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Why joining the CPTPP would be in China’s interest
But given the intensifying rivalry with the US and ongoing realignment of the global supply chain, joining the CPTPP has become more attractive as China tries to address growing challenges both at home and abroad
Visual Report
Miners chat as they wait to descend into Wangpingcun Coal Mine, Mentougou District, Beijing, 1990
Miners working for Shandong Yankuang Group take a break inside a coal mine in Yanhzou, Shandong Province, in the 1980s. Their faces are smeared with soot, which takes time to wash off
Miners take a short break in the sun near the mine entrance as they wait to change shifts, Shanxi Lu’an Mining Group, Changzhi, Shanxi Province, 1992
Shigejie Coalmine in Shanxi Province was a model mine in the 1980s. Pictured is an artist drawing a poster of the miners
Miners drink in a bar after work, Shandong Yankuang Group, Yanzhou, Shandong Province, 2013
After work, young miners exercise in the gym at Xinglongzhuang Coal Mine, Shandong Yankuang Group, Yanzhou, Shandong Province, March 20, 2013
To keep the mines tidy above and below the surface, Shandong Energy Group requires its workers to clean their shoes whenever they enter and exit the mines at Liangbaosi Coal Mine in Jiaxiang County in Shandong Province, October 2013
Many miners with Shandong Longkou Mining Group have developed rheumatism, an occupational disease associated with long periods underground, Longkou, Shandong Province, 2005
Politics
White Paper Issued on Xinjiang Population
China’s State Council Information Office published a white paper on the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region’s population development on September 26, which said the population of ethnic groups in Xinjiang has been growing since 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was founded.
ON THE GIVE AND TAKE
China has signaled a shift in its anti-graft focus from the bribed to bribers, and harsher punishments are on the table
Society
Pains of Going Public
Parents who invested in real estate projects tied to private schools partnered with public schools worry the new crackdown on private education will leave their children in limbo
Is Three Company?
With parents not rushing to embrace the three-child policy, China contemplates support measures to boost the birth rate, ranging from cash incentives to paternal leave
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