Media Report
- BBC News reports: "For the first time, Chinese companies have invested more abroad than foreign companies have invested in China, data for 2015 showed this week. Overseas investment rose 18.3% to a record $145bn (£111bn), compared to $135.6bn of foreign investment....The world's second largest economy has seen slowing growth over the past years, with Beijing pushing for a reform to transform China from an export-led economy to a consumer-led economy....Whether private or state owned, the directive from the top appears to be: go out and spread your wings. That's because growth is slowing at home - recent Chinese data has shown the economy is growing at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century."
- The Guardian comments: "Wang [Quanzhang] has drawn the ire of the government many times for his defence of villagers against corrupt local officials, Falun Gong practitioners and fellow rights activists....In 2013, Wang was detained during trial for refusing a judge's illegal demand....Following his release, Wang characteristically treated the incident as a learning opportunity and wrote a legal manual on judicial detention for rights defenders....For this he has suffered in secret detention for over a year and now faces a show trial on charges of subverting state power....State security has explained that Wang's crime was defending 'evil cult' Falun Gong practitioners and using social media to highlight abuses against his clients. It didn't seem to matter that these actions aren't illegal, that Wang has broken no laws....If the government is serious about there being room for the rule of law in China, it must immediately release Wang Quanzhang and dismiss all charges against him....For rights defenders like Wang and his colleagues – who any nation should be proud to have as citizens – a conviction will reaffirm that it is not."
- Reuters reports: "A U.N. aviation agency has snubbed Taiwan by not inviting it to its assembly in Canada, the latest sign of pressure China is bringing to bear on the new independence-leaning government of an island it views as a renegade province....The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said arrangements for the assembly, scheduled for Sept. 27 to Oct. 7 in Montreal, did not follow the pattern ahead of a meeting in 2013, when China had asked for Taiwan to be invited. 'ICAO follows the United Nations' 'One China' policy,' the agency's communications chief, Anthony Philbin, told Reuters in an email. 'While arrangements had been made for their attendance at the last (38th) session of the assembly, there are no such arrangements for this one.'...Taiwan Foreign Minister David Lee told reporters diplomacy had never been an easy task for Taiwan, formally known as the 'Republic of China'. 'In the foreseeable future, I am not expecting this to change substantially,' he said."
Calendar
- 2016-09-22 Foreign Reporters in China Face More Restrictions Now, Report Says
- 2016-09-21 At U.N., China calls for North Korean denuclearization, dialogue
- 2016-09-20 U.S., China to step up cooperation on North Korea
- 2016-09-19 China's debt crisis: Just how bad is it?
- 2016-09-18 China August home prices rise 9.2 percent year-on-year
- 2016-09-14 How China Wastes Its Renewable Energy
- 2016-09-13 Behind China’s Firewall, Google Maps Shows Nine-Dash Line
- 2016-09-12 Marriage Falls in China, Transforming Finances and Families
- 2016-09-11 China, Russia naval drill in South China Sea to begin Monday
- 2016-09-09 North Korea’s Nuclear Defiance Leaves China With Few Options
News
- BBC News China spends more in the world than the world spends in China
- Reuters U.N. agency snubs Taiwan, recognizing Beijing's 'one China'
- TIME China's Falling Space Station Is Not Going to Hit You on the Head. Unless it Does
- The New York Times Canada and China Will Enter Trade Talks, Justin Trudeau Says
- The Wall Street Journal Why China Bears Are Buying Chinese Stocks
- The Washington Post Canada and China announce free trade talks
- The New York Times JPMorgan May Face New Scrutiny in China Hiring Case
- The Wall Street Journal Sony and Wanda Team Up to Market Films in China
- Reuters Exclusive: Provincial boss ordered crackdown on China's 'democracy village' with eye on national power
- CNBC China's toxic debt pile may be 10 times official estimates: Fitch
- The Washington Post Section of Great Wall of China marred in name of restoration
- BBC News UK researchers tap into China's scientific powerhouse
Commentary
- The Guardian China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang - instead it persecutes him
- The New York Times: Sinosphere Chinese City Urges Comrades to Do Their Part and Reproduce
- Financial Times China's economic fate rests on its housing market
- The Diplomat China's Syria Agenda
- Foreign Policy: Tea Leaf Nation The Brangelina Divorce Just Broke the Chinese Internet
- The Wall Street Journal: India Real Time How China's Huawei Hopes to Increase Its Smartphone Presence in India
- The National Interest America's Future with Burma Requires Encouragement, Not Sanctions
- The Diplomat Being Realistic About Engagement with China and the A2/AD Threat