投稿者: Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
Canadian-Chinese businessman Xiao Jianhua will finally stand trial in case linked to President Xi’s corruption driveChina has formally put Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua on trial, more than five years after his alleged abduction in Hong Kong, whi…
Western military bloc says China poses ‘serious challenges’ to global stabilityChina has issued a strong rebuke at Nato, calling out what it said was “cold war thinking and ideological bias”, after the western military bloc said Beijing posed “serious …
Negative views of China at highest level in years in many of the 19 countries that took part in survey Concerns about China’s policies on human rights have led to negative views towards the world’s most populous nation, a Pew public opinion survey has …
Nio criticised over statement that said accident at Shanghai HQ was ‘not caused by the vehicle’A leading Chinese electric car company has said two people were killed when one of its vehicles fell from the third floor of its Shanghai headquarters.Nio, a…
Tangshan loses national honorary status as police officials investigated over incident that shocked ChinaThe northern Chinese city of Tangshan has been stripped of a national honorary title as the fallout from the assault of four women at a restaurant …
Five officials accused of ‘violating discipline’ after police took half an hour to reach scene in TangshanFive police officials in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan are being investigated over their handling of a vicious attack on a group of women …
Activists found creative ways to save dogs being killed for Yulin dog meat festival Chinese police have intercepted a truck carrying 386 dogs to slaughter at the annual dog-meat eating festival in the southern Chinese city of Yulin, which was scheduled…
Jumbo Floating Restaurant encountered ‘adverse weather’ after being towed away from territory’s harbourOne of Hong Kong’s most distinctive restaurants – the Jumbo Floating Restaurant – has capsized in the South China Sea, days after it was towed away f…
Chinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists say only real social change will stop the abuseTang Ping, 31, a mother-of-two in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, says in 2014 when her first child was six month…
Michelle Bachelet, strongly criticised over Xinjiang visit, cites personal reasons for decisionThe United Nations’ human rights chief has announced her decision to step down, citing “personal reasons”, amid weeks of speculation following her recent Chi…
WHO report has said origins of virus are still unknown and recommended further investigationChina has repeated its assertion the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a leak from a Chinese laboratory is “a politically motivated lie”, after the W…
Analysis: the conflict in Europe has entrenched the differences between Beijing and the US and its alliesMore than 100 days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s strategic assessment of the conflict is becoming clearer: it does not wish to be cast…
Michelle Bachelet’s report on alleged rights abuses in China’s Uyghur region remains under wraps despite recent six-day tourPressure to release a long-awaited Xinjiang report is mounting on the UN’s rights head, as her recent six-day visit to China lef…
Analysis: It is a worrying sign that, amid the talk of a ‘new cold war’, even the UN is unable to help bridge the divideUN rights chief Michelle Bachelet’s six-day trip to China began with some controversy, and ended with even more. On Saturday, wester…