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Imports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)Chinese seafood imports from Japan have plummeted following Beijing’s ban on marine products from its neighbour in response to the discharge of wastewater from the …
Read MoreWith millennials putting off children due to cost of living pressures, China’s economy could be derailed by its growing number of grey hairsJobs, local services and welfare strain under economy’s structural faultsCici, 27, doesn’t want to have a baby u…
Read MoreHuman rights group says Rahile Dawut lost appeal after being convicted in 2018 on charges of promoting ‘splittism’A leading Uyghur professor who disappeared six years ago is reported to have sentenced to life in prison by Chinese authorities for “endan…
Read MorePhilippines says it ‘strongly condemns’ move at Scarborough Shoal which prevents its fishing boats from gaining accessThe Philippines has accused China’s coast guard of installing a “floating barrier” in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying i…
Read MoreUS says it is disappointed prime minister Manasseh Sogavare will not attend Monday’s summit, amid race for influence with ChinaThe White House has said it is disappointed the Solomon Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, will not attend a Pacific …
Read MoreChen Siming pleads for safe passage to US, saying his situation is ‘dangerous and urgent’ amid Beijing’s pursuit of himA Chinese dissident who has taken refuge in a Taiwan airport during a stopover has said he is prepared to wait months if needed, in o…
Read MoreChen Siming posts video from Taoyuan airport saying he is seeking asylum from political persecutionA Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan whe…
Read MoreHuang Xueqin, a feminist who was due to move to UK, and Wang Jianbing charged with ‘inciting subversion of state power’The trial of two prominent activists detained since 2021 has begun in secret in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, in a case that has att…
Read MoreWHO says China facing ‘sustained community transmission’ of virus first detected as imported case last yearChina is fuelling a global surge in mpox cases, accounting for the majority of new cases reported in September, according to the World Health Or…
Read MoreSeries with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relicsA viral series on the Chinese version of TikTok about a jade teapot that turns into a woman and escapes from the British Museum is to be adapted into an animated film….
Read MoreForms have been sent out requiring names, positions, residential addresses and identity document numbers of locally employed staffChina has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit the names, home addresses and job descriptions of their …
Read MoreChina’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 …
Read MoreAnnalena Baerbock, who has taken a hawkish stance on China, made the remark last week during a visit to the US Beijing has summoned the German ambassador to China after foreign minister Annalena Baerbock called president Xi Jinping a “dictator”, Berlin…
Read MoreTaiwan’s defence ministry said that since Sunday it had spotted 103 Chinese military aircraft over the sea, a number it called a ‘recent high’Taiwan’s defence ministry has urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action” after reporting a sharp ris…
Read MoreFaced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flawsPeak China? How the booming middle class hit a brick wallWhen finding a job feels as unlikely as winni…
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