China Analysis Digest #104

Date range: May 1-8, 2023

Sources scanned: 118

Publications: 186 (English), 33 (Chinese)

China Watching

China Neican

• "Unbearable Consequences for Japan"

Reading the China Dream

• Shi Zhan, Preface to New Edition of The Hub
• Wu Fei on Suicide

China Heritage

• A Bitter Aftertaste — Let Them Eat Coronation Quiche!
• The Art of Survival in the Age of Xi Jinping
• Dragging One’s Tail in the Mud on 1 May 2023

China Media Project

• China’s ‘Xivilizing’ Mission
• A Propaganda Ghost Sighting in Cambodia
• Speak Plainly, Mr. Chairman

Opinion Pages

Nikkei Asia

• China's espionage law updates undercut courting of investors
• Demonizing China gets the U.S. nowhere
• China's expanded espionage law only hastens foreign capital drain

South China Morning Post

• One obstacle to China’s growing military ties across Southeast Asia
• No reason to assume New Zealand is shifting its position on China, Aukus

Blogs

China Story

• Semiconductors, Supply Chains, and the Fate of Taiwan
• The Significance of Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s Trip to China

War on the Rocks

• Xi Jinping’s Worst Nightmare: A Potemkin People’s Liberation Army

Lawfare