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China Keeps Trying to Crush Them. Their Movement Keeps Growing.

Credit…Illustration by Linda Huang; source photograph by Tsering Dorje By Ian Johnson Mr. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent two decades in China. 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “In 1959, a group of university students in the northwestern Chinese city of Tianshui embarked on a quixotic plan. China was in the midst of the Great Famine, a catastrophe …

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Burner Laptops and Smaller Profits: Firms Portray Their China Challenges

Business groups chronicle the difficult environment inside China for U.S. and European companies navigating confusing regulations and an intensified security focus. By Keith Bradsher and Alexandra Stevenson Keith Bradsher reported from Beijing and Alexandra Stevenson from Hong Kong. Sept. 19, 2023, 9:06 a.m. ET Sign up for Your Places: Global Update.   All the latest news for any part of the …

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Xi Jinping May Be Souring on His ‘Best, Most Intimate Friend’

July 6, 2023 By Ryan Hass Mr. Hass was an adviser to President Barack Obama on China policy. “When Xi Jinping ascended to the pinnacle of Chinese power a decade ago, he saw Vladimir Putin as a strong leader who shared his hostility to the Western-dominated international system. They bonded over mutual paranoia about threats to …

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No Job, No Marriage, No Kid: China’s Workers and the Curse of 35

It’s widely discussed in China: Employers don’t want you after 35. Some job listings say it plainly, leaving a generation of prime-age workers feeling defeated. By Li Yuan June 28, 2023Updated 4:21 a.m. ET “When Sean Liang turned 30, he started thinking of the Curse of 35 — the widespread belief in China that white-collar workers like …

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As Ties to China Turn Toxic, Even Chinese Companies Are Breaking Them

Companies are moving headquarters and factories outside the country and cleaving off their Chinese businesses. It’s not clear the strategy will work. By Ana Swanson Reporting from Washington June 15, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET “As it expanded internationally, Shein, the rapidly growing fast fashion app, progressively cut ties to its home country, China. It moved its headquarters to …

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NICHOLAS KRISTOF

Remembering a Massacre That China Keeps Trying to Erase June 7, 2023 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “In all my decades of reporting, one of my most searing experiences came in 1989 in Beijing when I watched the Chinese People’s Liberation Army unleash weapons of war on throngs of unarmed pro-democracy protesters. So I was …

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Do We Really Need to Have a Cold War With China?

March 30, 2023 5 MIN READ By Jacob Dreyer Mr. Dreyer is an American editor and writer who lives in Shanghai. 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “SHANGHAI — I wore red underpants for much of last year. It was the Year of the Tiger, my Chinese zodiac sign, when tradition says that ill fortune will seek you out. Red underwear is supposed …

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The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets

How the downfall of one intelligence agent revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial espionage. By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee March 7, 2023 Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm Listen 50:19 To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. In March 2017, an engineer at G.E. Aviation in …

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U.S. to Boost Military Role in the Philippines in Push to Counter China

Washington and Manila announced a plan to give the American military access to four new locations in the Southeast Asian country, a growing strategic partner in the region. 283 comments. By Sui-Lee Wee Published Feb. 1, 2023 5 MIN READ “The United States is increasing its military presence in the Philippines, gaining access to four more sites …

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China’s Mad Dash Into a Strategic Island Nation Breeds Resentment

For years, Beijing has thrown its wealth and weight across the globe. But its experience in the Solomon Islands calls into question its approach to expanding its power. 165 comments By Damien Cave Photographs by Matthew Abbott Damien Cave has been writing about Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands since 2019. He and Matthew Abbott spent about …

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