PRC police in Shanghai are installing 2,500 new facial recognition cameras as part of a system that scans ~25.9 million faces daily, tracking people's 'social relationships' and whether they are Uyghurs.
great scoop Conor Healy D. Maye ipvm.com/reports/shangh… via IPVM

🇷🇸🇨🇳 #Serbien und #China wollen Zusammenarbeit ausbauen: Vorgesehen sind unter anderem der Kauf chinesischer Züge sowie die Ausweitung der Importe serbischer Waren.
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Der chinesische Staatschef ist auf Besuch in #Serbien . Die beiden Staaten verbindet eine «eiserne Freundschaft».
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I find it moving to re-watch this 2020 BBC News (UK) report on #GloryToHongKong

The expressions on the faces. Does Beijing really think it can extinguish this yearning?

Hongkonger Gericht verbietet Protesthymne der Demokratiebewegung tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/… #Hongkong #Demokratiebewegung #Song

Xi Jinping told European leaders there is 'no such thing as China's overcapacity problem' - but some prominent Chinese scholars disagree

Lu Feng, a professor at Peking University, admitted supply overflows exist, including in EVs and batteries

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[Recap] France's Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping in Paris to push for an end to the Ukraine war.

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Ahead of a potential TikTok ban, we spoke to over a dozen current employees to reveal what it's really like working there. Yes, it's more Chinese than you think, and it's less about politics and more about profit. My latest with Viola Zhou:
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Xi has arrived in Paris

Here's the itinerary the Élysée has made for the next couple of days.

Monday
10.30 Macron and VDL meet
11.05 Trilateral Macron, VDL, Xi at 11.05
15:00 Welcome ceremony at Les Invalides, includes flag honours, 🇫🇷🇨🇳 anthems, inspection of troops,

🇨🇳🇷🇺 #Russland ​s Staatschef Wladimir #Putin reist nach Bloomberg-Informationen übernächste Woche nach #China . Es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn er nach seinen Gesprächen mit #Xi Jinping weiterreist nach #Pjöngjang .

🚨 SCOOP: China's EV makers are uncooperative in having alleged state subsidies investigated, EU Trade 🇪🇺 told BYD, SAIC and Geely.

This means the EU can set higher duties compared to when they would have the full picture.

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“ #Taiwan ’s Defence Ministry said on May 3 it had detected 26 Chinese aircraft and five naval vessels around the self-ruled island in the previous 24 hours.” straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

»Deutschland wird daher seine Chinapolitik europäisch ausgestalten und enger mit EU-Partnern abstimmen.« 🤔

(China-Strategie der Bundesregierung, Seite 11)

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Scholz has declined Macron's invitation to join him for a joint summit with Chinese President Xi and the EU's von der Leyen in Paris on Monday.

Instead, Scholz will travel to Lithuania and Latvia on Monday, a spokesperson said.

11KM-Podcast: Wie China Journalisten überwacht   tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/… #11KM #China

1/ BREAKING: Hong Kong has again ranked low in the global RSF press freedom index, as a watchdog cited an “unprecedented series of setbacks” including newsroom closures and journalist arrests under Beijing’s national security law. #PressFreedomDay

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A Chinese police operation in Paris to coerce dissident with involvement of Chinese diplomats.
And then pressure on protagonist to halt airing of evidence by threatening relatives in China. Of course Chinese embassy denies everything.
Watch the evidence
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Musk puts Modi on hold. Will Tesla stay away from India long? menaka doshi writes about the Elon Musk-India-China love triangle in this week's India Edition (Free read) trib.al/qKwnOOo

'The number of writers jailed in #China has surpassed 100, with nearly half imprisoned for online expression.

The grim milestone is revealed in the 2023 Freedom to Write index, a report compiled by Pen America, published on Wednesday.' theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

ARD-Dopingredaktion: 'Die Akte China': Deutsche Steuergelder zur WADA-Finanzierung auf der Kippe? | sportschau.de sportschau.de/investigativ/d…