Oriana Skylar Mastro, Opinion | The U.S. Must Stand Up to Beijing in the South China Sea – The New York Times

By Oriana Skylar Mastro, July 27 ish, Ms. Mastro is an expert on Chinese politics and military policy. “Over the past 15 years, China has expanded its once-minimal military presence in the South China Sea into a significant one. Beijing has laid claim to nearly all of the strategic waterway, a vital shipping lifeline for the …

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China’s Anguished Debate: Do Its Children Have a Crime Problem?

China has been considered relatively progressive on juvenile justice. But several high-profile killings have prompted calls for the law to come down more harshly on minors. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing June 26, 2024, 12:43 a.m. ET For nearly two years, Gong Junli has been waiting. Since his 8-year-old daughter, Xinyue, was stabbed multiple times and …

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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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Vietnam Chases Secret Russian Arms Deal, Even as It Deepens U.S. Ties

Defying U.S. sanctions, a Vietnamese government document lays out a plan to buy Russian weapons, which officials see as a way to upgrade its military as a hedge against China. By Hannah Beech Sept. 9, 2023 Sign up for The Interpreter newsletter, for Times subscribers only.  Original analysis on the week’s biggest global stories, from columnist Amanda …

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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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Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation. By Robert D. McFadden June 16, 2023 “Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing a sobbing antiwar epiphany on a bathroom floor made the momentous decision in 1971 to disclose a secret …

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In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background – New York Times

The president who declared “the battle between democracy and autocracy” to be the defining struggle of his time has concluded that he needs to accept some imperfect but important friends. By Peter Baker and Mujib Mashal Peter Baker reported from Washington, and Mujib Mashal from New Delhi. June 21, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET “President Biden has declared “the battle …

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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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