Media Report
- The Wall Street Journal reports: "China's top military officer led a high-level delegation on a visit to a cluster of Chinese-built artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea in recent days, underlining the strategic importance of the structures at the center of a standoff between Beijing and Washington....The Chinese Defense Ministry issued a statement on its official microblog saying that Gen. Fan recently led senior military and civilian officials on a visit to the islands in the Spratlys archipelago, which China calls the Nansha, to inspect work and greet military personnel and construction workers there. The statement said the work included weather stations, marine-research facilities and five lighthouses, four of which were operational.'"
- Reuters reports: "North Korea attempted and failed to launch what experts believe was an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday in defiance of U.N. sanctions....A U.S. government source told Reuters on Friday the missile never got off the launch pad, instead bursting into flames on the ground....China, North Korea's most important economic and diplomatic backer, has been angered by Pyongyang's nuclear tests and rocket launches in the face of U.N. sanctions that China also has backed....'The firing of a mid-range ballistic missile on Friday by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), though failed, marks the latest in a string of saber-rattling that, if unchecked, will lead the country to nowhere,' China's official Xinhua news agency said in an English language commentary. '... Nuclear weapons will not make Pyongyang safer. On the contrary, its costly military endeavors will keep on suffocating its economy.'"
- The Washington Post reports: "Chinese police detained a lawyer after he used social media to poke fun at President Xi Jinping over the naming of a close relative in the Panama Papers, the man's attorney said Friday. Ge Yongxi, a civil rights defense lawyer, had posted an edited image mocking Xi on the Wechat messaging service at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. About midnight, plainclothes police officers came to his house in Guangzhou and took him away, according to Ge's attorney, Chen Jinxue....Police at the Yanbu detention center, under Foshan police station in the southern province of Guangdong, declined to comment on the case."
Calendar
- 2016-04-14 China to punish hundreds of officials over vaccine scandal
- 2016-04-13 China's Island Building Hurts Environment, U.S. Report Says
- 2016-04-12 China criticizes G-7 statement on South China Sea
- 2016-04-11 Over 80 Percent of Water Is Polluted in Tested China Wells
- 2016-04-10 UN Praises China's Leadership in Climate Change Deal
- 2016-04-08 Gag order issued on South China Sea? Pentagon and top admiral say no way.
- 2016-04-07 U.S. Adds China’s Internet Controls to List of Trade Barriers
- 2016-04-06 Digital Paper in China Covers Contentious Issues, Now in English
- 2016-04-05 China restricts North Korea trade over nuclear tests
- 2016-04-04 U.S. plans third patrol near disputed South China Sea islands: source
News
- The Wall Street Journal Senior Chinese Military Officer Visited Dispute Island
- Reuters North Korea's failed missile launch prompts 'saber-rattling' jibe from China media
- The Washington Post Chinese police detain lawyer over Panama Papers social media post mocking Xi
- The Wall Street Journal China Growth Slows; Revival Policies Appear to Gain Traction
- Bloomberg Business China's Economy Stabilized in First Quarter
- The New York Times Taiwan Fears Fraud Suspects in Malaysia Risk Being Deported to China
- TIME A Photographer's Farewell to China
- The Washington Post China 2nd ranking general visits disputed islands
- The New York Times First-Quarter Growth Slows a Bit in China, as Expected
- Reuters U.S. business lobby says China's policies conflict with reform goals
- The Financial Times Staying home pays off for China's Premier — at least for now
- The New York Times On South China Sea Visit, Defense Secretary Says U.S. Presence Isn't a Provocation
Commentary
- The National Interest Philippines v. China: The ADIZ Menace
- The New York Times China's Growing Ardor for Overseas Shopping
- The Diplomat Australian Intelligence: China Poised to Take 'Decisive and Provocative' Action in the South China Sea
- The National Interest China's Nuclear Weapons: Still a Last Resort?
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Economists React: China Q1 Growth Slows, But March Data Offer Hope
- Foreign Policy: ChinaFile It's Official: Washington Thinks Chinese Internet Censorship Is a 'Trade Barrier'
- The Diplomat What 2 Russian Jets Can Teach Us About a US-China Clash in the South China Sea