Trade war, day 138: Fast track for new tech exports restrictions
The Trump administration has stepped up the high-tech side of its trade fight with China with the publication of a
A whole lotta social media love
Several stories to pay attention to: Chinese state media is buying a lot of social media love, judging from stats in
Global Times: Keep calm and carry on
Central state media websites today all highlight this story: China, Philippines upgrade relations, sign MOU to advance Belt…
Xinjiang and talk of ‘concentration camps’
The Central Asia Program at George Washington University is organizing an event called Symposium on China’s Mass Incarceration…
Philippines and China establish coconut-shipping protocols
“Chinese leader Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 visited the Philippines on Tuesday, November 20, to further strategic gains made under President Rodrigo Duterte,…
Chinese Corner: On Weibo, men are ‘trash’
On Weibo, men are ‘trash’ 王思聪杀死微博 Wang Sicong killed Weibo By Tiānshǐ Bútóuzīrén 天使不投资人 November 13, 2018 The entire internet seems like a space designed…
African swine fever reaches Shanghai
“African swine fever (AFS) has now spread to Shanghai, infecting 50 of one farm’s 314 pigs and killing 11, the Ministry…
Not your average cutting skills: Turning a radish into a net
A Chinese cook shows off his incredible cutting skills on TikTok, also known as Douyin, a popular short-video-sharing social platform in China.
Chinese marathon runner loses gold medal after volunteers thrust national flag
Imagine that you are in first place at the end of a marathon, sprinting toward the finish line, when suddenly a patriotic volunteer…
‘Very complicated and very tough’ — China’s African swine fever challenge
In its second breakout from its indigenous environment in the sub-Sahara, African swine fever (ASF) has finally achieved what many veterinary scientists and…
‘Eco-tourism’ kills endangered Chinese sturgeon
Since the start of this year, 36 mature Chinese sturgeons (aged over 20 years) and about 6,000 babies (aged up to two years)…
China launches two navigation satellites
It will become the fourth global navigation system after the American-owned GPS system, Russia’s GLONASS, and EU’s Galileo.
Kuora: At what point does a foreigner ‘really’ understand an adopted country?
This week’s column comes from one of Kaiser’s answers originally posted to Quora on June 26, 2015. Asians love to claim that Westerners don’t…
Kris Wu, amid sales controversy, finds peace in ‘Tian Di’
In “Tian Di,” Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu 吴亦凡 (Wú Yìfán) finds peace amid his hectic life through tradition. He explores nature, drinks…
Hangzhou is now hell for dogs
Police in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, have embarked on a gruesome killing spree of dogs this week, after implementing a series of strict policies…
