Media Report
- The Washington Post reports: "Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China, with a lavish celebration Thursday featuring Communist Party leaders, a children's choir, Sleeping Beauty and other Disney characters. A vice premier joined Disney CEO Bob Iger in cutting the grand opening's red ribbon, showing the ruling party's support for the $5.5 billion investment in promoting tourism at a time of slowing economic growth....Analysts expect Shanghai Disneyland to become the world's most-visited theme park, attracting at least 15 million and as many as 50 million guests a year. By contrast, Walt Disney World drew 19.3 million people in 2014."
- The Associated Press reports: "Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Serbia this week in an effort to further boost relations with the friendly nation and assert China's intention to radically increase its presence in the Balkans and Europe. The first visit by a Chinese president in more than 30 years, Xi's trip to Belgrade has been hailed here as 'historic.' During his three-day stay starting Friday, Xi will hold meetings with top officials and visit a Serbian steel plant purchased by a Chinese company. The visit is 'a significant milestone for consolidating the traditional friendship between China and Serbia, deepening mutual political trust and promoting the practical cooperation between the two countries,' Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Xinghai said in Beijing."
- TIME reports: "In an explosive press conference shortly after his return to the city on Thursday, a Hong Kong bookseller held in mainland China since late October described his capture, detention and mistreatment at the hands of Chinese authorities over the ensuing eight-month period. Lam Wing-kee also revealed that he had only been released by his captors so that he could come back to Hong Kong to collect a database of customers who had purchased titles from the store where he worked, which specialized in scandalous tomes about the lives of China's communist leadership....His detention, and that of his colleagues, is regarded in Hong Kong as the most serious breach of the city's autonomy since 1997, when China resumed sovereignty over the former British colony on the proviso that it would preserve its freedoms and way of life for 50 years."
Calendar
- 2016-06-15 China bans exports to NKorea with possible military use
- 2016-06-14 China, US Hold Talks to Bridge Cybersecurity Differences
- 2016-06-13 China investment growth slowest since 2000
- 2016-06-12 'Chinese Hawaii' Shows Xi's Anti-Graft Drive Hasn't Hurt Economy
- 2016-06-10 South Korea Sends Military Boats to Repel Chinese Fishermen
- 2016-06-09 Japan Protests to China After Spotting Chinese Warship Off Disputed Islands
- 2016-06-08 U.S. Accuses Chinese Jet of Flying Too Close to American Plane
- 2016-06-07 U.S. presses China to reduce barriers for foreign business
- 2016-06-06 China to submit 'negative list' for U.S. investment treaty talks next week
- 2016-06-05 Maritime Spat Simmers as U.S., China Talk
News
- The Washington Post Shanghai Disneyland opens with hopes cash will rain down
- The New York Times China's President Looks to Boost Relations With Serbia Visit
- TIME Returned Hong Kong Bookseller Recounts Eight-Month Detention in China
- Bloomberg Business China Dumping More Than Treasuries as U.S. Stocks Join Fire Sale
- Reuters Disney's China fairytale begins with $5.5 billion park opening
- The New York Times Uber Rival's $28 Billion Valuation Shows Size of China's Ride-Sharing Market
- The Financial Times China's Wang Jianlin in basketball deal
- The Washington Post Asia & Pacific Chinese ride-hailing service raises $7.3 billion
- Bloomberg Business Hong Kong Bookseller Breaks Silence on Chinese Detention Ordeal
- Reuters Hong Kong bookseller says associate abducted by China authorities
- BBC News China cancels Taiwan choir invitation over anthem singing
- The New York Times Rise at 11? China's Single Time Zone Means Keeping Odd Hours
- The Guardian Hong Kong bookseller speaks out about detention in China
Commentary
- The Washington Post Oh, for keepsakes! What to do with Grandma's china?
- The New York Times: Sinosphere China Is Said to Rescind Invitation to Taiwan Children's Choir
- Foreign Policy In Focus US-China Maritime Disputes: Too Close for Comfort
- Cato Institute U.S. Policymakers Shouldn't Leave China with Nothing to Lose
- Foreign Policy China's Students Are Sharing Their Secrets … In English
- The National Interest Does India Want an 'Undersea Wall' to Detect Chinese Submarines?
- The Diplomat South China Sea: Which Countries Are On China's Side?
- The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Li Ka-shing's Fortunes Slide