投稿者: Verna Yu
Yan’an is where Mao Zedong definitively – and brutally – stamped his supreme authority on China’s Communist party. Experts explain how Xi continues to shape himself as today’s embodiment of the ‘great leader’Xi Jinping’s next decade in power will see C…
Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, from which many workers have fled, now under seven-day Covid lockdownChinese authorities have announced a seven-day coronavirus lockdown in the area around the world’s largest iPhone factory, stoking concern that production …
Communist Party chief of Shanghai has been anointed as the second-ranking Politburo Standing Committee member thanks to his loyalty to Xi JinpingXi Jinping secures third term and stacks inner circle with alliesBefore the start of the 20th party congres…
John Lee pledges to enact anti-subversion law while emphasising need to alleviate brain drainHong Kong’s new leader has pledged to enact an anti-subversion law, tighten up cybersecurity and crack down on false information and crowdfunding activities, a…
Assault on protester in Manchester is seen as being consistent with Beijing’s hawkish rhetoric of recent yearsA shocking attack on a pro-democracy protester who was dragged inside the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten, allegedly by consular st…
A major reshuffle will take place in the Chinese Commmunist party’s top echelon this week – here’s a who’s who of the main playersChina’s Communist party congress: everything you need to knowA major reshuffle will take place in the Chinese Communist pa…
Government critics and activists intimidated by police ahead of Sunday’s Communist party meeting, where Xi Jinping is expected to gain third termEverything you need to know about China’s Communist party congressChinese authorities have stepped up surve…
Senior Communist Party officials present a united front, quashing internet rumours of a coupChinese authorities are ratcheting up nationalistic sentiment in the run up to a key meeting of the country’s ruling party where party leader Xi Jinping is expe…
British consulate in Hong Kong extends opening hours as thousands gather to remember ‘boss lady’Death of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – live updatesIt was the hottest day on record for September, yet under a sweltering sun, thousands of Hongk…
Average temperature in August was 1.2C higher than norm, which caused widespread droughtChina recorded its highest temperatures and one of its lowest levels of rainfall in 61 years during a two-month summer heatwave that caused forest fires, damaged cr…
Offices, schools and shops to close before congress at which Xi expected to get third presidential termChina has intensified its efforts to rein in outbreaks of Covid-19 ahead of a major political meeting by placing about 65 million people under semi-l…
Expats say they feel insecure about living somewhere ‘where the walls have ears’ • Australia’s Hong Kong intervention was hardly strident but that didn’t matter to ChinaAustralian expats in Hong Kong are feeling jittery about their future after Beijing…
With Beijing’s sweeping security law set to pass this week, many protesters accept that ‘one country, two systems’ is overTo Jennifer Tsui, the looming national security law agreed last month by China’s legislature seems like the “real” return of Hong …
China’s national security law has reinvigorated a protest movement that began with opposition to an extradition billWhen Freeman Yim stepped out to join a peaceful demonstration against a controversial extradition bill on 9 June last year, he never kne…
Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak The death of the whistleblower Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has aroused strong emotions across China. Social media is awash with posts mourning the death of …