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Press Reviews
Press Reviews
From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
15 June 2017
Keywords: Climate change, CCP in Australia, cybersecurity, e-commerce, June 4 annual vigil, Panama. CHINA - ENVIRONMENT Implications of the US departure from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change for China On 01 June, Donald Trump announced the US departure from the Paris Agreement, citing many of the Paris Agreement terms put the US at a disadvantage as the reason. Observers...
EN SAVOIR PLUS01 June 2017
Keywords: Cybersecurity Law, energy, nationalism, Hong Kong’s “High Degree of Autonomy”, Taiwan’s same-sex marriage. CHINA - POLITICS Draft Intelligence Law for public comment and the Cybersecurity Law in effect It is the first draft Intelligence law in China (its content in Chinese here). It aims to increase the powers of Chinese intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance...
EN SAVOIR PLUS18 May 2017
Keywords: Belt and Road Forum, media censorship, environment, activism, One Country Two Systems, cross-strait relations, Tsai Ing-wen. CHINA - ECONOMY 1. Belt and Road Forum on May 14 and 15 Background about the Belt and Road Forum The Belt and Road Initiative can date back to 2013 when Xi Jinping first proposed it. According to the action plan in 2015, the Initiative covers...
EN SAVOIR PLUS04 May 2017
Keywords: Guo Wengui, Xiang Junbo, DPRK, The South China Sea, National Park in Tibet, Internet control, High-school education, The Greater Bay Area. CHINA - POLITICS 1. The wanted Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui in the US revealing corrupt officials in China On 19 April, The Beijing Government confirmed that the Interpol has issued the “Red Notice” to arrest Guo Wengui. The...
EN SAVOIR PLUS19 April 2017
Keywords: DPRK, Xiong’an, Rights defense lawyers, Hengshui High School, Press freedom in Hong Kong, Sunflower Movement in Taiwan. CHINA - DIPLOMACY Military tension over North Korea When Donald Trump vowed to take unilateral actions to solve the question of North Korea if China was not helping, the tension was built up in the region with the American navy standing by near the...
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