Digest: June 22-29, 2021

Issue: 2021/18

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Issue: 2021/18

• Date range: June 22-29, 2021

• Sources scanned: 86

• Content: 226 publications from 48 sources

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China Story:

• Dairy: the deep historical link between China and Japan

China Heritage:

• Apple Daily, ‘The Four Noes’ & the End of Chinese Media Independence

• Lee Yee on the Demise of Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily

China Media Project:

• The Blade That Kills Bloodlessly

• Xi’s Legal Buzzword Gets A New Center

• Our Color Must Not Fade

• Putting the Party at the Center of Education

• Influencers, Activists and Diplomats

Lawfare:

• Disinformation, Annexation, & Deterrence: Why the CCP Is More Likely to Subvert Taiwan Than Invade

Foreign Affairs:

• China’s Economic Reckoning

• The Plot Against China?

Project Syndicate:

• Accommodating China Is Unavoidable

• The Chinese Economy’s Great Wall

• The Death of Free Speech in Hong Kong

The Atlantic:

• How the Afghanistan Withdrawal Costs the U.S. With China

• A Eulogy for the Free Press

The Economist:

• Ferocious birth-control policies in Xinjiang are racially targeted

• Tourists flock to celebrate the history of the Chinese Communist Party

• Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy newspaper has closed

• China is clamping down on cram schools

• At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low

Monkey Cage:

• Two of China’s Belt and Road projects reveal a flaw in the G-7′s new global financing plan

• When Defense Secretary Austin tried to call his Chinese counterpart, here’s what really got in the way

Australian Financial Review:

• China seeks client states not ideological conquests

Lowy Interpreter:

• Hsinchu: Taiwan’s city at the centre of China’s conundrum

• By the numbers: Charting the Australia-China relationship in decline

East Asia Forum:

• Is there room for China in Australia’s travel bubble?

• China’s quest for global climate leadership

• Reconciling the rhetoric and reality of Biden’s trade policy

• The future of Hollywood–China relations after the pandemic

Pearls and Irritations:

• A sinking DFAT has given policy making over to ASPI

• How many are fleeing Hong Kong?

• Here’s what will happen in Hong Kong in 2047

Asialink:

• Hong Kong, Apple Daily and freedom of the press

• One hundred years of devastation

The Strategist:

• India, China and the Quad’s defining test

• Zeroing in on the grey zone in the Indo-Pacific

• China’s ‘offensive deterrence’ and avoiding war

Sixth Tone:

• Shanghai Leads Way in China’s Carbon Transition

• Overworked Chinese Fear and Fight Sudden Cardiac Death

• At this Shanghai Gaming Hub, Even Losing Means Winning

• Is China’s Rural Tourism Push Sustainable?

• How China’s Idols Are Working Hard to Hardly Work

• How Food Banks Can — and Can’t — Help China Cut Food Waste

• March of the Red Souvenirs

• Where Next for the Filmmakers of the Tibetan New Wave?

• The Weirdly Wonderful World of China’s Doll Devotees

China Digital Times:

• The Party Works to Ensure Nothing, Especially Not History, Will Spoil 100th Anniversary

• Translations: One Apple Falls, And A Thousand Apples Grow

• China Uses Global Influence Campaign To Deny Forced Labor, Mass Incarceration in Xinjiang

• Minitrue: Remove Products Touting “Lying Down” and “Involution”

• Translation: “Program-Think,” Notorious Anonymous Chinese Blogger, Feared Detained

• Politics and Promotions Weigh On Chinese Academics

• Apple Daily Publishes Final Issue Amid Tears, Applause, and Fears for Hong Kong’s Future

• LinkedIn Censors Tiananmen Content, Again

• Translation: Popular Science Platform Shut Down After Nationalistic Backlash

Quartz:

• In just one year, Beijing enveloped Hong Kong in a massive national security complex

• Hong Kong’s most outspoken pro-democracy newspaper is closing

• China’s rappers are writing patriotic rhymes for the Communist Party’s 100th birthday

Politico China Watcher:

• U.S.-China trade dispute harms Americans

Politico China Direct:

• Farewell Apple Daily — Not just Hungary — Berlin-Beijing besties

Protocol | China:

• Behind the push to make data a national asset

The Wire China:

• China’s Stake in Africa’s Mines

• China’s 21st Century Strategy

• Are VIE Structures Viable?

• Peter Martin on China’s ‘Civilian Army’

• How China Could Stymie A Global Tax Deal

• Hemmed In

SupChina:

• China turns on world’s second-largest hydropower plant in Sichuan

• Feminist Chinese comedian poses for sexy photo shoot, prompting debate among fans

• China men’s basketball team prepares for Olympic qualifiers

• 5 must-watch Chinese LGBTQ films for Pride Month

• Does plant-based meat have a future in China?

• Behind the success of Chicecream, China’s signature ice cream brand

• Beijing approves Hong Kong government reshuffle, doubling down on national security law enforcement

• Soccer player Li Ying becomes first high-profile Chinese athlete to come out

• U.S. bans some Xinjiang-produced solar products over forced labor allegations

• Kuaishou shows ByteDance that fighting overwork isn’t that hard

• Hong Kong’s Apple Daily shuts down as police target editors

• Abbot Wang Yuanlu of Dunhuang: Villain or…?

• The people who work for TikTok are workaholics and they want more!

• China’s Xinjiang policies debated again at UN Human Rights Council

• Chicken parenting is China’s helicopter parenting on steroids

Center for Strategic and International Studies:

• Congress on China: Then and Now

Center for Advanced China Research:

• Party Watch Weekly Report 4|32 6.19.2021-6.25.2021

MERICS:

• The other great power threat – China as a new challenge for NATO’s Eastern flank

• MERICS Video interviews on the CCP at 100

• China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law: A warning to the world

• Germany’s future China policy – a look into the election campaign 

• Sebastian Heilmann: “We should prepare ourselves for a Chinese superpower with global reach”

• China Briefing: Germany's China policy + Data security law + Hong Kong

• The Connection of Everything: China and the Internet of Things

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:

• China-Iran Relations: A Limited but Enduring Strategic Partnership

Observer Research Foundation:

• Hypersonic Missiles: A New Arms Race

• A new high in Japan’s security ties with Taiwan

• How China won over local agency to shackle Sri Lanka using a port city

• China’s 2021 White Paper on Tibet: Implications for India’s China Strategy

• The dragon in the room

The Conversation:

• Rethinking how we look at Africa’s relationship with China

• China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space programme to the world

• Why choosing the next dalai lama will be a religious – as well as a political – issue

• Why Alberta must rethink its ban on Canada-China university collaborations

The Diplomat:

• Reading Between the Lines of the CCP’s Centennial Propaganda Blitz

• Biden in Europe: G-7, NATO, and China

• When Japan Waged a Currency War Against China

• Xi Jinping’s Complicated Quest for the State-Corporate Technology Complex

• How Pakistan Is Helping China Crack Down on Uyghur Muslims

• At 100 Years Old, China’s Communist Party Still Can’t Get Along with Its Next-Door Neighbors

• Decoding China’s Recent Combat Drills in the First Island Chain

• The Signal and the Noise: Understanding China’s Military Threats

• New President of the Tibetan Exile Government Hopes to Resume Talks With China

• As China-India Border Construction Heats up, So Do Confrontations

• The Middle East: An Emerging Market for Chinese Arms Exports

• China Holds Slimmed-Down Belt and Road Conference

• China’s Transnational Repression Leaves Uyghurs No Space to Run

• In Responding to the China Challenge, Biden Should Take a Lesson From JFK

• Should Murder Go Unpunished? China and Extradition, Part 2

• Should Murder Go Unpunished? China and Extradition, Part 1

• China in Space: Impact on China-US Competition

• How the Wine Industry Got Ensnared in Australia-China Tensions

• Hong Kong’s Embattled Apple Daily to Close by Saturday

• In China, Cashless Is King

• China Hates Crypto: Message Received

• B3W: Building an Alternative to the BRI or Falling Into the Same Trap?

• David Brophy on the Alternative to Australia’s ‘China Panic’

• Apple Daily Stays Alive in Taiwan After Closure in Hong Kong

• Marriage Equality in Taiwan Hinges on Politics

• It’s Official: China’s Longtime Ambassador to the US Is Leaving

Foreign Policy:

• The Build Back Better World Partnership Could Finally Break the Belt and Road

• The Quad Is a Delusion

• A Confused Biden Team Risks Losing Southeast Asia

• Italy Has Learned a Tough Lesson on China

• Biden’s Afghanistan Pullout Could Make the China Problem Harder

• Biden Opens Sneaky New Front in Trade War Against China

• In Historic Shift, Biden Aligns Allies on China

ThinkChina:

• D10 group of democracies: A stronger alliance to contain China?

• China needs to reset its approach to the Palestinian issue — fast

• China's new-found confidence to hit back at the West

• Beijing’s message behind the closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily

• The politicisation of China-US trade ties: Showdown between capitalism and communism?

• New Chinese ambassador to the US: New possibilities for China-US relations?

• China's efficient delivery of vaccines to Southeast Asia

• Chinese researcher: Why China avoids taking a strong stand on Myanmar

• New breed of American China experts see China with a colder eye

• The most trusted provinces in China, according to Taobao

• China's Greater Bay Area ready market for British education exports

• Demand swells for Chinese shipping crews amid global shortage

• Chinese companies see ASEAN as a bright spot for investment

• When the virtual world is fairer: Why more youths are addicted to gaming

• America turning to state intervention to win US-China tech war

What's on Weibo:

• Adapted to the Desert: This Yurt-Style KFC Opened in Inner Mongolia

• Murder of Chinese Woman by Foreigner in Ningbo Continues to Receive Public Attention

• Viral Politics: Next-Stage Investigation Into Covid-19 Origins Discussed on Weibo

Chaoyang Trap House:

• July 4: The First Chaoyang Trap Film Screening

• Open Sesame x Chaoyang Trap: Taobao Ethics / Cursed eCommerce / Crab Justice

ChinaTalk:

• CCP Rap Propaganda

• How Do Elite CCP Decisions Really Get Made?

Pekingnology:

• Former Deputy Secretary-General of State Council on foreign investment, WTO, industrial policy, etc.

Tracking People's Daily:

• China-Russia Joint Statement - Party Line on 1962 War & Tiananmen - 18 Key Xi Thought Centers - The Qualities Xi Wants in Cadres

• Centenary Preparations - Xi's Rénmín Lǐngxiù - Historical Timeline - Ren Zhongping on Party Defying Naysayers - CCDI Data

• Human Rights White Paper - Xi-Vucic Talks - CPPCC's Propaganda Work - CMC on Party History - China-Russia Friendship 'Unbreakable' - Wang Xiaohong on 'Invisible Risks' & 'Political Security'

• Xi's Space Chat - BRI Vaccine Initiative - SCO Meeting - Human Rights Contestation - More of Ren Lixuan on Popular Legitimacy - Recapping Major Power Diplomacy Under Xi

• Youth & Grassroots - Xi's letter to International Students - Li on Western Development - Xinjiang Tussle at UNHRC - Ren Lixuan Commentary on Ensuring People's Support

• Xi's Diplomacy - CPPCC on Policy Priorities - Highways of Development - the Original Aspiration - Pak Analyst on US' Afghanistan Withdrawal - Wang-Di Maio Talks

Eye on China:

• LAC Talks Going Nowhere - Politburo's Pre-Centenary Session - FDI - BRI Vaccine Partnership - Afghan Pullout - Debt & Bonds - China-Russia Ties - Human Rights - Apple Daily Shuts - Bangladesh Scandal

Takshashila PLA Insight:

• China-India Brief; PLA Unit 69010; Cooperation Under Asymmetry; AI in China's Revolution in Military Affairs;  Taiwan; Pseudonym 解辛平 (Jiěxīnpíng)

Beijing to Britain:

• Hong Kong, Chinese takeover of British semiconductor firm, Scotland and China

China Research Group:

• NATO for Trade

China Dialogue:

• Shanghai leads way in China’s carbon transition

Lausan:

• At midday, a window opens into the night

Hong Kong Free Press:

• Beijing wants a ‘loyal opposition’ for Hong Kong – a new role, or a trap for the Democratic Party?

• The fantasies of an ex-Hong Kong leader with a toxic legacy

• Rest in peace Apple Daily Hong Kong: Raucous, independent and proud

Taiwan Insight:

• Taiwan’s Real Estate Development from the Cross-Strait Perspective

• A Tale of Two Cities: Taiwan’s Social Housing Policy Practice in Taipei and Taoyuan City, 2014-2018

• Becoming an Anti-Communist Stronghold: The KMT’s ‘Strategic Transition’ and Emergence of the ROC in Taiwan with Imperial Japanese Assistance, 1945-1952

爱思想:

• 反华阴谋

• 砥柱人间是此峰

• 近代中国与知识分子的心灵创伤

• 高老走了，他去天堂搞改革

• “六流”学生如何成为一流学者？

• 美国对华政策是如何倒退的

• 什么是社会学？

• 重返宏大的历史视野

• 中美关系不是新冷战

• 上海空间结构的重塑与升级

• 论中国文化精神

• 徜徉在佛学与儒学之中

• 慎言把农民组织起来

• 大美不言，谁解屈子？

• 深度解读“一带一路”

中国现代国际关系研究院

• 法国社会已深陷“撕裂症”

• 维护中国国土安全与地缘战略利益的三个关键词

• 如何理解大国博弈？

中央党史和文献研究院

• 党的文献中的小康社会

• 千秋大业 因何而兴

• 百年大党 何以为钜

• 革命传统教育要从娃娃抓起（新论）

• 从党的非凡历程感悟真理和实践力量

• 百年恰是风华正茂

• 从党的历史中“得到启迪、得到定力”

• 让红色资源“活起来”

• 邓小平理论：中国特色社会主义理论体系的开卷篇

• 认真总结党成功应对风险挑战的历史经验（庆祝中国共产党成立100周年专论）

• 延安时期对外传播的成功实践与启示

• 不断提高应对风险挑战的能力水平

• 百年党史上开展作风建设的一个典范

• 中国特色社会主义新时代与党的百年华诞

• 从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃

• 党在百年建设中百炼成钢（新论）

• 立党兴党强党的根本出发点和落脚点

• 为实现中华民族伟大复兴奠定坚实基础

• 站稳“江山就是人民，人民就是江山”的根本立场

• 中国共产党开展党史学习教育的历史考察与经验启示

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• 习近平等领导同志同“七一勋章”获得者合影留念

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• 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年“七一勋章”颁授仪式上发表重要讲话

• 习近平为“七一勋章”获得者颁授勋章

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