Year: 2019

In China Some Fear the End of ‘Chimerica’ – The New York Times

By Li Yuan May 14, 2019,     33 comments “Wu Shichun is one of countless Chinese entrepreneurs who over the past four decades have prospered from access to American customers and money. Today, as the American government threatens to take that away, the serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor is fundamentally rethinking how he does business. …

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How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks – The New York Times

By Nicole Perlroth, David E. Sanger and Scott Shane May 6, 2019 199 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered. The episode is the latest evidence that the United States has lost control of …

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Trump’s Trade War Threat Poses Problems for China and Investors – The New York Times

By Keith Bradsher and Ana Swanson May 6, 2019 478 “The prospect of a wider trade war between the United States and China sent global financial markets whipsawing on Monday and could force Beijing to make difficult decisions if it hopes to preserve its nascent economic recovery. President Trump upended what appeared to be steady progress toward reaching a …

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Japan Would Make Akihito Emperor but She Called Him ‘Jimmy’ – By Motoko Rich – The New York Times

By Motoko Rich April 29, 2019 18 日本語で読む “There has been an emperor in Japan for more than 15 centuries, making the Chrysanthemum Throne the world’s oldest continuous monarchy. On Tuesday, the emperor stepped down, yielding to his eldest son in the first abdication in 200 years. This is the family’s story. We know him as …

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In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China. By Paul Mozur, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan April 24, 2019 QUITO, Ecuador — The squat gray building in Ecuador’s capital commands a sweeping view of the city’s sparkling sprawl, from the high-rises at the …

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Opinion | The Richest Man in China Is Wrong. 12-Hour Days Are No ‘Blessing.’ – The New York Times

By Bryce Covert Contributing Opinion Writer April 21, 2019 85 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 CreditIrene Rinaldi    “Jack Ma, the richest man in China and founder of the e-commerce company Alibaba, is a big fan of extreme overwork. He recently praised China’s “996” practice, so called because it refers to those who put in 12-hour days — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. …

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China Experiences a Fracking Boom- and All the Problems That Go With It – The New York Times

By Steven Lee Myers March 8, 2019 15 “GAOSHAN, China — The first earthquake struck this small farming village in Sichuan Province before dawn on Feb. 24. There were two more the next day. Sichuan is naturally prone to earthquakes, including a major one in 2008 that killed nearly 70,000 people, but to the rattled villagers of Gaoshan, …

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants Facebook to Emulate WeChat. Can It? – By Li Yuan – The New York Times

By Li Yuan March 7, 2019 37 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “SAN FRANCISCO — As Mark Zuckerberg begins shifting Facebook to private messaging and away from public sharing and open conversations, the vision he has sketched out for the future of social networking already exists — just not in the United States. Instead, it is a reality in China through a …

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Opinion | America the Cowardly Bully – By Paul Krugman – The New York Times

By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist March 4, 2019 529 Image.  President Trump’s trade belligerence has done lasting damage to America’s reputation.CreditCreditPete Marovich for The New York Times “This is the way the trade war ends. Not with a bang but with empty bombast. According to multiple news organizations, the U.S. and China are close to a deal that would effectively …

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Opinion | After the Trump-Kim Failure – By Nicholas Kristof – The New York Times

. By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist Feb. 28, 2019 86 ImagePresident Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday.CreditCreditEvan Vucci/Associated Press “President Trump was right to walk away from his summit with Kim Jong-un rather than accept a bad nuclear agreement, but the outcome underscores that he was bamboozled last year at his first summit …

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