China Articles - June 13, 2021
Friends,
Below is this week’s installment of articles and reports on the malign activities of the Chinese Communist Party.
Thanks for reading!
Matt
MUST READ/LISTEN
David Bandurski, China Media Project. June 2, 2021
Executive Office of the President, June 3, 2021
3. Some Apple Suppliers in China Tell Ethnic Minorities: Don’t Bother Applying for Jobs
Wayne Ma, the Information, June 8, 2021
4. AUDIO – The Indian Ocean and the Asia Chessboard
Darshana Baruah and Mike Green, CSIS Podcast “The Asia Chessboard”, June 7, 2021
5. Rethinking German policy towards China: Prospects for change in the post-Merkel era
Noah Barkin, Chatham House, May 26, 2021
After years of viewing China primarily as a lucrative market, Germany is in the process of rethinking its relationship with what is now its largest single trading partner. Concerns over a growing dependence on the Chinese market, together with Beijing’s increasingly authoritarian tilt at home and more assertive behaviour abroad, are driving this reassessment.
Authoritarianism
Bertelsmann Foundation and German Marshall Fund, June 7, 2021
7. Book Review – Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest – A Diplomat Looks Back by Vijay Gokhale
C. Uday Bhaskar, Financial Express, May 23, 2021
8. Chinese intellectuals called traitors online for Japan exchange visits
Amber Wang, South China Morning Post, June 8, 2021
9. AUDIO – Vijay Gokhale on the making of the Tiananmen Square protest
Suhasini Haidar and Vijay Gokhale, The Hindu, June 4, 2021
10. Chinese Internet Regulators Investigate Startup After Tiananmen Square Anniversary Post
Keith Zhai, Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021
11. Mario Draghi sets tone in cooling EU-China relations
Financial Times, June 5, 2021
Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, June 6, 2021
13. ‘No political story allowed’: Hong Kong broadcaster falls silent on sensitive subjects
Helen Davidson, The Guardian, June 1, 2021
14. Yanzhong Huang on Why China’s Strength Is Also Its Weakness
David Barboza and Yanzhong Huang, The Wire China, June 6, 2021
15. Tiananmen Massacre vigil leader released on HK$10k bail following arrest over Facebook post
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2021
16. Hong Kong finds new ways to remember Tiananmen Square amid vigil ban
Helen Davidson, The Guardian, June 4, 2021
Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, May 30, 2021
18. U.S. Report Found It Plausible Covid-19 Leaked from Wuhan Lab
Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. Strobel, Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2021
19. China would have destroyed Covid lab leak evidence, says ex-MI6 chief
James Callery, Times of London, June 3, 2021
20. The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins
Katherine Eban, Vanity Fair, June 3, 2021
21. AUDIO – Patriotic Education
Karrie J. Koesel and Jude Blanchette, CSIS, June 3, 2021
Environmental Harms
22. China Is Turning Its Water-Scarcity Crisis into a Weapon
Therese Shaheen, National Review, June 7, 2021
23. Peru’s Environment Minister: "Chinese investors have to be clearer"
Jack lo Lau, Dialogo Chino, April 29, 2021
24. China drives rise in coal-fired power plants
Rachel Millard, The Telegraph, June 2, 2021
25. Fleets of fishing ships are going 'dark' in the South Atlantic, and China is the leading culprit
Christopher Woody, Business Insider, June 2, 2021
Foreign Interference and Coercion
26. Budapest protest against China's Fudan University campus
BBC, June 5, 2021
27. Budapest roads renamed in protest against Chinese university
BBC, June 2, 2021
28. Hungary appears to back-pedal on Chinese university plans after protests
Marton Dunai, Reuters, June 7, 2021
29. Scoop: Bush family nonprofit's $5 million deal with China influence group
Lachlan Markay and Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios, June 5, 2021
30. Japan takes aim at China-backed Confucius Institutes
Yuki Fujita, Nikkei Asia, June 6, 2021
31. State Legislation Might Backfire on U.S.-China Relations
Bryce Barros, Foreign Policy, June 2, 2021
32. China's ownership and control over German companies MAPPED
Joel Day, Express, May 30, 2021
Tom Steinfort, 60 Minutes Australia, May 30, 2021
34. China says Taiwan's 'scheme to gain independence through vaccines won't succeed'
Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, May 31, 2021
35. China’s Pacific ambitions spark stand-off in Samoa
Bernard Lagan, Times of London, May 29, 2021
36. Barbie Hsu announces divorce, Chinese husband taunts Taiwan
Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, June 5, 2021
37. Leading UK universities accept more than £40m from Huawei and state-owned Chinese companies
Lucy Fisher, The Telegraph, June 8, 2021
38. Chinese shipping company is negotiating entry with HHLA
NDR, June 4, 2021 – ORIGINAL IN GERMAN
39. G-7 plans steps to defend academic research with eye on China
Rieko Miki, Nikkei Asia, June 9, 2021
Human Rights and Religious Persecution
40. EXCLUSIVE China policies could cut millions of Uyghur births in Xinjiang
Cate Cadell, Reuters, June 6, 2021
41. Xinjiang: Chairs Issue Statement about Forced Labor in Apple’s Supply Chain
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, June 8, 2021
42. Beijing Plans a Slow Genocide in Xinjiang
Adrian Zenz and Erin Rosenberg, Foreign Policy, June 8, 2021
Ben Westcott, CNN, June 1, 2021
44. Raped, Tortured, Humiliated: The Uyghur Tribunal Hears 24 Witnesses
Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter, June 9, 2021
Mayank Aggarwal, Independent, June 8, 2021
46. China's destruction of Uyghur cultural property evidence of 'genocidal intent', UK MPs declare
Riah Pryor, The Art Newspaper, June 2, 2021
47. A Christian Congregation Fled Xi Jinping’s China, but Escaping Control Had a Price
Chun Han Wong and Josh Chin, Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2021
48. Brother of World Uyghur Congress President Sentenced to Life in Prison in China’s Xinjiang
Shohret Hoshur, Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2021
49. Mihray Erkin: The Senseless Killing of a Uyghur Young Girl
Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter, June 3, 2021
Industrial Policies and Economic Espionage
50. Unfinished Business: Export Control and Foreign Investment Reforms
Emma Rafaelof, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, June 1, 2021
51. Biden supply-chain review yields measures on China
Reuters, June 8, 2021
52. Senate passes $250 billion bipartisan tech and manufacturing bill aimed at countering China
Thomas Franck, CNBC, June 8, 2021
53. China Is Stealing Our Technology and Intellectual Property. Congress Must Stop It
Dan Blumenthal and Linda Zhang, National Review, June 2, 2021
54. More Chinese firms could fall under Biden’s broader investment ban
Karen Freifeld, Reuters, June 7, 2021
Cyber and Information Technology
55. Mapping China’s Tech Giants: Supply Chains and the Global Data Collection Ecosystem
Samantha Hoffman and Nathan Attrill, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, June 8, 2021
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, June 3, 2021
57. The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge
Christina Goldbaum and William Rashbaum, New York Times, June 2, 2021
58. The Weaponized Web: The National Security Implications of Data
Lindsay Gorman, Bret Schafer, Clara Tsao and Dipayan Ghosh, Alliance for Securing Democracy, May 26, 2021
59. Microsoft says error led to no matching Bing images for Tiananmen ‘tank man’
Joseph Menn and Paresh Dave, Reuters, June 4, 2021
60. China’s Tech Clampdown Is Spreading Like Wildfire
Stephanie Yang, Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021
Military and Security Threats
Ryan Heath, Politico, June 7, 2021
62. China Looks to Increase Its Nuclear Arsenal
Francis P. Sempa, The American Spectator, June 6, 2021
63. G-7 prepares to write Taiwan Strait into summit statement
Rieko Miki, Nikkei Asia, June 8, 2021
64. Understanding China’s Aerial Incursions into Taiwan’s ADIZ
Adrian Ang U-Jin and Olli Pekka Suorsa, The Diplomat, June 2, 2021
65. China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Capability in the South China Sea
Feliz K. Chang, Foreign Policy Research Institute, May 24, 2021
66. Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict?
Richard Javad Heydarian, The Diplomat, June 1, 2021
67. China's incursions over Malaysia add to South China Sea disputes
Koya Jibiki, Tsukasa Hadano and Yu Nakamura, Nikkei Asia, June 6, 2021
One Belt, One Road Strategy
68. China-Iran Relations: Strategic, Economic and Diplomatic Aspects in Comparative Perspective
Kevjn Lim, Institute for National Security Studies, June 7, 2021
69. Opinion: A green alternative to the BRI
Omair Ahmad, The Third Pole, May 26, 2021
70. China’s Belt and Road Initiative: More Misses Than Hits – Analysis
Mahima Duggal, Eurasia Review, May 18, 2021
71. What a Kyrgyzstan oil refinery reveals about China's Belt and Road Initiative
Aizat Shailoobek kyzy, Global Voices, June 9, 2021
72. “Clean Green” to Counter Belt and Road
Michael Walsh, David Simon and Jeffery Atkin, Foley & Lardner LLP, June 7, 2021
Opinion Pieces
73. Joe Biden: My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world’s democracies
President Joe Biden, Washington Post, June 5, 2021
74. The Science Suggests a Wuhan Lab Leak
Steven Quay and Richard Muller, Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021
75. This is how much China’s Communist Party fears the power of public memory
Louisa Lim, Washington Post, June 3, 2021
76. China’s Inconvenient Truth: Official Triumphalism Conceals Societal Fragmentation
Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, May 28, 2021
77. Watching China in Europe - June 2021
Noah Barkin, German Marshall Fund, June 2, 2021
78. Countering China’s Intimidation of Taiwan
Robert Wang, The Foreign Service Journal, June 2021
79. The Part of China with No Fertility Problem
Shuli Ren, Bloomberg, June 3, 2021
80. A Just Response to Beijing’s COVID-19 Abuses
David asher, Miles Yu, David Feith, Matthew Zweig and Thomas DiNanno, Hudson Institute, June 6, 2021
81. Questioning government policy on China is not fomenting racism, Prime Minister
John Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail, May 31, 2021
82. China’s Three-Child Policy Won’t Help
Nancy Qian, The Wire China, June 6, 2021
83. Covid reorders the world's strategic landscape – but not as China expected
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph, June 3, 2021
84. The case that the virus emerged from nature, not a lab, is falling apart
Marc Thiessen, Washington Post, June 3, 2021
85. Xi’s change of heart is too late to stop China’s collision with the west
Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, June 6, 2021