China Articles - May 9, 2021

May 09, 2021

Friends,

As you may have noticed, I shifted to a new platform. My old method of sending it via my Gmail account hit the limits of what Google could support, so I’ve started using Substack, a dedicated newsletter platform. For those of you receiving the newsletter, nothing changes. If you want to recommend adding anyone, just let me know. And as always, if you wish to be removed, let me know that as well.

For those of you who are interested, I recommend watching two upcoming virtual events:

The first is a Hoover Institution event titled, More Than Sharp Power: How the CCP Penetrates Taiwan and Hong Kong and will stream on Tuesday, May 11 at 4pm Pacific Time.

The second one is in a month by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation titled, Innovation Drag: The Impact of Chinese Economic and Trade Policies on Global Innovation and will stream on June 10, 2021, 10am to 1pm Eastern Time.

Thanks for reading!

Matt

MUST READ

1. No Strings Attached? (Mick Zais and Reed Rubinstein, Inside Higher Ed, May 6, 2021)

2. Big Four auditors squeezed between US and China (Tabby Kinder and Michael O’Dwyer, Financial Times, April 28, 2021)

3. Western companies in China succumb to Stockholm syndrome (Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times, May 5, 2021)

4. Shock and Tears: Behind Vanguard’s Retreat From China Market (John Liu, Dingmin Zhang, and Annie Massa, Bloomberg, April 28, 2021)

5. VIDEO – 'Far more likely' coronavirus came from lab, ex-MI6 chief tells LBC (Will Taylor, Leading Britain’s Conversation, May 2, 2021)

Authoritarianism

6. China Tensions Spill Over as Europe Moves Toward Biden’s Side (Bloomberg, May 3, 2021)

7. Hong Kong passes immigration bill, raising alarm over 'exit bans' (Reuters, April 28, 2021)

8. China says population grew last year, refuting Financial Times report of first decline in nearly 60 years (Sidney Leng, South China Morning Post, April 29, 2021)

9. ‘Dog Biting Dog’: China’s Online Fight Could Further Empower Beijing (Li Yuan, New York Times, April 29, 2021)

10. China blocks US think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies website following critique on sanctions (Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post, April 17 2021)

11. Putin Finds Ally in China’s TikTok in Crackdown on Critics (Madis Kabash, Bloomberg, April 29, 2021)

12. China Orders Tech Giants to Unbundle Financial Services (Keith Zai, Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2021)

13. For China’s Small Businesses, Life Is Still Far From Normal (Stella Yifan Xie, Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2021)

14. Vaccine narratives in Chinese state media (Karl Stäringe, Swedish Center for China Studies, May 2021)

15. Grim Image of India Prompts Debate Over China’s Swaggering Propaganda (Chris Buckley, New York Times, May 4, 2021)

16. When “Press Freedom” is Unpublishable (David Bandurski, China Media Project, May 4, 2021)

17. VIDEO – Do Not Split (Anders Hammer, Field of Vision, January 25, 2021)

18. China’s Big Tech legal teams are unbeatable on their home courts, literally (Shen Lu, Protocol China, April 30, 2021)

Environmental Harms

19. Chinese banks accused of funding deforestation around world (Christian Shepherd and Thomas Hale, Financial Times, May 4, 2021)

Foreign Interference and Coercion

20. NuraLogix’s work on public surveillance tools raises concerns about cooperating with firms tied to Chinese government (David Green, The Globe and Mail, April 16, 2021)

21. “Now Hiring” in Silicon Valley (Hannah Reale, The Wire China, May 2, 2021)

22. How Beijing bought up Britain (Jamie Nimmo and Robert Watts, Times of London, May 2, 2021)

23. China on campus: Confucius Institutes collapse nationwide (Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, May 4, 2021)

24. The PRC in International Organizations (United States – China Economic and Security Review Commission, May 4, 2021)

25. Top Philippine Diplomat Unleashes Expletive-Laced Tirade Against China (Jason Gutierrez, New York Times, May 3, 2021)

26. EU trade chief says efforts to ratify China deal ‘suspended’ (Stuart Lau, Politico, May 4, 2021)

27. Activists, experts and policy makers speak out on Chinese state influence in Canada (Christy Somos, CTV News, April 29, 2021)

Human Rights and Religious Persecution

28. China pushes back against critics of its policies in Xinjiang (The Economist, May 6, 2021)

29. Disney unapologetic over Mulan credit thanking Chinese Communist party (Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, April 28, 2021)

30. Australian mother marks nine months in Chinese prison as curious online posts emerge (Bill Birtles, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 29, 2021)

31. Falun Gong: Share an App with Friends, Go to Jail for 3 and a Half Years (Yang Feng, Bitter Winter, April 29, 2021)

32. Why do some Muslim-majority countries support China’s crackdown on Muslims? (Jonathan Hoffman, Washington Post, May 4, 2021)

33. Meet the man China is taking desperate measures to silence (Josie Ensor, The Telegraph, May 3, 2021)

34. Defying Chinese surveillance, young Uyghurs abroad speak up online (Lin Taylor, Reuters, May 4, 2021)

Industrial Policies and Economic Espionage

35. U.S. Says China Must Do More to Protect Intellectual Property (Josh Zumbran, Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2021)

36. US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions (Cheng Ting-Fang and Lauly Li, Nikkei Asia, May 5, 2021)

37. Honeywell gets hit with $13M fine for defense export violations (Joe Gould, Defense News, May 4, 2021)

38. Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Exports to Northwestern Polytechnical University (United States Department of Justice, April 28, 2021)

Cyber and Information Technology

39. The Network Great-Power Strategy: A Blueprint for China’s Digital Ambitions (Emily de La Bruyère, Asia Policy, April 2021)

40. 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)

41. India grants approval for 5G trials, avoids Chinese firms (Manish Singh, TechCrunch, May 4, 2021)

42. Why Germany’s investment in Open RAN will not solve its 5G problem (Beryl Thomas, European Council on Foreign Relations, April 6, 2021)

Military and Security Threats

43. Brain Drain - How ‘breathtakingly naive’ Brit unis may be helping China build hypersonic missiles, stealth jets & doomsday nukes (Tariq Tahir, The Sun, April 28, 2021)

44. 'We will defend ourselves to the very end': Taiwan minister's vow as China 'prepares final assault' (Tom Cheshire, Sky News, April 28, 2021)

45. Face It: China’s J-20 Is A Fifth-Generation Fighter (Aviation Week, April 2, 2021)

46. Australia reviews Chinese ownership of Darwin port over security risks (Jamie Smyth, Financial Times, May 2, 2021)

47. Japanese companies ditch Chinese drones over security concerns (Gen Nakamura, Risa Kawaba, and Kiu Sugano, Nikkei Asia, May 4, 2021)

48. New Zealand hardens stance on China in wake of Five Eyes security row (Louise Watt, The Telegraph, May 3, 2021)

49. Pentagon tracking out-of-control Chinese rocket that could reenter Earth's atmosphere (Barbara Starr and Paul LeBlanc, CNN, May 4, 2021)

One Belt, One Road Strategy

50. Shots in the Dark (Eli Binder and Katrina Northrop, The Wire China, May 2, 2021)

51. Partnership Without Substance (Bobo Lo and Edward Lucas, Center for European Policy Analysis, April 28, 2021)

52. Chinese workers allege forced labor, abuses in Xi’s ‘Belt and Road’ program (Lily Kuo and Alicia Chen, The Washington Post, April 30, 2021)

53. Rasheed Griffith on China’s Ties to the Caribbean (Eli Binder, The Wire China, May 2, 2021)

54. Cameron set to give up on UK-China investment fund (Jim Pickard, Financial Times, May 2, 2021)

55. Why African countries back China on human rights (Dickens Olewe, BBC News, May 1, 2021)

56. China’s AI deployment in Africa poses risks to security and sovereignty (Khwezi Nkwanyana, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, May 5, 2021)

57. China’s Expanding Military Education Diplomacy in Central Asia (Erica Marat, PONARS Eurasia, April 19, 2021)

Opinion Pieces

58. AUDIO – A foreign policy for a Green Germany (Franziska Brantner, Mark Leonard and Janka Oertel, European Council on Foreign Relations, April 30, 2021)

59. Countering China’s Global Great Game (Michael Sobolik, The National Interest, April 29, 2021)

60. Without a trade strategy, Biden can’t win the contest with China (Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council, April 25, 2021)

61. The Two Sides of Chinese GDP (Nancy Qian, The Wire China, May 2, 2021)

62. China and Russia’s Dangerous Convergence (Andrea Kendall-Taylor and David Shullman, Foreign Affairs, May 3, 2021)

63. Killing Hong Kong’s Free Press Will Harm Its Economy (Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Policy, May 3, 2021)

64. Time to end China’s lease on the Port of Darwin (Peter Jennings, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, May 4, 2021)