Joseph Popper 
A Beijing-based forensics firm has helped police to track down people using Apple’s AirDrop feature to send “ inappropriate speech”, according to the Chinese capital’s Bureau of Justice. In an article published on its official WeChat account on Monday, the bureau said forensic firm Beijing Wangshendongjian Technology Co Ltd had “broken through the technical difficulties … Read more
The campaign, which has netted thousands of officials since 2013, last year intensively targeted the country’s vast and opaque financial and healthcare sector. This year, the focus should be on “high-risk areas”, such as finance, state-owned businesses, energy, pharmaceuticals, infrastructure and engineering, said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party. Will China’s … Read more
Regardless of who wins the January 13 election, Chen and other representatives of Taiwanese businesses – from fish farms to chemical manufacturers – say they are now clear-eyed about the need to minimise as much as possible their dependence on trade with mainland China as they expect more turbulence in cross-strait relations. Beijing’s dilemma if … Read more
He was placed under investigation in March 2023 and stripped of his party membership and official positions in November 2023 by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top corruption agency. The commission, the country’s top anti-corruption body, attacked him for “showing off” with overambitious projects that wasted public money and caused severe environmental … Read more
China’s top spy agency says it has detained a foreigner accused of gathering information for the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. It is the latest case revealed by the Ministry of State Security amid a public campaign to counter espionage in the country. The ministry said on its WeChat social media account on Monday … Read more
As many as 19.3 million voters in Taiwan will elect a new president on January 13. Their vote will not only decide the self-ruled island’s policy with Beijing for years to come, but also geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific region and US-China relations. Washington views Taiwan as a bastion of democracy next to autocratic mainland China … Read more
A Nanshan government employee named Huang confirmed on Friday that the name and shame announcement was genuine. The list was the result of “interviews, ground surveys, democratic evaluation and review”, he said. A search of local information web pages shows the targeted workers are all among the lowest grade of officials, variously managing a local … Read more
“In the next couple of years, I won’t be in Taiwan – I’ll be in the US. So that means if there’s any kind of political campaign or activism needed here, I cannot be here,” Dai said. “So I feel like it is my responsibility to come back here and vote in the presidential election … Read more
He was expelled from the party in June last year, seven months after being placed under investigation for taking bribes. CCTV series describes billboard as a way for Zhang Xiaopei to allow “his family to gain wealth” on the back of his power and influence. Photo: CCTV Once business owners learned of the Zhang connection, … Read more
And yet the bookshop, which has been open for more than 30 years in Haidian, Beijing’s technology and education hub, still thrives selling academic books on political science, history and sociology, including many translated works of Western ideas. On the last day of 2023, All Sages Bookstore was given new life in its most recent … Read more
