<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Michael Schuman - Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Schuman is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub and the author of "Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World" and "The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth."]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqWbMMIhqg/michael-schuman</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Michael Schuman - Author</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqWbMMIhqg/michael-schuman</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:34:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqWbMMIhqg/michael-schuman.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[More Businesses Will Stand Up to China After the Peng Shuai Outcry]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s getting harder for executives to balance supporting social causes with reaping the riches of the Chinese market. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-26/peng-shuai-wta-s-touch-stance-on-china-will-lead-more-businesses-to-stand-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-26/peng-shuai-wta-s-touch-stance-on-china-will-lead-more-businesses-to-stand-up</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:00:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieb1djQdNpJ0/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ieb1djQdNpJ0/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peng Shuai of China serves to Hibino Nao of Japan during their women&apos;s singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne on Jan. 21, 2020.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xi Is Forgetting the Very Thing That Made China Great Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The economy only began to excel when the party’s cadres released their grip from the nation’s throat. Beijing should not take a backward step now.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-30/xi-s-forgetting-what-made-china-great-again-as-tencent-pinduoduo-kowtow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-30/xi-s-forgetting-what-made-china-great-again-as-tencent-pinduoduo-kowtow</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:00:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_.baS5LyMe0/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_.baS5LyMe0/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking at a light show marking the centenary of the Chinese Community Party and the anniversary of Hong Kong&apos;s return to Chinese rule at Tamar Park in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Hong Kong&apos;s leader pledged to press ahead with an unprecedented national security crackdown, as the Asian financial center marked a series of fraught anniversaries symbolizing Beijings tightening grip over local affairs.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Can’t Lead on Crypto With Isolationism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don’t think of Beijing’s policies toward virtual currencies as a global pacesetter. They’re part of the broader turn inward.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-08/china-s-crypto-policy-will-isolate-the-economy-from-new-innovation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-08/china-s-crypto-policy-will-isolate-the-economy-from-new-innovation</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 22:00:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is1akZ7OtrIM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is1akZ7OtrIM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage for the digital yuan, also referred to as E-CNY, at a self-checkout counter inside a supermarket in Shenzhen, China.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Take On China With a Better Belt and Road]]></title><description><![CDATA[The G-7 initiative to counter Beijing’s infrastructure diplomacy can’t end up as a bridge to nowhere. Here’s what it should look like.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-22/how-biden-and-g-7-s-infrastructure-initiative-can-take-on-china-s-belt-and-road</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-22/how-biden-and-g-7-s-infrastructure-initiative-can-take-on-china-s-belt-and-road</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 22:30:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7Nl9yIF4ikE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7Nl9yIF4ikE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>All aboard a Chinese-built-and-operated passenger train between Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The West Can’t Call the Shots on China’s Agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing has its own foreign policy. The biggest mistake Western powers make is believing they’re still in the driver’s seat to influence it. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-27/china-does-foreign-policy-its-own-way-whatever-western-leaders-like-to-pretend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-27/china-does-foreign-policy-its-own-way-whatever-western-leaders-like-to-pretend</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:30:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilonYChunIdg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilonYChunIdg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Xi Jinping on a screen in Kashgar, in China&apos;s western Xinjiang region.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank Beijing for Overdue Changes to U.S. Economic Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Senate’s “China bill” marks a return to state intervention motivated by fear of America’s biggest rival.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/u-s-senate-china-bill-addresses-overdue-economic-policy-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/u-s-senate-china-bill-addresses-overdue-economic-policy-changes</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:01:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioYL1gYpxqE8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioYL1gYpxqE8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China and Its Lenders Have to Join the Global Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing’s loans to low-income countries have come under criticism. But the situation doesn’t have to be so contentious.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-09/china-and-its-lenders-need-to-follow-the-rules-of-the-global-club</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-09/china-and-its-lenders-need-to-follow-the-rules-of-the-global-club</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 23:00:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMFkQqSKtWsQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMFkQqSKtWsQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>China yuan</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Global Brands Can Tough It Out in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s in for a rough and probably costly ride but, if the company hangs tight, Beijing often settles for commercial rather than political interests. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-29/some-advice-for-h-m-and-others-caught-up-in-china-s-war-of-words-over-xinjiang</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-29/some-advice-for-h-m-and-others-caught-up-in-china-s-war-of-words-over-xinjiang</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:00:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYPXUcwB56oo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYPXUcwB56oo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 25: A worker sweeps the area outside the flagship store of clothing brand H&amp;M at a shopping area on March 25, 2021 in Beijing, China. Chinese state media and social networking platforms called for boycotts of major Western brands, including H&amp;M, after statements made by the companies in the past about Xinjiang cotton resurfaced online. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pox on Your Americana: What’s Next for U.S.-China Relations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vitriol in Alaska may have been meant for domestic audiences but it is too early for Beijing to be declaring the end of Washington’s global sway.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-22/china-needs-to-recalculate-the-speed-it-s-challenging-the-u-s-as-a-superpower</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-22/china-needs-to-recalculate-the-speed-it-s-challenging-the-u-s-as-a-superpower</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:30:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isgIZWeKJ5rY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isgIZWeKJ5rY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China&apos;s Foreign Minister at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18, 2021.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Wrote a Book on Chinese History. It Was Stolen By Pirates on Alibaba]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your sellers are stealing my words! the author told Alibaba. Copyright theft remains a part of China’s larger culture of impunity to regulation.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-04/alibaba-sellers-still-pirate-intellectual-property-including-my-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-04/alibaba-sellers-still-pirate-intellectual-property-including-my-book</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:00:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXQfd3d93dD4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXQfd3d93dD4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Hacker surfing inside deep web</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden’s China Policy Hinges on How Much Xi Is Willing to Give]]></title><description><![CDATA[So far, the Chinese president seems unwilling to change his hard-line stance to improve relations with the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/biden-s-china-policy-depends-on-what-xi-jinping-will-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/biden-s-china-policy-depends-on-what-xi-jinping-will-do</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:00:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izAOKpBpsynw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izAOKpBpsynw/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (right) gestures to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden after listening to national anthems during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 18, 2011.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Get U.S. Companies to Leave China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rather than threatening American manufacturers, the Biden administration needs to offer them someplace better to go. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-29/u-s-should-give-manufacturers-incentive-to-leave-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-29/u-s-should-give-manufacturers-incentive-to-leave-china</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:00:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLFMSClx0Gyw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLFMSClx0Gyw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>In this photo taken on June 28, 2019, a worker arranges Christmas cards in a factory in Hung Yen. - The European Union and Vietnam on June 30 signed a long-awaited free trade deal that will slash duties on almost all goods as fears grow over mounting global protectionism. The signing comes amid worldwide trade turmoil, with a dragging US-China row and Britain&apos;s impending exit from the European Union casting a dark cloud over global growth. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccines Are Coming, But There’s No Such Hope for My Blindness]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took scientists about 300 days to develop promising vaccines for the coronavirus. Meanwhile ancient ailments like degenerative loss of vision depend on age-old workarounds—like the cane I use everyday.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/a-covid-vaccine-is-coming-but-not-a-miracle-for-blindness-michael-schuman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-25/a-covid-vaccine-is-coming-but-not-a-miracle-for-blindness-michael-schuman</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:00:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMw1QxI9DagA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMw1QxI9DagA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Inexorable Rise to Superpower Is History Repeating Itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[The country looks like a latecomer to Americans and other Westerners—but from its own perspective, this is a restoration.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/china-rise-to-global-superpower-is-a-restoration-not-an-ascent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-27/china-rise-to-global-superpower-is-a-restoration-not-an-ascent</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:00:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMNhchTq1sus/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMNhchTq1sus/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Fruits ready to be sprayed at Apeel Sciences.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Is Carrying a Small Stick]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a reason it hasn’t followed through on so many of its blistering threats of economic retaliation against the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-27/china-is-too-weak-to-retaliate-against-u-s-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-27/china-is-too-weak-to-retaliate-against-u-s-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLv_ZfGYzctU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLv_ZfGYzctU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>ByteDance Ltd.&apos;s TikTok app button, reflected in a mirror, is arranged for a photograph on a smartphone in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Oracle Corp. is the winning bidder for a deal with TikToks U.S. operations, people familiar with the talks said, after main rival Microsoft Corp. announced its offer for the video app was rejected.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok’s Fate Is a Bad Sign for China’s Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government’s actions could deny Chinese companies the benefits of competing globally. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-09/china-s-government-could-thwart-rise-of-chinese-tech-companies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-09/china-s-government-could-thwart-rise-of-chinese-tech-companies</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQSi2ziUsXfc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQSi2ziUsXfc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The TikTok app icon sits displayed on a smartphone in front the national flags of China and the U.S. in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. TikTok has become a flash point among rising U.S.-China tensions in recent months as U.S. politicians raised concerns that parent company ByteDance Ltd. could be compelled to hand over American users data to Beijing or use the app to influence the 165 million Americans, and more than 2 billion users globally, who have downloaded it.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think It’s Too Hard to Decouple From China? Think Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’ll take work for corporate America to set up new supply chains and develop new consumers, but then again, the Chinese market took work, too. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-15/u-s-companies-can-and-will-decouple-from-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-15/u-s-companies-can-and-will-decouple-from-china</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4X6Xxu24Nwg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4X6Xxu24Nwg/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Thirty years ago, few imagined China would be such a big market for luxury goods. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Has Never Liked Playing by Other People’s Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the time of the earliest emperors, its leaders would incur great costs and surrender tangible benefits to return to supremacy.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-12/china-s-challenge-to-world-order-has-deep-roots-in-history</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-12/china-s-challenge-to-world-order-has-deep-roots-in-history</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqz3s16ANZVU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqz3s16ANZVU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on February 14, 2015, as part of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Embrace Is Driving Hong Kong Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[Refusing to appreciate the former colony’s unique history and identity has led Beijing into a crisis that now threatens to ruin the city. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-21/china-s-national-security-law-drives-hong-kong-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-21/china-s-national-security-law-drives-hong-kong-away</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iElo1g2qraAA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iElo1g2qraAA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>In this picture taken on October 10, 2017, a flag that reads &quot;Hong Kong is not China&quot; is displayed by a local football fan in front of the old British colonial flag (back L) outside the stadium after a match between Hong Kong and Malaysia in Hong Kong. A new law that punishes disrespect for China&apos;s national anthem with up to three years&apos; imprisonment may also apply to Hong Kong and Macau, state media reported on October 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Conquer World, China Needs to Get Smarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[A poorly educated workforce is a major impediment to its hopes of challenging the U.S. in technology. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-12/chinese-workers-aren-t-educated-enough-to-lift-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-12/chinese-workers-aren-t-educated-enough-to-lift-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:00:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig2agRPti.pI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig2agRPti.pI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>HEFEI, CHINA - JUNE 9: (CHINA OUT; PHOTOCOME OUT) A high school graduate takes a picture with her mobile phone during a graduation ceremony at Hefei No.1 Middle School on June 9, 2005 in Hefei of Anhui Province, China. The National College Entrance Examination has concluded in Anhui Province today. Nationwide, about 8.67 million high school graduates have sat in the exam this year. According to the Ministry of Education, the target number of full time higher education enrollments for 2005 is 4.75 million, an 8 percent increase on 2004. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>