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Opinion | What Really Happens in China’s ‘Re-education’ Camps – By Rian Thum – NYT

May 15, 2018 / Bullies and Scoundrels, China

“What does it take to intern half a million members of one ethnic group in just a year? Enormous resources and elaborate organization, but the Chinese authorities aren’t stingy. Vast swathes of the Uighur population in China’s western region of Xinjiang — as well as Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other ethnic minorities — are being detained …

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Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Finally Having It Out – by Thomas Friedman – NYT

May 11, 2018 / China, Thomas Friedman

“The assumption was that as China grew, and the W.T.O. moved to a new regime, China would quickly cut its tariffs — like its 25 percent tax on car imports, compared with the 2.5 percent tariff imposed by the U.S. But the W.T.O. still has not completed a new trade round and China has refused …

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Opinion | China Has Donald Trump Just Where It Wants Him – by Roger Cohen – NYT

May 11, 2018 / China

November 11, 2017 “There could scarcely be a more explicit offer of China as an alternative, single-party, authoritarian model to the liberal democratic system of the United States (of which Trump has been such a feeble advocate). China is now “actively pursuing almost an ideological competition with the United States,” said Yun Sun, a senior …

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Xi Jinping and China’s New Era of Glory – By Ian Johnson – NYT

May 11, 2018 / China

By Ian Johnson Oct. 13, 2017 查看简体中文版查看繁體中文版 “BEIJING — Two weeks after taking China’s top office in November 2012, Xi Jinping took part in what seemed like a throwaway photo op. He took his top lieutenants to the newly renovated National Museum of China, a vast hall stuffed with relics of China’s glorious past: terra-cotta soldiers …

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Opinion | The U.S. and China: More Alike Than We’d Like? – by Thomas Friedman – NYT

May 10, 2018 / China, Thomas Friedman

“It is impossible to visit China these days and not compare and contrast the drama playing out in Beijing politics with the drama playing out in Washington politics. While the differences are many, I am sorry to report that some of the parallels are getting too close for comfort. Let’s start with the fact that …

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Opinion | The U.S. and China Are Finally Having It Out – by Thomas Friedman – NYT

May 2, 2018 / China, Globalization and Trade, Trade and Trade Policy

“With the arrival in Beijing this week of America’s top trade negotiators, you might think that the U.S. and China are about to enter high-level talks to avoid a trade war and that this is a story for the business pages. Think again. This is one for the history books. Five days of meetings in …

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White House Considers Restricting Chinese Researchers Over Espionage Fears – The New York Times

May 1, 2018 / China, Globalization and Trade

WASHINGTON — It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie: In April, China is said to have tested an invisibility cloak that would allow ordinary fighter jets to suddenly vanish from radar screens. This advancement, which could prove to be a critical intelligence breakthrough, is one that American officials fear China may have …

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China Loosens Foreign Auto Rules- in Potential Peace Offering to Trump – The New York Times

April 17, 2018 / China, Globalization and Trade

“SHANGHAI — Beijing and Washington have threatened each other with tariffs for weeks, raising the prospect of a trade war. But on Tuesday, China took a step to lower tensions, offering to make it easier for foreign automakers and aerospace manufacturers to own factories in the country.The Chinese authorities said that in the next five …

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Overlooked No More: Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng- Chroniclers of Chinese Architecture – The New York Times

April 12, 2018 / China

    “Many of China’s ancient architectural treasures crumbled to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s. In China, ancient structures were usually treated like any other buildings rather than being protected and studied, as they were in many Western countries. The husband and wife team were among the …

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The Case of Hong Kong’s Missing Booksellers – By ALEX W. PALMER – NYT

April 3, 2018 / China

By ALEX W. PALMER Lam Wing-kee knew he was in trouble. In his two decades as owner and manager of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay Books, Lam had honed a carefully nonchalant routine when caught smuggling books into mainland China: apologize, claim ignorance, offer a cigarette to the officers, crack a joke. For most of his career, …

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