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Al Jazeera: Two Chinese aircraft carriers seen in Pacific for first time, #Japan says Tokyo says it has conveyed an ‘appropriate message’ to Beijing over the movements o #China’s Shandong & four other vessels within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

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The invocation of Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647) is another, if grim, example of the late Ming's ability to be a resource for thinking about now. "The past is never dead. It's not even past." (William Faulkner)

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CNN: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has said that he is “very comfortable” with a trade deal closing between the US & #China after the two sides meet today in London. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/08/b...

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SkyNews: Diplomatic win for UK hosting second round of US- #China trade talks Beyond being geographically convenient, UK govt sources suggest Britain is geopolitically in the right place right now to act as bridge & facilitator.

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Reuters: #China 's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Chinese vice premier He Lifeng will visit the UK bet June 8 & June 13. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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The Times: The #Trump White House has warned Downing St against allowing a #China's new embassy to be built at Royal Mint Court, near sensitive London financial centres & sensitive hub of critical communication cables that could be susceptible to attack. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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聯合早報 reporting that Xi has agreed to restart #rareearths exports to the US, after #Trump reversed himself & affirmed that he welcomes students from #China to study in the US, which is of course impossible to confirm w/out a WH readout of the call 特朗普：习近平同意重启稀土供应 www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/wor...?

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SCMP: US declines to label #China a currency manipulator, but blasts its transparency policies The decision not to sanction China for currency manipulation comes after #Trump hailed a ‘very positive’ call with Xi Jinping www.scmp.com/news/world/u...

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HKFP: Jailed #HongKong activist Joshua Wong charged w/ conspiring to collude w/foreign forces He is accused of requesting foreign organisations & officials to “impose sanctions or implement hostile activities” on Hong Kong or #China. #香港 hongkongfp.com/2025/06/06/b...

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HKSAR Government press release on the arrest of Joshua Wong

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Jailed HK democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested in prison today and charged for conspiracy to collusion with foreign forces under national security law. He is currently already serving a 56-months jail sentence for the “HK47” subversion case.

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星島網: A 28 year old male was arrested for violating #HongKong's National Security Law, and it is suspect that he may be #JoshuaWong, former leader of the now-disbanded #Demosisto student group #香港 28岁男子违国安法被捕今午西九龙法院提堂消息指为黄之锋 std.stheadline.com/sc/realtime/...

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新华社: Xi Jinping meets #Belarus 's Lukashenko #China 's Xi is out & about again, after having not been photographed/seen in public since his May 19-20 Henan trip. Hopefully this will end the fulminating speculation circulating in overseas Chinese media 习近平会见白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科 www.gov.cn/yaowen/liebi...

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Reuters: Alarm over #China 's stranglehold on critical minerals grows as global automakers join their US counterparts to complain that Beijing's restrictions on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures & magnets could cause production delays & outages without a quick solution.

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Politico: Trump is said to be fixated, but Xi's still not calling #China 's govt has been shaken by #Trump ’s public spectacles in the Oval Office — inc. the mtgs w/ #Ukraine 's Zelenskyy & #SouthAfrica 's Ramaphosa — which has made it wary of leader-level diplomacy.

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Telegraph: #Trump has a tough pill to swallow: it is his arch-rival who looks to have the better negotiating hand. #China’s near-total dominance of the world’s supply of rare-earth metals means Xi can squeeze the US where it hurts. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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FT: #Trump says #China’s Xi is ‘extremely hard to make a deal with’ Ties are strained over slow approval of export controls for rare earths www.ft.com/content/4c90...

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SCMP: Risk of military mishap rising as #China 's #PLA steps up ‘salami slicing’, says former #Taiwan minister Andrew Yang Nien-dzu at the #ShangriLaDialogue #台灣 sc.mp/la517?utm_so...

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DW: Beijing responds to US Defence Secy Hegseth: the Taiwan issue is purely part of #China's internal affairs, and If US persists in using #Taiwan as a bargaining chip, the Asia-Pacific could become a "powder keg" #台灣北京回应美防长：勿把台湾当筹码，亚太或成“火药桶” www.dw.com/zh/%E5%8C%97...

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VOA: #Trump claims he quickly made a trade deal with #China "to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation." But he now says that Beijing "completely violated" the agreement: "No more Mr. Nice Guy!" 特朗普：中国“完全违反了”关税协议 www.voachinese.com/a/us-china-t...

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Nikkei Asia: #China 's Xi Jinping, insulated from critics, embraces tariff war with #Trump "All around him are loyal retainers who never go against him. The voices of the 100 million party members -- the "shareholders" -- do not reach the top." asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Co...

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My latest in the #China Leadership Monitor: “Going Xianzhong Mode”: Can Local Governments Stop “Revenge Against Society” Attacks? #献忠 #献忠学 #枫桥经验 prcleader.org/post/going-x...

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Reuters: #China's defense ministry condemned the US for using the #Shangri-LaDialogue to "create disputes, sow discord, provoke confrontation & seek selfish interests" after #Hegseth called China a threat in the Indo-Pacific. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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BBC: #Australia asks #China to explain 'extraordinary' military build-up at Shangri-la Dialogue "What we have seen from China is the single biggest increase in military capability & build up in conventional sense, by any country since the end of the 2nd World War". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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CNN: US Defense Secretary Hegseth delivered a dire warning to the Asia-Pacific region & the world: #China ’s designs on #Taiwan pose a threat to global peace & stability that requires “our allies & partners do their part on defense.” #台灣 edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/a...

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WSJ Exclusive: #Nvidia faces fresh accusations from US lawmakers that the company is too close to #China, undercutting US national security www.wsj.com/politics/sen...

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UK-based early career researchers working on #China: the submission deadline for the 2025 BACS ECR Prize is midnight 02 June 2025. Submit your original research paper today! Full details, eligibilty, see bacsuk.org.uk/bacs-ecr-pri...

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CNN: #China thought it had a truce with the US. Then #Trump dropped two bombshells: first, he cut off sales of software used to design semiconductors to China; then Marco Rubio promised to “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students” edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/c...

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Reuters: "We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption," says former US Natl Security officer as rogue communication devices found in US solar power inverters, produced in #China

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The Telegraph: The #EU ’s black sheep helping #China launch its electric car invasion Chinese car giant #BYD is establishing its European headquarters in #Hungary, thereby enabling it to bypass tariffs that Brussels imposed on Chinese EVs last year

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Al Jazeera: ‘Tidal wave’: How 75 nations face Chinese debt crisis in 2025 Developing countries to pay a record $22bn this year, mostly linked to loans from #China ’s #BRI

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聯合早報: Chinese authorities summon automakers to discuss the issue of "zero-km" used cars, as dealers register new cars that have been in inventory for a long time as used to ease inventory pressure, a practice #China's NDRC labels "involutionary" competition 中国官方据报约谈车企研讨“零公里”二手车乱象整治

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DW: Brazilian prosecutors sue #China's #BYD over alleged slavery of workers stemming from an incident in which the Brazilian govt rescued 220 Chinese workers from BYD's factory site in Camaçari, where they were working under forced labour conditions 涉奴役工人巴西检察官起诉比亚迪

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CNN: #Trump administration to ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese student visas & revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the PRC & #HongKong” "inc. those w/connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.” #香港 edition.cnn.com/2025/05/28/p...

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观察者: The perils of overproduction: The #China Passenger Car Assoc'n reports that auto inventory is at a record high, exceeding 3.5 mil vehicles, an amount that could supply the Russian market for 3.5 years. 全系降价，为什么比亚迪要再次掀起价格战？ user.guancha.cn/main/content...

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VOA The Lowy Institute reports that by the end of 2025, as debt repayments soar & loans fall sharply, #China is shifting from lender to debt collector; developing countries are struggling to cope with "tsunami-like" debt 智库新报告：中国从贷款方变身收债人，穷国面临“海啸般”债务成本 www.voachinese.com/a/think-tank...

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SCMP: “A new, more fragmented globalisation is taking shape" EU Chamber of Commerce survey shows confidence of #EU businesses in #China hit a record low even before tariff war despite Beijing’s vows to improve market access & reduce regulatory barriers sc.mp/7qjri?utm_so...

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Another fascinating report from @merics.bsky.social on the fate of “Made in China 2025" in the eyes of the public: "Made in China's next chapter: What users on #China ’s Q&A platform #Zhihu are debating" merics.org/en/comment/m...

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NYT, seriously?! "Young Chinese women have small fingers, & that has made them a valuable contributor to #iPhone production [in #China] bec they are more nimble at installing screws...in the small device" 🤯 Is #Trump ’s ‘Made in America’ iPhone a Fantasy? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/t...

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中央通訊社: Former Global Times editor Hu Xijin claims that #China 's current economic slump & deflationary spiral due to widespread "sexual depression" (性蕭條). "If sex is depressed, people's consumption interest & motivation will be greatly reduced." 中國消費低迷胡錫進：性蕭條是原因之一 www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202...

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NYT: Natixis reports if US tariffs stay at their current levels of at least 30%, exports to the US would fall by half, resulting in a loss of up to 6 mil manufacturing jobs in #China. If the trade war resumes again in full, the job losses could surge to 9 million. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

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The New Yorker: #China 's 30 year "one child" policy saw 160,000 children adopted by parents in the US & other countries. Now, DNA tests are reuniting them w/their birth parents-- and some are learning that they were actually stolen from their parents www.newyorker.com/news/america...

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SCMP: #Trump 's trade war has countries & businesses seeking alternatives to the dominant US dollar in internat'l trades, payments & investments. This urgency to “de-dollarise” dovetails with #China ’s effort to internationalise its currency& is reshaping global finance www.scmp.com/business/ban...

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Are you a UK-based early career researcher working on #China? BACS is accepting submissions from our ECR members for consideration for the 2025 BACS ECR Prize. Submission deadline is midnight 02 June 2025, so don't delay! Full details, eligibilty, see: bacsuk.org.uk/bacs-ecr-pri...

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The Economist: #China’s universities are wooing Western scientists And they are reaching beyond academics with Chinese heritage www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

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FT: Inside #China ’s ‘stolen #iPhone building’ FT tracks the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in #London & #NewYork, then sold in a single district in #Shenzhen www.ft.com/content/752f...

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