投稿者: Helen Davidson in Taipei
Rollout to begin ‘soon’ but about a million have already received injection under emergency approvalsSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s health authorities have approved a Covid vaccine from state-owned Sinopharm for general use on the population, …
Official tests for antibody prevalence suggest an infection rate 10 times higher than official number See all our coronavirus coverageA Chinese study of coronavirus antibodies has found almost half a million people may have had Covid-19 in Wuhan, a num…
Group’s trial on the mainland lasted just one day and was held with few public witnessesTen people who tried to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan have been sentenced in a Chinese court to up to three years in jail, while two minors have been returned to to Hon…
Ankara has long welcomed Uighur and Turkic Muslims fleeing China but human rights groups fear the treaty will endanger themBeijing has ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey that human rights groups warn could endanger Uighur families and activists…
Police in China detain colleague of Yoozoo Games founder Lin Qi on suspicion of involvement in deathShanghai police have detained a man in relation to the suspected poisoning death of the wealthy founder of a video games company.Lin Qi, 39, died on Ch…
Prosecution of 10 Hong Kongers detained in mainland China after allegedly attempting to flee to Taiwan also began on MondayZhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist who was arrested in May while reporting from Wuhan, has been sente…
Media tycoon who faces charges of fraud and foreign collusion released under house arrestThe media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been granted bail by Hong Kong’s high court, after 20 days in jail on charges of fraud and foreign collus…
Citizens urged to stay vigilant as investigation continues into New Zealand-born pilot blamed for spreading infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe change in Taipei was subtle but apparent. Within hours of authorities a…
Inspired by Xi Jinping’s ‘operation empty plate’, new law means restaurants will be able to charge patrons for leaving leftovers Xi Jinping’s war on waste is set to be enshrined in law, with the submission of draft legislation to China’s highest legal …
Group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99%Chinese authorities have formally indicted 10 of the 12 activists arrested in August while attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat.Late on Wednesday …
Song by Tan Weiwei, one of the nation’s favourite performers, appears to reference high-profile instances of violence against womenIn the torrent of comments below the video of Tan Weiwei’s latest single, one summed up the burgeoning anger of Chinese w…
The mission will start work in January and will examine medical samples and animals to see where and when Covid-19 began Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA World Health Organization research mission to China is expected to ar…
Forced labour much more widespread than initially thought in China region that supplies a fifth of the world’s cottonMore than half a million people from ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang have been coerced into picking cotton, on a scale far greater t…
Media mogul accused of foreign collusion on same day teen activist found guilty of defiling China’s flag after throwing it on the ground at protestHong Kong’s crackdown on dissent has escalated, with national security charges laid against media mogul J…
Ted Hui says move by UK’s biggest bank is act of ‘oppression’ as eight more democracy activists are arrestedA Hong Kong legislator who fled to Europe has called on regulators to investigate the actions of major banks including HSBC, after his accounts …