Friends,
Below is this week’s issue of the newsletter, China Articles.
For those of you who are new to China Articles, this newsletter collects media articles, podcasts, videos, academic reports, speeches and government statements from a wide variety of sources to provide readers with insight into the malign activities of the People’s Republic of China and its ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of journalists, activists, researchers, and public servants from around the world who uncover and analyze these activities and trends.
Thanks for reading!
Matt
MUST READ
1. China tore up the modus vivendi in 2020, the LAC is now live: Shivshankar Menon (Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu, April 23, 2021)
2. China Censors ‘Nomadland’ Director Chloé Zhao’s Oscar Win (Liza Lin, Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2021)
3. China’s Economic Blackmail Backfires (The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2021)
4. The First Person Convicted Over a Mob Attack on Hong Kong Protesters Is a Reporter (Viola Zhou, Vice, April 22, 2021)
5. This Manitoba couple lived in Xinjiang for 10 years. They can no longer stay silent about what they saw (Joanna Chiu, The Star, April 21, 2021)
Authoritarianism
6. VIDEO — Hong Kong journalist speaks after conviction over database search (Bao Choy, Agence France-Presse, April 22, 2021)
7. A collection of Chinese contemporary art falls prey to politics (The Economist, April 24, 2021)
8. Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law (Moritz Rudolf, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, April 2021)
9. China’s Communist Faithful Flock to ‘Red Sites’ Ahead of Party Centennial (Jonathan Cheng, Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2021)
10. Young Hong Kongers fleeing Beijing's clampdown left in ‘danger’ as they miss out on British asylum (Sophia Yan, The Telegraph, April 24, 2021)
11. EU slams China’s ‘authoritarian shift’ and broken economic promises (Stuart Lau, Politico, April 25, 2021)
12. China Reveals Charges Against Outspoken Businessman (Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, April 24, 2021)
13. China targets foreign spies and 'hostile forces' with new anti-espionage rules (James Griffiths, CNN, April 27, 2021)
14. Ant IPO-Approval Process Under Investigation by Beijing (Lingling Wei, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2021)
15. Legco [Hong Kong Legislative Council] backs immigration bill despite exit ban fears (Maggie Ho, RTHK News, April 28, 2021)
16. China Set to Record Its First Population Decline in Decades (James Palmer, Foreign Policy, April 28, 2021)
17. Xi Jinping's culture war comes to China's campuses as Communist Party prepares to mark 100 years (James Griffiths, CNN, April 20, 2021)
Environmental Harms
18. Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China (Shangrong Jiang, Yuze Li, Quanying Lu, Yongmiao Hong, Dabo Guan, Yu Xiong and Shouyang Wang, Nature Communications, April 2021)
19. Crews start cleaning up oil spill off China’s Qingdao port (Muyu Xu, Roslan Khasawneh, and Martin Pollard, Reuters, April 28, 2021)
Foreign Interference and Coercion
20. Russia, China sow disinformation to undermine trust in Western vaccines: EU (Robin Emmott, Reuters, April 28, 2021)
21. Australia Says it Won't Be 'Bullied' After Canceling China Trade Deal (Julia Marnin, Newsweek, April 22, 2021)
22. Strange bedfellows on Xinjiang: The CCP, fringe media and US social media platforms (Albert, Zhang, Jacob Wallis, Zoe Meers, Nathan Ruser, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, March 30, 2021)
23. Sri Lanka has prioritised relations with China, Gotabaya tells General Wei (Meera Srinivasan, The Hindu, April 29, 2021)
24. Mathematics Professor and University Researcher Indicted for Grant Fraud (U.S. Department of Justice, April 21, 2021)
25. Australian clarity and Beijing’s panic mark a tumultuous week (Peter Jennings, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, April 24, 2021)
26. China Stokes U.S.-India Tensions Over Biden’s Slow Virus Aid (Archana Chaudhary and Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg, April 26, 2021)
27. QAnon—Who Promotes It? The Answer Is, China (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter, April 23, 2021)
28. Businessman to Admit Smuggling Marine Tech to China (Kate O’Keeffe, Aruna Viswanatha, and Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2021)
29. Chinese company Nuctech handed security deals worth £12m (Fiona Hamilton, The Times, April 26, 2021)
Human Rights and Religious Persecution
30. UK MPs declare China is committing genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang (Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, April 22, 2021)
31. Police in China's Chengdu Detain Children in Early Rain Church Raid (Qiao Long, Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2021)
32. Outspoken Hong Kong pastor and head of Baptist Convention leaves city over national security law fears (Jeffie Lam, South China Morning Post, April 22, 2021)
33. Revealed: UK solar projects using panels from firms linked to Xinjiang forced labour (Jillian Ambrose and Jasper Jolly, The Guardian, April 25, 2021)
34. Olympic uniform supplier rebuffs concerns over Xinjiang cotton (Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Jeff Tracy, Axios, April 27, 2021)
35. Church of Almighty God: 750 Arrested in Three Months (Wang Yichi, Bitter Winter, April 27, 2021)
Industrial Policies and Economic Espionage
36. China’s Chip Industry: Running Faster But Still Falling Behind (Jordan Schneider, Rhodium Group, April 22, 2021)
37. VIDEO – Home Advantage: China's challenge to European industry (Agatha Kratz, Janka Oertel, Bernhard Bartsch, European Council on Foreign Relations, Apr 15, 2021)
38. Ph.D. Chemist Convicted of Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, Economic Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets and Wire Fraud (U.S. Department of Justice, April 22, 2021)
39. Tesla’s publicity nightmare in China comes at crucial juncture (Christian Shepherd, Financial Times, April 26, 2021)
Cyber and Information Technology
40. China and Russia plotting to seize control of technology, says GCHQ (Fiona Hamilton, The Times, April 23, 2021)
41. The anatomy of a Chinese online hate campaign (Zeyi Yang, Protocol, April 9, 2021)
42. China’s domestic surveillance programmes benefit foreign spies (The Economist, April 22, 2021)
43. Women Are Battling China’s Angry Trolls. The Trolls Are Winning. (Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, April 24, 2021)
44. China to punish data exports to overseas courts as Beijing beefs up defence against US long arm (Masha Borak, South China Morning Post, April 28, 2021)
45. China-linked hackers used VPN flaw to target U.S. defense industry (Christopher Bing, Raphael Satter, Reuters, April 20, 2021)
Military and Security Threats
46. China and Russia Turn Deeper Ties into a Military Challenge for Biden (Jack Detsch and Amy MacKinnon, Foreign Policy, April 20, 2021)
47. Conflict with China over Taiwan 'should not be discounted', Australian defence minister says (Louise Watt, The Telegraph, April 25, 2021)
48. Andrew S. Erickson on the ‘Decade of Greatest Danger’ (Eyck Freymann, The Wire China, April 25, 2021)
49. Northern expedition: China’s Arctic activities and ambitions (Rushi Doshi, Alexis Dale-Huang, Gaoqi Zhang, Brookings, April 2021)
50. The Coming Blockade of Taiwan by China? (Simon Leitch, The National Interest, April 26, 2021)
51. China pushes defence ties with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (Meera Srinivasan and Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu, April 28, 2021)
One Belt, One Road Strategy
52. After Default, Zambia’s Outsized Bet on Copper Could Play Into China’s Hands (Alexandra Wexler and Nicholas Bariyo, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2021)
53. Fudan University’s planned Budapest campus runs into local opposition (Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post, April 23, 2021)
54. Hungary to set up local campus for China’s Fudan University (South China Morning Post, April 28, 2021)
55. Heading Off Track: The Impact of China’s Mercantilist Policies on Global High-Speed Rail Innovation (Nigel Cory, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, April 26, 2021)
56. As China’s defence minister heads for Sri Lanka, should India be worried? (Pranay Sharma, South China Morning Post, April 26, 2021)
Opinion Pieces
57. Stay or go? For Hongkongers, there is no easy answer to the enduring question (Jason Wordie, South China Morning Post Magazine, April 23, 2021)
58. The EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy: A chance for a clear message to China and Europe’s allies (Frédéric Grare, European Council on Foreign Relations, April 22, 2021)
59. Friends in deed: How the EU and the Quad can promote security in the Indo-Pacific (Manisha Reuter, European Council on Foreign Relations, April 16, 2021)
60. In Strongest Defence of Indo-Pacific Concept, India Invokes History—And It’s the Right Move (Kanwal Sibal, News 18 India, April 17, 2021)
61. Why is Chinese leader Xi Jinping so afraid of Hong Kong and Jimmy Lai? (James B. Cunningham, USA Today, April 24, 2021)
62. Assessing the Sino-Russian Entente (Ali Wyne, The Wire China, April 25, 2021)
63. Creating alternatives to China’s Belt and Road (The Editorial Board
Financial Times, April 24, 2021)
64. If Biden Wants to Be the Climate President, He Won’t Need China’s Help (Robert D. Atkinson, Morning Consult, April 23, 2021)
65. Want to Sell F-35s to the UAE? Time to Address The China Factor (David Schenker, The National Interest, April 23, 2021)