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Chinese government moves to cover up deadly ‘revenge against society’ attacks
(news.com.au, 11/30/24, James Seidel)

China documents shed light on cyber ops
(NHK, 11/27/24)

Former Bank of China chairman sentenced to death on corruption charges
(business-standard.com, 11/26/24)

China is laying the legal groundwork to seize Taiwan
(The Hill, 11/22/24, Peter A. Dutton and Bonnie S. Glaser)

Labor ministry official sacked in bullying suicide case
(Focus Taiwan – CNA, 11/20/24, James Thompson, Yang Shu-min and Chang Hsiung-fung)

Hong Kong sentences 45 pro-democracy campaigners to prison terms
(AFP via france24.com, 11/19/24)

Son of jailed ex-CCP official Bo Xilai visits Taiwan; rumored to marry Taiwanese
(Focus Taiwan – CNA, 11/15/24, Lee Ya-wen, Worthy Shen, and Kay Liu)

Singaporean Malone Lam requests ‘speedy trial’ in US for alleged US$230 million cryptocurrency theft
(Channel News Asia, 11/15/24, Nick Harper)

Xi vs. Xu: Two Visions for China’s Future
(ChinaFile, 11/13/24, Teng Biao and Jerome A. Cohen)

China’s local police seizing assets, demanding payments amid economic downturn
(VOA, 11/08/24, Bo Gu)

China announces trillion-dollar bailout as debt crisis looms
(semafor.com, 11/08/24, Prashant Rao and Mizy Clifton)

City in Xinjiang Deletes Video Boasting That WeChat Records User Activity For Law Enforcement
(China Digital Times, 11/07/24, Alexander Boyd)

How Much Will New Stimulus Improve China’s Economic Outlook?
(ChinaFile, 11/04/24)

Marriage Registrations Fall and Women Shun Motherhood
(China Digital Times, 11/04/24, Arthur Kaufman)

Why China Won’t Give Up on a Failing Economic Model
(Foreign Affairs, 10/31/24, Zongyuan Zoe Liu)

Confronting the “Energy Transition Trilemma”
(macropolo.org, 10/29/24, Damien Ma)

China and India Find Common Ground on Border Dispute
(China Digital Times, 10/24/24, Arthur Kaufman)

Local Officials Call Women to Ask: “Are You Pregnant?”
(China Digital Times, 10/23/24, Alexander Boyd)

Explosion at Chinese Consulate in Myanmar Follows Beijing’s Growing Acceptance of Junta
(China Digital Times, 10/22/24, Arthur Kaufman)

Jimmy Lai release is a priority for the UK, says PM
(BBC, 10/16/24, Kate Whannel)

China’s plan to boost flagging growth is the very definition of economic insanity
(The Guardian, 10/13/24, George Magnus)

Taiwan’s search for a grand strategy
(Brookings, 09/25/24, Ryan Hass)

Will China Really Achieve Peak Carbon Next Year?
(macropolo.org, 09/25/24, Amy Ouyang)

Hong Kong keeps Russia’s dark fleet afloat
(Lowy Institute, 09/03/24, Selwyn Parker)

Li Ka-shing’s Luxury Mall Sits Empty as Chinese Spending Plunges
(Bloomberg, 09/02/24, Shirley Zhao)

New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment
(Reuters, 09/01/24, Laurie Chen)

China’s summer movie ticket sales nearly halved amid sluggish economy
(VOA, 08/28/24, Lin Nai-Chuan)

Chinese Electric Vehicles Encounter Pushback From Western Governments
(China Digital Times, 08/27/24, Arthur Kaufman)

China’s Budget Spending Drops as Land Sales See Record Fall
(Bloomberg, 08/26/24)

Philippine ex-mayor linked to Chinese crime rings fled to Singapore in July: Filipino authorities
(Straits Times, 08/21/24, Christine Tan)

‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary
(The Guardian, 08/18/24, Amy Hawkins)

China’s one-child policy hangover
(CNN, 08/18/24, Joyce Jiang)

Kiribati Elections Renew Debate Over China’s Influence in the Pacific
(China Digital Times, 08/15/24, Arthur Kaufman)

China says it ‘destroyed large network’ of Taiwanese spies
(RFA, 08/14/24, Taejun Kang)

Mass Censorship of National Corpse Trafficking Scandal
(China Digital Times, 08/13/24, Alexander Boyd)

China Expands Tactics to Bolster Territorial Claims, Rivals Follow Suit
(China Digital Times, 08/13/24, Arthur Kaufman)

China May Be on a Well-Trod Path to Economic Trouble
(Bloomberg, 08/03/24, Chris Anstey)

Garbage Time of History (历史的垃圾时间, lìshǐ de lājī shíjiān)
(China Digital Times, 08/01/24, Alexander Boyd)

China’s Real Economic Crisis
(Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct 2024, Zongyuan Zoe Liu)

Chasing the Frontier or Letting the Chips Fall Where They May?
(macropolo.org, 07/31/24, AJ Cortese)

5 years after China’s crackdown on democracy, “the Hong Kong we used to know is gone”
(CBS News, 07/30/24, Ramy Inocencio)

Chee Hong Tat to be deputy chairman of MAS
(Straits Times, 07/29/24, Ang Qing)

China’s having its 2008 financial crisis at the worst possible time
(The Hill, 07/23/24, Gordon G. Chang)

How to provoke the fury of Xi Jinping
(The Economist, 07/04/24)

Why Chinese banks are now vanishing
(The Economist, 07/04/24)

China seizes Taiwan boat with crew for illegal fishing
(BBC, 07/03/24, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and Fan Wang)

Architectural Cross-Section of Kowloon Walled City
(cohost.org, 07/01/24, belarius)

Taiwan warns against travel to China after execution threat
(Reuters, 06/27/24, Ben Blanchard and Jeanny Kao)

Russia Offers China A River To The Sea In The Pacific
(Forbes, 06/25/24, Melik Kaylan)

Chinese cities desperate for cash are chasing companies for taxes — some from the 1990s
(CNN, 06/21/24, Laura He)

Singapore loses China’s rich to Hong Kong in family office rush
(Nikkei Asia, 06/20/24, Dylan Loh and Echo Wong)

Middle-Power Equities in a Cross-Strait Conflict
(RAND, 06/20/24, Rafiq Dossani, Cortez A. Cooper III, and Joan Chang)

Taiwan’s Constitutional Battle: The Case for the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution
(jhulr.org, 06/12/24, Brian Duan, edited by Jill Ji)

‘We refuse to disappear’: the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown
(The Guardian, 06/01/24, Helen Davidson)

Singapore Wealth Flows Face New Scrutiny in Superhacker Case
(Bloomberg, 05/31/24, Bernadette Toh, Low De Wei, and Ambereen Choudhury)

14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
(AP, 05/30/24, Kanis Leung and Zen Soo)

Hong Kong arrests six for sedition under new law
(BBC, 05/28/24, Flora Drury)

China’s risky industrial gamble might end the way of the Soviet Union
(Globe and Mail, 05/25/24, John Rapley)

Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears
(New York Times, 05/25/24, Vivian Wang)

Beijing Signals That It Has No Idea What To Do About Its Economy
(forbes.com, 05/24/24, Milton Ezrati)

Even Xi Jinping is struggling to fix regional inequality
(The Economist, 05/21/24)

Taiwan’s New President Calls On China to End Threat of War
(Bloomberg, 05/19/24, Cindy Wang)

Congressional-Executive Commission on China, 2023 Annual Report
(CECC, May, 2024)

Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible
(CECC, 04/30/24)

China Needs More Inflation To Steady a Wobbly Property Sector
(macropolo.org, 04/25/24, Houze Song)

China’s high-stakes struggle to defy demographic disaster
(Economist, 04/09/24)

Spying in Singapore? Inevitable given hosting of high-level events amid geopolitical tensions, say experts
(Channel News Asia – CNA, 03/29/24, Davina Tham)

U.S., U.K. Impose Sanctions on Chinese State-Affiliated Hackers
(China Digital Times, 03/25/24, Arthur Kaufman)

Taiwan warns of ‘enormous’ Chinese bases near its S.China Sea holding
(Reuters, 03/19/24, Ben Blanchard)

Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
(NYT, 03/19/24, Tiffany May and David Pierson)

Opinion: The world’s most dangerous place has only gotten more dangerous
(CNN, 03/10/24, Fareed Zakaria)

The Plan For China’s Property Crisis May Cost More Than $280 Billion
(Forbes, 03/01/24, Milton Ezrati)

Leaked Russian Documents Reveal Deep Concern Over Chinese Aggression
(Forbes, 02/29/24, Craig Hooper)

Xi Jinping’s Self-Defeating Governance: Policy Implications and Power Politics with the Rise of Military-Industrial Leaders
(CLM, 02/29/24, Guoguang Wu)

China to PH: Taiwan a ‘red line’ issue, ‘tread carefully’
(inquirer.net, 02/09/24, John Eric Mendoza)

Has Xi Jinping lost control of the markets?
(The Economist, 02/08/24)

Hong Kong police vow to hunt exiled activist Agnes Chow ‘for life’
(rfa.org, 02/08/24, Cheryl Tung and Kwong Wing)

New Reports on Digital Surveillance and DNA Collection in Tibet; Repression Against Tibetan Diaspora
(China Digital Times, 02/07/24, Arthur Kaufman)

Billionaire Cheng family seeks to oust Giordano CEO after failed buyout
(Straits Times, 02/06/24)

Why the Peak China story is overdone
(afr.com, Richard McGregor, 02/02/24)

“It’s Too Convenient to Say That Xi Jinping Is a Second Mao”
(chinafile.com, 02/01/24, Nick Frisch interview with Chun Han Wong)

China is facing a brutal reality as it desperately tries to fix its population-decline problem
(Yahoo News, 02/01/24, Lloyd Lee)