China news roundup / Nachrichten 2021-06-09

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Senate passes massive bipartisan bill to combat China's growing economic influence

"countering China's growing influence by investing more than $200 billion in American technology, science and research."

--- Reasonable. Sounds better than simply sanctioning Chinese firms, at least.
Which Biden does in a more selective way than Trump, it seems: Donald Trump-era ban on TikTok dropped by Joe Biden

"The legislation also requires that the iron, steel, manufactured products and construction materials used in federally funded infrastructure projects is produced in the United States."

--- That's a strange provision. Could lead to conflict with the EU. Why not rather provide for open & fair tenders, excluding state companies & those that get unfair subsidies?
Meanwhile, China is not amused:


China denounces US Senate’s $250bn move to boost tech and manufacturing

"In a scathing statement on Wednesday, the foreign affairs committee of China’s ceremonial legislature, the National People’s Congress, expressed its “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition”"

--- What happened to Chinese non-interference?

"The bill has a number of other China-related provisions, including prohibiting the social media app TikTok from being downloaded on government devices, and would block the purchase of drones manufactured and sold by companies backed by the Chinese government"

--- How dare the US government decide what they buy & who from?! Buy from China! That's an order!

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Pentagon makes China its top policy priority with several new classified programs

"Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to place China and its military buildup at the center of American defense policy"

--- That will hurt the feelings of ... er ... Putin.

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China students hold principal hostage in rare protest

"The protests were over a plan to merge a Nanjing college in Jiangsu province with a vocational institute - which are seen as less prestigious.
[...] These degrees are seen as more prestigious than vocational degrees, and graduates believe they offer them better opportunities in the country's fiercely competitive job market"

--- Probably a sign for the pressure on China's job market. It's hard enough for university graduates to get a good job, even harder for college graduates. Vocational schools rank even lower (deservedly so, me seems, I worked at one for a couple of months) than colleges.
For the time being, the protests were successful. But the merger is only suspended, not cancelled.
The same happened at a number of other colleges as well, though the cops usually stopped protests after a few hours or a day:
Chinese police squash rare campus protests after merger plan (includes videos)
More videos in this Twitter thread.

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A New Great Game? Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking

"China’s “new great game” seeks to outflank the U.S. by mobilizing African endorsement of China’s distinctive institutions and governing ideology. To that end, China aims to persuade African countries to adopt aspects of its political and economic system. Contrary to Beijing’s protestations, and despite the skepticism of many Western observers, China is in fact preparing to export its model to Africa"

--- Eg. Nigeria seems to be very interested. We'll see how that works out with rather more unruly African populations.

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How a medical evacuation exposed Solomon Islands’ China challenge

"China’s Honiara embassy says it has “raised concerns” with the Sogavare government over Suidani’s Taiwan visit.
“China firmly opposes any official contacts in any form between Taiwan and any officials from countries having diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China,”"

--- Ah, the CCP showing again its altruistic & humane benevolence.
"How dare you get medical treatment from these splittists? You should rather die!"

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China’s Qinghai Province Has Ordered All Crypto Miners to Shut Down

"The Qinghai government will prohibit any local authorities from setting up or permitting any new crypto mining projects. It will also close down all the current crypto mining operations in the province."

--- Like Inner Mongolia, Qinghai seems to take a hard line. Still, it remains to be seen how strict the implementation will be.

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China: Professor killed party official at Fudan University

"Party secretaries are ubiquitous on Chinese campuses, charged with maintaining ideological purity, preventing the dissemination of Western concepts of human rights and free speech, and ensuring students and faculty remain loyal to the party."

--- This particular party secretary obviously purified the wrong professor.


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Munich Security Report: Is China a partner, rival or both?


As America struggles with gun violence, China faces its own public safety threat: mass stabbings


China-US tension: state media reports amphibious landing drill after US senators land on Taiwan


Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory


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--- DW News: "China warns the US of striking official trade deal with Taiwan"

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--- WION: "Students in Mongolia Protest Chinese language Policy"

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--- China Uncensored: China At WAR: Drug Dealing, Money Laundering, and Espionage


--- China Global: China’s Vaccine Diplomacy with Ivana Karásková (audio only)


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USA wollen unabhängiger von China werden

"Die Überprüfung bezieht sich zwar nicht explizit auf China, ist aber Teil einer breiteren Strategie der Biden-Regierung, um die eigene Wettbewerbsfähigkeit angesichts der zunehmenden Konkurrenz durch China zu stärken"

--- Vernünftig & wohl auch nötig. Allerdings könnten bestimmte Maßnahmen auch zu Konflikten mit der EU führen. Mal sehen, wie das noch läuft.
S.a.: 244.000.000.000 Dollar gegen Chinas Dominanz

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Die Anti-China-Allianz formiert sich

"Bei G 7 werden wir mit anderen zusammenarbeiten, um die Rolle der WTO zu stärken und ihr Regelwerk zu modernisieren. Dies kann eines der mächtigsten Instrumente sein, die die internationale Gemeinschaft hat, um wirtschaftlichem Zwang entgegenzuwirken."

--- Wenn es dafür nicht schon zu spät ist. Kann sein, daß Kaiser Xi sich schon stark genug fühlt, auch WTO-Regeln & -Schiedssprüche zu ignorieren.

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Europäische Firmen setzen noch stärker auf China

"EU-Firmen äußerten sich so positiv über ihre Wachstumsaussichten in China wie seit 2014 nicht mehr. So gaben 68 Prozent der befragten Unternehmen an, «optimistisch» auf das Geschäft in ihrem Sektor zu blicken."

--- Die europäische Naivität schlägt mal wieder zu.

"EU-Unternehmen zögen sich nicht aus China zurück. Vielmehr würden sie zunehmend versuchen, getrennte Lieferketten aufzubauen, die das Geschäft in China vom Rest der Welt trennen."

--- Tja, wird nur leider nicht so einfach funktionieren. Wenn z.B. VW in Europa sagt, daß in Europa verkaufte Autos nicht mit Zwangsarbeit produziert wurden, können europäische Verbraucher verstimmt sein, weil man die Situation in China ignoriert & gleichzeitig werden chinesische Nationalisten wütend, weil die Aussage impliziert, daß es in China Zwangsarbeit gibt. Könnte also zu Boykotten auf beiden Seiten führen.

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Dornröschen schlägt die Augen auf

"Wer deutschen Wissenschaftler:innen mit China-Kooperationen die oben skizzierten Entwicklungen zu bedenken gibt, stößt teils auf offene Ohren, oft jedoch auch auf ein Repertoire an Reaktionen, welche sich, frech überspitzt, den Kategorien Eskapismus, Idealismus, Fatalismus oder Relativismus zuordnen lassen"

--- Der politische Kram geht mich doch nichts an. Was kümmert's mich, wenn China in 30 Jahren das weltweite Sagen hat? Ich bin dann tot.

"Mit einem »weiter so« nehmen wir höchstwahrscheinlich kurzfristige wirtschaftliche und wissenschaftliche Interessen auf Kosten unserer mittel- und langfristigen Sicherheit, unserer (auch wissenschaftlichen) Freiheit und unseres Wohlstands in Kauf."

--- So ist das. Eigentlich lesenswert, wäre da nicht diese hirnrissige Genderei. Bin dann leider nicht mehr weitergekommen...


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