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Wife of activist barred from leaving China dies after 15 years apart
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
Zhang Qing fled to the United States with the couple's children in 2009 after her husband Yang Maodong highlighted local corruption in a Chinese village and was...
Xinjiang anti-terror general to lead China's Hong Kong garrison
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
China has been accused by Washington of genocide in Xinjiang, a far-western region where human rights campaigners say authorities have detained vast numbers of ...
China tutoring firm fires 60,000 staff since Beijing crackdown
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
China imposed new rules on tutoring companies in 2021 to force them to go non-profit as part of a series of moves designed to reduce pressure on schoolchildren ...
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt reschedule for crashing economy
Jan 09, 2022 (AFP)
The island's tourism-dependent economy has been hammered by the pandemic and its depleted foreign exchange reserves have led to food rationing at supermarkets a...
Anti-graft agency probes China insurance tycoon
Jan 08, 2022 (AFP)
Wang Bin is being investigated for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statem...
Beauty is only skin deep in China 'micro-procedure' craze
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
The "lunchtime facelift" and other "medical aesthetics" procedures are booming as a new generation of Chinese consumers grapple with the pressure to look good o...
Beijing's smog woes cast pall over 'green' Winter Olympics
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
The city declared a "war on pollution" after winning the Olympics bid in 2015, shutting down dozens of coal plants and relocating heavy industries in order to s...
Shuttered Hong Kong news outlet's editors charged with sedition
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
China has tightened its control of Hong Kong since massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests engulfed the financial hub in 2019, using a sweeping nat...
China mulls bill to tackle workplace discrimination against women
Dec 25, 2021 (AFP)
A draft bill published Friday includes a ban on employers stating gender preferences on job ads and quizzing female applicants about their marital or pregnancy ...
China says celebrities have 10 days to cough up unpaid taxes
Dec 23, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing has launched a sweeping state crackdown on tax evasion and perceived immoral behaviour in the entertainment industry, a tightening that has already targ...
Former Harvard chemistry chair convicted of lying about China ties
Dec 22, 2021 (AFP)
Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry and chemical biology department, was also convicted on Tuesday of failing to report income he receiv...
US announces new 'special coordinator' for Tibet
Dec 20, 2021 (AFP)
By assigning the role to a high-ranking official -- Under Secretary Uzra Zeya -- the Biden administration was demonstrating its commitment to addressing Tibetan...
Patriots or pretenders? Students navigate Hong Kong classroom crackdown
Dec 17, 2021 (AFP)
In school he presents as a dutiful student, happy to learn a new "patriotic" curriculum and stand to attention at the now regular flag-raising ceremonies he mus...
US Senate approves Biden pick Burns as China envoy after delay
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
The Senate reached the key 50-vote threshold to approve Burns in an ongoing confirmation that took place after Senator Marco Rubio lifted objections. The final ...
Firebrand Chinese state newspaper editor retires
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
A self-described former pro-democracy protestor turned outspoken newspaper editor, Hu helped usher in a new era of brash, assertive nationalism under President ...
Hong Kong's young 'neon nomads' keep dying trade flickering
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
Karen Chan describes herself as a "neon nomad". Better known by her professional artistic name Chankalun, she had long been fascinated by the kaleidoscopic neon...
Hong Kong 'patriots only' elections usher in muted new era
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
Wong, 41, is one of 153 people vetted for their political loyalty and allowed to stand in a new system that has drastically curtailed who can run for office. Po...
China targets Interpol ex-chief's wife over alleged graft
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
Meng -- a former top-ranking public security official in China -- was sentenced by a Chinese court in January 2020 to more than 13 years in prison for bribery, ...
South Korea says no boycott of Beijing Olympics
Dec 13, 2021 (AFP)
Visiting Canberra, Moon Jae-in said he was "not considering" snubbing the Olympics to protest China's human rights abuses, as several Western nations have done....
Chinese activists blocked from leaving homes on Human Rights Day
Dec 10, 2021 (AFP)
China has seen a dramatic crackdown on civil liberties and freedoms since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012, with hundreds of human rights lawyers and act...
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