AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarChina warns Trump against Taiwan tiesverified_publisherDW English - Deutsche WelleThe Chinese government has urged the US to "correct its mistake" regarding President Donald Trump's recently approved Taiwan Travel Act, which allows …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarA Bar Street Falls Quiet as Beijing Puts a Limit on Foreigners (Published 2018)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Olivia Mitchell RyanBEIJING — Most nights, a mixed crowd of young Chinese and foreigners, many of them students, cram the sidewalks along Caijing Dong Street, drinking alcohol and snacking on street food to the sound of thumping music as they course from one club to the next. Recently, though, there has been a more …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarTrump eyes massive tariffs on Chinaverified_publisherDW English - Deutsche WelleThe Trump administration is reportedly preparing to impose tariffs targeting Chinese tech and telecommunications imports. Should Washington follow …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarWhy Cantonese lost to Mandarin on its own turfverified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - He HuifengIn provincial capital, formerly known as Canton, grandparents and parents find themselves having to communicate with children in Mandarin
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarChina Unveils Superagencies to Fight Pollution and Other Threats to Party Rule (Published 2018)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Chris BuckleyBEIJING — Days after China’s president, Xi Jinping, consolidated his position as national leader, he moved to extend his control on Tuesday by unveiling new superagencies to tackle three major potential threats to popular support for Communist Party rule: financial recklessness, environmental …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarForget Trade Wars. Trump’s ‘Taiwan Card’ Is China’s Real Worryverified_publisherBloombergForget steel and intellectual property. The biggest potential flash point between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarReporter’s epic eye-roll over softball question breaks China’s internetMedium - Shanghaiist.comToday, an expressive female reporter managed to do the seemingly impossible, inspiring people to actually take an interest in China’s annual …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarBREAKING: Pro-democracy candidates Au Nok-hin and Gary Fan elected to Hong Kong LegCoMedium - Shanghaiist.com[UPDATE: 4pm] Pro-democracy candidate Edward Yiu ended up losing to pro-establishment candidate Vincent Cheng by just 2,419 votes out of 215,333 …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatar'This could destroy China': parliament sets Xi Jinping up to rule for lifeverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom PhillipsPeople’s Congress confirms abolition of presidential term limits, sparking fears Xi is ‘leading us back to the Mao era’
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatar'Every place you go, you are being watched': reporting from Xi's Chinaverified_publisherThe Guardian - Tom PhillipsThe Guardian’s outgoing Beijing correspondent reflects on six years of increasing repression
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarWhy Build Kenya’s First Coal Plant? Hint: Think China (Published 2018)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Somini SenguptaLAMU, Kenya — Across a narrow channel from this historic port town, where baobabs tower over the forest and tiny crabs skitter in and out of the mangroves, Kenya could soon get its first coal-fired power plant, courtesy of China. The plan’s champions, including senior Kenyan officials, say the plant …
AvatarLadye WilkinsonAvatarAvatarChina Envoy Seeks to Defuse Tensions With U.S. as a Trade War Brews (Published 2018)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Ana SwansonWASHINGTON — China’s top economic adviser arrived in Washington this week in an attempt to defuse rapidly escalating tensions with the United States as the prospect of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies looms. But Liu He, the American-educated technocrat who is now President Xi …