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12.07.16The Great Wall: China Takes on the World with New Matt Damon Film
BBC
Despite a long tradition of movie-making, and much critical acclaim for its directors overseas, China has never yet produced a truly global blockbuster
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12.07.16Taiwan Feels Forgotten. But Not By Trump.
New York Times
Despite facing a sober future, Taiwanese will continue to celebrate what they see as an overdue recognition of their hard-won existence
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12.07.16China’s ‘Walter White’ Sold $600k of Illegal Drugs Every Month to the US and Europe
Time
A chemistry professor in China has been convicted in a case that has drawn comparisons with the hit TV show "Breaking Bad"
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12.07.16China is Outsourcing Its Pollution
Foreign Policy
Beijing's diplomacy is increasingly green, but its international trade is getting ever more coal-black
Environment
12.06.16
The World’s Saddest Polar Bear
from chinadialogue
Pizza, “the world’s saddest polar bear,” is to be granted at least a temporary reprieve from the display case in which he lives in the Grandview shopping mall in Guangzhou, southern China. This follows a global outcry, a one-million-signature...
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12.06.16In China, Trump-Style Infrastructure Partnerships are Used to Hide Debt
Wall Street Journal
To pay for a highway project, Wenling’s government teamed up with Bank of China to create an ‘industrial fund’ that pulls in money from ordinary investors
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12.06.16Xi Jinping to be ‘First Chinese President to Attend Davos Summit’
South China Morning Post
Trip has yet to be officially announced but preparations well underway for Chinese head of state’s visit to World Economic Forum in Switzerland
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12.06.16US University Admissions Officers Courted with Subsidized Trips to China
Reports that Chinese education agencies buy US college admissions staff trips to China have fueled speculation that bribery is part of the recruitment process
Depth of Field
12.06.16
From West Africa, the Czech Republic, and Home
from Yuanjin Photo
In this month’s Depth of Field, Chinese photojournalists explore foreign terrain, both beyond China’s borders and within them. Independent photographer Yuyang Liu traveled the open seas to document the lives of Chinese and African workers who fish...
Caixin Media
12.05.16
‘Two-Child Policy’ Driving Mini Baby Boom in China
The number of children born in China this year is set to rise by 5.7 percent from 2015 as a result of the introduction of the country’s new two-child policy, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) Deputy Director...
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12.05.16Through Climate Change Denial, We’re Ceding Global Leadership to China
Los Angeles Times
Remember when China was the climate change outcast? What a difference a few years — and an election — can make
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12.05.16After the Call: Does Taiwan Have a Plan for the Trump Years?
Diplomat
What is Taiwan looking for from Donald Trump?
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12.05.16Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China
New York Times
Looking to break from a rigid workplace culture, Silicon Valley has captured the minds of China’s young entrepreneurs and investors
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12.05.16Two Movies China Desperately Wants to Hide
Boston Globe
In China, prisoners of conscience are literally being butchered. These films take a look inside China's organ harvesting market.
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12.05.16How China Could React to Trump’s Taunts: Best Case to Worst Case Scenarios
Quartz
In the wake of #TaiwanFreakout and the latest Twitter-storm, here’s a range of things Beijing could do, from the shrug-worthy to the downright terrifying
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12.02.16China’s Top Court Exonerates Man 21 Years After Execution
Case puts spotlight on accusations that judges accept coerced confessions and that police torture is rampant, activists say
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12.02.16China and the Church: The “Outlaw” Do-It-Yourself Bishop
BBC
Mr. Dong is a thorn in the side of both the Vatican and the Chinese state. This 58-year-old laborer from a village in northern China calls himself a bishop
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12.02.16In China, Eugenics Determines Who Plays in School Bands
New York Times
“We’ve chosen your children according to their physical attributes,” the leader told a group of parents at a Beijing public elementary school.
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12.02.16China’s Second Most Powerful Man Warns of Dissent and Corruption in the CCP
Quartz
Tough talk on corruption is not unheard of from Wang, but his harsh manner and candid rundown of the party’s problems mean the speech was given great importance
Viewpoint
12.01.16
Why I’m Giving Away My Book in China
After a decade covering Asia for The Wall Street Journal, I devoted three years of my life to researching and writing a book about China’s one-child policy, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment. This month, I’m giving away the...
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12.01.16China is Censoring People’s Chats Without Them Even Knowing About It
Quartz
Censorship in WeChat group chats is prevalent, and is done so that the sender isn’t even aware a piece of text has been scrubbed
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12.01.16Researchers May Have ‘Found’ Many of China’s 30 Million Missing Girls
Washington Post
A new study proposes the births of many of the 'missing' girls were simply not registered
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12.01.16Though Awash in Fakes, China Rethinks Counterfeit Hunters
New York Times
As China grows and matures, and moves to protect brands and ideas, it still struggles with how to get rid of fakes. Enter Mr. Ji.
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12.01.16Full-Sized Replica of the Titanic Begins Taking Shape in Landlocked Southwest China
South China Morning Post
Tourist attraction aims to recreate the thrills and horror of doomed voyage
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11.30.16Michael Flynn, a Top Trump Adviser, Ties China and North Korea to Islamists
New York Times
Flynn believes China and N. Korea are allied with militant Islamists bent on imposing their religious ideology worldwide
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11.30.16China’s Approach to the Middle East Looks Familiar
Diplomat
Despite repudiating American foreign policy, China now borrows heavily from U.S.-style Middle Eastern diplomacy
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11.30.16S.Korea Says China is Retaliating Against Its Missile-Defense System by Taking Aim at Korean Dramas
Quartz
China has turned down Korean stars’ applications to perform in the country and has not let any Korean movies screen in the mainland
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11.30.16Why Facebook’s China Adventure Will Need More than Censorship to Succeed
Guardian
As social network develops tools to restrict users so China will let it in, some experts say it is ‘light years’ behind rivals already in place
Viewpoint
11.29.16
The Anti-Mainland Bigotry of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
Given the political earthquake that occurred on November 8, the recent political and constitutional crisis in Hong Kong now seems comparatively diminished in significance. At the time, however, it was widely seen as—and continues to be—a major...
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11.29.16China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything
Wall Street Journal
Beijing wants to give every citizen a score based on behavior such as spending habits and filial piety, which can bar citizens from loans, jobs, air travel
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11.29.16Stuck at the Bottom in China
New York Times
If the Chinese government is serious about fostering a stable and harmonious society, it must address limits on social mobility before it’s too late
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11.29.16Hong Kong’s Rebellious Lawmaker Yau Wai-ching
BBC
The youngest woman elected to Hong Kong's parliament has been called many things, including: "radical", "goddess", "spy", "pretty" and "cancer cell"
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11.29.16Putin Brings China’s Great Firewall to Russia in Cybersecurity Pact
Guardian
The Kremlin has joined forces with Chinese authorities to bring the internet and its users under greater state control
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11.29.16Author’s Vision of a Future Beijing Looks to China’s Present
New York Times
Meet Hao Jingfang, author of "Folding Beijing,” the science-fiction novelette that beat out Stephen King to win a Hugo Award.
Conversation
11.28.16
Should Facebook Self-Censor to Enter the Chinese Market?
The social network Facebook has reportedly developed software to suppress posts from users’ feeds in targeted geographic areas, a feature created to help the giant social media network gain access to China, where it is blocked. Facebook Chief...
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11.28.16China Cites ’The Art of War’ as Trump Signals Trade Battle
Bloomberg
You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers
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11.28.16Animosity in a Burmese Hub Deepens as Chinese Get Richer
New York Times
Locals view Chinese as taking advantage of Mandalay’s location and resources. Chinese view locals as beneath them, slow at business and making money.
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11.28.16China is Confiscating the Passports of Citizens in its Muslim-Heavy Region
Quartz
China is requiring all residents in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to turn in their passports to help the government “maintain social order”
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11.28.16'Social' Feature Turns China’s Alipay Into a Hook-up App
WSJ: China Real Time Report
Alipay update leads to suggestive content flooding the typically staid financial app
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11.28.16China Risks Wasting $490 Billion on New Coal Plant, Say Campaigners
Guardian
Carbon Tracker says many plants running at overcapacity but China reluctant to wean itself off coal, fearing unemployment and unrest
The NYRB China Archive
11.28.16
Inside and Outside the System: Chinese Writer Hu Fayun
from New York Review of Books
Over the summer, I traveled to Wuhan to continue my series of talks with people about the challenges facing China. Coming here was part of an effort to break out of the black hole of Beijing politics and explore the view from China’s vast hinterland...
Sinica Podcast
11.23.16
Lines of Fracture in Chinese Public Opinion: A Conversation with Ma Tianjie
from Sinica Podcast
On this week’s episode, our guest Ma Tianjie, editor of the bilingual environmental website chinadialogue and the blogger behind Chublic Opinion, untangles the complexities and contradictions of online discussions in China. Ma shares insights into...
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11.23.16Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back into China
New York Times
The social network has quietly developed software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas
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11.23.16China Expands UN Peacekeeping Role as U.S. Influence Wanes
Financial Times
‘Blue helmet’ deployments offer opportunity to burnish international image
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11.23.16China is Poised to Benefit from Trump’s Ambiguous Africa Policy
Huffington Post
By neglecting to propose a clear approach toward the continent, the future U.S. president may end up boosting Beijing
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11.23.16What Does a Fried Chicken Restaurant Have to do With Prostitution? China Wants to Know
Quartz
One business in China is learning that a play on words can get it in trouble with the government
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11.23.16Dalai Lama Says He Will Visit Trump in Move Bound to Anger China
Reuters
"I think there are some problems to go to United States, so I will go to see the new president," the Dalai Lama told reporters, without elaborating
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11.22.16$100 Billion Chinese-Made City Near Singapore ’Scares the Hell Out of Everybody’
Bloomberg
Planeloads of buyers fly in as condos rise from the sea
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11.22.16German Automaker Chief Removed After ‘Racist Rant’ in China
BBC
German carmaker Daimler has apologized and removed a senior executive from his job after he made racist remarks in a row over parking
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11.22.16Rwanda is a Landlocked Country with Few Natural Resources. So Why is China Investing So Heavily in it?
Quartz
Rwanda doesn't fit the usual narrative of China's interest in Africa-- namely that China is only interested in the continent's resources
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11.22.16Will Trump’s Love of Deals Work With China?
Wall Street Journal
A president known for deal-making could change the landscape in East Asia
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11.22.16China Says it is Caring for Refugees from Myanmar Fighting
New York Times
China is caring for about 3,000 refugees who have entered its territory to escape fighting in Myanmar between the government and ethnic rebels
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11.22.16U.S. Won’t Tolerate Pressure from China on Fugitive Families
Reuters
China has upset Western countries by sending undercover agents to try and get suspects back, although it says it has changed tactics after complaints
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11.21.16China is No Longer Ruining Their Livelihoods, but These Filipino Fishermen are Not Entirely Grateful
Los Angeles Times
“We cannot forget China’s aggression towards us. They bumped our boats, they fired their water cannons on us"
Features
11.18.16
Chinese and American City-Dwellers Differ on Trump Win
City-dwellers in China and the United States are among the greatest beneficiaries of the international trade deals President-elect Trump says he’s against, but the two groups responded differently to the outcome of the U.S. election, and the...
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11.18.16Smog May be Easing, but in Parts of China Water Quality Worsens
Reuters
Despite commitments to crack down on polluters, the quality of water in China's rivers, lakes and reservoirs in several regions has deteriorated significantly
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11.18.16China’s Trump Prepares for His Close-up
New York Times
Spray tans and hair dye: the transformation of a retired music professor into China's Trump impersonator
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11.18.16A China-America Romance?
Economist
After the wildest political upsets this year, here’s a prediction for next: China will deem its relations with America to be entering something of a golden period
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11.18.16China Presses Tech Firms to Police the Internet
Wall Street Journal
Third-annual World Internet Conference aimed at proselytizing China’s view to global audience
Caixin Media
11.18.16
Is the Trump Victory a Blow to Globalization?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election ended with the surprise victory of property mogul Donald J. Trump. An outsider without a political track record, Trump defied predictions by most polls, pundits, and political observers when he defeated Hillary...