Media Report
- Reuters reports, "China's first science fiction blockbuster, 'The Wandering Earth', has raked in 3 billion yuan ($443 million) in ticket sales in less than 10 days, putting it on track to become the country's highest-grossing film. Based on a story by author Liu Cixin, the movie about a group of Chinese astronauts trying to save the world from the orbit of an unstable sun premiered on Feb. 5, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday. 'It's a genre that most Chinese people have never seen, and it really touched people,' said Wu Jian, a Beijing-based film analyst with Alibaba Pictures, adding that the film drew families into cinemas during the traditional reunion period. Figures posted on Thursday on the film's official account on China's Twitter-like Weibo show the sales were reached in 9 days and 16 hours, which analysts and media said broke a record of 10 days and 15 hours set by 'Wolf Warrior 2'."
- Reuters reports, "The Trump administration's top two negotiators in trade talks with China will meet on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but there has been no decision to extend a March 1 U.S. deadline for a deal, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday. 'The vibe in Beijing is good,' Kudlow told Fox News Channel in an upbeat assessment of the U.S.-China talks that are set to conclude on Friday in Beijing. The two sides are pushing to de-escalate a tariff war that has dimmed global growth forecasts, roiled financial markets and disrupted manufacturing supply chains. U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China are scheduled to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent if the two sides don not reach a deal by March 1, increasing pressure and costs in sectors from consumer electronics to agriculture."
- The New York Times reports, "Sweden said it was investigating its ambassador to China after she was accused of arranging unauthorized, secret talks between the daughter of a Swedish bookseller detained in China and two Chinese men who had offered to help free him, but instead pressured her to keep silent. The back-room talks over the bookseller, Gui Minhai, were held in late January at a hotel in Stockholm, his daughter, Angela Gui, said on Wednesday. She said she grew suspicious of the two businessmen as they asked bizarre questions and offered vague assurances, while wine flowed freely. Ms. Gui accused the ambassador, Anna Lindstedt, of arranging the talks without authorization from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The ministry said on Wednesday that it had opened an internal investigation into Ms. Lindstedt, and that an interim replacement for her had been installed pending the outcome."
Calendar
- 2019-02-13 Administration Readies Order to Keep China Out of Wireless Networks
- 2019-02-12 China, U.S. Seek to Narrow Gap on Trade for Trump, Xi to Close at a Summit
- 2019-02-11 Trump officials considering Mar-a-Lago for next meeting with China's Xi: report
- 2019-02-10 White House discussing possible trade summit with China at Mar-a-Lago: report
- 2019-02-01 Trump plans to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping to resolve trade dispute
- 2019-01-31 Trump Says No Final China Trade Deal Until He Meets With Xi
- 2019-01-30 Critical China trade talks open amid tough U.S. action against Huawei
- 2019-01-29 China slams US over 'unreasonable crackdown' on Huawei
- 2019-01-28 Canada’s Ambassador to China Pushed Out Over Controversy
- 2019-01-27 America Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei in New Arms Race With China
News
- Reuters Top U.S. trade envoys to meet China's Xi, no decision on deadline extension
- The New York Times Sweden Investigates Its Ambassador to China After Report of Secret Talks to Free Publisher
- Reuters Chinese sci-fi movie 'The Wandering Earth' pulls in $440 million in 10 days
- CNBC US and China trade negotiators in Beijing reportedly deadlocked on forced technology transfers
- The Wall Street Journal China's Economy Needs More Than a Valentine's Surprise
- Bloomberg China Stocks Get Extra Lift on Hopes for Longer Tariff Deadline
- The Wall Street Journal China Seeks to Woo U.S. With Promise of Big Chip Purchases
- Bloomberg Across the Negotiating Table: A Who's Who of China's Trade Team
- Reuters U.S. group says Trump trade tariffs cost businesses $2.7 billion in November
- The New York Times New Zealand Fears Fraying Ties With China, Its Biggest Customer
- CNN Huawei is crushing Apple in China, and the US is partly to blame
- The New York Times Trump's Trade War Leaves American Whiskey on the Rocks
- TIME The U.S.-China Trade War and #MeToo Were Among the Most Censored Topics on China's WeChat, Report Finds
- The New York Times Little Red App: Xi's Thoughts Are (Surprise!) a Hit in China
Commentary
- The Washington Post Trump must hold out for a good deal with China
- Politico Trump's Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing
- Bloomberg Are Russia and China Getting Closer? U.S. Spy Chiefs Think So
- The Economist Signs of progress in China-US trade talks, but gaps remain big
- The Washington Post Why the South China Sea Fuels US-China Tensions
- Bloomberg How to Win a Tech Cold War