投稿者: Vincent Ni, China affairs correspondent
Schools, stadiums or airports help the presidents of countries that receive cash from Beijing tighten their grip on powerChina’s financing of overseas projects has disproportionately benefited the core political supporters of incumbent presidents or pr…
Prominent Catholic cleric, 90, detained with three others linked to disbanded charity for protestersThe Vatican has voiced concern after Hong Kong’s national security police arrested 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of Asia’s most senior and outspo…
Patients sick with non-Covid related illnesses are being kept away from hospitals as anger grows over failure to control OmicronSee all our coronavirus coverageJia Ruiling’s* father has been enduring severe pain since 17 March. He has late-stage stomac…
Tenure of woman who rose through ranks to become governor marked by controversies and scandalsCarrie Lam came to office pledging to unite Hong Kong, but she will leave accused of being a divisive leader of a politically turbulent city.Lam entered Hong …
Fu Zhenghua, who had brought down ex security chief for corruption, denounced as ‘extremely despicable’Beijing has expelled its high-profile former justice minister and deputy police chief from the ruling Communist party, denouncing him as being “extre…
An open letter written by five historians denounced the war and called on Beijing to make its stance clearerUkraine invasion: latest updatesFor Xu Guoqi, a Chinese historian, Beijing’s reluctance to denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is alar…
Official newspaper calls Truss ‘radical populist’ after her alleged row with Caroline Wilson over UK’s hard lineAn official Chinese newspaper has weighed in on an alleged spat between the British foreign secretary and the UK’s ambassador to China, sugg…
Analysis: Difficult to predict how China will deal with its volatile neighbour, but Uyghur issue could prove contentious The US’s hasty departure from Afghanistan has provided much material for China’s propaganda agencies to discredit Washington’s fore…
Spokesperson dismisses Wall Street Journal claims based on ‘previously undisclosed’ intelligenceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has vehemently denied a Wall Street Journal report citing US intelligence materials that s…