China news roundup / Nachrichten 2023-05-31
Xi Jinping tells China’s national security chiefs to prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios
"“The complexity and difficulty of the national security issues we now face have increased significantly,” Xi said Tuesday
[...] Since coming to power a decade ago, Xi has made national security a key paradigm that permeates all aspects of China’s governance"
--- So, emperor Xi has been in power for 10 years, & the national security situation has constantly deteriorated? Hmm, who might be to blame?
"“We must adhere to bottom-line thinking and worst-case-scenario thinking, and get ready to undergo the major tests of high winds and rough waves, and even perilous, stormy seas,”"
--- A true poet, emperor Xi.
China’s economic recovery loses steam as factory production contracts further
"China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 48.8 this month, down from 49.2 in April, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. It was the second contraction in as many months. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while anything below that level shows contraction.
The index, which mainly covers larger businesses and state-owned companies, was at its lowest level since December."
--- &, guess what, it was unexpected...
New warning signs emerge for China’s property market
"In a reversal from April, prices accelerated in the housing market but sales slowed"
--- People are still more into saving than spending. Don't really understand why the prices are rising when people are so careful about buying, though.
Chinese pilot performed ‘aggressive maneuver’ near US plane, military says
"The Chinese plane “flew directly in front of and within 400 feet of the nose of the RC-135, forcing the US aircraft to fly through its wake turbulence” on Friday, the Indo-Pacific Command (IndoPaCom) said in a statement.
“The RC-135 was conducting safe and routine operations over the South China Sea in international airspace, in accordance with international law,”"
--- Same old, same old...
Doesn't look as dangerous as some other close fly-bys we have seen, though.
Palau says Chinese vessel slowed over undersea cable during incursion into waters
Very few U.S.-China flights are back despite the end of Covid
--- China Uncensored: "China Is Backstabbing Russia"
--- CNBC: "It's too early to give up on the Chinese recovery, says China Beige Book's CEO Leland Miller"
--- WION: Gravitas: China moves in to demolish the dome of a historic mosque in Yunnan province
--- CNN: China: US spy plane ‘deliberately intruded’ training area
Chinas Wirtschaft schwächelt
"Der Einkaufsmanagerindex (PMI) im verarbeitenden Gewerbe ging schon den zweiten Monat in Folge zurück und fiel von 49,2 auf 48,8 Punkte, wie das chinesische Statistikamt am Mittwoch in Peking mitteilte. Ein Wert unterhalb der 50-Punkte-Grenze deutet auf eine negative Geschäftsentwicklung hin. Der PMI rutschte sogar auf den niedrigsten Stand seit fünf Monaten ab."
--- & wieder völlig unerwartet.
TikTok speichert private, sensible Daten von US-Nutzern in China
"Nun hat sich herausgestellt, dass diese Daten in den letzten Jahren auf Servern in China gespeichert wurden. Dabei hat TikTok-Chef Shou Chew im März während einer Anhörung des Kongresses der Vereinigten Staaten noch betont, dass alle Daten amerikanischer Nutzer auf US-Servern lagerten und der Zugang dazu strikt überwacht werde."
--- TikTok hat gelogen? Noch so eine dicke Überraschung...
Wer chinesische Software nutzt, ist selber schuld.
USA werfen China "unnötig aggressives" Manöver vor
China birgt wertvollen Stahl aus Schiffen, die vor ersten Atomtests sanken
