Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at SupChina. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing.
China’s latest COVID-19 outbreak is small in case count but geographically dispersed, with 35 cities reporting infections. The Delta variant has made its way to Beijing and Wuhan, two politically sensitive cities that took strict measures to contain the outbreaks.
Nanjing, in eastern China, is facing the country’s largest COVID-19 outbreak since January. At the same time, many other cities, including the capital Beijing, reported cases connected to domestic tourists. Can China maintain its “COVID zero” policy?
China did not fund any overseas coal projects in the first half of 2021, the International Institute of Green Finance said. This marks a milestone in the greening of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which since its inception in 2013 had included generous funding of coal every year.
Investors are fleeing Chinese education stocks and pricing in risks across a range of industries as Beijing heats up a long-brewing regulatory storm.
Beijing put the kibosh on any hopes the World Health Organization had for further research in China on how the pandemic began.
A top U.S. diplomat is heading to China for talks with her counterparts, but no one expects much to change as China-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate.
The U.S. and its closest allies pinned blame on China for the Microsoft Exchange hack that affected thousands of companies earlier this year. NATO and the EU joined in the criticism of “malicious cyber activity,” but were less direct in blaming Beijing.
Xia Baolong, the head of the Chinese State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, delivered a speech celebrating what Beijing sees as the success of its national security law in Hong Kong and outlining expectations for the future of the city.
Starting tomorrow, over 2,000 power generators in China will begin trading carbon credits on a nationwide market. The credits will be cheap at first and only cover a fraction of China’s total emissions, but the system will expand in the coming years to help the country achieve its climate goals.
The U.S. is expected to issue its first business advisory for Hong Kong, warning of risks including data or assets being seized by Beijing, the Financial Times reported. The U.S. worries about data security follow a flurry of moves by Beijing exerting data sovereignty.