China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including waters and islands near the shores of its neighbours, and has ignored an international tribunal ruling that its assertions have no legal basis. It deploys boats to patrol the busy waterway and has built artificial islands that it has militarised to reinforce its claims. Miller said … Read more
As doctors took him to the emergency room, he began to cry and shake. “Please, where are my friends?” he asked Reyes, then whispered, “I’m scared.” Daniel Aritonang had been at sea for the previous year and a half working on a Chinese squid-fishing ship called the Zhen Fa 7 before being left for dead … Read more
Li’s role was confirmed on Monday, when he was mentioned as the chair of a meeting of the new commission in a report by state news agency Xinhua. The late Li Keqiang never headed any top Communist Party groups in his decade as China’s premier. Photo: dpa The CFC was set up in March to … Read more
However, a new film based on her inspirational life has sharply divided opinion between the public and the state. When Zhang founded her boarding school in a remote area of China’s southwestern Yunnan province 15 years ago, many of the local girls would drop out early to marry or earn a living, while the boys … Read more
“Efforts should be made to implement effective epidemic prevention and control measures in key locations with dense populations, such as schools, childcare institutions and nursing homes,” Mi said. “This includes minimising personnel movement and visits.” Hospitals have also been told to improve their ability to grade patients according to the severity of infection, for better … Read more
Kamil Sattar is rich – and he wants you to be rich too, if his YouTube channel The Ecom King is anything to go by. Sattar, 24, from Telford, Shropshire, said in 2020 he made more than £30,000 a month with his business and now claims his companies’ sales exceed $5million (£3.9m) a year. The … Read more
But how long will the reset last? As the systemic divisions underlying US-China relations remain unresolved, people have reason to wonder. For example, Biden stressed that both countries should manage their competition responsibly to prevent it from veering into conflict while Xi wondered aloud “are we adversaries or partners?”. Few would expect the diplomacy between … Read more
“Xizang” is the pinyin, or Chinese romanisation, of the Mandarin script for “Tibet”. Since the release of the November white paper, “Xizang” has largely replaced “Tibet” in several official Chinese media reports, with “Tibet” now used only in a few scenarios, including translations of already established geographical terms and names of institutions. Between November 10, … Read more
The China Coast Guard, however, accused the Philippine boat of “deliberately colliding” with the Chinese vessel after “disregarding our multiple stern warnings”. The Philippine boat “changed direction suddenly in an unprofessional, dangerous manner, deliberately colliding with our Coast Guard Vessel 21556, which was on a normal law enforcement route, and caused a scrape”, the China … Read more
Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry seen here playing the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 2, 2023, recently had an international student trespass at his Atherton home, the San Mateo County district attorney said. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images An international student accused of walking through the front door of Steph Curry’s Atherton house while his nanny … Read more
