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Intrigue swirls about possible reshuffles as China’s parliament convenes
Policy blueprint to be set out for year ahead and big personnel changes may be announcedThousands...
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Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries
Company accused of violations including Chinese employees improperly downloading files relating to Pentagon programsBoeing said on...
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Congress ‘gradually destroying’ US relations with Pacific ally, Marshall Islands president warns
Hilda Heine says US funding delays damage relationship with the Pacific nation as lawmakers say hold-up...
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Rare copy of Mao’s Little Red Book expected to fetch more than £30,000
Early editions of the book of quotations will be sold at an auction of Cultural Revolution...
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China offers to deepen security ties with Hungary
Beijing’s move comes at a time when Budapest’s relationship with its EU and Nato allies is...
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China holds citizen on spying charges after she did ‘admin’ work for US company
Case of Emily Chen, who did a few months’ work for US logistics firm, highlights ‘deteriorating’...
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Beijing condemns Taiwan after two Chinese fishers die in speedboat crash
The vessel capsized while being chased by Taiwan’s coastguard near the Kinmen islands, in what China...
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Genetics journal retracts 18 papers from China due to human rights concerns
Researchers used samples from populations deemed by experts and campaigners to be vulnerable to exploitation, including...
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Beijing accused of using spying, threats and blackmail against Tibetan exiles
China ‘threatens relatives in Tibet’ to exert control over activists in exile, with greater transnational repression...
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Blizzards disrupt lunar new year travel for millions in China
Flights and trains cancelled as heavy snow and freezing rain leave many stranded during busiest travel...
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Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy
Social media users get around government crackdown on negativity via US embassy conservation updateA social media...
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Australian academic Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence by Chinese court
Australia’s foreign minister says government is ‘appalled’ by sentence, which could mean life in prisonThe Australian...
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‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies
As Beijing has increased its efforts to recruit Taiwanese people, the number of spying cases has...
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Elderly Uyghur women imprisoned in China for decades-old religious ‘crimes’, leaked files reveal
Hundreds of women sentenced for practices such as studying the Qur’an, dating back as far back...
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Myanmar hands over junta-backed warlords to China in telecoms scam case
Ten people extradited on Tuesday accused of being key figures in fraud involving victims of traffickingMyanmar...
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Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scenesAmazon’s...
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Evergrande collapse: Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China property giant
Judge says ‘enough is enough’ after developer, which has $300bn in debt, fails to provide convincing...
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Chinese courts to rule on Hong Kong commercial disputes under new law
Legislation will further erode differences between legal systems of Hong Kong and mainlandA new law giving...
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Tuvalu goes to the polls in election watched by China and Taiwan
One candidate has said he wants to review the Pacific country’s relationships with Taiwan and China,...
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China announces 0.5% cut in banks’ minimum reserves
Biggest reduction since December 2021 will allow 1tn more yuan to be released in form of...
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Powerful earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Authorities warn of potentially widespread damage after the 7.0-magnitude quake, with tremors felt in neighbouring countriesA...
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Thirteen children die in Chinese boarding school fire
Fire broke out in dormitories of primary school in central Henan provinceThirteen pupils have died after...
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Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as president
Lai’s Democratic Progressive party wins unprecedented third term in result likely to anger ChinaTaiwan has voted...
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Vote counting starts in key Taiwan election amid threats from China
Beijing has criticised frontrunner Lai Ching-te as a ‘separatist’ as it seeks to intimidate self-ruling islandVote...