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The Making and Unmaking of China’s Intellectual Influencers
Inside China’s grassroots war on intellectual plagiarism
PBoC Unleashes Trillions to Refinance China’s Economy
The PBoC is deploying over 1 trillion yuan through targeted refinancing tools to support key sectors and property buyers while protecting commercial bank margins from record lows.
Why Is Beijing Issuing a Policy Statement on the RMB Now?
The official explanation, and some of my takes
Can AI Tell Your Fortune? How Chinese Divination Is Going Digital
Career, love, finances, family, health — all of the things you want to ask a fortune teller can now be asked of AI, but for better or worse?
How to Explain Cross-strait Relations
Written by Frédéric Krumbein. This article introduces a five-theory framework to analyse cross-strait relations. By evaluating historical decisions, economic integration, identity shifts, and security dynamics, the author provides a comprehensive analytical toolkit to map future trajectories for Taiwan-China relations across varying degrees of political salience.Continue reading
HK nat. security police charge man over ‘seditious’ posts months after arrest
Hong Kong national security police have charged a man for allegedly making “seditious” online posts, revealing the case nearly three months after his unannounced arrest.
Beijing Music Festival 2026: 10 Days of Classical Music and More
From opera and symphonic concerts to chamber music and crossover performances, the 29th Beijing Music Festival, running from October 9 to 20, brings together nine acclaimed ensembles and 700 artists for events across the capital
What China’s provincial leadership reshuffle signals for the 2027 Politburo
China’s latest provincial reshuffle is not likely to impact who joins the Politburo in 2027. In late September, six provincial-level regions got new top officials – Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Anhui, Henan, and Fujian. What everyone's wondering: Do appointments now – roughly a year before the 2027 Party
Why Are China’s Coffee Giants Slowing Down to Grow?
For the past few years, the Chinese coffee scene felt like a high-speed caffeine rush. Brands raced to dominate cities, pushing the limits of rapid expansion and fueling a price war that conditioned young consumers to expect their daily brew for just 9.9 RMB (under 1.50 USD). Leading the charge was Luckin Coffee, whose meteoric rise and global explosion became the blueprint for coffee success in the Middle Kingdom.
Five destinations, five hair solutions: Schwarzkopf’s holiday pitch
Schwarzkopf launches a campaign for the holiday season that links its products to dramatic landscapes around China.
China Repositions Central SOEs as Strategic Infrastructure and AI Platforms
China Repositions Central SOEs as Strategic Infrastructure and AI Platforms China is giving its centrally administered state-owned enterprises (central SOEs)
From “Sea Eagles” to Flying Sharks? The Curious Case of the PLAN’s 4th Naval Aviation Division
In a recent PLAN publicity photo showing a group wedding ceremony (yes, group weddings are a fairly common military and state-enterprise t
Two Chinese Books Shortlisted for US National Translation Awards
This week’s shortlist announcement included two works of prose originally written in Chinese. A separate Chinese anthology was also longlisted for the poetry prize last month.
Po Leung Kuk appoints 16 ‘national security tutors’ under gov’t scheme
The Po Leung Kuk, one of Hong Kong’s oldest and largest charities, has appointed 16 staff members to serve as “national security tutors” under a government scheme to promote national security awareness among its workforce, service users, and members of the public. Senior service managers May Cheung and Sherman Cheung said at the Kuk’s “national
China AI Bulletin 13
Developments from 23/9/26-7/10/26
EU-China talks; PBoC on RMB; Measures for protecting the rights and interests of gig workers; Holiday spending; AI safety
The People’s Bank of China on Thursday published a statement of its policy position on the Renminbi. It is a defense of the existing policy and a rebuttal to pressure for RMB appreciation, and nicely timed for the trade discussions with the EU. It directly criticizes the use of IMF assessments to justify demands for RMB appreciation. So much for Merz et al’s fantasy of something like a new Plaza Accord… Securities Times says the trigger was growing talk in international opinion that links the currency to global trade imbalances.
Russian Elections Reveal Federal Security Service’s Growing Power
Executive Summary: Independent Russian and international observers have established an unprecedented level of falsification in the Russian parliamentary elections of September 18–20. Based on the results, the United Russia party will form the largest faction in the State Duma’s history, having received a constitutional majority. Independent Russian media report that the authorities began preparing the
‘Russian Citizens of Tajik Origin’ Pose New National Challenges for Moscow
Executive Summary: More than 800,000 Tajiks have taken Russian citizenship over the last decade under a 1996 agreement that gives them a more or less automatic right to that status. This allows them to live without restrictions in the Russian Federation and to vote in Russian elections (see EDM, July 23). The group is now
Can Africa’s biggest electrification drive keep its promise?
Looking under the hood of the drive to connect 300 million more sub-Saharan Africans to electricity by 2030
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