Category: China

(LINK) Hong Kong; Xi going to North Korea; US-China trade and more propaganda attacks

~ michael_msft ~ Leave a comment

So much going on in the China sphere – check the free issue today.

Hi everyone, I decided to make today’s issue of the newsletter free. If you like what you see please sign up for the Sinocism China Newsletter here. Group and education discounts are available. —Bill The Hong Kong protestors succeeded in scuttling the proposed extradition law, at least for the foreseeable future. We still do not know if the central government pushed Carrie Lam to move forward with the legislation or if she did it on her own initiative, but clearly it is convenient for the Party center to have people think she did it on her own. Regardless, the rebuke of the mainland and its political system by millions of Hong Kongers could not be clearer, and the damage to Xi and the Party’s reunification project that is core to the Great Rejuvenation is real.

— Read on sinocism.com/p/hong-kong-xi-going-to-north-korea

(LINK) Opinion | The trade war shows China’s economic dream is dying. Beijing now has a choice: open up or stagnate | South China Morning Post

~ michael_msft ~ Leave a comment

Not saying I agree but interesting stance.

The US is demanding that China change course and, for all its growth and promises, Beijing is in no position to argue: in tech, it still lags at least 10 years behind the US and doesn’t have the depth of skills to produce its own high-end goods.
— Read on www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3013800/trade-war-shows-chinas-economic-dream-dying-beijing-now-has-choice