Why Taiwan’s dominant role in supplying world’s computer chips has the US worried

Washington has been trying to convince the island’s top manufacturer to establish a base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese firms.

Maria Ryan, The Conversation

· Aug 05, 2022 · 11:30 pm

With Winter Olympics only weeks away, can China fix its international image problem?

Many Western governments have announced a diplomatic boycott of the games over Beijing’s treatment of the Uyghurs and individuals who exercise dissent.

Jennifer YJ Hsu, The Conversation

· Dec 29, 2021 · 11:30 pm

China is browbeating students into silence – even on American campuses

Learners and scholars who criticise the Communist regime can face quick retaliation from fellow students and officials who harass their families back home.

Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica

· Dec 03, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In China, ‘leftover women’ are using money power to fight the stigma of being single

Women now contribute some 41% to the GDP, the largest proportion of any nation in the world.

Chih-Ling Liu, The Conversation

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Robert Kozinets, The Conversation

· Nov 20, 2021 · 09:30 pm

China is targeting ‘sissy men’ in its crackdown on big tech

The government regulators have banned the appearance of ‘niang pao’ – literally, ‘girlie guns’ – on both television and video streaming sites.

Shuaishuai Wang, The Conversation

· Sep 12, 2021 · 11:30 pm

China bans ‘effeminate men’ on TV

In a crackdown on the entertainment industry, the government called for limits on performers’ pay and for the promotion of ‘traditional, revolutionary’ culture.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 03, 2021 · 06:40 pm

After decades of restricting religion, the Chinese Communist Party is carefully allowing its revival

The party’s support for faith comes with caveats and restrictions.

Mario Poceski, The Conversation

· Aug 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Even in China’s newfound environmentism, there is a streak of authoritarianism

A newly published book by scholars Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro provides a cautionary take on the consequences of Beijing’s coercive green push.

China Dialogue

· Oct 18, 2020 · 01:30 pm

China bans actors with tattoos and hip-hop singers from television

The country’s top media regulator said hip-hop represented a decadent culture and issued warnings to rappers.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 23, 2018 · 02:21 pm

China may be on the verge of a banking crisis because of bad loans

The government is doing its best to stop the problem from blowing up.

Damian Tobin, The Conversation

· Apr 27, 2017 · 08:30 pm