Media Report
- The New York Times reports: "China is looking for ways to get migrant workers to help buy up a huge glut of unsold homes that is dragging down the country's economic growth....Investment in Chinese real estate reached nearly $1.5 trillion last year, according to official figures....But growth has come to a standstill. After growing by double-digit percentage rates for more than a decade, Chinese real estate investment last year grew just 1 percent....Government ministries have responded with a number of measures, such as reducing the deed tax and lowering requirements for down payments."
- Reuters reports: "China expressed alarm on Thursday about an agreement in which the Philippines will lease five aircraft from Japan to help patrol the disputed South China Sea. Philippine President Benigno Aquino said the five TC-90 training aircraft would help the navy in patrolling what the Philippines views as its territory. The Philippines has made the modernization of its air and naval forces a priority as China deploys missiles and fighters on a number of artificial islands in the South China Sea....'If the Philippines' actions are to challenge China's sovereignty and security interests, China is resolutely opposed,' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news briefing."
- The Washington Post reports: "A Chinese official has a novel plan for Woody Island, a tiny, tropical and very much contested speck in the South China Sea. Han Fangming, a businessman and political adviser, said this week that the government ought to turn the less-than-one-square-mile outpost into China's version of the British Virgin Islands....His pitch is to use the place as a hub for company registration. Chinese companies like Alibaba and Baidu are doing business in the Cayman Islands, he said in a news release, so why not bring that money home?...Though the case is unlikely to end up at the International Court of Justice....an idea it's keen to sell, both at home and abroad."
Calendar
- 2016-03-09 China says takes 'distinctly Chinese approach' to national security
- 2016-03-08 China, South Korea step up sanctions on North Korea
- 2016-03-07 China vowed to peak carbon emissions by 2030. These researchers think it could already be there.
- 2016-03-06 China Seeks to Balance Stimulus and Reform
- 2016-03-04 China's 2016 Defense Budget to Slow in Line with Economy
- 2016-03-03 Five Things to Know About China’s ‘Two Sessions’
- 2016-03-02 China testing Obama as it expands its influence in Southeast Asia
- 2016-03-01 Exclusive: China to lay off five to six million workers, earmarks at least $23 billion
- 2016-02-29 China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in coal, steel sectors
- 2016-02-28 Dodging Critics & Soothing Fears, China Meets G-20 Goals
News
- The New York Times Awash in Empty Homes, China Asks Migrant Workers to Settle Down
- Reuters China's CRRC lands $1.3 billion Chicago rail car project
- Reuters China expresses alarm at Philippines-Japan aircraft deal
- The Washington Post Chinese inflation accelerates to 2.3 percent
- TIME Singing, Dancing Ethnic Minorities: Welcome to China's Gaudy Political Theater
- The Wall Street Journal Brics Development Bank Pins Hope on China Bond Sale
- Reuters Exclusive: China to ease commercial banks' bad debt burden via equity swaps - sources
- Bloomberg Business Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Here's What China's Middle Classes Really Earn — and Spend
- Financial Times China's booming box office
- The Washington Post A Chinese official wants to turn a disputed South China Sea island into an offshore banking hub
- Bloomberg Business China's Xi Vows to Remove Mountainous Barriers to Private Sector
- The New York Times China to Reform University Programs to Emphasize Skills
- Financial Times China public outcry over finance minister comments
Commentary
- Foreign Affairs China Keeps the Peace
- The Wall Street Journal China Cracks Down on VPNs During Political Meetings
- CNN Opinion: China's military is gearing up to compete with the U.S.
- The Diplomat Why China Is Interested in Ukraine
- The New York Times: Sinosphere China's Harsh Child Discipline, Through the Lens of Domestic Violence
- The Atlantic The End of China's 'Weird' Architecture
- Brookings Institute How China bucked Western expectations and what it means for world order
- Council on Foreign Relations: Asia Unbound Is China Finally Fed Up With Kim Jong-un's North Korea?