The public has only seen tightly orchestrated videos and photos of tennis star Peng Shuai since she accused former top communist party official Zhang Gaoli of sexually assaulting her. In one of the photos, uploaded to Twitter by a journalist for state-run CGTN, Peng appears with a Kung Fu panda in front of a photo of Winnie the Pooh. In this Just Us episode of China Unscripted, we discuss the cryptic messages Peng might be trying to transmit through this photo, as well as how the Chinese internet has tried

China is striving to dupe the Automatic Identification System or the AIS to prevent world monitors from tracking the shipping data off China’s shores. Fixed-point terrestrial AIS receivers on China’s coastline and interior waterways, which used to transmit the locations of nearby ships dozens of times per minute, are now mostly dark. AIS data is vital for shipping companies for tracking and securing their ships, along with accordingly facilitating ship traffic, to avoid clogging and congestion at destinatio

Today I will talk about how I look at the latest Omicron variant, the Covid19 situation in China, and why the CCP has to impose a “zero tolerance” policy in its pandemic control effort? I will also show you a short video of people fighting for food in China, and discuss what we can learn about China and Chinese society from that video. So, please make sure you stick around till the end.

Taiwanese people are panic buying food and other essential goods ahead of an impending invasion by China—at least that’s what the CCP’s propaganda media would have you believe. What really happened was much worse, and it ended up hurting the Chinese people.

There has been an international outcry over the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Peng accused a former top Chinese leader of sexual assault in a long post on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. Her allegations blew up, creating a PR problem for the Chinese Communist Party. Now people are suspicious about the propaganda efforts to reassure the public that she’s OK.

Former Interpol Chief’s wife takes on China Government | Where is Peng Shuai? Latest News TodayThe wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in Beijing in 2018 and was imprisoned says she fears that a similar fate awaits China’s latest candidate for a role with the international police body. China confirmed this week that it intends to seek a seat on Interpol’s 13-member governing body, but didn’t say who its candidate will be.#MengHongwei #WhereIsPengShuai #ChinaGovernment

Leland Miller, chief executive officer of China Beige Book, discusses the state of the world’s second-largest economy, its outlook and the government’s policies. He speaks on the sidelines of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore with Shery Ahn on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”

The problems in China’s property sector are only getting worse. The latest data shows that prices for new properties saw their biggest month-on-month drop since 2015 in October, slipping down 0.2%. What’s more, fewer homes are being built than a year ago. Construction starts are down 7.7%. The Chinese property market has been shaken in recent months by the debt crisis at Evergrande, the country’s biggest developer. Other firms in the sector are also showing signs of financial insecurity.And US president Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have met in their first virtual summit amid various geopolitical and trade tensions between the countries. Ahead of the meeting, more than 20 US business groups called on the Biden administration to ease tariffs on Chinese exports to try and deal with rampant inflation.

Did China fake an email from Peng Shuai? A statement by CGTN in Peng’s name is being questioned. WTA Chief says it raises concerns about Peng’s safety – after she accused a former Vice Premier of sexual assault. Palki Sharma asks: Is Peng Shuai been held hostage? #China #PengShua