‘Four decades of rapid growth driven by the real estate sector crashes to an end in China’


For four decades, real estate development accounted for one-third of China’s gross national product (GNP) growth rate. Over the past 15 years, the construction boom, driven by the expansion of…

Two Chinese ‘police stations’ uncovered in Germany | The Citizen


China’s 55 police stations Earlier this year, Spanish-based NGO Safeguard Defenders said China had set up 54 overseas police stations around the world, which are sometimes used to target critics…

As China Loosens COVID Restrictions, Protesters Fear Retribution 随着中国放松 COVID 限制,抗议者害怕报复


As China Loosens COVID Restrictions, Protesters Fear Retribution — Read on www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-09/as-china-loosens-covid-restrictions-protesters-fear-retribution

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EU takes China to WTO over Lithuania – POLITICO


欧盟要求世贸组织就北京对其东部成员国的封锁争端进行裁决,并单独就高科技专利保护问题进行裁决。 EU asks WTO to adjudicate in dispute over Beijing’s blockade of its eastern member, and a separate row over the protection of high-tech patents.— Read on www.politico.eu/article/eu-seeks-2-wto-panels-for-chinas-discriminatory-trade-policies/ Captured from…

Anti-Authoritarian Collective Action Is Happening on a Mass Scale in China – Truthout


上海的年轻愤怒的抗议者面对包围他们的警察,高呼自由,高喊:"难道你不应该为人民服务吗?" 11月26日晚,数百人聚集在上海乌鲁木齐路,这是新疆省省会乌鲁木齐市一座高层住宅楼举行悼念火灾遇难者的标志性场所。   This resistance is the result of a confluence of immediate catalysts and long-term political and economic dynamics. — Read on truthout.org/articles/anti-authoritarian-collective-action-is-happening-on-a-mass-scale-in-china/  

Mexican cartels have turned to fentanyl – UnHerd 中墨关系:芬太尼贩运具有破坏性


在墨西哥城豪华的洛马斯郊区,靠近大使馆和联合国办事处的山丘上,有一座白色柱状的大厦,是世界上最大的毒品现金走私案发生地。 2007年,墨西哥联邦特工冲进它的装饰大门,发现了价值2.05亿美元的钞票,还有比索、欧元和港元。 然而,它并不属于墨西哥山区的伤痕累累、嗜血如命的毒枭,而是出身于中国的商人振立·叶刚的财产。   Smugglers are flooding the border with opioids — Read on unherd.com/2022/12/mexican-cartels-have-turned-to-fentanyl/   https://asiamedia.lmu.edu/2021/11/03/china-fentanyl-trafficking-is-devastating-u-s-citizens/    

China protest over brutal lockdown 中国抗议野蛮封锁


www.instagram.com/reel/ClaS0xsAaWM/   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/covid-protests-escalate-china-lockdown-anger-rcna59324 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/covid-protests-escalate-china-lockdown-anger-rcna59324   ....  People in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, online videos showed, the latest in a string…

China’s Xi Jinping has former-president dragged out of meeting on live TV | Flipboard


China's ex-president Hu Jintao was seen being removed from a congress meeting by security as Xi Jinping continues to assert his dominance. Two security guards led the 79-year-old off stage…

Xi Versus the Street: Why the Protests in China Could Herald a Turbulent New Era


Xi Versus the Street The Protests in China Could Herald a Turbulent New Era — Read on www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-versus-street 习对街 中国的抗议活动可能预示着一个动荡的新时代