Media Report
- Bloomberg Business reports: "China's stocks tumbled to the lowest levels in 13 months amid concern capital outflows will accelerate as the economy slows and support for the yuan eats into the nation's foreign reserves....Tuesday's loss was the steepest since Jan. 7, when the Shanghai gauge plunged 7 percent, the second selloff of more than 6 percent in a week that prompted the government to cancel its circuit-breakers program after four days. Stocks dropped even as the People's Bank of China injected 440 billion yuan ($67 billion) into the financial system using reverse-repurchase agreements, the most in three years. Policy makers are trying to keep borrowing costs from rising as they contend with the slowest economic growth in a quarter century."
- The Washington Post reports: "Taiwan held small-scale military drills on an island it controls just off the Chinese coast Tuesday, in a renewed signal of its determination to defend itself from Chinese threats. The head of Kinmen's defense command said the beach landing exercise and simulated attack by the navy's elite 'frogman' commandos were to show the ability of the armed forces to provide security in the Taiwan Strait ahead of next month's Lunar New Year holiday....Writing Monday in the Communist Party newspaper Global Times, commentator and retired general Luo Yuan said China would never bend in its determination to realize unification, regardless of developments on Taiwan. 'As long as 'peace' has not died, we will give 100 percent,' wrote Luo."
- BBC News reports: "Peter Dahlin, 35, has been held since early January amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists. Last week he appeared on state media apparently confessing to breaking the law through his organisation's support of local Chinese rights lawyers. The Swedish embassy confirmed he had left China but gave no further details....More than 280 lawyers, legal assistants and associates were detained in a seemingly orchestrated government campaign last year - most have since been freed, but others now face trial while the whereabouts of others are still unknown."
Calendar
- 2016-01-25 John Kerry in Asia to Press China on North Korea Nuclear Test, South China Sea
- 2016-01-24 Kerry to Press China Over North Korea, Urge ASEAN Unity Over South China Sea
- 2016-01-22 Falling Pollution from China Could Hasten Peak Carbon
- 2016-01-21 Survey of U.S. companies in China finds that not all's well
- 2016-01-20 Capital Flight from China Worse Than Thought
- 2016-01-19 Xi Asserts China's Middle East Role as Iran Sanctions Lifted
- 2016-01-18 China GDP Growth Slowest Since 1990
- 2016-01-17 China's economic turmoil sends ripples of anxiety across G20
- 2016-01-15 Ousted Communist Official’s Brother Is Living in United States, China Says
- 2016-01-14 China Stocks Rebound From Lowest Since Rout as Smallcaps Rally
News
- Bloomberg Business China Stocks Plunge to 13-Month Low Amid Capital Outflow Concern
- The Washington Post Taiwan stages military drills on island off Chinese coast
- BBC News China releases Swedish rights activist Peter Dahlin
- Reuters China shares end at 14-month lows after late selling frenzy
- Financial Times Currency risk matters for China's property sector
- Bloomberg Business China-Inspired Fear of Global Recession Is Overstated, BofA Says
- The New York Times China to Expel Peter Dahlin, Swedish Human Rights Advocate
- Wall Street Journal Stocks Push Higher on Oil Rebound
- The New York Times Chinese Journalist Seeking Refuge in Thailand Disappears
- The Washington Post After big sell-off in China, U.S. markets open in positive territory
Commentary
- Quartz War with China is inevitable if Taiwan keeps pushing for independence, a Chinese general says
- Wall Street Journal Can Apple's Tim Cook Keep the iPhone Buzzing in China?
- The National Interest Space Wars: Will America and China Clash Over Resources?
- Reuters China threatens sanctions against U.S. companies: Is this the future?
- Wall Street Journal: China Real Time New Math: China-Hong Kong Trade Stats More Than Meets the Eye
- Foreign Policy U.N. Panel Calls for Sanctions on South Sudan's Warring Leaders
- Huffington Post What Happens To The U.S.-Iran Relationship Without Kerry And Zarif?