Media Report
- The Associated Press reports: "Chinese manufacturing activity weakened further in April despite government stimulus, a survey showed Tuesday, indicating the economy has yet to rebound from a downturn....Beijing has tried to shore up slowing economic growth by boosting spending on public works projects, expanding credit and easing policies on real estate to encourage purchases. Some indicators improved in March but analysts warned that was unlikely to last. 'The fluctuations indicate the economy lacks a solid foundation for recovery and is still in the process of bottoming out,' Caixin's chief economist, He Fan, said in a statement. 'The government needs to keep a close watch on the risk of a further economic downturn.'"
- BBC News reports: "China has launched an investigation into search giant Baidu after the death of a student who tried an experimental cancer therapy he found online. Wei Zexi, who died last month from a rare form of cancer, had sought the treatment from a hospital that came top of the list on his Baidu web search. Baidu has come under fire for allegedly selling listings to bidders without adequately checking their claims....The company told the BBC: 'We deeply regret the death of Wei Zexi and our condolences go out to his family.'"
- Reuters reports: "China's ruling Communist Party is not trying to curtail internal debate or even criticism with rules banning 'baseless comments' but is simply trying to ensure no one is 'singing out of tune', President Xi Jinping has said....'The reason we demand party members and cadres not to make baseless comments is not so you can't raise opinions and suggestions or even critical opinions,' he said.'It's so that on important political principles, on issues of right and wrong (you) cannot sing out of tune with the party center and engage in political liberalism.'...Speaking more generally about corruption, Xi said the fight against the problem remained 'severe and complex'."
Calendar
- 2016-05-02 China Blocks U.S. Navy Flotilla’s Visit to Hong Kong
- 2016-04-29 Russia, China in agreement on North Korea, South China Sea
- 2016-04-28 China to join exercises with rival South China Sea claimants
- 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
News
- Reuters China's Xi says not stifling debate but wants everyone on same song sheet
- The Washington Post Survey: China manufacturing slowed in April
- BBC News China investigates search engine Baidu after student's death
- The Wall Street Journal China Rolls Up Welcome Mat
- The Financial Times China enlists rap video for military recruitment
- The Washington Post Domestic abuse is thriving in China's culture of silence
- Bloomberg Business China Stock Analysts Were Among World's Worst Amid Surprise Rout
- The New York Times In China's Northeast, a Daily Jostle for Jobs Produces Mostly Despair
- The Wall Street Journal The New Qualification for China's Tech Elite: Goldman Sachs
- The Financial Times China's debt-for-equity swaps are a mess
- Reuters China to investigate hospital dying student found on search engine
- The New York Times Uber, China's Alipay Expand Cooperation to Foreign Markets
- Bloomberg Business China's Blood Shortages Pump Life Into $16 Billion Drugmaker
- The Wall Street Journal Why China's Big Banks Aren't Looking So Large
Commentary
- The New York Times: Sinosphere China Investigates Baidu After Student's Death From Cancer
- The Diplomat U.S. Credibility in the South China Sea
- The Washington Post Opinions President Obama: The TPP would let America, not China, lead the way on global trade
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Chinese Communist Party Cracks Down on 'Improper Discussion' — Even After Retirement
- Reuters Baidu shows health is a huge flashpoint in China
- The National Interest America's Missile Defense Disaster (And Music to Russia and China's Ears)
- The Diplomat South China Sea Tit-for-Tat? China Refuses US Aircraft Carrier Port Call