The Xuande Emperor (16 March 1399 – 31 January 1435), personal name Zhu Zhanji (朱瞻基), was the fifth Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigned from 1425 to 1435. His era name “Xuande” means “Proclamation of Virtue”. Zhu Zhanji was the… Read More ›
Month: January 2021
China’s Strategy to Defeat the US in the Non-military Wars
Plan for Long-term Victory In the long run, China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) will bring economic growth to developing countries and expand China’s market there. It will enable China to switch lots of its exports from the US to… Read More ›
China hits back at US label of genocide in Xinjiang as ‘lies’ in propaganda-laden screed
China on Monday labeled as “lies” a U.S. designation of abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide in a report that cites residents it said had flocked to social media to “refute” the claim, but an expert… Read More ›
China on the News: January 31, 2021
Opinion | Biden’s Nightmare May Be ChinaT Chinese millennials aren’t getting married, and the government is worried China’s landmark J-20 stealth fighter started a decade of modernisation Sundance doc skewers China’s propaganda-filled COVID-19 response China derecognizes British National Overseas passport… Read More ›
January 30, 2020 – Coronavirus cases confirmed in all 31 provincial divisions of mainland China
WHO declared the virus was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and advised “all countries should be prepared for containment, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation and case management, contact tracing and prevention of onward spread of 2019-nCoV infection,… Read More ›
China-US tension: Biden administration pledges to back Japan and Philippines in maritime disputes
The United States has pledged to support its allies involved in maritime disputes over both the South and East China seas – where China is locking horns with its neighbours – as the newly installed US administration is renewing alliances… Read More ›
China in the News: January 30, 2021
China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’ as US pledges support Chinese warplanes simulated attacking US carrier near Taiwan Taiwan to discuss supply chains with U.S. next week amid auto shortage China Is Now Sending Twitter Users to Prison for Posts… Read More ›
Biden sends messages rejecting China expansionism
One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and Southeast Asia. In multiple calls and statements, he and his top security officials have underscored support for… Read More ›
Philippines says may benefit from any pivot to Asia by Biden administration
The Philippines may benefit if there is a renewed emphasis on Asia by the new administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, which could help act as a counterbalance to China in the region, the country’s defence minister said on Friday…. Read More ›
Second Rate Wind Power Side-lined In China’s Coal-Fired Economic Miracle
We have all heard about China building a lot of coal plants, but the central role coal plays in their booming economy is amazing. It is a big reason they are the world’s leading manufacturer. China generates almost twice as… Read More ›
January 29, 2005 – First direct commercial flights from mainland China to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei
On January 29, 2005, the first direct commercial flights from mainland China left Guangzhou for Taiwan. The first flights landed in Taipei. They were the first flights since the Communist government took control of mainland China in 1949, and the… Read More ›
China in the News: January 29, 2021
U.S. intelligence officials say Chinese government is collecting Americans’ DNA – 60 Minutes A scathing new documentary from HBO alleges a Chinese coverup on the coronavirus White House shifts from Middle East quagmires to a showdown with China China is… Read More ›
Philippines protests new China law as `verbal threat of war’
The Philippines has protested a new Chinese law that authorizes its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy other countries’ structures on islands it claims, Manila’s top diplomat said Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a… Read More ›
China’s vegetable prices hit record highs due to historically cold winter: “vegetables have frozen to death”
Asia’s energy prices aren’t the only commodity to have reached record highs this winter, the chill of solar minimum has also driven China’s fresh vegetable prices to unprecedented levels. A lingering “dip” in the jet stream has seen Arctic air… Read More ›
January 28, 1945 – In WWII, supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road
The Burma Road (Chinese: 滇缅公路) was a road linking Burma with the southwest of China. Its terminals were Kunming, Yunnan, and Lashio, Burma. It was built while Burma was a British colony to convey supplies to China during the Second… Read More ›
China in the News: January 28, 2021
China Deploys Anal Swab Tests To Detect High-Risk Covid-19 Cases China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines China’s Zero-Tolerance Covid Tactics Now Include Anal Swabs Chinese New Year: Clamping down on going home for the holidays At Davos, Xi… Read More ›
Philippine province cancels award for China Communications’ $10 billion airport project
A Philippine province has cancelled its award of a $10 billion airport deal south of the capital, among the biggest projects involving a Chinese firm under President Rodrigo Duterte who has pursued warmer ties with Beijing since taking office in… Read More ›
How will Biden deal with China?
Back in 2008, when Joe Biden was on the campaign trail running for vice president, the Democratic senator from Delaware once told fundraisers that the world will “test the mettle” of Barack Obama. Now that Biden has been inaugurated as… Read More ›
January 27, 555 – Death of Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty
Emperor Yuan of Liang (16 September 508 – 27 January 555 was an emperor of the Chinese Liang Dynasty. After his father Emperor Wu and brother Emperor Jianwen were successively taken hostage and controlled by the rebel general Hou Jing,… Read More ›
China in the News: January 27, 2021
Meet halfway to restore trust’, former Chinese vice-premier urges Biden EXPLAINER: How Taiwan figures in US-China ties under Biden China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America China using anal swabs to detect COVID-19: report Tan Weiwei’s ‘Xiao Juan’ Addresses… Read More ›
China’s Xi calls for unity in fighting virus, climate change
Countries must cooperate more closely in fighting the challenges of the pandemic and climate change and in supporting a sustainable global economic recovery, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday in an address to the World Economic Forum. “Humanity has only… Read More ›
China-Taiwan tensions rise days into Biden presidency
Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone for a second day on Sunday, Taiwan said, as tensions rise near the island just days into US President Joe Biden’s new administration. China views democratically… Read More ›
Ten China gold miners confirmed dead after eleven others rescued on Sunday; one still missing
A total of 22 miners working about 600 metres (2,000 feet) underground were trapped after an explosion at the Hushan mine in Qixia, a major gold-producing region in China’s coastal Shandong province, on Jan. 10. Eleven were pulled out alive… Read More ›
Biden administration urges China to toughen it climate targets
Gina McCarthy, the White House’s national climate adviser, did not say what policies would be released. A memo seen by Reuters on Thursday showed Biden will unveil a second round of executive orders as soon as Jan 27 that include an… Read More ›
Chinese History: January 26, 910 – Death of Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poet
Luo Yin (c. 833 – 26 January 910) was a poet of the late Tang and early Wuyue dynasties. Luo’s poetry was widely read and cherished, he was successful in life; having failed the imperial examination 10 times, he was… Read More ›
China in the News: January 26, 2021
China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines China Wanted to Show Off Its Vaccines. It’s Backfiring. China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines China flies warplanes close to Taiwan in early test of Biden China Factories Go Into… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, January 25, 2021
China thinks they own the American president they reportedly helped install. Reportedly, a factory was set up in China to create fake ballots, likely as part of the election fraud network Biden boasted about on TV. But, politicians who steal… Read More ›
U.S. reaffirms commitment to Japan to defending islands disputed with China
New U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, during his first phone call with his Japanese counterpart, reaffirmed America’s commitment to Tokyo to defending a group of East China Sea islets claimed by both Japan and China, the Pentagon said. Austin, in… Read More ›
China’s energy policy keeps blowing a fuse
China’s President Xi Jinping has promised to turn the world’s largest consumer of fossil fuels into a carbon-neutral nation by 2060, but that might make it harder to keep the lights on. Widespread electricity rationing in December stoked fears of… Read More ›
Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine
Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for an industry long-blighted by disasters and high death tolls. State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up… Read More ›
China to monitor central SOEs’ overseas assets
China will strengthen the management of overseas state-owned property rights held by centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and prevent the loss of overseas state-owned assets, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council said in a statement…. Read More ›
January 25, 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin
The Defense of Harbin occurred during the early Second Sino-Japanese War, as part of the campaign of the Invasion of Manchuria by forces of the Empire of Japan from 25 January to 4 February 1932. Background After General Ma Zhanshan… Read More ›
China in the News: January 25, 2021
Foreign companies are giving up on the United States and betting big on China, report says China Overtakes U.S. as World’s Leading Destination for Foreign Direct Investment Yang Li: The ‘punchline queen’ who offended Chinese menimage caption Five Takeaways From… Read More ›
Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s defense ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as… Read More ›
China’s energy dilemma: between green pledges and blackouts
Widespread electricity rationing in December stoked fears of another harsh winter for the country’s households. A clunky grid monopoly is the culprit. Reviving industrial activity and a coal shortage aggravated by bans on Australian imports combined to unbalance power supply… Read More ›
Analysis: Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos
As a new U.S. president takes office, he faces a determined Chinese leadership that could be further emboldened by America’s troubles at home. The disarray in America, from the rampant COVID-19 pandemic to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol,… Read More ›
Lockdown past, Wuhan clubs filled with partiers
Glow-in-the-dark rabbit ears, pulsating beats and a flexible attitude to masks: Nightlife in China’s Wuhan is back with a vengeance almost a year after a lockdown brought life to a standstill in the city of 11 million. As the rest… Read More ›
January 24, 901 – Death of Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
Liu Jishu was a eunuch late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who, as a powerful commander of the Shence Armies, briefly deposed Emperor Zhaozong in 900 and replaced Emperor Zhaozong with Emperor Zhaozong’s son Li Yu, Prince of De,… Read More ›
China in the News: January 24, 2021
What Trump’s Declassified Asia Strategy May Mean For U.S.-China Relationship How will Biden deal with China? Anger at China’s Covid-19 Response Smolders in Wuhan U.S. urges China to stop pressure against Taiwan Accused of abandoning two babies in the US,… Read More ›
China’s COMAC C919 Finishes Extreme Low Temperature Tests
China’s answer to Airbus and Boeing’s narrowbody jets, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) C919, has just completed its extreme low-temperature tests in Inner Mongolia over the weekend. The aircraft arrived at Hulunbuir Dongshan International Airport (HLD) on December… Read More ›
BlackRock’s China challenge a red flag for Biden
Janet Yellen, the soon-to-be US Treasury secretary, wasted no time telegraphing Joe Biden’s plans to be tough on China. Events at BlackRock Inc, though, demonstrate how much of an uphill slog the new president faces. As Donald Trump exited the… Read More ›
China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
China passed a law on Friday that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested waters around China more choppy. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan… Read More ›
Biden’s trade rep knows China inside and out
Katherine Tai, with her Asian appearance and family name, is being watched intently and with curiosity in China after Joe Biden nominated the 47-year-old trade lawyer to be his cabinet’s principal trade advisor and negotiator. As the incoming US Trade… Read More ›
January 23, 1556 – Shaanxi province earthquake in China kills estimated 830,000 people, deadliest earthquake in history
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake is the deadliest earthquake in recorded history. According to imperial records, approximately 830,000 people lost their lives. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming dynasty. More than 97 counties… Read More ›
China in the News: January 23, 2021
China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed The U.S. Deported The Man Who Would Become China’s ‘Father of Space Technology’ Out of Fear China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed WHO Caught… Read More ›
No sign yet Biden seeks a honeymoon with China
The Chinese government hopes Sino-United States relations will get back on track after the Biden administration took office on January 20, but political analysts in Hong Kong and Taiwan are skeptical a drastic shift is in the offing. Hua Chunying,… Read More ›
Democracy or what? – and then climate
Most of us were appalled to see what happened in Washington ten days ago when a ‘mob’, incited by Donald Trump’s address, stormed the Capitol building to prevent the presentation of Joe Biden as the next President. He gave voice… Read More ›
China’s Chang’e 5 orbiter en route to solar observation point
China’s Chang’e 5 orbiter is expected to reach a point in space where it will be able to observe the sun in the middle of March, according to state media. The spacecraft, which separated from the capsule that carried lunar… Read More ›
January 22, 1560 – Death of Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
Wang Zhi was a Chinese pirate lord of the 16th century, one of the chief named and known figures among the wokou pirates prevalent during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. Originally a salt merchant, Wang Zhi turned to smuggling… Read More ›
China in the News: January 22, 2021
China Slaps Sanctions On 28 Trump Administration Officials China sanctions Pompeo, O’Brien, Azar and other Trump administration officials after Biden inauguration Pompeo tweets countdown until 2024 presidential election Analysis: Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos Newly installed… Read More ›
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