Every 10 years, Chinese leaders hold events to commemorate the birth of the late chairman Mao Zedong, who was born on December 26, 1893. The events are an opportunity for the leadership to call for solidarity and rally the nation to address challenges, while reflecting on the legacy of the Great Helmsman. Authorities across China … Read more
TAIPEI — 2024 will be a bumper year of elections around the world, but one of the first votes on the calendar will also be one of the most hotly contested and consequential: Taiwan, where there are vital strategic interests at play for both the U.S. and China on January 13. If the campaign started … Read more
Tencent lost about $43.5 billion in market value on Friday after China surprised financial markets with a fresh set of rules aimed at curbing excessive gaming and spending. The draft guidelines from China’s National Press and Publication Administration sank the Hong Kong-listed shares of Tencent, NetEase and Bilibili — among the largest online gaming-related counters … Read more
Pakistan has been forced to artificially induce rain as it tries to curb pollution levels in cities like Lahore. This comes weeks after the authorities were forced to shut down schools and public places due to poor air quality. The city, which is located in the Punjab province of the country, is one of the … Read more
How Xi Jinping and China’s Communist Party’s inner circles are all connected – 2023 update China’s Power Players By SCMP Graphics and SCMP China desk Published: December 22, 2023 This is the latest map showing connections between the Politburo Standing Committee – China’s most powerful leaders – and their Politburo colleagues, based on their official … Read more
Police in Shanghai have said a string of arrests in connection with the theft of hi-tech trade secrets was the result of a stepped up effort to protect the strategically important sector, as well as a renewed crackdown on financial crimes. Fourteen suspects were detained and seven servers confiscated after police were tipped off that … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned the Philippines to address through dialogue what China sees as “serious difficulties” in their relations over the South China Sea, where incidents between vessels from the two sides have escalated. Beijing and Manila have traded sharp accusations in recent months over run-ins involving fishing boats, coastguard ships and … Read more
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“I’d guess that over 50 per cent of establishments along West Street were foreign-run when I first showed up,” says Scott Spencer, who visited in 2002 but settled in 2003, during the 2002-04 Sars outbreak, a precursor to the Covid-19 pandemic. Karst mountains rise above the town of Yangshuo on the Li River. Photo: Shutterstock … Read more
BEIJING: The cause of a wave of bitingly cold air that swept into China and rewrote seasonal records for low temperatures may lie further north – a potential weakening in the wall of fast-moving air currents that normally hold back blasts from the Arctic. With winds that triggered the highest warnings for gales from Chinese … Read more
