China news roundup / Nachrichten 2024-11-29

4 days ago

--- Travel time again, service disruptions may occur. Going to Vietnam for a few weeks. Don't know how the internet there will be.

China sentences journalist to jail on spy charges

"In February 2022, Dong was arrested while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat the day after the Winter Olympics ended in Beijing, at a restaurant where he had often met foreign friends.
The diplomat was also detained - then released several hours later amid protests from the Japanese government."

--- Having Japanese devils as friends is obviously treason.

"two other Japanese diplomats Dong met with were named as "agents of an espionage organisation", which is the Japanese embassy.
"We are shocked that the Chinese authorities would blatantly deem a foreign embassy an 'espionage organization'""

--- Well, that goes to show what China uses its embassies for.

Journalist re-arrested on public order offences

"Zhang had travelled to the inland province of Gansu in August to provide legal assistance to Zhang Bancheng, an arrested Gansu youth activist. During a visit to her hometown in Shaanxi, she became unreachable and was reported to be taken into custody at the Pudong New District Detention Center."

--- Japanese friends are not your only problem when you're a journalist in China.

Shares of key chip suppliers jump as U.S. reportedly considers toned-down China curbs

"Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Washington is considering further measures to restrict sales of semiconductor equipment and AI memory chips to China, but that the new rules could stop short of earlier proposals that were seen as stricter."

--- The Biden administration leaves huge loopholes anyway, so I don't understand the joy among stock brokers.

Uniqlo faces China backlash over cotton comments

"Fast Retailing's chief executive Tadashi Yanai said Uniqlo was "not using" cotton from the western Chinese province in a BBC interview broadcast this week.
Commentators in China picked up on the comment and urged a boycott of the retailer. "

--- 'You don't support slave labour? Then we boycott you.'
Human rights activism with Chinese characteristics.

China says ready to 'work with' Baltic Sea cut cables probe

Paraguay vows to uphold Taiwan ties amid growing Chinese influence in Latin America

China debuted a new fighter plane. How does it compare to the F-35?

--- China Uncensored features the usual weekend news variety:

--- NHK: Senior Chinese military official suspended

--- CNA: Suspension of top Chinese military official shows anti-graft campaign far from over

Ostsee: China verspricht Schweden nach möglicher Sabotage Hilfe bei Ermittlungen zu Frachtschiff »Yi Peng 3«

"China verspricht nach einer formellen Anfrage Schwedens Kooperationsbereitschaft bei der Aufklärung zweier mutmaßlicher Sabotagefälle in der Ostsee. Man sei bereit, mit den betreffenden Ländern zusammenzuarbeiten, um die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen, sagte Außenamtssprecherin Mao Ning in Peking.
[...] Am Donnerstag versicherte Mao, die Volksrepublik habe stets eine kooperative Haltung zum Umgang mit solchen Zwischenfällen eingenommen. Sie verwies auf den laufenden Austausch mit den relevanten Behörden."

--- Kooperation nach dem Motto: "Wir wissen von nichts."