Media Report
- Reuters reports: "China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia on Thursday, ending an unofficial diplomatic truce between China and Taiwan following January's landslide election of the leader of a pro-independence party as the self-ruled island's president....While Gambia severed relations with Taiwan in November 2013, causing anger in Taipei, China had held off establishing formal ties with it until now. 'From here on, China and Gambia's relations have turned over a new leaf,' Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Gambian counterpart, Neneh Macdouall-Gaye, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement."
- BBC News reports: "A senior Chinese official has said it is 'impossible' for Hong Kong to become a sovereign state....Following the 2014 mass pro-democracy protests, a small but growing number of people in Hong Kong have pushed for greater independence from China, giving rise to what is known as the 'localist' movement....Qiao Xiaoyang, head of China's parliamentary law committee, was addressing queries from reporters on Wednesday as the annual meeting of China's parliamentary National People's Congress drew to a close. Asked what he thought of calls for Hong Kong's independence, Mr Qiao responded saying it was 'impossible' and asked: 'How could Hong Kong be independent?'"
- CNN reports: "For months, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted China on the campaign trail, pledging to put tariffs on goods produced overseas and bring things like iPhone production back to the United States....With Trump securing major victories on the road to the White House, China issued a scathing criticism of the U.S. election process and the candidate who has 'opened a Pandora's box in U.S. society.'...it goes on to imply that the Republican party lost control of Trump -- who has now become the party's worst nightmare."
Calendar
- 2016-03-16 The U.S. is heading toward a dangerous showdown with China
- 2016-03-15 Chinese insurer has global ambitions
- 2016-03-14 PBOC Said to Have Met Banks in Shenzhen to Stress Mortgage Risks
- 2016-03-13 China to create maritime judicial center as South China Sea tensions simmer
- 2016-03-11 China says slowing economy won’t stop anti-pollution efforts
- 2016-03-10 Awash in Empty Homes, China Asks Migrant Workers to Settle Down
- 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
News
- Reuters With Gambia move, China ends diplomatic truce with Taiwan
- CNN Big-mouthed clown? China reacts to Donald Trump's rise
- BBC News China official says Hong Kong sovereignty 'impossible'
- Bloomberg Business Made in China Not as Cheap as You Think
- Reuters China says opposes unilateral sanctions on North Korea
- The Wall Street Journal Chinese Premier Paints Rosy Picture of Economy
- The New York Times General Says Army at High Risk in War Against China, Russia
- The Washington Post Hong Kong tycoon Li will invest less if Britain leaves EU
- The Wall Street Journal Talent Flows to Chinese Internet Businesses
- The Guardian Democracy is a joke, says China – just look at Donald Trump
- Reuters China to push Myanmar's new government on stalled dam
- The Wall Street Journal China Snubs Global Banks in Hong Kong IPOs
Commentary
- The New Yorker China's New Age of Economic Anxiety
- The New York Times: Sinosphere Hong Kong Students Call for Territory's Independence From China
- The National Interest Japan's Master Plan to Stop China in the East China Sea: Lawfare?
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Where's the Second Round? China's Sluggish Economic Reform Spurs Doubts
- The New York Times What Donald Trump Gets Pretty Much Right, and Completely Wrong, About China
- The Financial Times China's rising exports: less about growth, more about exporting deflation
- The Wall Street Journal Chinese Firm Seeks Foreign Woman to Arrange Clothes, Make Fruit Salad for 'Leader'
- The Diplomat Did China Just Break Its 'Diplomatic Truce' With Taiwan?