Date,Source,Title,Author,Link,Subtitle
2021/05/10,China Story,Perceptions and Frustrations: Chinese Companies in the Global South,"Denghua Zhang, Liang Chen",https://www.thechinastory.org/perceptions-and-frustrations-chinese-companies-in-the-global-south/,
2021/05/07,China Story,Can the West extend its clear-eyed thinking beyond China?,Yun Jiang,https://www.thechinastory.org/can-the-west-extend-its-clear-eyed-thinking-beyond-china/,
2021/05/11,MacroPolo,"Amid US-China Competition over AI Capabilities, EU Projects Regulatory Power ",Matt Sheehan,https://macropolo.org/us-china-competition-eu-artificial-intelligence-act/,"Last month the European Commission (EC) released its far-reaching proposal for regulating artificial intelligence (AI), the “Artificial Intelligence Act."" Intended to create a unified set of rules across the European Union (EU), the Act marks…"
2021/05/05,MacroPolo,Beijing’s Elusive Bid for Pricing Power on Rare Earths ,Damien Ma,https://macropolo.org/china-elusive-bid-for-pricing-power-on-rare-earths/,"From ventilator and chip shortages to what kind of ships traverses through which canals, the linkages and nodes of the…"
2021/05/06,Lawfare,Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Atrocities in Xinjiang,Tia Sewell,https://www.lawfareblog.com/livestream-house-foreign-affairs-hearing-atrocities-xinjiang,"On Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 12:30 p.m., the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the atrocities against Uighurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. The committee will hear testimony from Nury Turkel, chairman of the board of the Uyghur Human Rights Project; Tursunay Ziyawudun, a survivor and advocate; and James Millward, professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service."
2021/05/05,Lawfare,Chinese Regulators Order Tech Companies to Standardize Financial Businesses,"Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde",https://www.lawfareblog.com/chinese-regulators-order-tech-companies-standardize-financial-businesses,Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news.
2021/05/07,China Brief,Tianhe Launch Marks a Key Step in China's Growing Space Ambitions,Elizabeth Chen,https://jamestown.org/program/tianhe-launch-marks-a-key-step-in-chinas-growing-space-ambitions/,
2021/05/07,China Brief,China’s Port Investments in Sri Lanka Reflect Competition with India in the Indian Ocean,Anita Inder Singh,https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-port-investments-in-sri-lanka-reflect-competition-with-india-in-the-indian-ocean/,
2021/05/07,China Brief,The PLA Navy’s ZHANLAN Training Series: Supporting Offensive Strike on the High Seas,Roderick Lee,https://jamestown.org/program/the-pla-navys-zhanlan-training-series-supporting-offensive-strike-on-the-high-seas/,
2021/05/07,China Brief,Legal Obstacles to #MeToo Cases in China’s Courts,Darius Longarino,https://jamestown.org/program/legal-obstacles-to-metoo-cases-in-chinas-courts/,
2021/05/07,China Brief,"Tracking the Digital Component of the BRI in Central Asia, Part Two: Developments in Kazakhstan",Sergey Sukhankin,https://jamestown.org/program/tracking-the-digital-component-of-the-bri-in-central-asia-part-two-developments-in-kazakhstan/,
2021/05/06,Project Syndicate,The Limits to US-China Climate Cooperation,Minxin Pei ,https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/biden-xi-limits-to-us-china-climate-cooperation-by-minxin-pei-2021-05,"Minxin Pei warns that bilateral collaboration to tackle global warming will be volatile, modest, and incremental at best.        "
2021/05/06,Project Syndicate,The Logic of US-China Competition,"Joseph S. Nye, Jr. ",https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/joe-biden-us-china-relations-cooperative-rivalry-by-joseph-s-nye-2021-05,"Joseph S. Nye, Jr. explains why the Biden administration should regard the bilateral relationship as a “cooperative rivalry.”        "
2021/05/07,Project Syndicate,Taiwan and the Ghosts of History,Ian Buruma ,https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/fear-of-humiliation-driving-biden-and-china-taiwan-policy-by-ian-buruma-2021-05,"Ian Buruma warns that the US and China are playing a game of chicken over the island, with both sides fearing humiliation.        "
2021/05/07,The Atlantic,Don’t Fall to Pieces Just Because China’s Rocket Is,Spencer Kornhaber,https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/china-rocket-falling-uncontrolled-reentry/618836/,"No one knows where the discarded piece of hardware might land, but there's no reason to panic."
2021/05/08,The Economist,China pushes back against critics of its policies in Xinjiang,,https://www.economist.com/china/2021/05/08/china-pushes-back-against-critics-of-its-policies-in-xinjiang,"This time, it’s personal"
2021/05/08,The Economist,China wants the world to know that resistance to its rise is futile,,https://www.economist.com/china/2021/05/08/china-wants-the-world-to-know-that-resistance-to-its-rise-is-futile,It should worry more about why it is so distrusted
2021/05/08,The Economist,Why so many young Chinese seek plastic surgery,,https://www.economist.com/china/2021/05/08/why-so-many-young-chinese-seek-plastic-surgery,It’s not just that they want to stay young
2021/05/08,The Economist,"Australia’s debate about China is becoming hot, angry and shrill",,https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/05/08/australias-debate-about-china-is-becoming-hot-angry-and-shrill,The increasingly one-sided discourse helps no one
2021/05/05,Monkey Cage,"Did the pandemic shake Chinese citizens’ trust in their government? We surveyed nearly 20,000 people to find out.",Cary Wu,https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/05/did-pandemic-shake-chinese-citizens-trust-their-government/,"We interviewed nearly 20,000 citizens to find out."
2021/05/11,Australian Financial Review,How we should deal with China’s state-owned behemoths,Adrian Blundell-Wignall,https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/how-we-should-deal-with-china-s-state-owned-behemoths-20210510-p57qld,"Australia is uniquely exposed to Chinese investment, trade and companies owned by the Chinese government. The country needs to think about what kind of relationship it wants for the future."
2021/05/11,Australian Financial Review,Industrial policy is back in fashion as geopolitical tensions increase,Gideon Rachman,https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/industrial-policy-is-back-in-fashion-as-geopolitical-tensions-increase-20210511-p57qpk,"The new Cold War is driving the fashion for state intervention, but claims industrial policy will produce better-paying jobs and a more productive economy deserve deep scepticism."
2021/05/07,Australian Financial Review,Australians need clarity on war or peace,Ben Scott,https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/australians-need-clarity-on-war-or-peace-20210506-p57pg1,An independent annual threat assessment is better than the shapeless war talk voters are getting at the moment.
2021/05/06,Australian Financial Review,Western companies in China succumb to Stockholm syndrome,Jamil Anderlini,https://www.afr.com/world/asia/western-companies-in-china-succumb-to-stockholm-syndrome-20210506-p57pe6,Executives fearful of antagonising Beijing have adopted a hostage mindset. What they forget is that acquiescing to the demands of kidnappers only encourages them to take more prisoners.
2021/05/06,Australian Financial Review,Killing Hong Kong’s free press will harm its economy,Suzanne Nossel,https://www.afr.com/world/asia/killing-hong-kong-s-free-press-will-harm-its-economy-20210504-p57oum,Beijing is betting expats will flock to the city despite China’s media crackdown - but business and markets thrive on news.
2021/05/11,Lowy Institute,Do Belt and Road projects provide local benefits?,Dirk van der Kley,https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/bri-increasingly-focused-benefits-locals,"In a virtual meeting with a group of African students in late April, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked a question, implicitly, about China: “Are they bringing their own workers with them, or are they giving jobs to people in the country where they’re making investments?” 
Blinken"
2021/05/10,Lowy Institute,China’s innovation dilemma,John West,https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-innovation-dilemma,"It has long been conventional wisdom that China would struggle to become an innovative nation. China’s controlled society, with lack of freedom of speech and expression, propaganda and censorship, together with an education system that emphasises rote learning and memorisation have been judged to"
2021/05/10,Lowy Institute,A breadcrumb trail as Europe responds to a rising China,Anita Inder Singh,https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/breadcrumb-trail-europe-responds-rising-china,"Aware of China’s unprecedented economic and military rise and its ambition to become a global power, and recognising the shift in the centre of international political and economic gravity away from the Atlantic, the European Union is crafting a strategy for the Indo-Pacific, which it defines as"
2021/05/06,Lowy Institute,Economic diplomacy: Patent politics and trade deal twists ,Greg Earl,https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/economic-diplomacy-patent-politics-trade-deal-twists,"Biden’s jab
First it was new carbon emission cuts, and then a global minimum corporate tax. But it is hard to beat the Biden administration’s move to shaft the pharmaceutical industry lobby over vaccine patents for putting the US back at the heart of global public policy. 
The devil will be in"
2021/05/05,Lowy Institute,Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis,Mubashar Hasan,https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/authoritarians-seek-advantage-india-s-covid-crisis,"As India grapples with an apocalyptic Covid-19 crisis at home, the Modi government put a temporary halt on its “Vaccine Maitri” (vaccine friendship) program shipping millions of vaccine doses abroad. 
India had set itself an ambition to become a regional and, indeed, a global"
2021/05/10,East Asia Forum,"US Pacific Deterrence Initiative too little, too late to counter China","Hugh White, ANU",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/10/us-pacific-deterrence-initiative-too-little-too-late-to-counter-china/,"The US–China rivalry has many dimensions, but at its heart is a strategic contest over primacy in the Western Pacific. Although this contest is being waged on many fronts — including economic, diplomatic and ideological — it is essentially military. China seeks to challenge US leadership in the Western Pacific by opposing the US maritime military supremacy. The United States is trying to resist that challenge and preserve its military preponderance. Read more…"
2021/05/10,East Asia Forum,"When the chips are down over Taiwan, what’s Australia’s stake in the game?","Editorial Board, ANU",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/10/when-the-chips-are-down-over-taiwan-whats-australias-stake-in-the-game/,"The talk of war in Canberra over China’s threat to Taiwan in recent weeks seems a little at odds with perceptions elsewhere around the region, even in Taiwan where Foreign Minister Joseph Wu sees no immediate sign of it on the ground while amplifying the calls to prepare for it. Read more…"
2021/05/09,East Asia Forum,"Talking up war over Taiwan flouts reason, fact, judgment and Australia’s national interest","Gareth Evans, ANU",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/09/talking-up-war-over-taiwan-flouts-reason-fact-judgment-and-australias-national-interest/,"It is never wise, in foreign affairs and defence policymaking, for emotion to trump reason, for politics to trump objectivity, or for sensitive judgment calls on major national interest issues to be made before they have to be. Talking up, as so many now are, the prospect of war with China — with Taiwan as the likely trigger point — runs the risk of offending all three prescriptions. Read more…"
2021/05/09,East Asia Forum,Washington is playing a losing game with China,"Chas W Freeman Jr, Brown University",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/09/washington-is-playing-a-losing-game-with-china/,America’s latest policies toward China will prove self-defeating. US–China relations now exemplify Freeman’s third law of strategic dynamics: for every hostile act there is a more hostile reaction. Read more…
2021/05/08,East Asia Forum,China’s plan to become a world-leading technology force,"Authors: Yutao Sun, Dalian University of Technology and Cong Cao, University of Nottingham Ningbo China",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/08/chinas-plan-to-become-a-world-leading-technology-force/,"On 12 March 2021, China released an outline of its 14th Five Year Plan (FYP) (2021–2025). The document charts a strategic, innovation-driven blueprint for Chinese development in the short- and medium-term."
2021/05/08,East Asia Forum,Why China will not rebuild Syria,"Samy Akil, ANU and OPC",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/08/why-china-will-not-rebuild-syria/,"A decade since the start of the Syrian civil war, debate on the conflict is shifting toward the rebuilding of the country. China is increasingly being touted as a leading candidate to address Syria’s post-conflict reconstruction at a time when Western powers and Syrian Assad regime allies seem either unwilling or unable to address the issue."
2021/05/06,East Asia Forum,Globalisation isn’t losing steam in China,"Song Hong, CASS",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/06/globalisation-isnt-losing-steam-in-china/,"Why is China continuing to liberalise trade and investment as doubts and opposition to globalisation rise? While the opposite may be true in some developed countries, globalisation optimises China’s economic structure and improves efficiency. China’s opening-up and development is also contributing significantly to Asian regional integration."
2021/05/05,East Asia Forum,Can China’s commercial space sector achieve lift off?,"R Lincoln Hines, Cornell University",https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/05/can-chinas-commercial-space-sector-achieve-lift-off/,"China announced in 2014 that it would allow private investment into its traditionally state-dominated space sector. This decision led to rapid proliferation of Chinese space companies — creating one of the fastest growing commercial space sectors on the planet. Yet, despite the explosive growth of China’s commercial space sector, space companies there face daunting challenges both domestically and globally."
2021/05/11,Pearls and Irritations,Is News Corp back onto weapons of mass destruction?,Alison Broinowski,https://johnmenadue.com/back-to-weapons-of-mass-destruction/,"Australians born in the last century remember how the ‘war on terror’ began in 2001. The same con trick is being tried on us again, for war with China…. "
2021/05/09,Pearls and Irritations,"Understanding Beijing’s motives regarding Taiwan, and America’s role",P&I Guest Writers,https://johnmenadue.com/understanding-beijings-motives-regarding-taiwan-and-americas-role/,"John Culver retired in 2020 after a distinguished 35-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency. During that time, he analyzed East Asian affairs, including security, economic, and foreign policy dimensions. As national intelligence officer for East Asia from 2015 to 2018, he drove the intelligence community’s support to top policymakers on East Asian issues. He… "
2021/05/09,Pearls and Irritations,"Biden’s Taiwan Policy Is Truly, Deeply Reckless.Would the US allow Mexico to join a military alliance with Beijing?",New York Times,https://johnmenadue.com/bidens-taiwan-policy-is-truly-deeply-reckless-would-the-us-allow-mexico-to-join-a-military-alliance-with-beijing/,"In fact, polling suggests that while foreign policy elites in Washington overwhelmingly endorse going to war for Taiwan, ordinary Americans are deeply skeptical. A recent report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that while 85 percent of Republican leaders support sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan from Chinese attack, only 43 percent of Republicans among… "
2021/05/07,Pearls and Irritations,The unfinished Chinese civil war,The Lowy Institute,https://johnmenadue.com/the-unfinished-chinese-civil-war-lowy-institute-30-9-20/,Many frame China’s options against Taiwan as peace or invasion. This is a dangerous oversimplification…. 
2021/05/07,Pearls and Irritations,China’s sanctions on Western think tanks,Mark J. Valencia,https://johnmenadue.com/mark-j-valencia-chinas-sanctions-on-western-think-tanks/,"China’s sanctions on the prominent Washington-based think-tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has prompted a great wailing and wringing of hands.  While I empathize with those affected, I do take issue with some of their specific concerns…. "
2021/05/06,Pearls and Irritations,More transparency needed around Uni’s audit into ‘foreign interference’,David Brophy,https://johnmenadue.com/more-transparency-needed-around-unis-audit-into-foreign-interference/,"The University’s approach to ‘foreign interference’ puts its Chinese staff at risk. There’s a tension in the idea of the modern university, between the essentially borderless nature of knowledge production, and the rival claim that universities should serve the “national interest”…. "
2021/05/05,Pearls and Irritations,Time to silence the drums of war,Joseph Camilleri,https://johnmenadue.com/time-to-silence-the-drums-of-war/,"For many familiar with the excesses of Cold War rhetoric and the hyped-up fears used to justify our ill-fated interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the current China bashing is a case of déjà-vu. But the latest bout of politically contrived anti-China hysteria is especially troubling…. "
2021/05/07,Asialink,The logic of US-China competition,"Joseph S Nye, Jr",https://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/insights/the-logic-of-us-china-competition,"While elements of the US-China relationship, if mishandled, could prove to be dangerous, Professor Joseph S Nye, Jr argues a relationship based on ""cooperative rivalry"" could ultimately benefit both countries and allow for greater action on pressing issues such as climate change."
2021/05/11,The Strategist,Australia should support Taiwan’s bid to join the CPTPP,"Richard Herr, Anthony Bergin",https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-should-support-taiwans-bid-to-join-the-cptpp/,"A federal parliamentary joint committee inquiry is examining the potential for new members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, and is assessing each individual case for accession against Australia’s national interests. The …"
2021/05/08,The Strategist,Australia needs powerful partners if it must go to war,Michael Shoebridge,https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-needs-powerful-partners-if-it-must-go-to-war/,"Australia has a highly capable, professional military equipped with small numbers of very complex, extremely expensive aircraft, ships, submarines and land vehicles. Australia could fight other middle powers and win, but Australia should only ever …"
2021/05/07,The Strategist,China military watch,"Elena Yi-Ching Ho, Malcolm Davis",https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-military-watch-8/,There’s rising concern about the prospect of a major military crisis erupting across the Taiwan Strait as a result of China’s intention to force Taiwan to unify with the mainland. President Xi Jinping suggested in …
2021/05/07,The Strategist,Baltic states start to turn away from China,Andris Banka,https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/baltic-states-start-to-turn-away-from-china/,"Over the past decade, China has made noteworthy strides towards drawing Eastern Europe into a web of cooperative relations. Through a cheque-book diplomacy approach, Beijing promised lucrative financial investments in the region. After the implementation …"
2021/05/05,The Strategist,China’s AI deployment in Africa poses risks to security and sovereignty,Khwezi Nkwanyana,https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-ai-deployment-in-africa-poses-risks-to-security-and-sovereignty/,"The competition to dominate Africa’s artificial intelligence and critical infrastructure markets is geopolitical and Beijing is racing for the lead. During the past 20 years, China has been rapidly building its communications infrastructure and advancing …"
2021/05/06,ChinaFile,What Should China Do about Its Aging Population?," Wang Feng, Karen Thornber & more ",https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/what-should-china-do-about-its-aging-population,A ChinaFile Conversation
2021/05/11,Sixth Tone,Why China Is Running Out of Lab Monkeys,Li Mingzi,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007430/why-china-is-running-out-of-lab-monkeys,"Trade restrictions and an increase in biomedical research, including into COVID-19 vaccines, have dr......"
2021/05/07,Sixth Tone,The Funeral of an Unknown Woman,Wei Xiaohan,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007398/the-funeral-of-an-unknown-woman,"Strangers organized the funeral of Feng Daoyou, a masseuse who was killed in the March 16 Atlanta ma......"
2021/05/11,Sixth Tone,The Uncertain Future of China’s Ancient Ceramics Capital,Liu Ruoxi,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007415/the-uncertain-future-of-chinas-ancient-ceramics-capital,"Jingdezhen’s artisans are famed for their skill and attention to detail, so why can’t they make a go......"
2021/05/10,Sixth Tone,Inside the Communist Party’s Private Sector Push,He Xuan,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007414/inside-the-communist-partys-private-sector-push,The Communist Party of China is building grassroots organizations in the private sector in a bid to ......
2021/05/06,Sixth Tone,I Got the Vaccine. Why Are So Many Chinese Still Hesitating?,Wu Haiyun,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007391/i-got-the-vaccine.-why-are-so-many-chinese-still-hesitating%3F,"Getting vaccinated is an almost painless process in much of China, yet many continue to vacillate."
2021/05/08,Sixth Tone,How NFTs Are Transforming China’s Art Market,Faye Bradley,http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007240/how-nfts-are-transforming-chinas-art-market,Beijing has placed tight restrictions on the crypto market in recent years. But Chinese creators are......
2021/05/10,China Digital Times,Recent Reports Add to Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide in Xinjiang,John Chan,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/recent-reports-add-to-evidence-of-crimes-against-humanity-and-genocide-in-xinjiang/,Several new reports focusing on the invasive ways that the Chinese government is policing the bodies and lives of Uyghurs in the region have provided yet more evidence of ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide in Xinjiang....
2021/05/07,China Digital Times,"Netizen Voices: In Hu Xijin Controversy, Nationalist Netizens Turn On One of Their Own",John Chan,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/netizen-voices-in-hu-xijin-controversy-nationalist-netizens-turn-on-one-of-their-own/,"Last week, a Weibo post by the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, China’s top legal enforcement authority, ignited a firestorm of controversy on Chinese social media. The controversy began after the..."
2021/05/07,China Digital Times,G7 Meeting Focuses on China and Taiwan,Joseph Brouwer,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/g7-meeting-focuses-on-china-and-taiwan/,"The agenda of this past week’s Group of Seven summit—a meeting of top officials from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—more or less revolved around a single question: what to do..."
2021/05/06,China Digital Times,Three Convicted of Rioting in HK Despite No Evidence of Involvement,John Chan,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/three-convicted-of-rioting-in-hk-despite-no-evidence-of-involvement/,"A Hong Kong court has convicted three people of rioting, jailing them for at least four years despite a lack of evidence that they played any role in the riot. This is the latest conviction since a higher court upheld the..."
2021/05/05,China Digital Times,"After Chinese Sanctions, EU-China Investment Deal on the Rocks",John Chan,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/after-chinese-sanctions-eu-china-investment-deal-on-the-rocks/,"A little over four months after the European Union hastily signed a landmark investment agreement with China in a move hailed by Beijing as a diplomatic success, efforts by the E.U. to ratify the agreement are now reportedly on..."
2021/05/05,China Digital Times,Angry Then Apologetic Tweets From Philippines Foreign Minister Highlight Diplomatic Tensions in South China Sea,Joseph Brouwer,https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2021/05/angry-then-apologetic-tweets-from-philippines-foreign-minister-highlight-diplomatic-tensions-in-south-china-sea/,A series of alternately profane and obsequious tweets from the Philippines’ foreign minister were an unusually public demonstration of the diplomatic tightrope Southeast Asian countries walk regarding the South China Sea. China...
2021/05/11,Quartz,China is trying to put the brakes on Tesla’s biggest rival,Jane Li,https://qz.com/2007523/tesla-rival-hong-guang-faces-license-plate-issues-in-shanghai/,
2021/05/10,Quartz,Meituan’s CEO is in the hot seat over a classical Chinese poem about book burning,Jane Li,https://qz.com/2007084/meituans-ceo-is-in-hot-water-over-a-classical-chinese-poem/,
2021/05/07,Quartz,Adidas is trying to have it both ways on Xinjiang,Marc Bain,https://qz.com/2006406/adidas-is-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-on-xinjiang/,
2021/05/05,Quartz,China’s latest weapon against Covid-19 is a girl band in Shanghai,Jane Li,https://qz.com/2005202/chinas-latest-weapon-against-covid-19-is-pop-group-snh48/,
2021/05/07,Inside Story,China’s gift to transparency campaigners,James Panichi,https://insidestory.org.au/chinas-gift-to-transparency-campaigners,Foreign influence laws are highlighting the shortcomings of Australia’s rules for lobbyists
2021/05/06,Politico China Watcher,Biden's China challenge,Geoffrey Garrett,https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2021/05/06/bidens-china-challenge-492743,
2021/05/06,Politico China Direct,POLITICO China Direct: G7 on fire — Deal’s half-dead — Silence on Hong Kong,Stuart Lau,https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-direct/politico-china-direct-g7-on-fire-deals-half-dead-silence-on-hong-kong/,
2021/05/10,Protocol | China, China could soon have stronger privacy laws than the U.S.,Shen Lu,http://eepurl.com/hyaR3n,"Privacy committees come to China, Personal information as inheritance, Bye-bye, personalized recommendations, Consent. Consent. Consent., Limits on the state"
2021/05/05,Protocol | China, Chinese tech's global PR problem,David Wertime and  Protocol,http://eepurl.com/hxMCQ5,"Lessons from TikTok's PR disaster, You'll never guess who makes China's best-selling smartphone., Is AirDrop becoming China's Tinder?"
2021/05/09,The Wire China,The Housing Bubble That Just Won’t Pop,Hannah Reale,https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/the-housing-bubble-that-just-wont-pop/,China’s real estate sector won’t stop growing.
2021/05/09,The Wire China,The Party on the Inside: The CCP and Chinese Companies,Nicholas Borst,https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/the-party-on-the-inside-the-ccp-and-chinese-companies/,"If China wants its companies to be treated as market-based actors, it needs to be more transparent about efforts to strengthen and expand CCP organizations..."
2021/05/09,The Wire China,"Daniel Russel on China, the “Pivot,” and Rebuilding America’s Standing",David Barboza,https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/daniel-russel-on-china-the-pivot-and-rebuilding-americas-standing/,"The diplomat and Obama aide talks national humility, Biden vs. Trump, and the opportunistic streak of the Chinese Communist Party."
2021/05/09,The Wire China,The Logic of U.S.-China Competition,"Joseph S. Nye, Jr.",https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/the-logic-of-us-china-competition/,"The U.S.-China relationship is a “cooperative rivalry,” in which the terms of competition will require equal attention to both sides of the oxymoron."
2021/05/09,The Wire China,Tesla’s China Endgame,Brent Crane,https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/teslas-china-endgame/,"For the past few years, observers have watched the China-Tesla love affair with a certain sense of foreboding: how much longer will Beijing allow Tesla..."
2021/05/09,The Wire China,Cutthroat Competitions,The Wire,https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/05/09/cutthroat-competitions/,And the quest for leverage.
2021/05/10,SupChina,Another report of reproductive oppression in Xinjiang,Lucas Niewenhuis,https://supchina.com/2021/05/10/another-report-of-reproductive-oppression-in-xinjiang/,"For the past year, international alarm over China’s abuse of Uyghurs has been heightened by reports of targeted birth control. A New York Times report confirms that even as birth restrictions have loosened in much of China, they have tightened and become more coercive for Muslims in Xinjiang."
2021/05/10,SupChina,"Hangzhou safari park hides leopard escape for weeks, citing fear of losing visitors",Jiayun Feng,https://supchina.com/2021/05/10/hangzhou-safari-park-hides-leopard-escape-for-weeks-citing-fear-of-losing-visitors/,"Three leopards escaped from a safari park in Hangzhou over the weekend, but like the mayor from Jaws, the park’s management told tourists to keep coming."
2021/05/10,SupChina,‘Zhu was first’: The rise and fall in Chinese lore of commander-in-chief Zhu De,Alex Colville,https://supchina.com/2021/05/10/zhu-was-first-the-rise-and-fall-of-commander-in-chief-zhu-de/,"In the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, when it was struggling for survival, Zhu De marched alongside Mao Zedong. The two of them were close enough that they were often referred to as “Zhu Mao” in the countryside."
2021/05/10,SupChina,China’s ‘butterfly queen’ dominates Chinese swimming nationals,Gerry Harker,https://supchina.com/2021/05/10/chinas-butterfly-queen-dominates-chinese-swimming-nationals/,"Zhang Yufei dominated at the Chinese National Swimming Championships, winning five gold medals and a silver."
2021/05/10,SupChina,Video streamer iQIYI cancels a season finale over milk waste controversy,Chang Che,https://supchina.com/2021/05/10/iqiyi-cancels-season-finale-over-milk/,Fan groups of contestants in a reality talent show bulk bought milk bottles with caps that gave them extra votes for their idols. The government is crying over the spilt milk.
2021/05/07,SupChina,WHO approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use,Lucas Niewenhuis,https://supchina.com/2021/05/07/who-approves-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine-for-emergency-use/,"Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first Chinese-made shot to ever be approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization. The step affirms China’s growing scientific power, but is expected to have limited impact on vaccine supply in the short term."
2021/05/07,SupChina,Chinese rapper NINEONE# says expressing empathy for men doesn’t make her anti-feminist,Jiayun Feng,https://supchina.com/2021/05/07/chinese-rapper-nineone-says-expressing-empathy-for-men-doesnt-make-her-anti-feminist/,"She’s a huge star known for her feminist hip-hop lyrics, but now Nǎi Wàn 乃万 a.k.a. NINEONE# is under fire for remarks she made onstage that some women felt undermine their quest for equality."
2021/05/07,SupChina,Chinese electric vehicle giant Nio goes to Norway,Chang Che,https://supchina.com/2021/05/07/chinese-electric-vehicle-giant-nio-goes-to-norway/,China’s electric vehicle makers are eyeing Norway as their first overseas destination — but can they convince Europeans to pay top dollar for cars made in China?
2021/05/06,SupChina,"‘Australia is responsible for all this’: China suspends economic dialogue with Canberra, blames ‘Cold War mentality’",Lucas Niewenhuis,https://supchina.com/2021/05/06/australia-is-responsible-for-all-this-china-suspends-economic-dialogue-with-canberra-blames-cold-war-mentality/,"Beijing, casting itself as the victim of “insane suppression” from Canberra, suspended its participation in one of the few remaining high-level diplomatic forums between Australia and China. Relations between the two countries still might not have hit bottom."
2021/05/06,SupChina,How Technology and Capital Can Help Accelerate Agricultural Innovation in China,SupChina Sponsored,https://supchina.com/2021/05/06/how-technology-and-capital-can-help-accelerate-agricultural-innovation-in-china/,"Less than 30% of farmers in China are involved in new businesses like agricultural e-commerce and organic farming, Pinduoduo is helping attract young talent back to rural areas"
2021/05/06,SupChina,China tests digital yuan in villages,Chang Che,https://supchina.com/2021/05/06/china-tests-digital-yuan-in-villages/,China is getting serious about digital cash: the latest trials of the e-yuan are rolling out in villages near the northeastern coastal city of Dalian.
2021/05/06,SupChina,Tencent exec’s Youth Day message for China’s youth: You are sleeping too much,Jiayun Feng,https://supchina.com/2021/05/06/tencent-exec-zhang-juns-youth-day-message-you-are-sleeping-too-much/,Chinese social media users lash out against the country's overwork culture.
2021/05/05,SupChina,Chinese podcast app Ximalaya to go public,Megan Cattel,https://supchina.com/2021/05/05/chinese-podcast-app-ximalaya-to-go-public/,"Podcasting caught on later in China than in the U.S., but it’s become an enormous business. The most popular audio app in the country just filed for a U.S. IPO."
2021/05/05,SupChina,Puppies and kittens are the latest casualties of China’s blind-box craze,Jiayun Feng,https://supchina.com/2021/05/05/puppies-and-kittens-are-the-latest-casualties-of-chinas-blind-box-craze/,"“Blind-box” gifts and toys have been popular in China since 2014, but now some unscrupulous companies have been using the concept to sell mystery pet gifts, with animals shipped by courier companies. The public is outraged."
2021/05/05,SupChina,The Reciter: A Uyghur family’s pride — and downfall,Darren Byler,https://supchina.com/2021/05/05/the-reciter-a-uyghur-familys-pride-and-downfall/,"Nurali, after memorizing the Quran, brought immense pride to his family. But back home in Xinjiang, his mother, who financed his studies, was accused of abetting ""terrorism,"" and sentenced to 16.5 years in prison."
2021/05/05,SupChina,Can Chinese liquor companies convince Chinese youths to drink traditional baijiu?,Chang Che,https://supchina.com/2021/05/05/can-chinese-liquor-companies-convince-chinese-youths-to-drink-traditional-baijiu/,"Baijiu — strong, traditional Chinese liquor — has a long history but an uncertain future as younger Chinese turn to wine and whiskies. Can the $92 billion industry reinvent itself for a new generation?"
2021/05/05,SupChina,U.S.-China relations at the time of the Chinese Exclusion Act,James Carter,https://supchina.com/2021/05/05/u-s-china-relations-at-the-time-of-the-chinese-exclusion-act/,"On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed a law that for the first time singled out a specific nation — China — and denied its citizens entry into the United States."
2021/05/06,Center for Strategic and International Studies,Tatmadaw Deploys Chinese-Made UAVs,Matthew P. Funaiole ,https://www.csis.org/analysis/tatmadaw-deploys-chinese-made-uavs,
2021/05/07,Center for Advanced China Research,Weekly Report 4|25 5.1.2021-5.7.2021,,https://www.ccpwatch.org/single-post/weekly-report-4-25-5-1-2021-5-7-2021,
2021/05/11,MERICS,US-China finance relations: quietly flows the Dollar ,,https://merics.org/en/opinion/us-china-finance-relations-quietly-flows-dollar,
2021/05/05,MERICS,Commission proposes defensive economic measures - CAI - Belgium's investment screening mechanism,,https://merics.org/en/briefing/european-commission-proposes-new-defensive-economic-measures-china,
2021/05/07,Brookings Institution,Restore US-Mexico seafood trade and save the vaquita,"Vanda Felbab-Brown, Alejandro Castillo López",https://www.brookings.edu/articles/restore-us-mexico-seafood-trade-and-save-the-vaquita/,
2021/05/06,Australia-China Relations Institute,Australia-China monthly wrap-up: April 2021,"James Laurenceson, Elena Collinson, Thomas Pantle",https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/australia-china-monthly-wrap-april-2021,
2021/05/11,Australia-China Relations Institute,Perspectives | Guarding against assumptions about Australia’s national interests,Dr John Edwards,https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/perspectives-guarding-against-assumptions-about-australia%E2%80%99s-national-interests,
2021/05/06,Australia-China Relations Institute,Perspectives | Australian racism a vulnerability to the PRC’s influence operations,Dr Joyce Nip,https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/perspectives-australian-racism-vulnerability-prc%E2%80%99s-influence-operations,
2021/05/05,Australia-China Relations Institute,"Perspectives | Australia’s engagement with the PRC: Universities need more, not less",David S G Goodman,https://www.australiachinarelations.org/content/perspectives-australia%E2%80%99s-engagement-prc-universities-need-more-not-less,
2021/05/11,Observer Research Foundation, China–Bangladesh strategic linkages,Sumanth Samsani,https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/china-bangladesh-strategic-linkages/?amp, Though China and Bangladesh shared an adversarial relationship during the latter’s independence movement and immediately... 
2021/05/10,Observer Research Foundation, The Great Game 2.0 in Asia: Stakes go up,Yuri M Yarmolinsky,https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-great-game-2-0-in-asia-stakes-go-up/?amp, Even a cursory glance at world events leaves no doubt that Asia remains high on... 
2021/05/08,Observer Research Foundation, China in Sri Lanka: The Colombo Port Conundrum,Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan,https://www.orfonline.org/research/china-in-sri-lanka-the-colombo-port-conundrum/?amp," Sri Lanka’s Parliament postponed discussion of a bill regarding Colombo Port City, but it is expected to pass. "
2021/05/07,Observer Research Foundation, Excluding Huawei from India is part of a policy continuum,Gautam Chikermane,https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/excluding-huawei-from-india-is-part-of-a-policy-continuum/?amp,  We can probably laugh at the reaction of the spokesperson of Chinese Embassy Counsellor Wang... 
2021/05/05,Observer Research Foundation," The Impossible Triangle: China, the US, and the EU",Theresa Fallon,https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-impossible-triangle-china-the-us-and-the-eu/?amp," The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated geopolitical trends, in particular the China-US rivalry. China’s rise has... "
2021/05/05,Observer Research Foundation," No Huawei in 5G is a start, No China in critical infrastructure should be next",Gautam Chikermane,https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/no-huawei-in-5g-is-a-start-no-china-in-critical-infrastructure-should-be-next/?amp, Missing from the list of five companies shortlisted for 5G trials in India is the... 
2021/05/10,The Conversation,Small countries and Covid-19 vaccination: the example of Serbia,Jovana Stanisljevic,https://theconversation.com/small-countries-and-covid-19-vaccination-the-example-of-serbia-157159,"While Serbia's Covid-19 infection rate continues to be worrisome, the country has shown the ability to vaccinate a higher proportion of its population than EU nations."
2021/05/10,The Conversation,China’s digital currency could be the future of money – but does it threaten global stability?,Daniel Broby,https://theconversation.com/chinas-digital-currency-could-be-the-future-of-money-but-does-it-threaten-global-stability-160560,"The digital yuan could make transactions faster, cheaper and more transparent, but there are dangers for the global economy."
2021/05/05,The Conversation,UK-India trade deal: why the timing is crucial for both nations,Sangeeta Khorana,https://theconversation.com/uk-india-trade-deal-why-the-timing-is-crucial-for-both-nations-160383,What the deal involves and why it matters.
2021/05/11,The Diplomat,Transatlantic Cooperation on the China Challenge,Mercy A. Kuo,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/transatlantic-cooperation-on-the-china-challenge/,Insights from Hans Binnendijk.
2021/05/08,The Diplomat,Chinese Subsidies: A Threat to US Competitiveness?,Sara Hsu,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/chinese-subsidies-a-threat-to-us-competitiveness/,Are Chinese subsidies to firms in strategic sectors a threat to the competitiveness of U.S. companies?
2021/05/08,The Diplomat,Taiwan Catches Two Chinese Nationals Arriving by Dinghy,Nick Aspinwall,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/taiwan-catches-two-chinese-nationals-arriving-by-dinghy/,"At least one Chinese national said he had fled to Taiwan in search of “freedom and democracy,” raising questions about border security and refugee laws."
2021/05/08,The Diplomat,How Chinese Fans Enforce Chinese Nationalism on the World,Siru Chen,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/how-chinese-fans-enforce-chinese-nationalism-on-the-world/,Chinese fans are quick to call out idols for crossing political red lines -- and those norms are being internalized in the global pop culture industry.
2021/05/07,The Diplomat,China in Sri Lanka: The Colombo Port Conundrum,Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/china-in-sri-lanka-the-colombo-port-conundrum/,"Sri Lanka’s Parliament postponed discussion of a bill regarding Colombo Port City, but it is expected to pass."
2021/05/07,The Diplomat,Ramadan in China: Faithful Dwindle Under Limits on Religion,Ken Moritsugu,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/ramadan-in-china-faithful-dwindle-under-limits-on-religion/,"The tree-lined paths of the Id Kah Mosque's grounds are tranquil, and it's easy to miss the three surveillance cameras keeping watch over whoever comes in."
2021/05/06,The Diplomat,China’s Deep-Sea Motivation for Claiming Sovereignty Over the South China Sea,Mark Crescenzi,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/chinas-deep-sea-motivation-for-claiming-sovereignty-over-the-south-china-sea/,At the bottom of the contested waters lies a supply of the rare earth minerals crucial to China’s tech ambitions.
2021/05/06,The Diplomat,China ‘in a Category by Itself’ of Religious Rights Violators,Bonnie Girard,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/china-in-a-category-by-itself-of-religious-rights-violators/,"An interview with Gary Bauer, commissioner of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom."
2021/05/05,The Diplomat,3 Reasons Why the US Doesn’t Have a Coherent China Strategy,Bu Le,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/3-reasons-why-the-us-doesnt-have-a-coherent-china-strategy/,The United States’ China policy will continue to zig and zag in the future.
2021/05/05,The Diplomat,Will Easing of Student Visa Restrictions Rekindle China-US Exchanges?,Eleanor Albert,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/will-easing-of-student-visa-restrictions-rekindle-china-us-exchanges/,"It's a step in the right direction, but there are still substantial hurdles - both logistical and political - for Chinese students to come to the U.S."
2021/05/05,The Diplomat,China Is Courting Middle Eastern Nations on Xinjiang,Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/china-is-courting-middle-eastern-nations-on-xinjiang/,"As Western nations impose sanctions on China over its treatment of the Uyghurs, Beijing is reaching out to the Muslim world for support."
2021/05/05,The Diplomat,"4 Dams on the Upper Mekong in Yunnan, China: 2011-2019",Scott Ezell,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/4-dams-on-the-upper-mekong-in-yunnan-china-2011-2019/,Firsthand glimpses of how dam construction changed the river over the course of eight years.
2021/05/05,The Diplomat,China Outlines Its Priorities as UN Security Council President,Shannon Tiezzi,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/china-outlines-its-priorities-as-un-security-council-president/,"China's top priority is addressing the crisis within the United Nations itself, the topic of a high-level meeting later this week."
2021/05/06,The Diplomat,We Don’t Need to Wait on the UN to Expand Taiwan’s International Role,Gray Sergeant,https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/we-dont-need-to-wait-on-the-un-to-expand-taiwans-international-role/,"Liberal democracies can, and should, develop their own bilateral and multilateral exchanges with Taiwan, even while pushing for its inclusion in the WHO and other U.N. bodies."
2021/05/11,Foreign Policy,The United Kingdom Dispatches HMS Queen Elizabeth to Confront China,Michael Auslin,https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/11/united-states-britain-freedom-of-navigation-china/,Are U.S. allies finally rallying around Washington’s more aggressive stance toward Beijing?
2021/05/10,Foreign Policy,Biden Looks for Defense Hotline With China,Jack Detsch,https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/10/biden-china-xi-jinping-defense-hotline-pentagon/,The United States says it’s ready to call China in a crisis. Will Beijing pick up?
2021/05/10,Foreign Policy,What the United States Wants From Japan in Taiwan,Jeffrey W. Hornung,https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/10/what-the-united-states-wants-from-japan-in-taiwan/,Biden should be clear about potential wartime plans now or else risk being disappointed by delays in Tokyo. 
2021/05/07,Foreign Policy,China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory,Robert Barnett,https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/07/china-bhutan-border-villages-security-forces/,"Since 2015, a previously unnoticed network of roads, buildings, and military outposts has been constructed deep in a sacred valley in Bhutan."
2021/05/06,Foreign Policy,"As U.S. Hardens Line on Beijing, Taiwan’s Stock Rises in Washington",Robbie Gramer,https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/06/taiwan-united-states-china-competition-tensions-diplomacy/,Taiwan doesn’t have a U.S. embassy. But it’s got plenty of influence—and more to come.
2021/05/05,Foreign Policy,Biden Wants to Replicate China’s Infrastructure Miracle,"Yukon Huang, Joshua Levy",https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/05/china-infrastructure-debt-land-prices-biden/,But he won’t be able to pull that off. Here’s why.
2021/05/10,ThinkChina,Feisty and delicate: Vietnam's approach to handling great power rivalry  ,William Choong,https://www.thinkchina.sg/feisty-and-delicate-vietnams-approach-handling-great-power-rivalry,"Vietnam’s domestic and foreign policy structures held up well in 2020 in the face of significant challenges involving Covid-19, chairing ASEAN, and relations with China and the US. Vietnam continued to maintain a delicate balance between China and the US, while at the same time retaining a strategic option to pursue deeper defence and military relations with the US. Its ability to maintain and enhance agency, in particular in its relations with Beijing, offers lessons for other Southeast Asian countries facing the same dilemma."
2021/05/07,ThinkChina,Japan passes China in the sprint to win Cambodian hearts and minds,"Jing Jing Luo, Kheang Un",https://www.thinkchina.sg/japan-passes-china-sprint-win-cambodian-hearts-and-minds,"Since 2010, Japan’s foreign policy toward Cambodia includes a new geopolitical dimension of balancing China’s influence in Cambodia, including strategies such as non-interference in Cambodia’s domestic affairs and providing development assistance that aligns with the Cambodian government’s development plan, focusing on infrastructure, human capital development, and agriculture. Japan has been relatively successful given the Cambodian population’s mixed reactions to China’s engagement in Cambodia. And it seems that Cambodia will continue to benefit from Japan's balancing-China strategy, as long as China-Japan rivalry stays manageable."
2021/05/06,ThinkChina,China's CPC deepens ties with Philippine political parties ,Aaron Jed Rabena,https://www.thinkchina.sg/chinas-cpc-deepens-ties-philippine-political-parties,"Under Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, party-to-party (P2P) relations have been forged and deepened between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and various Philippine political parties. Such P2P diplomacy offers China a new diplomatic channel to promote bilateral relations and complement confidence-building measures. It also enables Beijing to hedge at the sub-national level given the plurality of political bases in the Philippines. Philippine researcher Aaron Jed Rabena looks at the engagements thus far and examines how these may affect Philippine domestic politics."
2021/05/06,ThinkChina,India's coronavirus crisis is the world's crisis. Politics needs to take a back seat.,Zhu Zhiqun,https://www.thinkchina.sg/indias-coronavirus-crisis-worlds-crisis-politics-needs-take-back-seat,"In hindsight, Zhu Zhiqun analyses some of India’s missteps that have left it ill-prepared to handle the second wave of Covid-19. China and other countries should learn from this: it is still not time to slacken one's vigilance against Covid-19, and a friend in need is a friend indeed."
2021/05/05,ThinkChina,Will Indonesia-China vaccine cooperation affect Jakarta's South China Sea stance?,"Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia, Klaus Heinrich Raditio",https://www.thinkchina.sg/will-indonesia-china-vaccine-cooperation-affect-jakartas-south-china-sea-stance,"Indonesia is among the Southeast Asian nations most heavily stricken by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ASEAN country that conducts the most comprehensive vaccine cooperation with China. Still, it has tried to diversify its vaccine supply to avoid being over-reliant on China's vaccine. Unsurprisingly, China’s vaccine diplomacy in Southeast Asia carries an expectation that recipient countries should be more accommodating on the South China Sea issue. Will Indonesia's resolve to stand firm on ASEAN’s position on the South China Sea waver?"
2021/05/05,ThinkChina,No one in the world loves the US as much as the Chinese? Not anymore.,Han Dongping,https://www.thinkchina.sg/no-one-world-loves-us-much-chinese-not-anymore,"China is no longer as enamoured with the US as it used to be, with its realisation that the US will never allow it to reach to its level and stand on an equal footing. Freed from sentimentality towards the US, China may accelerate its search for new partners to ensure its survival, says Han Dongping."
2021/05/11,ThinkChina,China’s rising property prices have serious social consequences,Han Heyuan,https://www.thinkchina.sg/chinas-rising-property-prices-have-serious-social-consequences,"Han Heyuan asserts that rising property prices in China are not just the “biggest grey rhino” in terms of financial risks as some policymakers have said, but also a catalyst for a slew of development and social issues such as the lack of entrepreneurs, negative attitudes to work, and falling birth rates."
2021/05/10,ThinkChina,Is China facing a demographic crisis?,Yu Zeyuan,https://www.thinkchina.sg/china-facing-demographic-crisis,"China’s latest population census was completed late last year, but the results will only be announced on 11 May, pushed back from early April. Some speculate that the delay is due to sensitive findings such as the severity of the declining birth rate. Is China facing a demographic crisis and how will the government seek to balance population challenges and economic growth? Yu Zeyuan throws up some possibilities."
2021/05/10,ThinkChina,Chinese researcher: This is how China gets rid of poverty ,Yao Shujie,https://www.thinkchina.sg/chinese-researcher-how-china-gets-rid-poverty,"China has made huge strides in poverty alleviation over the last few decades, especially in rural areas. As of the end of 2020, 592 counties, 128,000 villages, and 98.99 million people are no longer tagged as poor. Chinese academic Yao Shujie takes a closer look at the strategies that have gotten China to this point, including relying on big data, mobilising the whole community, and identifying poor individuals. However, he also admits that there are rising challenges in poverty alleviation."
2021/05/07,ThinkChina,Chinese economics professor: Fathers are not inferior to mothers when it comes to parenting,"Caixin Global, Li Jingkui",https://www.thinkchina.sg/chinese-economics-professor-fathers-are-not-inferior-mothers-when-it-comes-parenting,"When Chinese economics professor Li Jingkui sent his daughter for extra classes regularly, he noticed that he was surrounded by mostly female parents. He started thinking about the roles of men and women in raising children throughout history and of his own experience growing up in an agricultural town in northern China. He came to the conclusion that the traditional division of labour between men and women is defined by productivity and the status of the sexes which are changing rapidly in modern society. So what should be the best mode of raising a child in the 21st century?"
2021/05/06,ThinkChina,The ugly scenes behind China's talent shows,Chen Jing,https://www.thinkchina.sg/ugly-scenes-behind-chinas-talent-shows,The voting mechanism for elimination variety shows in China nowadays demands fans to put their money where their mouth is — pushing their favourites up the ranks with “support” that can be bought in cash. Clever marketing tactics by sponsors or a slippery slope bordering on exploitation?
2021/05/08,What's on Weibo,Train Fight Between Chinese and Foreign Passenger over Mask-Wearing Goes Viral on Douyin,Manya Koetse,https://www.whatsonweibo.com/train-fight-between-chinese-and-foreign-passenger-over-mask-wearing-goes-viral-on-douyin/,A video that shows a foreign man yelling at a Chinese woman on the high-speed train has gone viral on Chinese social media. 
2021/05/07,What's on Weibo,Guangzhou Metro Security Guard Posts X-ray Images of Passengers’ Adult Toys,Bobby Fung,https://www.whatsonweibo.com/guangzhou-metro-security-guard-posts-x-ray-images-of-passengers-adult-toys/,Chinese netizens are annoyed by a Guangzhou Metro security guard posting the X-ray images of the private contents of passenger bags.
2021/05/10,ChinaTalk,"Endless Frontier, The Most Important Bill No One's Heard Of + Essay Contest + Tweets of the…",Jordan Schneider,https://chinatalk.substack.com/p/endless-frontier-the-most-important,Endless Frontier is a rare bill with bipartisan support that is big enough to really impact the humankind’s technological trajectory
2021/05/06,Pekingnology,"In Xi's own words: What's ""dual circulation?"" What's New Development Stage?",Zichen Wang,https://pekingnology.substack.com/p/in-xis-own-words-whats-dual-circulation,Internal speech to senior Party cadres now in public view
2021/05/06,Beijing Channel,China's big plans for its farmland,Beijing Channel,https://beijingchannel.substack.com/p/chinas-big-plans-for-its-farmland,China’s campaign to achieve “rural vitalization”
2021/05/11,Tracking People's Daily,Boosting Chinese Brands - Drug Supervision - Real Estate Speculation & Ren Lixuan on New Development Concept,Manoj Kewalramani,https://manoj3c2.substack.com/p/boosting-chinese-brands-drug-supervision,"Here are the stories and pieces from the May 11, 2021, People’s Daily edition that I found noteworthy. Page 1: The lead story today is about Xi’s lette…"
2021/05/10,Tracking People's Daily,"Xi's New Development Stage, Evaluating Party Secretaries, & Pessimism over Afghan Withdrawal",Manoj Kewalramani,https://manoj3c2.substack.com/p/xis-new-development-stage-evaluating,"Hello Readers, Before we begin today, I wanted to share details about my first book on China, which will be releasing next month. It’s now available fo…"
2021/05/07,Tracking People's Daily,Xi Works the Phones - Li on Food Security - Hitting Back at the G7,Manoj Kewalramani,https://manoj3c2.substack.com/p/xi-works-the-phones-li-on-food-security,"Here are the stories and pieces from the May 7, 2021, People’s Daily edition that I found noteworthy. Page 1: Xi Jinping returns to dominate the front …"
2021/05/06,Tracking People's Daily,Li Dazhao & Wang Jinmei - Shandong Secretary Praising Xi - G7 on China,Manoj Kewalramani,https://manoj3c2.substack.com/p/li-dazhao-and-wang-jinmei-shandong,"Here are the stories and pieces from the May 6, 2021, People’s Daily edition that I found noteworthy. Page 1: We’re just back from the holidays, but it…"
2021/05/05,Tracking People's Daily,China's UNSC Priorities - Philippines Row - ACFTU's Political Loyalty & Priorities,Manoj Kewalramani,https://manoj3c2.substack.com/p/chinas-unsc-priorities-philippines,"Here are the stories and pieces from the May 5, 2021, People’s Daily edition that I found noteworthy. Page 1: We’re still in holiday mode. The lead sto…"
2021/05/07,The India China Newsletter,Inside the debate in China about India's Covid-19 crisis,Ananth Krishnan,https://indiachina.substack.com/p/inside-the-debate-in-china-about,"Welcome to today’s issue. In this lengthier-than-usual post (you may click on the headline to read in your browser, if your email has cut short this po…"
2021/05/05,The India China Newsletter,"India's big 5G call, and the complicated optics of Covid-19 supplies from China",Ananth Krishnan,https://indiachina.substack.com/p/indias-big-5g-call-and-the-complicated,"Welcome to today’s issue, where I’ll be looking at India’s announcement on 5G trials and exclusion of Chinese telecom firms; External Affairs Minister …"
2021/05/09,Eye on China,Big Stories amid the May-Day Break,Manoj Kewalramani,https://manojkewalramani.substack.com/p/big-stories-amid-the-may-day-break,"Dear Subscribers, I hope this finds you all well. With the long May Day holiday in China for much of the week, we’re taking a break from the newsletter…"
2021/05/09,Beijing to Britain,"Who's who in the British Embassy, Beijing? A bonus Brief",,https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/whos-who-in-the-british-embassy-beijing,
2021/05/06,Beijing to Britain,The G7 on China A  Review,,https://beijingtobritain.substack.com/p/the-g7-on-china,
2021/05/11,Hong Kong Free Press,Joint enterprise: The flawed justice that turns bystanders into criminals,Chris Maden,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/11/joint-enterprise-the-flawed-justice-that-turns-bystanders-into-criminals/,"Indulge me. Imagine – hypothetically speaking, not for real – that in a distant galaxy long, long ago, three young people go off to exercise their right to free assembly. Imagine further that, as with any demonstration anywhere, they decide to show solidarity with the cause by dressing in the same colour – black, say […]"
2021/05/10,Hong Kong Free Press,Hong Kong’s school system is leaving non-Chinese minorities behind,Ricky Chu,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/10/hong-kongs-school-system-is-leaving-non-chinese-minorities-behind/,
2021/05/09,Hong Kong Free Press,Timespan: iconic arches represent a rare victory for Hong Kong’s heritage campaigners,Chloe Lai,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/09/timespan-iconic-arches-represent-a-rare-victory-for-hong-kongs-heritage-campaigners/,"Every weekend for the past month my social media feeds have featured photographs of the dramatic roof arches at the State Theatre in North Point. People upload photos after visiting the exhibition, which has been meticulously curated to record the forgotten glories of the building. It is a smart marketing move by Adrian Cheng, CEO […]"
2021/05/09,Hong Kong Free Press,Hong Kong’s discriminatory Covid-19 policies are placing politics above science,Stephen Vines,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/09/hong-kongs-discriminatory-covid-19-policies-are-placing-politics-above-science/,"It is hard to tell whether this was a case of unthinking racism, deliberate racism or mere stupidity. But what is clear is that targeting foreign domestic helpers in the fight against Covid had nothing to do with science and a great deal to do with the aggressively political manner in which the Hong Kong […]"
2021/05/08,Hong Kong Free Press,"Covid-19: Why are 13,000 people in Hong Kong barred from getting vaccinated?",Guest Contributor,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/08/covid-19-why-has-hong-kong-barred-13000-people-from-getting-vaccinated/,"By Andrew Gardener, Senior Pastor of The Vine Church, Wanchai Recent actions by the Hong Kong Government have highlighted how the making of laws without proper consultation can detrimentally impact the vulnerable and marginalised ethnic minority groups in our city. The passing of the Immigration (Amendment) Bill 2020 on April 29 is one action that has […]"
2021/05/08,Hong Kong Free Press,"Covid-19: Hong Kong is preying on the helpless again, so where is the Equal Opportunities Commission?",Tim Hamlett,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/08/covid-19-hong-kong-is-preying-on-the-helpless-again-so-where-is-the-equal-opportunities-commission/,What is it about our government and domestic helpers? Quite the most disgraceful moment of the Covid-19 epidemic so far was the suggestion that it would be a good public health measure to cancel their days off. Now we have – in response to one case (ONE CASE!) an order that the entire overseas domestic […]
2021/05/07,Hong Kong Free Press,Why The Economist’s take on ‘dangerous’ Taiwan is not just scaremongering,Hilton Yip,https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/07/why-the-economists-take-on-dangerous-taiwan-is-not-just-scaremongering/,"The Economist prompted a lot of double takes last week with it cover story describing Taiwan as “The most dangerous place on Earth.” On the face of it, this seemed preposterous. As one of the most successful nations in handling Covid, Taiwan has functioned almost normally without lockdowns whilst enjoying stellar economic growth. However, looking […]"
2021/05/11,Taiwan Insight,Gay Jouissance: Queering the Representation of Same-sex Desire in 1990s Taiwan Literature,Yahia Zhengtang Ma,https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/05/11/gay-jouissance-queering-the-representation-of-same-sex-desire-in-1990s-taiwan-literature/,"Written by Yahia Zhengtang Ma. The last decade of the twentieth century was an especially interesting time in the emergence of ‘tongzhi literature’. This genre consists of literary works that ‘deal with homosexuals and homosexuality’ in Taiwan when queer cinema was introduced to Taiwan via Hong Kong. The 1990s are widely considered the golden age of tongzhi literature, animated by such widely-celebrated literary works by Ta-wei Chi, Chu T’ien-wen, Qiu Miaojin, among many others. However, existing scholarship on this has primarily emphasised the complexity of the tongzhi identity, subjectivity, and discourse around tongzhi, tongxianglian and queer in solely its original Chinese texts through the lens of cultural studies and literary studies."
2021/05/10,Taiwan Insight,"Maternity, a Biter Transition, an Empowering Continuum or Both? Childbirth and the Practices of Yuezi under Beauty Pressure in Taiwan",Amélie Keyser-Verreault,https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/05/10/maternity-a-biter-transition-an-empowering-continuum-or-both-childbirth-and-the-practices-of-yuezi-under-beauty-pressure-in-taiwan/,"Written by Amélie Keyser-Verreault. Many feminist analyses emphasize the influence of neoliberalism in changing maternity and causing intensified beauty pressure. In this article, I seek to inaugurate a discussion of the relationship between motherhood and the quest for beauty, primarily the phenomenon of a new sexy maternity in Taiwan’s neoliberal context. Since the rapid spread of neoliberal ideology might favour the inclusion of beauty as part of human capital—and non-Western societies can be thought of as directly affected by this global beauty culture—it is relevant to observe the phenomenon of regaining one’s body."
2021/05/07,Taiwan Insight,228 Seventy-Four Years On: The Fight for Transitional Justice,Tabea Muehlbach,https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/05/07/228-seventy-four-years-on-the-fight-for-transitional-justice/,"Written by Tabea Muehlbach. February 28, 2017, marked the 70th anniversary of the 228 Incident, a bloody crackdown on Taiwanese civilians by Nationalist troops in 1947. In 2017, Tsai Ing-wen’s spoke for the first time as a president at the central commemorations in the 228 Peace Park in Taipei. Such ceremonies had become a regular annual instalment not long after Lee Teng-hui apologises to the victims in 1995. "
2021/05/06,Taiwan Insight,Taiwan’s Non-Traditional Diplomacy During the Pandemic: The Case of Mexico,Fabricio A,https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/05/06/taiwans-non-traditional-diplomacy-during-the-pandemic-the-case-of-mexico/,"Written by Fabricio A. Fonseca. In the spring of 2020, the social media accounts of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Mexico City began to share posts made by Mexican federal legislators. In these posts, they showed appreciation for the donations made by Taiwan’s representatives in the country under the difficult circumstances posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, those donations consisted of food baskets and eventually included thousands of face masks. The different images of people across Mexico receiving boxes with the slogan “Taiwan Can Help” (TCH) made me think about how authorities on the island were using different instruments associated with non-traditional diplomacy."
2021/05/05,Taiwan Insight,Le Moulin: An Invitation to Meditate on Taiwanese History by Ya-Li Huang,Chun-yi Kuo,https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/05/05/le-moulin-an-invitation-to-meditate-on-taiwanese-history-by-ya-li-huang/,"Written by Chun-yi Kuo. From a personal point of view, this essay attempts to shed light on the opening sequence of Huang Ya-Li’s film Le Moulin (2015) by explaining the metaphor of the sequence and the film. I will clarify the history of Taiwan’s cinematographic work, along with that of surrealist poets, and their connection to Taiwan’s national history."
2021/05/07,中国现代国际关系研究院,专访袁鹏院长：中国特色新型智库的历史新方位和新使命,袁鹏,http://www.cicir.ac.cn/NEW/opinion.html?id=ab861d75-c585-406d-803c-d3abd064f746,
2021/05/12,中国现代国际关系研究院,印尼日本军事合作，矛头针对中国？,骆永昆,http://www.cicir.ac.cn/NEW/opinion.html?id=7821ce47-6584-4bad-ba4f-44c23be7e1e9,
2021/05/10,中国现代国际关系研究院,日本排核污水入海应接受更系统的国际评估,郭晓兵,http://www.cicir.ac.cn/NEW/opinion.html?id=72c9f7d5-0995-42e0-9774-c17c1002b7fe,
2021/05/11,中国现代国际关系研究院,中国推进碳中和需应对的风险及挑战,"韩立群, 江涌",http://www.cicir.ac.cn/NEW/opinion.html?id=8a54d428-1f56-4c4f-992b-73b08df078b2,
2021/05/11,中国现代国际关系研究院,技术政治时代的权力与战略,唐新华,http://www.cicir.ac.cn/NEW/opinion.html?id=ecffd20e-74f6-4acc-835e-f24dc0d81064,
2021/05/10,中央党史和文献研究院,解读百年大党的“青春密码”,,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0510/c219000-32098712.html,
2021/05/07,中央党史和文献研究院,深刻认识改革开放的重大意义,张树军,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0507/c427167-32096516.html,
2021/05/06,中央党史和文献研究院,中国共产党始终保持着强大生命力,中央党校（国家行政学院）采访组,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0506/c427167-32095277.html,
2021/05/06,中央党史和文献研究院,深刻把握新时代社会发展的“复兴”主题,胡长栓,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0506/c427152-32095873.html,
2021/05/06,中央党史和文献研究院,全面从严治党永葆百年大党生机活力,陈 理,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0506/c428053-32095579.html,
2021/05/06,中央党史和文献研究院,从百年党史看马克思主义中国化的伟大进程,王伟光,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0506/c427152-32095297.html,
2021/05/06,中央党史和文献研究院,革命人永远是年轻,杨明伟,http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n1/2021/0506/c427152-32095270.html,
2021/05/11,习近平系列重要讲话数据库,习近平给《文史哲》编辑部全体编辑人员回信,习近平,http://jhsjk.people.cn/article/32099516,
2021/05/06,习近平系列重要讲话数据库,习近平向首届中国国际消费品博览会致贺信,习近平,http://jhsjk.people.cn/article/32096116,