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Stability takes the spotlight at China’s ‘Two Sessions’
China is hosting its “Two Sessions,” the nation’s biggest annual political gathering. Throughout the long list of issues on the central government’s agenda, stability emerges as the guiding principle.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, February 23, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Beijing stands firmly by Russia over Ukraine, and some words from Ambassador Winston Lord, who there with Nixon and Mao when they met 50 years ago.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Hong Kong is more and more a part of China, except when it comes to the city’s outbreak of COVID-19.
China is stepping up its agritech industry
China doesn’t want to depend on other nations for food security. Cue big investments in agriculture technologies.
The results of the Xi-Putin Olympic lovefest — China-Russia weekly update
Beijing and Moscow have affirmed their close ties, but China seems to be leaving itself wiggle room in its communications about the meeting between leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
The ‘Winter Olympics Pact’ between Moscow and Beijing
This week in the China-Russia weekly update: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are going to schmooze in Beijing, and more.
Beijing denies that Xi asked Putin to delay Ukraine invasion
A Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping might have asked his Russian counterpart not to spoil the Olympics with a military offensive in Ukraine. China called the report “a hoax and provocation.”
Editor’s note for Wednesday, January 19, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: At the World Economic Forum, Xi Jinping warns against countries like the U.S. building “exclusive yards with high walls,” even as Beijing builds its Great Firewall ever higher; meanwhile, in the U.S., there is a flourishing industry of professional China threat-mongers.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, January 11, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi have a phone call, in which China expresses support for Kazakhstan “in maintaining stability and curbing violence” after popular protests.
India-China tensions flare up again over border issues and Tibet
Indian domestic politics erupted in controversy over China last week. The fallout is limiting the government’s room to maneuver to resolve a border crisis.
What to watch ahead of China’s 20th Party Congress, according to Damien Ma
Damien Ma, managing director and co-founder of the MacroPolo think tank, appeared on the Sinica Podcast to discuss China’s political and economic outlook in 2022.
The SupChina 2022 Red Paper
We all read the headlines, but what really happened in China in 2021? And what’s on deck for 2022? This is our annual guide to the China issues we all need to know about.
Editor’s note for Thursday, December 16, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Hu Xijin, editor of the Communist Party tabloid Global Times, and Twitter gladiator, has “retired” from his role.
Editor’s note for Tuesday, December 14, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xi Jinping called on Chinese artists and writers to have “cultural confidence,” even as ambitious propagandists hog the limelight and censorship continues to tighten.
Editor’s note for Friday, December 10, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xi Jinping wants to “prevent the barbaric growth of capital,” according to a readout from the annual Central Economic Work Conference; Evergrande finally defaults on a bond; the struggles of single mothers; Nicaragua’s switch from Taipei to Beijing; Alibaba is left out of Unigroup deal; central bank raises foreign currency reserve requirements for banks; Hong Kong warns the U.K.’s Sunday Times about inciting election boycotts.
What role will age limits play at China’s 2022 party congress?
Experts weigh the possibility of the weaponization of retirement norms among top leadership positions at the Chinese Communist Party’s key meeting next year.
An economy reforged: Jude Blanchette and Lizzi Lee on China’s new era
This week’s Sinica Podcast was recorded live at last month’s NEXTChina conference in New York. What do we make of China’s wide-ranging set of regulatory moves in the past year, touching on many disparate realms of Chinese life — from real estate to renewable energy, entertainment to education?
Chinese tech philanthropy in the age of ‘common prosperity’
In China, tech companies are facing particular pressure to showcase social responsibility. Xi Jinping acknowledged that the “new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is giving a strong impetus to economic development.” However, he also pointed out that its negative effects on employment and income distribution need to be “effectively addressed and resolved.”
Editor’s note for Thursday, November 18, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The Women’s Tennis Association continues its support of Peng Shuai amid her apparent disappearance; the CCP’s third “historical resolution” means a more assertive and paranoid China.
Biden-Xi meeting aftermath: A prisoner swap, and a search for ‘strategic stability’
Three major outcomes of the Biden-Xi meeting are becoming clearer: A journalist visa thaw, nuclear-arms talks of some type, and an apparent prisoner swap involving China lifting an exit ban on one American, while seven Chinese citizens were deported from the U.S.
Opinion | This Is How Biden Can Get the Edge Over China
Is the U.S. pushing China on too many things? Susan Thornton, former acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, argues in the New York Times that Washington should prioritize “the issues where the United States can realistically make progress with China: trade and investment, climate change measures and limits on dangerous weapons.”
Xi Jinping leads tributes to fallen heroes in Tiananmen ceremony
Xi and other members of the leadership attend the Martyr’s Day ceremony in the heart of Beijing one day before the country celebrates National Day.
China's Xi leads Martyr's Day ceremony amid patriotism drive
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping paid respects at a solemn commemoration Thursday for those who died in the struggle to establish Communist Party rule, as he leads a national drive to reinforce patriotism and single-party authority.
How the Huawei Case Raised Fears of ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ by China
Critics of the Justice Department deal to free the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say it could blunt tools like sanctions and prosecutions.
Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find
Research on Chinese projects launched under President Xi Jinping’s international infrastructure-development program points to hidden debt, corruption scandals, labor violations and environmental risks.
From Tibetan resistance to international tensions, China’s obstacles in TAR
Chinese nervousness about the situation in Tibet has been especially noticeable during this period of enhanced military tension between India and China
Xi Jinping raised Meng Wanzhou case in talks with Joe Biden
Beijing confirms the Huawei executive was discussed during September 9 phone call between two leaders.
Party mouthpiece touts ‘influence’ of China’s governance model
People’s Daily says other nations are looking to the country to learn from its success, calling its rise ‘unstoppable’ and the decline of the West ‘irreversible’.
New Limits Give Chinese Video Gamers Whiplash
China has a complex relationship with video games. New government rules for minors have made it even more so.
Tensions grow as US, allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvement
BANGKOK (AP) — With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S.
Opinion | China’s Leaders Are Having Fun With Us. Who Can Blame Them?
We need a better strategy to counter China than submarines. Biden should get back into the TPP trade deal.
Video: Xi’s General Assembly Remarks Reject U.S. Portrayal of China
President Xi Jinping of China, in a prerecorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly, pushed back against U.S. criticism of his government as authoritarian, asserting that the world should embrace “civilizations of various forms”
Who is Xi Jinping? Looking for new clues in Communist Party tributes
A series of articles in the Central Party School’s main newspaper show a consistent focus on party control in the economy and ideology.
Xi’s army: from ‘hiding and biding’ to building China’s dream
The combat capability of the People’s Liberation Army may still be a ‘work in progress’ but it is catching up through influence and training
Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision
Going well beyond curbing tech giants, he wants the Communist party to steer flows of money and set tighter limits on profit making, his speeches show and officials say. More turbulence for foreign businesses is likely.
Opinion | What Explains Xi’s Pivot to the State?
He’s wagering it will help him achieve his goal of a record third term as paramount leader.
3 crew leave China's space station for Earth after 90 days
BEIJING (AP) — Three astronauts who lived for 90 days on China's space station departed Thursday in preparation for returning to Earth. The national space agency said Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo boarded the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and undocked from the space station at 8:56 a.m.
China’s rejuvenation to the fore as Xi Jinping opens National Games
Opening ceremony in Xian showcases the country’s achievements and its ancient host city, in test run of Covid-19 measures before next year’s Winter Olympics.
China’s green future and red past: the message in Xi’s visit to Shaanxi
Chinese president visits a clean-coal enterprise, an ecological park and a memorial to Communist Party pioneers in a province that remains close to his heart.
