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Report finds China targeted AstraZeneca in fraud probe over cancer treatment

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Report finds China targeted AstraZeneca in fraud probe over cancer treatment

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, whose China president is under investigation, was previously investigated for medical insurance fraud cases involving cancer medication sales, according to new Chinese media reports. The news comes after the British-Swedish company announced on its official website last week that its China chief Leon Wang was cooperating “with an ongoing investigation”, and its … Read more

Beijing official tells media from both sides of Taiwan Strait to advance reunification

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Beijing official tells media from both sides of Taiwan Strait to advance reunification

Beijing’s Taiwan affairs chief urged members of the island’s media to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. At the Cross-Strait Media Summit in Beijing on Thursday, Song Tao, director of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said media professionals on both sides should “fulfil their social responsibilities, enhance mutual understanding between compatriots on both sides, … Read more

China iPhone users urged to turn off FaceTime app to stop scammers

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China iPhone users urged to turn off FaceTime app to stop scammers

Police in at least two Chinese cities have called for residents to turn off the FaceTime app on their iPhones to block scams. In an article published on social media on Tuesday, police in Beijing said some scammers used FaceTime to steal money. In May, a man in Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province, received a … Read more

Chinese government workers call up women to urge pregnancy in latest birth rate push

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Chinese government workers call up women to urge pregnancy in latest birth rate push

Chinese grass roots government workers, who implemented decades of birth control policy, are now calling up women in their neighbourhood to urge them to get pregnant amid China’s demographic crisis. When Jane Huang picked up the phone to answer a call earlier this month, her first response to the person on the end was to … Read more

Xi Jinping makes economic-centric instructions to spur China’s growth

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Xi Jinping makes economic-centric instructions to spur China’s growth

President Xi Jinping has issued a slew of economic-centric instructions in the past week, at a time all eyes are watching Beijing’s stimulus package aimed at shoring up China’s economy. The latest message from Xi was conveyed on Sunday in the northeastern city of Tianjin during an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China’s … Read more

Beijing hails cross-strait policies as Taiwanese visitor numbers, residence bids surge

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Beijing hails cross-strait policies as Taiwanese visitor numbers, residence bids surge

Close to 300 million Taiwanese have travelled to mainland China for tourism, studies and jobs this year, according to official data from Beijing. Analysts said the surge was driven by a combination of favourable policies and economic opportunities aimed at fostering deeper ties across the Taiwan Strait. Nearly 994,000 Taiwan compatriot permits – or Mainland … Read more

‘Crush them’: are China’s local governments using unsustainable tactics to repay debt?

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‘Crush them’: are China’s local governments using unsustainable tactics to repay debt?

On China’s social media platforms last week, a recording surfaced that revealed a side of the country’s debt crisis that has largely gone unreported. The recording is presented as a conversation between an unnamed representative of a medical technology company and a market regulation enforcement officer, surnamed Zhang, from Chengwu county in eastern China’s Shandong … Read more

ByteDance’s low profile founders donate US$28 million to alma mater Nankai University

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ByteDance’s low profile founders donate US million to alma mater Nankai University

The billionaire co-founders of TikTok owner ByteDance, Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo, have made a joint donation to their alma mater Nankai University, in a rare public move by the young entrepreneurs who have kept a low profile in recent years. Zhang and Liang, both alumni from the class of 2001, jointly donated 200 million … Read more

Taiwanese security forces accused of trailing mainland Chinese religious group

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Taiwanese security forces accused of trailing mainland Chinese religious group

During a tour of temples and other establishments built in his honour, the group was tailed by secret agents throughout its entire trip, the Taipei-based China Times reported on Monday. An unnamed host of the group told the newspaper that religious exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait had been going on for … Read more

Mainland China tour group arrives in Taiwan’s Matsu as Beijing eases travel curbs

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Mainland China tour group arrives in Taiwan’s Matsu as Beijing eases travel curbs

A small tour group from mainland China embarked on a three-day trip to a Taiwan-governed archipelago on Friday, becoming the first group tour to visit the islands since Beijing loosened travel restrictions following the Covid-19 pandemic. A seven-member tour group departed from a pier in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, and arrived in the Matsu … Read more