Media Report
- The Washington Post reports: "China said Thursday it will send a warship and special forces for a multinational exercise next month that is also expected to include troops from the Philippines and other rival claimants in the South China Sea. The May 2-12 maritime security and counterterrorism exercise will feature the militaries of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, along with those of the U.S., India and six other dialogue partners....Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Wu Qian said that China would send the missile destroyer Lanzhou, staff officers and a dozen special forces troops. The exercise will help the militaries to 'learn from each other and deepen practical cooperation in the defense and security fields,' Wu told reporters at a monthly news briefing."
- Reuters reports: "China will not allow chaos and war to break out on the Korean peninsula, which would be to no one's advantage, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a group of Asian foreign ministers on Thursday....'As a close neighbor of the peninsula, we will absolutely not permit war or chaos on the peninsula. This situation would not benefit anyone,' Xi said in a speech to a Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia....Xi also told the meeting China would safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea, while at the same time maintaining its sovereignty and rights there."
- The New York Times reports: "China took a major step on Thursday in President Xi Jinping's drive to impose greater control and limit Western influences on Chinese society, as it passed a new law restricting the work of foreign organizations and their local partners, mainly through police supervision. More than 7,000 foreign nongovernmental groups will be affected, according to state news reports....On Thursday afternoon, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which puts an official stamp on the policies of the Chinese Communist Party, said the law had passed after a review of the third draft that began on Monday....foreign groups fear that the police will monitor their activities with much greater vigor given this newly formalized authority."
Calendar
- 2016-04-27 Storm clouds gather over South China Sea ahead of key U.N. ruling
- 2016-04-26 China Curbs Plans for More Coal-Fired Power Plants
- 2016-04-25 China Close to Passing Strict Law on Foreign Groups
- 2016-04-24 Earliest China Economic Data Show Recovery Gathers Pace in April
- 2016-04-22 China denies reports of massing troops at North Korea border
- 2016-04-21 US envoy says China, US united in opposition to NKorea tests
- 2016-04-20 Democrat attacks policy on China, Republican defends it
- 2016-04-19 China Extending Anti-Graft Measures to Officials' Families
- 2016-04-18 Chinese Housing Market Shakes Off a Slump
- 2016-04-17 China's Reforms Give Global Economy Some Breathing Room, Leaders Say
News
- The Washington Post China to join exercises with rival South China Sea claimants
- Reuters China won't allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi
- The New York Times China Approves Strict Control of Foreign NGOs
- CNBC China sees childhood obesity 'explosion' in rural provinces
- TIME China Just Earned Its Worst Ever Score in an Annual Global Press Freedom Survey
- The Wall Street Journal China Wants to Own Small Stake in Web Firms
- The Washington Post Why the pugnacious A-10 is flying maritime patrols over the South China Sea
- TIME China Will Not Permit War on the Korean Peninsula, Xi Jinping Says
- The New York Times Chinese Statistics Bureau Investigated Over 'Service Fees'
- Bloomberg Business China's $1 Trillion Bond Leverage Unwinds as Pimco Senses Panic
- The Guardian China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs
- TIME The Dispute About the South China Sea Is Also a Dispute About History and America's Role
- The Wall Street Journal China's HNA to Buy Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
Commentary
- Foreign Policy An Abandoned Daughter Returns to China
- The Wall Street Journal: MoneyBeat Emerging Markets Play Into Fed's Hands, Thanks to China
- The New York Times: Sinosphere 'Doctor Strange' Writer Says China-Tibet Remarks Don't Represent Marvel
- Bloomberg Gadfly China's Whack-a-Mole Bubbles
- The National Interest Congress Takes On China's Propaganda Machine
- The Diplomat China Tests New Weapon Capable of Breaching US Missile Defense Systems
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time China's Statistics Bureau Staff Made $500,000 in 'Unauthorized' Profit, Antigraft Team Finds