Media Report
The Associated Press reports: "European Union lawmakers have voted against granting market economy status to China in a blow to Beijing's hopes to win the stamp of economic approval by December. The lawmakers said in a resolution on Thursday that China's excess production capacity and cut-price exports are having 'strong social, economic and environmental consequences in the EU.' They noted that 56 of the EU's current 73 anti-dumping measures apply to imports from China. The European steel industry, for example, has struggled to compete with China's huge amounts of exports at low cost. The resolution was passed by 546 votes to 28, with 77 abstentions. China is the EU's second biggest trading partner, with daily trade flows worth more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion)."
- The Financial Times reports: "China has issued a stark rebuke of a looming court decision on its maritime claims in the South China Sea, with a senior official labelling the soon to be decided lawsuit launched by the Philippines 'a vicious act aimed at deception'. Xu Hong, director of the department of treaties and law at China's foreign ministry, on Thursday reiterated China's longstanding position that a UN arbitration tribunal in The Hague had no jurisdiction to rule on a lawsuit brought by Manila over the status of 15 islands, reefs and shoals in the South China Sea claimed by China...Mr Xu said Beijing had no intention to abide by the court's decision, saying the process was a 'typical act of abuse of dispute resolution mechanisms'. He said he expected the ruling soon.
- NPR reports: Chinese women Rui Cai and Cleo Wu gave birth to twins last month, following a successful in vitro fertilization. It wasn't simple. Cai took two eggs from Wu, added sperm from a U.S. sperm bank, had them put in her womb at a clinic in Portland, Ore., then returned to China to give birth. The lesbian couple is one of the first in China known to have used this form of surrogacy. The birth is seen as a sort of milestone in China, which has become a more tolerant place for gay couples over the past nearly four decades.
Calendar
- 2016-05-11 Ahead of inauguration, China says Taiwan to blame for any crisis
- 2016-05-10 U.S. Sails Warship Near Island in South China Sea, Challenging Chinese Claims
- 2016-05-09 EU Envoy Calls for Fairer Economic Relationship With China
- 2016-05-08 China to Curb Land Supply for Cities with Property Glut
- 2016-05-06 China says South China Sea criticism could rebound like coiled spring
- 2016-05-05 Disney CEO meets Chinese president ahead of park opening
- 2016-05-04 China to carry out more military drills in South China Sea
- 2016-05-03 Survey: China manufacturing slowed in April
- 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
News
- The Washington Post EU lawmakers reject market economy status for China
- Financial Times China pours scorn on South China Sea legal case
- NPR Undaunted By China's Rule Book, Lesbian Couple Has Twins Via Surrogacy
- Reuters U.S., China cyber group holds first talks since September pact
- Bloomberg News Hedge Fund Managers Ditch Decorum in Shouting Match Over China
- The Wall Street Journal In Rural China, One-Child Policy Enforcers Push a New Message
- USA Today China buries memories of violent Cultural Revolution 50 years later
- Bloomberg News Trump's Beijing Bashing Misses China's Own Rust Belt Upheaval
- The Wall Street Journal Buyout Group Shelves $2.5 Billion Offer for China's YY
- Reuters Beijing rock dies before it gets old with latest club closure
- Bloomberg News Chinese Tycoons, Party Officials' Data Leaked on Twitter
- The Washington Post China navy plane hits buildings, no casualties reported
- Reuters No big bang, but quiet reforms reshaping China's oil and gas sector
Commentary
- The New York Times For Chinese Police Officers, Light Duty on Tourist Patrol in Italy
- Bloomberg Gadfly How the West Was Won (by China)
- The Daily Beast China's Very Weird Campaign to Keep Its Citizens From Spying for the West
- The New York Times Sinosphere China Pressed on Queen Elizabeth II's Complaint of 'Very Rude' Officials
- The Huffington Post On the Rising Continent of Africa, Morocco and China Eye Heightened Partnership
- The National Interest This Critical American Ally Is Struggling with China's South China Sea Moves
- The New York Times Sinosphere Chinese Man's Death in Custody Prompts Suspicion of Police Brutality