Centre for Contemporary China Studies (CCCS)

Daily Digest

08-12-2023

INTERNAL

China’s college graduates to hit record high 11.79 million in 2024, adding to job market pressure

China’s education reforms were meant to lower costs. So why is schooling more expensive?

Teachers, students advised to not go to school while ill

China spy agency lashes out at ‘ill-intentioned foreign forces’ that conflate espionage with business

Official report exposes Qinghai authorities’ blind eye to illegal mining, environmental neglect

Volkswagen says Xinjiang plant audit finds no evidence of forced labour

Stop doing business with China, religious freedom watchdog group urges

People claiming Hong Kong only focuses on national security are committing ‘soft resistance,’ leader John Lee says

Universities warned to expect security law-related audits

Moody's cuts Hong Kong, Macau outlooks, banks under scanner too

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Wang Yi talks with Blinken over Taiwan, Israel-Palestine conflict

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi visits US embassy to honour Henry Kissinger

Italy tells China it will terminate belt and road agreement, eliminating G7 participation

‘Europe will not forget’: euro-zone rescue fund official recalls Asia’s help with financial crisis in 2010s

China and EU should push relations to ‘a new level with new prospects’, Wang Yi tells European envoys in Beijing

Australia and France agree on reciprocal Pacific military base access

Chinese warships visit controversial Cambodian naval base joint exercise

Taiwan legislative speaker grateful for Czech support

Czech Senator Pavel Fischer awarded Taiwan's Friendship Medal of Diplomacy

Taiwan opens economic and cultural office in Montreal

BILATERAL

7 test +ve for Mycoplasma pneumoniae at AIIMS-Delhi

China to hold 2nd Indian Ocean Region Forum to firm up influence in India's backyard

‘New infra in Tibet boosts Chinese war-waging abilities against India

Govt of India bans over 100 fraudulent Chinese websites in crackdown on China-operated financial scams

Taiwan helps set up 29 Mandarin language centres, retain 40 teachers in India

Apple moves towards India-made iPhone batteries in push away from China

The development demands of Bhutan should be respected by its neighbors

55% Indians purchased ‘Made in China’ products in last 12 months; gadgets top the list: Report

DEFENCE & SECURITY

Vehicle-mounted howitzer in live-fire assessment

AG600 completes flutter and aerodynamic servo elasticity test flight to demonstrate compliance

5th SCO Defense and Security Forum concludes

China State Shipbuilding Corporation builds the world's largest nuclear-powered container ship, with a tonnage larger than that of an aircraft carrier

Chinese Ministry of National Defense delegation attends United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference

CHINA & INDIA'S NEIGHBOURHOOD

Govt asked to slow down work on ML-I financing deal

First cargo arrives in Kyrgyzstan along Pakistan-China-Kyrgyzstan route

VP meets Maldivian students studying at Yunnan University

LPW partners with eMediaLinks to promote Lankan properties to Chinese and North American investors

SLAF inducts two Harbin Y-12 IV aircraft from China in momentous ceremony

China delivers two Harbin Y-12 planes to SLAF

Bangladesh outshines China for first time

Chinese firm to invest $89 mn for factory in Bangladesh's Mongla EPZ

China formally accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban govt in Afghanistan

ECONOMY

China ‘disappointed’ at Moody’s downgrade of sovereign bonds outlook to negative

Fitch says China’s local government financing vehicles at lower risk of default in 2024

Unsold New Homes Accumulating in China’s Smaller Cities Despite Efforts to Revive Market

Chinese exports edge higher for first time in 6 months

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

First carrier rocket launched in South China Sea

Robots aid maintenance work on UHV power line

Country aims to shine in space-based solar power tech to boost clean energy

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