China Analysis Digest

Publications from September 2-9, 2021

China Analysis Digest is a weekly published list of new China-related analyses.

Issue: 2021/28

• Date range: September 2-9, 2021

• Sources scanned: 86

• Content: 185 publications from 45 sources

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China Story:

• The illusion of Macau’s integration: Why China’s approach is failing

Reading the China Dream:

• Wang Huning, The Cultural Revolution and Reform of China's Political System

• Xiong Chunwen, "The Education of Migrant Workers' Children

• Xie Tiao, "2020:  Las relaciones sino-estadounidenses" 

Made in China Journal:

• Industrial Things in a Post-Industrial Society

MacroPolo:

• Tale of Two (Types of) Cities: Demographic Divergence in Urban China

Project Syndicate:

• The Olympic-Size Difference Between India and China

• Data Privacy Chinese-Style

The Atlantic:

• How China Weaponized the Press

• How America Can Win the Middle East

• China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’

The Economist:

• America wants China to end support for coal projects abroad

• Xi Jinping Thought, for children

• China’s bid to stabilise its property market is causing jitters

Australian Financial Review:

• China is shaping up as the next Afghanistan

• Japan on a Taiwan-China tightrope

Lowy Interpreter:

• China’s digital currency takes shape

• Rich, hot and popular: the taming of Chinese celebrities

East Asia Forum:

• The digital renminbi and the rise of central bank digital currencies

• The Taiwan factor in US–Japan alliance relations

• Japan leans forward on China–Taiwan tensions

• State capitalism and China’s corporate pecking order

Asialink:

• The Olympic-size difference between India and China

The Strategist:

• Helmsman Xi takes China back to the future

• The domestic and international consequences of Xi’s political philosophy

• Why is China ramping up construction of missile silos?

ChinaFile:

• How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet?

Sixth Tone:

• E-Lit Squad: China’s Elderly Rekindle Passion With Romance, Wargods

• He Who Buries the Trash Is Also Buried by Fate

• Bringing Countryside Conflict to China’s Perfect Paradise

• To Protect China From Disasters, First Close the Rural-Urban Gap

• The TV Show Highlighting Chinese Culture’s Feminine Side

• What I Learned From 10 Years Teaching Chinese Students About Gender

• A Blind Man’s Epic Quest to Conquer Everest

• China’s Hottest New Rental Service: Men Who Actually Listen

China Digital Times:

• U.S.-China Climate Change Talks Founder Over Xinjiang Sanctions

• Post-game Analysis: Making Sense of the Hu vs. Li Smackdown

• Taiwan Plus Media Platform Launched in Challenge to China’s Discourse Power

• Space for China’s LGBTQ+ Communities Continues to Shrink

• Alibaba Fires Employees Who Leaked Sex Assault Case, Invests In “Common Prosperity”

Quartz:

• China’s crackdown on video games is getting more serious

• Climate cooperation actually means climate competition to both China and the US

• Xi Jinping wants to keep IPOs closer with a new stock exchange in Beijing

• Beijing is having trouble selling its citizens on a partnership with the Taliban

• Why are China’s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic?

Inside Story:

• Lupine or supine?

• First kisses and invisible red lines

Politico China Watcher:

• How China hijacked the war on terror — with U.S. help

Politico China Direct:

• EU’s digital Quad — Scholz’s strategy — Pittsburgh vs Beijing

• EU-Indo Pacific exclusive — Beijing’s moral revolution — Climate conundrum

The Wire China:

• The Missing Mogul

• Jessica Drun on Getting the Taiwan Narrative Right

• The AI Revolution and Strategic Competition with China

• Boxed In

• Fishy Business

SupChina:

• In Taiwan, a contentious quest for ‘transitional justice’

• BlackRock get a billion dollars from Chinese mutual fund investors

• U.S.-China trade was never intended to be fair

• Alibaba ‘believes in justice and kindness’ after court drops sexual assault case against former manager

• Hong Kong celebs renounce foreign citizenship amid China’s fan culture crackdown, patriotism push

• Move over, Shanghai and Beijing? Suzhou wants to be the ‘Pharmacy Valley of China’

• China finish top of the medals table for fifth consecutive Paralympics

• Video of woman stripped to underwear by subway employee sparks outrage in China

• Xi Jinping promises new Beijing stock market

• Corrupt and competent: A paradox of China’s economic growth

• The Rare Earth Myth

Asia Society:

• Xi Jinping's Pivot to the State

Center for Advanced China Research:

• Party Watch Weekly Report 4|40 8.28.2021-9.3.2021

MERICS:

• Cybersecurity regulations + Smart driving + Logistics

• Companies face increased scrutiny under new cybersecurity regulations

• NATO’s China conundrum

• Nis Grünberg on China’s party-state capitalism

• Reality check: How welcome are foreign investors in China?

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

• U.S.-China Relations in 2021: Emerging Risks

Australia-China Relations Institute:

• Australia’s export exposure to China: Assessing the costs of disruption

• Australia-China monthly wrap-up: August 2021

• Perspectives | Power shifts and China choices: Reflections on the Hugh White thesis 10 years on

Observer Research Foundation:

• US-China technology competition through the prism of the reflexive games framework

• China takes on its toxic tech working culture

• How Beijing’s New Maritime Rules in the South China Sea Will Affect India and Others

• China is Putting Limits to Online Gaming for Kids, Indian Policymakers Must Step in Too

• A small step for China’s first virtual student, a leap for CCP’s AI ambitions

The Conversation:

• Minerals, drugs and China: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan government

• How special soil observatories in China are helping to create more sustainable agriculture

• Global inequality may be falling, but the gap between haves and have-nots is growing

The Diplomat:

• Malabar 2021 and Beyond: India’s Naval Pushback Against China

• The Biden Administration and US-China Relations in 2021

• Where Does the China-India Border Dispute Stand?

• The US Still Doesn’t Understand China’s Strategy in Latin America

• ‘Great Game’ Redux in Afghanistan?

• What Is The Goal Of Beijing’s New Stock Exchange?

• Mapping China’s Place in the Global Semiconductor Industry

• Why Is Iran So Keen on Joining the SCO?

• China’s Crackdown on Private Equity Funds

• How Successful Was China’s Poverty Alleviation Drive?

• China’s Nationalist Cancel Culture

• In China, Kerry Faces Uphill Battle for Climate Change Cooperation

• Gauging the Future of Chinese Investment in Africa

• The Barriers to China-Iran Military Diplomacy

• After Government Crackdown, What’s Next for China’s Edtech Firms?

• China Bans ‘Sissy Men’ From TV

• Sub-Provincial City Cadres: China’s Leadership Cohort for 2027 and Beyond

• The Curious Case of the New Chinese Ambassador to Thailand

• Chinese Special Envoy Winds Up Unannounced Myanmar Trip

• Business as Usual: Chinese Investments After the Myanmar Coup

• The Somaliland Connection: Taiwan’s Return to Africa?

Foreign Policy:

• China Is OK With Interfering in Guinea’s Internal Affairs

• Pressured By China, Lithuania Won’t Back Down Over Taiwan

• China Is Laying Climate Traps for the United States

• China, Russia Look to Outflank U.S. in Afghanistan

ThinkChina

• What can China and the US cooperate on now?

• China-US competition: Letting the enemy self-destruct

• A new Cultural Revolution? Why some Chinese are shocked by the CCP's relentless pursuit of 'common prosperity'

• US academic: Consequences if Southeast Asia fails to align with US on China policy

• Self-assessment: How will the Chinese Communist Party evaluate the Xi Jinping era thus far?

• The future of China-Afghanistan relations: Lessons from history

• A new paradigm needed: China cannot achieve 'common prosperity' with Marxism and class struggle

• Will clampdowns on China’s property sector lead to economic turmoil?

• China's internet giants are shelling out money for 'common prosperity'. But is that enough?

• How internet giants' monopolistic practices hurt SMEs in China

• Vietnam needs to do more to reduce trade dependence on China

• Why China is setting up the Beijing Stock Exchange

• Why China is embarking on the journey of 'common prosperity'

• Has China done well in its vaccine diplomacy in Southeast Asia?

• Can China succeed in income distribution reform and get rid of its celebrity economy?

• Taishan Club: The rise and fall of a secretive roundtable of China's richest

• Can Hong Kong get rid of its atrocious subdivided flats anytime soon?

What's on Weibo:

• 25 ‘Tainted Celebrities’: What Happens When Chinese Entertainers Get Canceled?

Chinarrative:

• Forty-Eight Hours of Hell: Stranded on a Train in China’s Summer Floods

ChinaTalk:

• Tooze and Klein on Chinese Growth Miracles, Hyperinflation, and Napoleonic Authoritarians

Pekingnology:

• Mr. Ren Zhengfei went to Moscow

Tracking People's Daily:

• Optimising Business Environment - Bribery Crackdown - Warning Gaming & Streaming Cos - Xi Thought: Fengqiao Experience - Yangtze River Sand Mining Crackdown - Afghanistan Neighbours Meeting

• Soothing Nerves amid Regulatory Storm - Xi Speaks to Draghi & Rahmon - Xi Thought: Virtue Cultivation via Education & Public Welfare in Health - Xinhua Party Secretary on National Rejuvenation

• Five New Generals - WTC Gets New Chief - Qianhai Zone Plan - Rectification of Political & Legal Affairs Cadres - Xi Thought: Discourse Power & Livelihood Priorities

• Hengqin Cooperation Zone - Universities' Inspection Report: Expect Tougher Rectification - Organisational Line on Reds vs Experts - BSE Details - Xi Thought: Socialist Art & Internet as 'Battlefield'

• Beijing Stock Exchange - Jiang Chunyun's Funeral - Kerry Meets Han & Yang - EU-Taiwan Report Pushback - Xi Thought: Media Control & Culture - Propaganda Dept on Entertainment Sector Crackdown

• Xi to Cadres: Gear for Struggle - Supporting MSMEs & Students - Xi Thought: Pandemic Spirit & Saying No to Universal Values - Wang-Kerry & Wang-Bonne Chats - New Proposal on Online Rumours

Eye on China:

• Tibet Drills - BRICS - 'Profound Revolution' - Xi Calls for Struggle - Ethnic Affairs Conference - Conditional Climate Talks - EU Discusses China - Japan's Taiwan Policy - Afghanistan - 6th Plenum

Takshashila PLA Insight:

• China-India Brief; Silos; Maritime Law; Mahan & China's Sea Power; Three Warfares; PLA RF's Missile Test; PLA RF's New Jianfeng 2021 Exercises

Beijing to Britain:

• China visit, Arm, UK business meets Ambassador A roundup

China Dialogue:

• China’s shifting overseas energy footprint

• How did Chinese media cover the Henan flood?

• China’s decarbonising power system: out with the old, in with the new

Hong Kong Free Press:

• ‘Foreign agent’ claims against Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil organisers defy understanding

• How Hong Kong’s tyrants are taking baby steps towards dictatorship

• Hong Kong’s civil society under fire: the candidates, the election, then the democracy movement itself

Taiwan Insight:

• Remembering Tragic Spirits: The Worship of Nationalist and Communist War Dead in Kinmen

• Making Narrative out of History: Green Island and the White Terror

• Support for Armed Unification with Taiwan among Chinese Urbanites

• ‘The New Normal’ and New Governance Models in Taiwan

中央党史和文献研究院

• 永远铭记毛泽东的历史功勋

• 没有中国共产党，就没有中华民族伟大复兴

• 陈云的读书学习生涯

• 锻造新时代青年志气骨气底气

• 坚定理想信念是共产党人安身立命的根本

• 深刻理解全面建成小康社会的伟大历史意义

• 增强自信自觉，开创百年大党新伟业

• 中国道路的历史选择

• 书写人类发展史上的伟大奇迹（庆祝中国共产党成立100周年专论）

• 归根到底是因为马克思主义行

• 习近平总书记教我们学“四史”

• 准确认识和把握“学史力行”（深入学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想）

• 迈向第二个百年奋斗目标的根本遵循

• 初心使命引领中国共产党百年建设

• 瑞士智库的发展之路及对我国的启示

• 毛泽东谈中国共产党的创建

• 党的政治建设是党的根本性建设

习近平系列重要讲话数据库

• 习近平给全国高校黄大年式教师团队代表的回信

• 习近平就朝鲜国庆73周年向朝鲜最高领导人金正恩致贺电

• 《习近平法治思想概论》出版发行

• 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔仪式

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