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Tibet lawmakers vow 'high pressure' against alleged separatists
Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)
Sparsely populated Tibet, which borders India, is one of China's poorest and most tightly controlled provinces. Lawmakers from the region convened in Beijing fo...
China's goals for 2025: five things to know
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
Here are five key takeaways: - Economic boost - China has set an economic growth target of around five percent for 2025, broadly in line with analysts' expectat...
Work, housing, marriage: issues at China's annual political meetings
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
The ruling Communist Party will use the conclave known as the "Two Sessions" to rubber-stamp a raft of pre-approved legislation, with little expectation of any ...
What are China's annual 'Two Sessions' meetings?
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
The meetings, known as the "Two Sessions", are concurrent gatherings of China's rubber-stamp parliament and a separate political advisory body. Voting is tightl...
Taiwan says detects 45 Chinese aircraft in 24-hours, highest this year
Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)
China insists democratic Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring the island under its control. Beijing has increased the deploy...
Chinese treasures restored in the heart of Beijing
Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)
Only a small fraction of the 1.86 million artefacts held by the Chinese capital's Palace Museum is on display at any one time. But as President Xi Jinping has c...
Chinese authorities play cash-giving Cupid to boost marriage rates
Feb 13, 2025 (AFP)
Zhang's home city of Luliang in northern Shanxi province is one of many places in China where local authorities are offering a slew of inducements to coax coupl...
Ai Weiwei denied entry to Switzerland; HK police defend probing families for wanted democracy activists
Feb 11, 2025 (AFP)
In a post on Instagram late on Monday, the artist indicated that he had found himself barred from entering Switzerland upon arrival from London. "I am sleeping ...
Australia expresses 'serious concerns' for writer jailed in China
Feb 04, 2025 (AFP)
"We hold serious concerns about Dr Yang's health and conditions," Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement. "We continue to press to ensure his needs are...
US charges former Fed official with spying for China
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it had charged John Harold Rogers, a 63-year-old US national, with spying for Beijing while employed as a senior advisor at...
Viral Chinese tourist spot stokes nostalgia with staged rural scenes
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
It is a tranquil image of rural Chinese life -- except for the overhead whirr of a drone, the hiss of a smoke machine and the excited chatter of smartphone-wiel...
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
The Chinese enjoy eight consecutive public holidays for the 2025 Spring Festival, an opportunity to share meals, attend traditional performances, and set off fi...
Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
Mixing acrobatics, martial arts and theatre, lion dancing is believed to bring prosperity and protection from evil spirits. Performed across China and around th...
China travel peaks as millions head home for Lunar New Year
Jan 25, 2025 (AFP)
The Chinese New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins Wednesday. The Chinese enjoy eight consecutive public holidays, an opportunity to share festive meals with f...
UN urges Thailand not to deport Uyghurs to China
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
Rights groups have warned that Bangkok is preparing to deport imminently a group of 48 members of China's mostly Muslim Uyghur minority, who are being held in i...
UK tech minister expresses concern over TikTok
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
Britain, unlike the United States, has stopped short of calling for a ban on the social media platform, as concerns rise over how the app could be exploited by ...
Lanterns light up southern Chinese city ahead of Lunar New Year
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
As night falls in the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou, lanterns -- some of them 10 metres high -- transform Hongguang Lake Park into a fantastical land of orang...
Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
The Uyghurs fled China -- which has been accused of grave human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region against Uyghurs -- more than a decade ago and live in const...
Hong Kong top judges says overseas talent spooked by 'geopolitics'
Jan 20, 2025 (AFP)
Hong Kong operates under a common law jurisdiction separate from mainland China and invites overseas judges to hear cases at its Court of Final Appeal. Their pr...
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai grilled over US, Taiwan ties
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Lai is one of the most prominent figures to be prosecuted under Hong Kong's national security law, which Beijing imposed in 2020 following huge pro-democracy pr...
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