Year: 2022

One Nation Under Xi: How China’s Leader Is Remaking Its Identity

October 11, 2022 / Bullies and Scoundrels, China

The leader’s nationalist effort to meld ethnic groups, an agenda increasingly central to his rule, is seen as a bulwark against internal divisions and threats from the West. By Chris Buckley, Vivian Wang and Joy Dong Oct. 11, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “Across Tibetan villages in southwest China, Communist Party officials have been spreading the top leader Xi Jinping’s …

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Xi Jinping Is a Captive of the Communist Party Too

October 10, 2022 / China

Oct. 10, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET By Kerry Brown Mr. Brown has written several books on Chinese Communist Party politics including “The World According to Xi.” “To Western eyes, Chinese President Xi Jinping may appear as the embodiment of tyrannical one-man rule, and for good reason. Since taking leadership of the Chinese Communist Party a decade ago, …

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In Global Slowdown, China Holds Sway Over Countries’ Fates

October 6, 2022 / Business and Finance, China

The lender of choice for many nations over the past decade, Beijing now has the power to cut them off, lend more or forgive some of their debts. By Keith Bradsher Oct. 6, 2022Updated 7:57 a.m. ET “BEIJING — When Suriname couldn’t make its debt payments, a Chinese state bank seized the money from one of the …

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How China Targets the Global Fish Supply

September 27, 2022 / China, Environment

By Steven Lee Myers, Agnes Chang, Derek Watkins and Claire FuSept. 26, 2022 With its own coastal waters depleted, China has built a global fishing operation unmatched by any other country. A Chinese ship fishing for squid off the west coast of South America in July 2021.Isaac Haslam/Sea Shepherd via Associated Press The Chinese effort has prompted diplomatic and legal …

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For China’s Auto Market, Electric Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present.

September 26, 2022 / China, Climate Change Remediation

More electric cars will be sold in the country this year than in the rest of the world combined, as its domestic market accelerates ahead of the global competition. By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu Sept. 26, 2022, “Zhang Youping, a Chinese retiree, purchased an all-electric, small sport-utility vehicle from BYD — China’s largest electric vehicle maker — …

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In a Japanese Nursing Home, Some Workers Are Babies

September 6, 2022 / Japan, Love Leadership and Sprituality

They get paid in formula and diapers, and their work hours are flexible, in a program that connects people across generations and brightens lives. By Hikari Hida and John Yoon Sept. 1, 2022 TOKYO — Cooing, giggling and the patter of tiny feet mix with the sound of walkers and wheelchairs at a nursing home in southern Japan. …

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Clean Toilets, Inspired Teachers: How India’s Capital Is Fixing Its Schools

August 16, 2022 / Education, India and Sri Lanka

The Aam Aadmi Party, which rose to power in New Delhi, is overhauling an education system that serves as a lifeline for millions of families looking to break the cycle of poverty. By Karan Deep Singh Aug. 16, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET “NEW DELHI — Pradeep Paswan used to skip school for weeks, sometimes months. His classrooms …

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Sri Lanka Collapsed First, but It Won’t Be the Last

August 15, 2022 / Business and Finance, India and Sri Lanka

Aug. 15, 2022 By Indrajit Samarajiva Mr. Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer who publishes at his blog Indi.ca. “As a Sri Lankan, watching international news coverage of my country’s economic and political implosion is like showing up at your own funeral, with everybody speculating on how you died. The Western media accuse China of luring us into a …

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n Visiting Taiwan, Pelosi Capped Three Decades of Challenging China

August 3, 2022 / Bullies and Scoundrels, China, Taiwan

From her first days in Congress, the future speaker was willing to confront China’s leaders. As she looked toward her legacy, the California Democrat was not about to back down this time.+ Aug. 2, 2022 By Carl Hulse Aug. 2, 2022 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “WASHINGTON — In 1991, a trio of junior House members on a bipartisan trip …

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