投稿者: Amy Hawkins, senior China correspondent
Brother Dong is one of a growing band of Chinese volunteers who are lending their support to UkraineAre you looking for a way to stay sane in an environment that has been torn apart by war? Then perhaps what you need is a bubble tea.That is the philoso…
Swift response by Renmin University to student’s post creates shockwave in a country where accusers are often ignored or suedPublic allegations of sexual harassment are rare in China. Swift responses to punish the accused are rarer still. So a recent c…
SCO summit brings together leaders of global south but also likely to test Beijing and Moscow’s ‘strategic partnership’Leaders from China, Russia and countries in the global south are gathering in Kazakhstan for the annual meeting of the Shanghai Coop…
Director and star Jia Ling – who reportedly lost 50kg to make comedy that rivals Dune 2 at box office – insists ‘it’s not a diet movie, not even about boxing’In a country where cinemas are normally dominated by wolf warrior blockbusters or nationalist …
The meetings showed China’s leader is steering China along a path that is dictated by national security and party control, at the expense of everything elseXi Jinping didn’t speak at China’s Two Sessions meetings this year, but his presence was still f…
The DPP hopes Hsiao’s contacts in Washington will help to convince voters that it can boost Taipei’s standing on the world stage and tackle ChinaThe woman hoping to be Taiwan’s next vice-president is a self-proclaimed “cat warrior” who says she will be…
Measures include spending limits for online games and ban on rewarding players for logging in each dayChina’s $45bn (£31.3bn) gaming industry has been dealt a blow by proposals to limit the time and money spent on the sector.New rules including spendin…
Two countries may soon break ground on a new climate agreement ahead of a presidential meeting next week and the UN’s climate conference, Cop28China has published a long-awaited methane reduction plan, in a sign that the country is moving closer toward…
Reported cases have risen more than 7,000% in the last 20 years on the back of better treatment and testing, though mortality rate has gone upThe prevalence of HIV/Aids in China has surged in the past 20 years, as improved treatment means people are li…
More than 10,000 arrests and nearly 3,000 prosecutions, with 82% given jail including ‘extraordinary high’ proportion of childrenProtesters involved in the 2019-2020 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong have been treated extraordinarily harshly by the c…
China’s latest missing minister underscores the move to centralised rule, and how questioning Xi’s judgement has become increasingly dangerousThree weeks after he was last seen in public, there is still no official confirmation about what has happened …
Proposal to create demilitarised zone on Kinmen islands reflects feeling that close ties with Beijing are inevitableIn Taiwan’s sleepy Kinmen islands, which have been described as the frontline of any potential conflict between Beijing and Taipei, the …
Foreign minister Qin Gang’s mysterious absence and replacement follows a pattern of falls from grace for rising starsQin Gang, China’s erstwhile foreign minister, has officially been replaced by Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, in a surprise reshuffle th…
Effort is being stepped up to rebuild relations after the spy ballon incident led to Blinken’s original visit being cancelledIn the clearest sign yet that president Joe Biden’s predicted “thaw” in US-China relations may actually come to pass, the US se…
Action by workers has trebled this year as the country emerges from its draconian coronavirus measuresProtests in China are often small- scale. On 17 May, a handful of workers at an air-purifier factory in Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian province, sou…