カテゴリー: Xi Jinping
Beijing lodges diplomatic protest with Japan after defence minister calls island a ‘democratic country’China and Japan are once again embroiled in a diplomatic row over Taiwan, in the latest example of Beijing’s extreme sensitivity over the status of t…
As China marks the centenary of its ruling party, we examine key episodes in its tempestuous history, including the Long March, Mao’s purges and Xi Jinping’s rise to the top of an emerging superpowerAnyone visiting First Meeting Hall in Shanghai, the m…
Networking site tells users that references to Tiananmen Square, even as academic study, are prohibited contentLinkedIn is blocking profiles from being viewed inside China if they mention politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square massac…
Analysis: can the west confront Beijing on trade and human rights and cooperate on the climate crisis?• G7 summit: latest news and reactionIn an extra-secure, 90-minute session, with the phones and wifi cut off, all designed to block any eavesdropping …
China must tell the world a better story about itself, says president, as he seeks stronger ‘international voice’China needs to improve the way it tells the world stories about itself, and convince people the ruling party is striving for the happiness …
Openings of summits are often dull affairs, but the tense exchanges in Alaska hint at turbulent times aheadIn a protracted, unplanned public spat in Anchorage late on Thursday, China and America’s top diplomats traded barbs for over an hour in front of…
The country’s global standing is plunging as Xi Jinping attempts to whitewash atrocities in the name of empire-buildingA terrible scream of pain contorts a little girl’s face and tells the story of the army’s brutal crackdown in Myanmar. Shwe Yote Hlwa…
Target is in line with previous trends and could lead to greenhouse gas emissions continuing to riseChina has set out an economic blueprint for the next five years that could lead to a strong rise in greenhouse gas emissions if further action is not ta…
The islands, three miles from the Chinese mainland, will be first to fall if antagonisms lead to an invasionTsai Li-chu recalls being a young mother on Taiwan’s Kinmen Island, when the shelling would start around 7pm most nights, launched from the Peop…
Geng Xiaonan guilty of publishing illegal titles after she made comments backing Beijing critic Xu Zhangrun A Chinese publisher who spoke out in support of a dissident academic has been jailed for three years in Beijing after she pleaded guilty to ille…
In virtual address to World Economic Forum, Chinese president calls for multilateral approach to crisisChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has sent out a warning to Joe Biden that he risks a new cold war if he continues with the protectionist policies of hi…
Foreign secretary sets out measures to ensure UK companies cannot profit from forced labour in XinjiangChina’s treatment of the Uighur people amounts to torture, the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said as he set out measures designed to e…
After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanised, humiliated and brainwashedThe man on the phone said he worked for the oil company, “In accounting, a…
Former head of China Huarong Asset Management given no option for reprieveA Chinese court has sentenced a former banker and party official to death, in a high-profile bribery, embezzlement and bigamy case that has shocked the country.Lai Xiaomin, previ…
Critic of UK decision to ban Huawei from 5G networks to be replaced by China’s vice-foreign ministerChina’s long-serving envoy to Britain, Liu Xiaoming, a staunch defender of closer UK-China economic ties and the imposition of new security laws in Hong…