投稿者: Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
Chongqing authorities criticised for move as area faces heatwave, wildfires, severe drought and power outagesResidents of the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing have been queueing on the streets to be tested for Covid, despite extreme temperatures…
Travellers barred from sightseeing or returning home until confirmed clear of disease as authorities struggle to contain casesThousands of Chinese tourists have been left stranded in Tibet as authorities in the region struggle to contain a fresh Covid …
Chinese-Canadian’s firm fined record 55.03bn yuan on charges including illegally taking funds from publicXiao Jianhua, a Chinese-Canadian billionaire at the centre of an alleged abduction scandal in Hong Kong in 2017, has been sentenced by a Shanghai c…
Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as president at the CCP’s conference later this yearEvery five years, China’s ruling Communist party (CCP) holds a key congress, where China watchers look for clues to the country’s future. The 20th party c…
Zheng Zeguang says Britain would face serious consequences if it were to ‘follow in the footsteps of the US’China’s ambassador to the UK has said Britain would face “serious consequences” if it crossed the “red lines” over Taiwan and warned against fol…
At a time when he wants to project stability, China’s president is grappling with a long-term crisis over Taiwan, a faltering economy and ongoing Covid outbreaksHaving presided over a grand celebration of the party’s centenary and suppressed mass Covid…
Zhou Xiaoxuan, who alleges TV host groped her, hopes case proves ‘difficulty of being a woman’ in ChinaThe woman at the centre of a landmark case in China’s #MeToo movement has vowed not to give up after a court rejected her appeal for an apology and d…
Retaliatory measures threaten ‘guardrails’ between two countries as Beijing continues military drillsTaiwan crisis: latest updatesRelations between the world’s two largest economies have plummeted into further uncertainty as China halted ties with the …
Pundits, military spokespeople and the media sound chorus of fury as some members of the public say military drills don’t go far enoughWhen news of Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan crept into China’s state media late last month, there was a sen…
Analysis: House speaker’s arrival is likely to inflame relations between the US and China without making Taiwan saferIn the era of US-China geopolitical competition, Joe Biden has been keen to ensure great power politics do not lead to uncontrollable e…
Exclusive: Tom Tugendhat likely to lead trip later this year as London’s relationship with Beijing deterioratesBritain’s House of Commons foreign affairs committee is planning a visit to Taiwan later this year – probably in November or early December –…
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson asks for restraint after Rishi Sunak labels country UK’s ‘biggest long-term threat’Beijing has urged British politicians to exercise restraint in their comments on China, saying “hyping the China threat” would not …
Thousands send condolences after zoo staff euthanise panda, who was in poor health and had stopped eatingThe world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity has died in a Hong Kong zoo on Thursday.The panda, named An An, was euthanised at the age of 35, t…
With Beijing’s zero Covid policy set to continue, many disillusioned citizens have begun planning to leave the countryWhen Wendy Luo*, a 29-year-old Chinese woman, handed over her passport to a border control officer in Shanghai airport last month, her…
Authorities says some customers will start getting their money back after angry crowd in Henan was broken up by heavy-handed security guards A rare large-scale protest in China’s central Henan province has been violently broken up by unidentified secur…