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11.17.16With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage
New York Times
Underlying the debate over reproductive rights is China’s low fertility rate of 1.05 children per woman, revealed in the mini-census last year
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11.17.16How China’s Government Helps —and Hinders— Innovation
Harvard Business Review
Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative
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11.17.16Is China Getting Better at Charming Southeast Asia on the South China Sea?
Diplomat
Beijing looks to be getting better at how it uses soft power in the region
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11.16.16China Discovers the Price of Global Power: Soldiers Returning in Caskets
Wall Street Journal
Xi’s quest to make his nation a military player on the world stage provokes soul-searching as China absorbs its first combat casualties in decades
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11.16.16China’s Xi Urges Cooperation Among Nations in Governance of Global Internet
Reuters
At an internet conference in Wuzhen, Xi called for greater cooperation among nations in governing the internet, while respecting "cyber sovereignty"
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11.16.16“We Have a Fake Election”: China Disrupts Local Campaigns
New York Times
Local elections are democratic in name only. The party picks its preferred candidates and leaves no room for an upset
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11.16.16U.S. Returns Chinese Fugitive After 13 Years on the Run
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. government sent back to China a former official long wanted on corruption charges, in an act hailed by Beijing as a major diplomatic success
Features
11.15.16
For Chinese Orphan with a Disability, Life in the U.S. Brought the Strength to Help a Friend Left Behind
According to my caretakers at the orphanage, Chunchun arrived a few years before I did, when she was a baby. They estimate that I was around three or four years old at the time of my arrival, howling and screaming at the top of my lungs. I had been...
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11.15.16
Same Tough Start, Radically Different Lives
According to my caretakers at the orphanage, Chunchun arrived a few years before I did, when she was a baby. They estimate that I was around three or four years old at the time of my arrival, howling and screaming at the top of my lungs. I had been...
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11.15.16Unswayed by Extraordinary Public Outcry, China Executes Nail Gun Killer
Washington Post
China sends messsage that ordinary people can’t take the law into their own hands, and the Communist Party is simply not going be swayed by a public outcry.
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11.15.16Trump May Push African Countries Away From America and Closer to China
Quartz
The idea of the US as the guardian of liberal values against powers like China might now be upended
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11.15.16Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say
New York Times
Security contractors discovered preinstalled software in some Android phones that monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in texts
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11.15.16New Wave of Chinese Restaurants Challenge “Cheap” Stereotype
NPR
A new generation of immigrant restaurateurs is aiming to offer an updated spin on the Chinese restaurant, with prices to match
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11.15.16With Odes to Military March, China Puts Nationalism into Overdrive
New York Times
President Xi has been making the case for a “new long march,” using the anniversary to rally the public and warn against creeping complacency
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11.14.16China Mourns First Female J-10 Pilot After Death in Training
BBC
China is mourning the death of Yu Xu, the country's first female J-10 jet pilot who was killed during an aerobatic training session on Saturday
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11.14.16China Revives “Comrade” in Drive for Communist Party Discipline
Financial Times
Anti-corruption watchdog orders return of outmoded greeting now embraced by gay men
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11.14.16With It’s Latest Intervention in Hong Kong, Beijing Wins the Battle but is Losing the War
South China Morning Post
Cheung: the NPC should be sparing in the use of its power to interpret the Basic Law, or it risks further alienating the city’s young people
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11.11.16Swinging Singles' Day: Alibaba Holiday Drives Shoppers in China
Wall Street Journal
China’s online-retail giant once again broke its sales record on the shopping day it helped create
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11.11.16Trump Win Opens Way for China to Take Climate Leadership Role
CNBC
Trump's election is likely to end the U.S. leadership role in the fight against global warming, and may lead to the emergence of an unlikely champion: China.
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11.11.16For Chinese Women, a Surname is Her Name
New York Times
Keeping a surname is not an expression of marital equality, but of powerful patriarchal values. A married woman continued to be identified by her father’s lineage.
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11.11.16China is Also Going to the Polls. But You’d Barely Know It.
Washington Post
Between August and December, China is holding staggered local elections all across the country – an exercise in “grass-roots democracy” on a daunting scale
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11.10.16New Interpol Head is Chinese Former Deputy Head of Paramilitary Police
Guardian
Vice-minister Meng Hongwei’s election has sparked concerns his position may be used to boost China’s campaign to pursue dissidents around the globe
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11.10.16Ancient Town in China Enjoys Profitable Rebirth as a ‘Beautiful Stage’
New York Times
With selfie-ready backdrops — flowing green canals and sloping tiled roofs — Wuzhen, China, takes off with tourists
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11.09.16In Trump Win, China Hopes for U.S. Retreat
Wall Street Journal
Election results mean economic threat, geopolitical opportunity for Beijing
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11.09.16China Just Won the U.S. Election
Foreign Policy
China’s leaders are looking forward to a President Trump who offers less resistance and more hypocrisy. But Beijing's triumph may cost it in the end
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11.09.16Chinese Journalists Get an Exhilarating Look at the U.S. Election
New York Times
Chinese journalists observing the election expressed surprise at how seriously Americans took their votes
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11.08.16Hong Kong Umbrellas, Chinese Maoism, Trump, Duterte, and Brexit: What’s the Link?
South China Morning Post
Why the global order is becoming ever more uncertain
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11.08.16China, Meet Hockey. Russia, Meet a Huge Untapped Market
New York Times
When Beijing was named the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics, China immediately became hockey’s brave new frontier
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11.08.16Why Chinese Netizens Cheer Trump
To online 'Trump Guards,' the U.S. race pits a corrupt official against a plain-spoken outsider
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11.08.16China Passes Law to Ensure Films ‘Serve the People and Socialism’
Guardian
First law governing the country’s film industry targets box-office fraud and says film-makers must have excellent moral integrity
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11.08.16How Alibaba Turned China’s Singles Day into the World’s Biggest Shopping Bonanza
Forbes
Sales this 11/11 are expected to reach $20 billion–-a 40% year-over-year surge
Depth of Field
11.08.16
Dongbei’s Last Match Factory, Capital Straphangers, Retracing the Long March...
from Yuanjin Photo
In October, several publications marked the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese Communists’ Long March. We have chosen two stories that revisited this event and that were standouts, visually. Elsewhere, photographers followed stories both large and...
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11.07.16In a First, China Moves to Bar 2 Hong Kong Legislators From Office
New York Times
The extraordinary intervention in the affairs of this semiautonomous former British colony could prompt a constitutional crisis and incite more street protests
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11.07.16China Ousts Finance Minister Lou Jiwei as Xi Turns to Allies in Surprise Reshuffle
Wall Street Journal
Senior official was widely seen as a voice for reform of the country’s fiscal system
Books
11.04.16
Land of Fish and Rice
The lower Yangtze region, or Jiangnan, with its modern capital Shanghai, has been known since ancient times as a “land of fish and rice.” For centuries, local cooks have harvested the bounty of its lakes, rivers, fields, and mountains to create a cuisine renowned for its delicacy and beauty. In Land of Fish and Rice, Fuchsia Dunlop draws on years of study and exploration to present the recipes, techniques, and ingredients of the Jiangnan kitchen. You will be inspired to try classic dishes such as Beggar’s Chicken and sumptuous Dongpo Pork, as well as fresh, simple recipes such as Clear-Steamed Sea Bass and Fresh Soybeans with Pickled Greens. Evocatively written and featuring stunning recipe photography, this is an important new work celebrating one of China’s most fascinating culinary regions. —W.W. Norton{chop}
Culture
11.04.16
A New Comedy Looks Back at a Bygone Beijing
The forthcoming Mandarin-language comedy King of Peking takes the viewer back to Beijing in 1998. The sooty rooms, the boxy automobiles of just a few makes, models, and colors, and the alleyways crammed with shops hawking cheap home cooking and...
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11.04.16China’s Dream of Smart Economy Must "Get Past Talent Gap”
South China Morning Post
A new study shows that 70 per cent of Chinese employers say the education offered by universities “has little value”
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11.04.16Why Are So Many First-Generation Chinese Immigrants Supporting Donald Trump?
Sinica Podcast
Based on dozens of conversations with Chinese and Chinese Americans, Kuo explains the chief reasons behind the popularity of Trump
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11.04.16Dick Clark Productions to be Sold to Chinese Company for $1 Billion
New York Times
The deal will give Dalian Wanda Group broadcasting rights to the Golden Globes, the Country Music Awards and the NYC New Years countdown
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11.04.16In Xi’s China, Everything Old is New Again
Foreign Policy
Eighty years after the end of the Long March, a Communist leader asks for another one. What is he really seeking?
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11.04.16China Will Intervene in the Case of Hong Kong’s Pro-Independence Lawmakers
Time
Experts worry Beijing's move to interpret HK's Basic Law would damage the people’s trust in the rule of law and the independence of the courts
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11.03.16The 80-Year-Old Runway Model Reshaping China’s Views on Aging
New York Times
Last year, at 79, Mr. Wang walked the runway for the first time, his physique at his age causing a national sensation
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11.03.16EU Commissioner Oettinger Apologizes for China Speech
BBC
In a speech to German business leaders he described Chinese officials as having "hair combed... with black shoe polish" and "slitty-eyed"
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11.03.16China Slowdown Deepens Looming Pension Crisis
Wall Street Journal
Shortfall most threatens struggling industrial areas, where retirees’ hopes are dimming
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11.03.16Ai Weiwei to West: Tackle China on Human Rights Whatever the Cost
Guardian
‘It doesn’t matter it will hurt me or not – do what you think is right’: artist says Beijing has axed rule of law for anyone with contrary political views
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11.03.16China Land Reform Opens Door to Corporate Farming
Financial Times
Move to bring capital into large-scale agriculture keeps bar on individual ownership
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11.02.16A Toddler Dies as Her Mother Checks Her Phone, and China Wrings Its Hands
New York Times
The toddler’s death has led to an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media about the dangers of being obsessed with one’s phone
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11.02.16All 33 Miners Trapped in China Coal Mine Found Dead
South China Morning Post
The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation into the blast, adding that “those responsible must be strictly punished”
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11.02.16China Mayor Probed After ‘Minority Women Use Witchcraft to Ensnare Men’ Comments
Telegraph
A top official apparently veered from a seemingly positive agenda to highlight concerns about the minority, which is known in China for being superstitious
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11.02.16China Long March Film: US Glamour Model’s Role Draws Ire
BBC
State broadcasters touched a nerve among its viewers by casting an actress and model seen as "anti-China" in a documentary about the Long March
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11.01.16A Plea to Britain: Don’t Forget Tibet in Your Dealings With China
Guardian
Britain has a fine history of upholding the democratic values of Tibet. It must do once again as it negotiates business and trade ties with Beijing
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11.01.16Search Continues for 20 Miners Missing After Blast in China
NPR
35 miners were working at the privately-owned Jinshangou mine when the explosion happened Monday morning; two escaped alive, and 13 have been confirmed dead
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10.31.16Russia Welcomes Growing Wave of “Red Tourists” from China
Wall Street Journal
Nostalgia for Communist past as well as capitalist bargain-hunting draw more Chinese visitors
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10.31.16Did a Story About Rape Take Down a Chinese TV Show?
BBC
A popular TV show in China has been cancelled after featuring the mother and grandmother of a young woman who was repeatedly raped, but never reported it
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10.31.16Seeking Lower Rent, Chinese Artists Cut Path for Themselves Outside Beijing
New York Times
A small and decidedly nondescript city called Yanjiao, about an hour’s drive from Beijing, has been experiencing an influx of artists
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10.28.16Here’s What Africans Think of China’s Influence in Their Countries
Washington Post
An African-led research network conducting surveys in 36 African countries reported on citizens’ attitudes toward China. They’re mostly positive.
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10.28.16An Exiled Editor Traces the Roots of Democratic Thought in China
New York Times
An interview with Hu Ping, editor of the pro-democracy journal "Beijing Spring," based in New York
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10.28.16China’s Other Car Problem
Economist
A lack of parking spots worries Chinese car-owners--and fixing it will be hard
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10.28.16China’s Forbidden Babies Still an Issue
BBC
The One Child Policy may be gone, but the control and coercion remain
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10.28.16Amazon Delivers Prime Program to China
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. e-commerce behemoth hopes to capitalize on Chinese consumers’ desire for overseas products