James Griffiths, The Globe and Mail

James Griffiths

The Globe and Mail

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Past articles by James:

Hong Kong’s national security law is even stifling protests the authorities claim to permit

Hundreds were expected to march for gender equality ahead of International Women’s Day, but organizers called off the event just hours before it was due to begin → Read More

Paper Excellence’s ties to controversial Indonesian forestry giant could hinder Canadian expansion

Paper Excellence describes itself as a ‘global leader in sustainable pulp and paper’ and touts its products environmental credentials compared with plastic alternatives → Read More

Protester sues Chinese embassy in Washington over 2022 incident outside ambassador’s residence

Times Wang, a D.C.-based lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Qiao Jie, said the incident was indicative of the ‘impunity’ with which Chinese officials increasingly act overseas → Read More

Beijing warns U.S. against trying to ‘contain’ China as foreign minister hails Russian ties

Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s comments come a day after a speech by President Xi Jinping accused the U.S. and its allies of suppressing China → Read More

Chinese foreign minister rebukes Melanie Joly over election interference allegations at G20 meeting

During the G20 meeting this week in New Delhi, Qin Gang urged Canada to do more to ‘prevent rumours and hype from disturbing bilateral ties’ → Read More

China’s parliament to reshuffle government as Xi tightens Communist Party’s grip on power

National People’s Congress expected to rubber stamp an ‘intensive’ government restructuring plan, including of the financial and technology sectors → Read More

Hong Kong drops mask mandate as city targets tourists

Officials hope to attract foreign tourists, businesses and talent back to the city after economy shrank by 3.5 per cent last year and 120,000 residents moved overseas → Read More

China’s Ukraine peace plan full of rhetoric, with no push against Russia to end war

China released a proposal to end the year-long conflict hours after abstaining from a United Nations vote calling on Russia to leave Ukraine → Read More

With wary eye on China, Ottawa leads businesses toward Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is an increasingly attractive market for Canadian businesses because of the region’s rapidly growing wealth, but also a growing desire to diversify away from China → Read More

China’s top diplomat touts ‘rock solid’ partnership with Russia

As the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, China continues to support Russia economically and diplomatically, and has even — according to Washington — considered covert military aid → Read More

China’s demand for donkey-skin beauty and medical products is devastating African villages, reports find

Donkeys are crucial for transportation in Africa, but China’s insatiable demand is stripping villages of their donkeys, jeopardizing their economic survival → Read More

UN experts warn a million Tibetan children face ‘forced assimilation’ in Chinese residential schools

Panel of United Nations experts warns that a million children form Tibet have been placed in Chinese schools designed to strip them of their language and culture → Read More

‘Hong Kong 47’ national security trial gets underway, in case that decimated city’s opposition

Hong Kong’s largest-ever national security trial is just one of several launched since China imposed the law in 2020 and could see some former lawmakers jailed for life → Read More

China calls spy balloon shooting ‘obvious overreaction’ and warns of damaged U.S. relations

A Pentagon official dismissed Chinese claims about weather monitoring as ‘false’ and said U.S. is ‘confident’ balloon was sent to monitor military sites → Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken heads to Beijing amid tensions over Taiwan

Blinken’s visit comes as the U.S. expanded its military footprint in Asia through a new agreement with the Philippines this week, and accused China of flying a spy balloon over Montana → Read More

COVID-zero is gone. Can China get its economy back on track in 2023?

As the sense of whiplash – and resulting infections – begins to fade, the question is whether the country can get its economy sorted out → Read More

Hong Kong to ban CBD and place it in same category as heroin and fentanyl

Starting February 1, anyone found in possession of CBD gummies or oil could be jailed for up to seven years, and get a maximum fine of HK$1-million → Read More

Opium production booming in Myanmar after the coup: report

Opium production has increased 33 per cent since the February, 2021, military takeover, says UNODC Report → Read More

For Tibetans, getting information past China’s barriers is harder than ever

Tibetan exiles in India, hungry for news from their homeland, encounter a wall of silence they say is even worse than Xinjiang’s – and fear for the safety of those who try to cross it → Read More

China’s first population decline in decades could hamper economic growth

China recorded 6.77 births per 1,000 people in 2022, the lowest rate since records began in 1949, and a 10-per-cent drop from 2021 → Read More