China
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The kill line v Chinamaxxing: a window into how China and the US see each other
In China, one social media trend hangs on the idea that a life in the US is always one step from disaster, whi…
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China’s rubber-stamp parliament set to approve ‘ethnic unity’ law
New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic language…
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China-North Korea trains to restart, six years after Covid brought them to stop
Travel operators say Chinese and North Koreans can now buy tickets for services leaving this weekPassenger tra…
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The half-abandoned Japanese island at the heart of tensions with China
Kasasa island, in the Seto Inland Sea, has only seven residents but its fate is strongly intertwined with rela…
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China’s foreign minister says Iran war ‘should never have happened’
Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly …
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Families of MH370 victims call for search extension, 12 years after Malaysia Airlines jet vanished
Families of those onboard urge Malaysian government to extend contract with deep-sea exploration firm Families…
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Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release
Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist partyJimmy Lai, the pr…
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Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong | Letter
Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to an editorialRegarding your editorial (The Guardian view …
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China sets lowest GDP growth target for decades as it braces for economic slowdown
‘High-quality growth’ target of 4.5-5% outlined at Two Sessions as Chinese premier talks of complex situations…
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Why does Yao Ming, the 7ft 6in ex-basketballer, attend China’s Two Sessions meetings?
Among the 3,000 delegates is former athlete who sits as an independent on the National People’s CongressWhat a…
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China’s Two Sessions: what are the meetings and why do they matter?
Annual political gathering kicks off this week in Beijing with the economy, technology and the military high o…
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‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Cyril Ramaphosa, Hezbollah, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
‘Imperialist undertones’: global south condemns US-Israeli war with Iran
China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ ju…
- Asia Pacific, China, Donald Trump, Taiwan, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit
Beijing can again leverage its critical minerals dominance over an increasingly busy US military, as Taiwan sl…
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More generals purged as delegates gather for China’s Two Sessions event
Spectre of military upheaval will hang over annual meetings where Beijing’s five-year plan will be launchedThe…