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‘We in the west were blinded’: China crackdown on business has Maoist roots
‘Anti-spying’ raids on consulting firms and attacks on tech companies are being driven by party ideology, says…
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Chinese activist sentenced to eight years on subversion charges
Yang Maodong called it a ‘score-settling’ punishment for his two decades of rights advocacyA Chinese court has…
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Hong Kong political cartoonist axed after 40 years following criticism from officials
Wong Kei-kwan, known as Zunzi, says it was a ‘mutual decision’ after the Ming Pao newspaper ended his columnA …
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Hong Kong schools in crisis as teachers and students flee ‘toxic’ political climate
Parents and teachers say the national security law, including the intensification of ‘patriotic education’, ha…
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Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book
Arrests believed to be first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed seditious by …
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Doctor who exposed China’s cover-up of Sars crisis dies aged 91
Dr Jiang Yanyong revealed true extent of 2003 outbreak and was put under house arrest for denouncing Tiananmen…
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‘A defeated person’: sidelined by Xi, China’s Li Keqiang bows out as premier
Hopes that Li would be a liberal reformer were curbed by Xi Jinping as the president became more and more powe…
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Trial of the ‘Hong Kong 47’ symbolises China’s attempts to dissolve civil society
Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime wi…
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China using spy balloon drama to drum up nationalistic fervour
The communist party’s propaganda machine pulled out all the stops to ensure the public opinion was in accordan…
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Elderly Chinese people protest in Wuhan against medical benefits cuts
Rally is latest showing of public discontent since demonstrations against Covid curbsThousands of older people…
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‘We just want to live in a normal world’: China’s young protesters speak out, and disappear
‘Blank Paper movement’ decrying government policies rekindles dissent after Xi Jinping’s decade of iron-fisted…
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War of words over downed Chinese spy balloon continues as US recovers debris
Beijing lodges formal complaint with US embassy as Washington throws criticism back at ChinaThe diplomatic row…
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‘The last generation’: the young Chinese people vowing not to have children
Negative population growth that arrived a decade before forecasts has been exacerbated by Covid and restrictiv…
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Hong Kong police arrest six for selling ‘seditious’ book at lunar new year fair
Six people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in…
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China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong as its top representative in Hong Kong
Zheng was among the officials sanctioned by the US for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedomsChina has …