Sam Davies

Beijing

Managing Editor at The World Of Chinese

China & Mongolia correspondent at AFP in Beijing

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La Chine menacée par les tarfis douaniers de Trump, se dit prête à l'escalade

2 weeks ago | ledevoir.com | Sam Davies |Myriam Lemetayer |A Washington

La Chine a promis mardi de combattre les droits de douane américains « jusqu’au bout » malgré la menace de Donald Trump de nouvelles surtaxes, les deux premières économies mondiales se disant prêtes à l’escalade malgré la déroute des marchés financiers.
China Footballer Dies On Eve Of 19th Birthday After Head Injury In Spain

1 month ago | barrons.com | Mary Yang |Sam Davies
Five Things To Watch At China's Largest Airshow

Nov 11, 2024 | barrons.com | Sam Davies

China's burgeoning aviation industry and military might will be on display this week as the country's largest air show gets un...
Après ses manoeuvres militaire, la Chine réaffirme l’option de "la force" pour conquérir Taïwan

Oct 14, 2024 | ledevoir.com | Amber Wang |Sam Davies

Ces exercices comprenaient notamment « des patrouilles de préparation au combat mer-air, le blocus de ports et zones clés » ou encore « l’assaut de cibles maritimes et terrestres », avait-il indiqué plus tôt dans la journée.
Pour décrocher les médailles d’or olympique, la Chine cultive ses plongeurs en herbe

Aug 13, 2024 | ledevoir.com | Sam Davies |Matthew Walsh

Dernière respiration avant un saut de 10 mètres de haut : dans une piscine de Pékin, des athlètes en herbe âgés pour certains de seulement sept ans, s’imaginent déjà en futurs champions olympiques de plongeon. La Chine, qui excelle dans cette discipline, a remporté huit médailles d’or sur huit possibles aux JO de Paris en 2024, un record pour une équipe aux Jeux olympiques. Dans un pays qui cultive dès le plus jeune âge l’esprit de compétition, cette performance a de quoi susciter des vocations.
Chinese Swim Fans Hit Back At Doping Claims As Pan Takes Gold

Aug 1, 2024 | barrons.com | Sam Davies |Matthew C Walsh

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The Famous Chinese County That No One Visits

Jun 4, 2024 | theworldofchinese.com | Sam Davies

Fairground games stretch beyond the lake, flanked by bubble tea shops and food stalls. Wrinkled fortune tellers beckon at passersby. I come to a square overlooked by a monochrome building with red characters on its roof: Caoxian Theater. Real estate is not the only cheap product in Caoxian. The theater offers subsidized 1-yuan tickets for opera performances every Friday and Saturday evening—an effort to preserve cultural heritage. I shuffle inside with dozens of elderly locals.
The World of Chinese | How People Live in Contemporary China

Sep 11, 2023 | theworldofchinese.com | Sam Davies

BUSINESS • ENVIRONMENT • FEMINISM • HEALTH • NEWS • SPORTS • TECHNOLOGY With the rise of short video, some of China’s earliest social media platforms have reached the end of their journey, with a few even transforming into a hub for misogynistic content By Hayley Zhao September 11, 2023 Six personal tales of life in the wake of Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater release By Shao Yefan, Tan Yunfei (谭云飞), and Yang Tingting (杨婷婷) September 5, 2023 Despite amassing millions of users, Meipian, a...
The World of Chinese | How People Live in Contemporary China

Jul 3, 2023 | theworldofchinese.com | Sam Davies

EDUCATION • ENTERTAINMENT • FOOD • LIVING IN CHINA • TRADITIONAL CULTURE • TRAVEL Clouds swirl permanently over Yunnan’s remote Nujiang region, where old Christian communities meet an abandoned government outpost and one of Asia’s wildest rivers By Hatty Liu July 28, 2023 Firm up your knowledge of bean curd on the fabled mountain where it was said to be invented By David Dawson July 25, 2023 Despite coming to Hengyang only 30 years ago, “lufen” has already become a symbol of pride for the...
The World of Chinese | How People Live in Contemporary China

Jun 29, 2023 | theworldofchinese.com | Sam Davies

Jia Pingwa’s ‘The Sojourn Teashop,’ now with a new English translation, is a bold experiment for an author often lambasted for his characterization of women James Zimmerman’s new book examines the sensational stories behind the 1923 robbery of the Peking Express Every Chinese worker has a “dang’an” (personnel file), but hardly anyone ever sees inside them From exclusive luxury for royalty to the pride of the People’s Republic, ice cream in China has a long and sweet history A tale of Old...