#China 's #TwoSessions kicks off this week in Beijing. A turbulent economy looms over the agenda given:

🏙️ property crisis
💸 weak spending
🚶🏻‍♂️high youth unemployment
🧾 rising local govt debt
📉 weak stock markets
etc.

cnn.com/2024/03/04/chi… Simone McCarthy

#Chinese travelers stranded as #winter #storms throw #LunarNewYear #travel into chaos - the latest from #China with ⁦Simone McCarthy⁩ cnn.com/2024/02/06/chi…

#China 's falling birth rate coincides w/ a shrinking workforce & rapidly aging population --

Twin challenges for Beijing as it grapples w/ funding healthcare & pensions for elderly citizens, while aiming to maintain growth...

By Laura He & Simone McCarthy

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We just published a report documenting the unprecedented number of Chinese migrants fleeing China for the US in the past year via the perilous journey in LatAm countries, which is often called 'Walking Route' #走线 David Culver Simone McCarthy CNN
Read on CNN: bit.ly/3NW4uqp

Chinese woman left incapacitated for decades after being poisoned as student of Tsinghua University in cold case has died at age of 50. Her death sparks both sympathy and criticisms online, ⁦Simone McCarthy⁩ and I report cnn.com/2023/12/23/chi…

Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in Shanghai. Full orbit by ⁦Simone McCarthy⁩, ⁦Laura He⁩ and ⁦Steven Jiang⁩ cnn.com/2023/10/27/chi…

On assignment in the #GobiDesert : #China has sent its youngest-ever #astronaut crew to the Tiangong #space station. Very nice to collaborate with ⁦CNN⁩'s ⁦Mengchen Zhang⁩ ⁦Nectar Gan⁩ CNNI cnn.com/2023/10/26/asi…

“The biggest change that we have to acknowledge is that the era of low interest rates (and) cheap money flowing out of China into these countries – that era is over. ” said Ammar A. Malik, a senior research scientist AidData

cnn.com/2023/09/26/chi…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping reshuffles leadership of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force.

A former deputy navy commander & a former deputy political commissar are now in charge of the branch

By Brad Lendon CNN & Simone McCarthy

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Much has changed in women’s football since China’s golden era — now it’s fighting from behind. This year’s World Cup is a first step in reclaiming that status. With Simone McCarthy and siik

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China was once a women’s soccer superpower. This year’s World Cup is a first step in reclaiming that status - CNN // Simone McCarthy, Andrew McNicol & Candice Zhu

edition.cnn.com/2023/07/28/spo…

China is erasing mention of its former foreign minister. But it still hasn’t said why

Analysis by Simone McCarthy w/ Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦, Yun Sun of Stimson East Asia, Neil Thomas 牛犇, Victor Shih, & Li Mingjiang

cnn.com/2023/07/26/chi…

'India downplayed a key Russia-friendly summit, but Putin and Xi may not be complaining' Simone McCarthy

edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/asi…

Blinken, speaking after two days of meetings in Beijing, said there are key issues that remain unresolved, but noted his “hope and expectation is we will have better communications, better engagement going forward.”

W/ Kylie Atwood & Simone McCarthy cnn.com/2023/06/18/chi…

'It was clear coming in that the relationship was at a point of instability,' Sec Blinken said at a news conference in Beijing after his 2-day visit here. 'And both sides recognized the need to work to stabilize it.' W/ Jennifer Hansler & Simone McCarthy. cnn.com/2023/06/18/chi…

Intelligence gathering – an activity meant to go on without detection, out of the public eye – is becoming an increasingly prominent flashpoint in the US-China relationship, CNN's Simone McCarthy reports

edition.cnn.com/2023/06/15/chi…

Biden may have visited Kyiv today, but pay attention to diplomatic visits to Moscow. CNN's Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy repot: edition.cnn.com/2023/02/20/chi…

Quoted in this insightful @cnn article by ⁦Simone McCarthy⁩, alongside my friend and LKYSPP colleague ⁦Alfred M. Wu⁩.

The balloon incident provides extensive insights into PRC governance and management of the US-China relationship. cnn.com/2023/02/10/chi…

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