投稿者: Helen Davidson and Amy Hawkins
Purge is latest sign President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has reached highest echelons of armed forcesA top Chinese general has been dismissed from the body that oversees the Chinese military in the latest sign that Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption…
Shooting down of India’s planes by Beijing’s customer Pakistan would mark the first time the fighters and their PL-15 missiles have been used in combatAs India and Pakistan traded missile strikes over the weekend, and the world watched with horror as t…
Sudden suspension of aid funding a ‘perfect opportunity’ for Beijing to fill the gap and grow its own soft powerDonald Trump’s shutdown of USAid has already had disastrous effects on humanitarian aid and development programmes around the world, but it …
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security lawJimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case…
For couples in the US mid-way through the adoption process, news of an end to international adoptions has been crushing Americans Lauren and Harrison Smith met in China as students, and discussed their desire to adopt from the country early on in their…
China has launched two days of exercises after island swore in new president. How do they compare with previous ones?China has launched two days of military drills around Taiwan after the island swore in its new president, Lai Ching-te.Lai takes over f…
Annual appearances were rare opportunity for foreign media to engage with high-ranking Chinese officialsChina’s leading economics official, premier Li Qiang, will not address the press at the country’s major annual political gathering in Beijing, in a …
Rivalry with US and current of antisemitism are running up against Beijing’s increasing closeness to IsraelIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesChina was an early proponent of a ceasefire in Gaza and has called for wider talks on resolving the Palesti…
Experts point to crackdown on national security and legal system that encourages guilty pleas Chinese courts prosecuted 8.3 million people in the five years to 2022, a 12% increase on the previous period. There was also a nearly 20% increase in the num…