China Policy Monitor

The American Foreign Policy Council's Review of P.R.C. Government Actions and U.S. Policy

China Policy Monitor

China Reform Monitor No. 1451

January 21, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

NASA scientist pleads guilty to lying about China ties;
China's economy, currency surge;
Workers urged to avoid traveling for Chinese New Year;
U.S. imposes sanctions on CNOOC over South China Sea;
Citing forced labor, U.S. bans cotton, tomatoes from Xinjiang

China Reform Monitor No. 1450

January 13, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

Kabul releases ten Chinese spies;
Beijing turns up the heat on Hong Kong Catholics;
NYSE reverses itself again, delists PRC telecoms;
China shifts from Russian to home-grown engines;
State lifts restrictions on contacts with Taiwan

China Reform Monitor No. 1449

January 4, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

NYSE to delist China's big three telecoms;
Beijing rebuffs Tsai's offer of "meaningful" talks;
Suzhou digital currency trial closes;
Canberra considers axing research agreement with China;
Consumer prices drop for the first time since 2009

China Reform Monitor No. 1448

December 30, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China used stolen data to exposes CIA operates;
Taiwan is a "red line" Japanese Deputy Defense Minister to Biden;
Foreign students angry the cannot return to China;
Afghanistan busts China's Kabul spy ring;
Leaked directives reveal how Beijing controlled COVID19 message

China Reform Monitor No. 1447

December 22, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

"People of insight," "U.S. business sector" should help U.S.-China relations;
U.S. to sell more arms to Taipei amid PLA activity;
China-Europe trade forum canceled after Chinese demands;
China's four point plan to enhance cooperation with Central Asia;
Taiwan shutters pro-China news channel for inaccuracy

China Reform Monitor No. 1446

December 15, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Swiss deny China deal posed threat to dissidents;
Suspected Chinese spy targeted members of congress and mayors;
China's biggest infrastructure financiers face cash crunch;
BRI on the rocks;
Leaked files expose widespread CPC penetration

China Reform Monitor No. 1445

December 4, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Beijing ends Islamic education and worship for children;
Candy uproar highlights university snitching epidemic;
China bans Australian wine and growing tensions;
Beijing's influence in European Parliament under fire;
China now "actively considering" joining CPTPP: Xi

China Reform Monitor No. 1444

November 27, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China's bill of particulars against Australia;
China's COVID-19 food tests irritate trade partners;
Malicious tip-offs stifled academic freedom;
State Council probes rating agencies, banks and firms;
Taiwan to build submarines

China Reform Monitor No. 1443

November 25, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China's 'corruption' dragnet widens worldwide;
Malaysia refuses to deport Uighurs, but Indonesia complies;
China to allow coast guard to use weapons in claimed waters;
Jaguar parts smuggled from Latin America to China;
Sino-Kyrgyz relations on the rocks

China Reform Monitor No. 1442

November 24, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse;
PRC should publicize its "human rights stories": CPCC chair;
Pompeo: "Taiwan has not been a part of China";
Xi halts Ant's financial $37 billion IPO;
GUO calls for safeguarding regime "safety"