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Morning Clicks
by John Kennedy
Morning Clicks
by John Kennedy
FT: Foxconn to hold groundbreaking 'democratic' union vote after Lunar New Year
Preparation for the vote, which aims to bring greater transparency to the company's 18,000 union committees, is being done in co-operation with the US-based Fair Labor Association.
From the Financial Times today:
This would be the first such exercise at a large company in China, where labour unions have traditionally been controlled by management and local government. Foxconn is the country’s largest private sector employer with 1.2m mainland workers.
Barron's
-- If China Opens Up, Dramatic Fund Shakeup Awaits There’s chatter the last few months that China may be ready to lift restrictions on its securities markets, including who can buy in. The country has taken steps to free up the activities of those who are there already.
-- If China Opens Up, Dramatic Fund Shakeup Awaits There’s chatter the last few months that China may be ready to lift restrictions on its securities markets, including who can buy in. The country has taken steps to free up the activities of those who are there already.
Christian Science Monitor
-- N.Y. Times hacked: How large is China's campaign to control, intimidate? The list of media outlets infiltrated by Chinese cyberspies doesn't end with The New York Times or Wall St. Journal, cybersecurity experts say. Anyone reporting on China is a potential target.
-- N.Y. Times hacked: How large is China's campaign to control, intimidate? The list of media outlets infiltrated by Chinese cyberspies doesn't end with The New York Times or Wall St. Journal, cybersecurity experts say. Anyone reporting on China is a potential target.
CNET
-- China cyberspies highlighted by Schmidt book, Post report In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, the willingness of China's government and state companies to use cybercrime gives the country an economic and political edge, they say.
-- China cyberspies highlighted by Schmidt book, Post report In a world that is becoming increasingly digital, the willingness of China's government and state companies to use cybercrime gives the country an economic and political edge, they say.
Columbia Journalism Review
-- China hacks the press The NYT says China started targeting journalists five years ago “as part of an effort to identify and intimidate their sources and contacts, and to anticipate stories that might damage the reputations of Chinese leaders.”
-- China hacks the press The NYT says China started targeting journalists five years ago “as part of an effort to identify and intimidate their sources and contacts, and to anticipate stories that might damage the reputations of Chinese leaders.”
Diplomat
-- Breaking Down Xi Jinping I don't think the speech really tells us anything new about Xi's plans for Chinese foreign policy, but it does seem like a poor fit for the “reformist nationalism” narrative that a lot of commentators have been using to interpret Xi's actions so far.
-- Breaking Down Xi Jinping I don't think the speech really tells us anything new about Xi's plans for Chinese foreign policy, but it does seem like a poor fit for the “reformist nationalism” narrative that a lot of commentators have been using to interpret Xi's actions so far.
Xinhua
-- Chinese investors bullish on Europe: survey The Chinese Outbound Investment in the European Union survey, released by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), showed that 97 percent of 74 surveyed enterprises plan to invest further in the EU, with 82 percent planning to make large investments.
-- Chinese investors bullish on Europe: survey The Chinese Outbound Investment in the European Union survey, released by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), showed that 97 percent of 74 surveyed enterprises plan to invest further in the EU, with 82 percent planning to make large investments.
InformationWeek
-- China's GitHub Censorship Dilemma Chinese authorities block large websites like Facebook and certain Google services without much blowback. But GitHub is different. With only 3 million users and 5 million code repositories, it punches above its weight as measured in users.
-- China's GitHub Censorship Dilemma Chinese authorities block large websites like Facebook and certain Google services without much blowback. But GitHub is different. With only 3 million users and 5 million code repositories, it punches above its weight as measured in users.
Seeing Red in China
-- Second Trial of Wang Dengchao to Be Held on the 7th Wang Dengchao’s case has not received enough media attention so far, partially because charges against him were non-political. But the Chinese government seems to be using a new strategy lately to punish dissidents without making them “political prisoners” by trumping up other charges against them.
-- Second Trial of Wang Dengchao to Be Held on the 7th Wang Dengchao’s case has not received enough media attention so far, partially because charges against him were non-political. But the Chinese government seems to be using a new strategy lately to punish dissidents without making them “political prisoners” by trumping up other charges against them.
Useless Tree
-- Lin Xiling and the Necessity of Dissent Looking back on what she had to say in 1957, we have to conclude that she was correct. Single-party authoritarianism was becoming more repressive and isolated from popular life.
-- Lin Xiling and the Necessity of Dissent Looking back on what she had to say in 1957, we have to conclude that she was correct. Single-party authoritarianism was becoming more repressive and isolated from popular life.
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