Media Report 2015-11-12 - November 12, 2015

Media Report

November 12 , 2015

The New York Times：Nancy Pelosi Made Rare Visit to Tibet, China Says
The New York Times reports: "Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, visited Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, this week and met with the Communist Party chief of the region, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman and a report published on Thursday by the official Tibet Daily...On Thursday afternoon, Hong Lei, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, confirmed at a regularly scheduled news conference that Ms. Pelosi and her delegation had gone to Tibet before traveling to Beijing. He did not give details of the Tibet trip but said the delegation had been invited to China by the standing committee of the National People's Congress, a legislature set up to approve policy and regulations made by the Communist Party. Ms. Pelosi has met on multiple occasions with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader vilified by China, including in Dharamsala, India, where he lives. She has spoken out strongly against Chinese repression in Tibet."
The Washington Post：China's gray smog has a blue lining: Air improves this year
The Washington Post reports: "Lawyer Wu Congsi has asthma and keeps air purifiers whirring away in his office, home and car to counter Beijing's hazardous smog. He prefers to stay inside unless the sky is blue. But this year, he's been able to regularly walk the 15 minutes or so to work. That's because of some good news that so far has gone little noticed outside of China: The air in Beijing — and across the rest of the country — has improved so far this year. 'I just feel generally better in terms of the air quality,' said Wu, 26. 'At least so far, this summer and this fall, it's actually better than last year — just more clear days than previously. I might go out hiking or maybe just stroll around the parks.'"
Reuters：China warns WTO its cheap exports will soon be harder to resist
Reuters reports: "China has served notice to World Trade Organization members including the European Union and United States that complaints about its cheap exports will need to meet a higher standard from December 2016, a Beijing envoy said at a WTO meeting.Ever since it joined the WTO in 2001, China has frequently attracted complaints that its exports are being 'dumped', or sold at unfairly cheap prices on foreign markets. Under world trade rules, importing countries can slap punitive tariffs on goods that are suspected of being dumped. Normally such claims are based on a comparison with domestic prices in the exporting country.But the terms of China's membership stated that -- because it was not a 'market economy'-- other countries did not need to use China's domestic prices to justify their accusations of Chinese dumping, but could use other arguments. China's representative at a WTO meeting on Tuesday said the practice was 'outdated, unfair and discriminatory' and under its membership terms, it would automatically be treated as a 'market economy' after 15 years, which meant Dec. 11, 2016."

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News

The New York Times Nancy Pelosi Made Rare Visit to Tibet, China Says
The Washington Post China's gray smog has a blue lining: Air improves this year
Reuters China warns WTO its cheap exports will soon be harder to resist
Reuters Indonesia asks China to clarify South China Sea claims
CNN Shanghai: The city that changes the way you see the future
Bloomberg News One Less Hurdle for Fed Hike: China Backs From Danger Zone
Bloomberg News A Fitter China Promises Fatter Profits for Sports Companies
The Washington Post These are some of the earliest photos ever taken of China's capital
The Washington Post The world's biggest shopping day you never heard of
The New York Times Communist Party Warns Secret Dalai Lama Followers in Its Ranks
The New York Times With Aung San Suu Kyi's Rise, China and Myanmar Face New Relationship
The Wall Street Journal China Changes Its Currency-Market Ways
The New York Times Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says

Commentary

The Diplomat China's Potential Pitfalls #3: Core Values
The National Interest America vs. China: Showdown in the South China Sea?
The New York Times Sinosphere Organ Transplants Suffer Amid China's Transportation Delays
The New York Times Sinosphere Q. and A.: Ezra F. Vogel on China's Shifting Relations With Japan and Taiwan
Andrew Batson's Blog The political history of China's economic growth targets
ChinaFile China's Bottled Water Industry to Exploit Tibetan Plateau
The New York Times Beijing Journal A City Choking on Cars Hopes Commuters Will Return to Two Wheels