the enhanced defense exchanges between India and China."
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11.18.15Thailand Deports 2 Dissidents to China, Rights Groups Say
New York Times
The groups denounced the act, by the Thai authorities, as a betrayal of the two men’s right to flee feared political persecution and torture.
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11.18.15China Faces Sharp Questioning by U.N. Panel on Torture
New York Times
“China has made further progress in its legal development and human rights protection.”
Viewpoint
11.17.15
What Xi and Ma Really Said
The Chinese government employs hundreds of thousands of people at all administrative levels, central to local, to prescribe and monitor how news stories are presented to the public. These people tell editors of newspapers and web pages not only what...
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11.17.15Hong Kong-China: A Growing Football Rivalry or Just Politics?
BBC
Around the world, there are legendary, dynastic rivalries in football.
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11.17.15China in Mind, Obama Pledges Military Aid to Allies in Southeast Asia
New York Times
“My visit here underscores our shared commitment to the security of the waters of this region and to the freedom of navigation.”
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11.16.15The Young Foreigners Embedded in Chinese Local Government
Financial Times
Communist China has a long history of recruiting foreign experts to advise state-owned companies and teach at universities.
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11.16.15‘Exiled’ Chinese Journalist Leaks Huge List of Censored Terms
Hong Kong Free Press
A Chinese journalist who is now living in exile in India has handed a large list of what he says are sensitive terms censored in China to Radio Free Asia, a US-backed broadcaster.
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11.16.15Will The IMF Grant China's Currency Global Reserve Status?
Forbes
The market doubts it, but it is possible that the Chinese currency, the renmimbi (RMB), may become part of the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights.
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11.16.15China to Tighten Limit on Foreign TV and Video Imports
Wall Street Journal
Tighter licensing could further reduce amount of foreign content streamed in China.
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11.16.15China Is Using the Paris Attacks to Tout Its Anti-Terror Efforts at Home
Quartz
Condolence and support from heads of state across the globe poured in to France after Friday’s terror attacks in Paris.
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11.13.15China and Myanmar Face New Relationship
New York Times
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy, had won most of the 491 seats contested in the election, with results still trickling in.
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11.13.15China’s corruption crackdown is so vast, top officials from every single province have been nabbed
Quartz
The corruption campaign has finally spread to every province in the country.
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11.13.15Shanghai Stock Exchange Vice Chairman Investigated
Wall Street Journal
China’s anti-corruption campaign pushed further into the financial sector with a government notice Friday that a vice chairman of the stock market regulatory agency is under investigation.
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11.13.15
The Real Reason for China’s Two-Child Policy: Millions of New Consumers
Two fictitious Chinese brothers are born in Tuanjiehu Maternity Hospital in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Let’s say the first was born already, in late 2015; his parents nickname him Laoda, meaning “oldest child.” That’s because they have hopes...
Media
11.12.15
Good Journalist, Bad Journalist
As China marked its annual Journalists’ Day over the weekend, proclaiming the importance of “correct news ideals,” even jaded New Yorkers stopped in their tracks and took notice. How could they not? The message beamed over 7th Avenue on Times Square...
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11.12.15Q. and A.: Ezra F. Vogel on China’s Shifting Relations With Japan and Taiwan
New York Times
Mr. Vogel is working on a book that will explore moments in history when China and Japan were in closest contact.
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11.12.15Nancy Pelosi Made Rare Visit to Tibet, China Says
New York Times
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, visited Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
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11.12.15Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says
New York Times
Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials.
Environment
11.11.15
China’s Bottled Water Industry to Exploit Tibetan Plateau
from chinadialogue
Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighboring countries.This week, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s government released a...
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11.11.15Burma’s Election Leaves Former Patron China with Uncomfortable Questions
Washington Post
How might China’s Communist rulers get along with a Burmesse civilian government?
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11.11.15China Corruption Fight Extends to Top Officials in Beijing and Shanghai
New York Times
President Xi Jinping’s sweeping crackdown on corruption has claimed senior officials in China’s two largest cities.
Caixin Media
11.10.15
Mao’s ‘Proud Poplar’: Yang Kaihui
Yang Kaihui—who was killed 85 years ago this month—was the first of Mao Zedong’s three freely chosen wives. (Mao was forced by his parents to wed an older neighbor when he was just 14 but did not consider this a true marriage.) Yang’s dramatic, and...
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11.10.15Fears Grow For Missing Hong Kong Publishers Who Were Critical of China
Time
Their disappearance has alarmed the cultural community in a city already fearful of Beijing's growing encroachment.
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11.10.15China Softens Tactics in Global Hunt for Corruption Fugitives
Reuters
China has changed tactics in its global man-hunt for fugitives wanted at home for corruption.
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11.10.15China to Philippines: No Sea Feud Talk at APEC Summit
Associated Press
“They said they hope that contentious issues will not be raised during APEC.”
Media
11.09.15
Can the China Model Succeed?
Is this a new model? Is authoritarian capitalism, Leninist capitalism, something that has durability? Have the rules changed about how countries develop? That used to be, remember, that open markets led ineluctably to open societies. How does it...
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11.09.15Leaders of Taiwan and China Hold Historic Meeting
Economist
It was a brief encounter—an hour of discussions followed by a low-key dinner—but one of great historical resonance.
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11.09.15The World — Including China — Is Unprepared for the Rise of China
Wall Street Journal
For the first time in centuries, China affects the global economy as much as it is affected by the global economy
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11.06.15Meeting With Taiwan Reflects Limits of China’s Checkbook
New York Times
For the past eight years, the Chinese government has showered its former enemies in Taiwan with economic gifts.
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11.06.15Vietnam Talks Trust With China, Invites Japanese Warship
Reuters
Vietnam agreed to build a "truly trustworthy" relationship with China on Friday during a visit to Hanoi by its President Xi Jinping.
Media
11.06.15
‘A Brutality Born of Helplessness’
When China finally scrapped its one-child policy after more than three decades of brutality, almost no one lamented its passing. But Paul R. Ehlich, a Stanford-educated biologist and author of the 1968 fear-baiting classic The Population Bomb, was...
Media
11.06.15
Xi Jinping’s Taiwan Trap
Before Chinese President Xi Jinping had a dream, his predecessor Hu Jintao had a wish: the “peaceful reunification” of China and Taiwan. In fact, all of Xi’s predecessors since Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 have pined for...
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11.06.15The China-Russia-Mongolia Trilateral Gains Steam
Diplomat
The Asian trilateral no one talks about is seeing some interesting new developments.
Conversation
11.05.15
The China-Taiwan Summit
This Saturday, for the first time since 1949, the leaders of China and Taiwan will meet face to face. Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will meet in Singapore, not as Presidents, but—to sidestep one of many lingering areas of conflict since the Chinese...
Infographics
11.05.15
All The Chairman’s Statues
from Chinese Doodles
Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the founding supremo of its People’s Republic, is not a man who has retreated from history quietly. During the last decade of his life, during the Cultural Revolution he unleashed in part to...
Media
11.05.15
With Historic Ma-Xi Summit, Chinese State Media Walks a Fine Line
For the first time in 66 years, the president of mainland China and the president of self-governing Taiwan will meet face to face. On November 3, Zhang Zhijun, minister in charge of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, stated that China’s Xi Jinping would...
Viewpoint
11.05.15
The Problem With the China Model
The ideological competition between democracy and authoritarianism was supposed to have died with the Cold War. But it has returned with a vengeance, powered above all by the rise of China. Now comes a book by a respected scholar that purports to...
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11.04.153 Things Taiwan Wants From China
Time
Here are three issues that are likely to be on the top of Ma’s agenda after seven decades without a face-to-face meeting.