China’s economy grows by 6.9% in 2017
Source: BBC News China’s economy grew by 6.9% in 2017 according to official data – the first time in seven years the pace of growth has picked up. The figure […]
Muslim county in China bans children from religious events over break
Reuters International This content was published on January 17, 2018 By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – A mostly Muslim county in western China has banned children from attending religious […]
A 3,000-year-old city that runs on AI
Source: BBC News By Lindsey Galloway 16 January 2018 It may have a history stretching back 3,000 years, but Beijing is fast becoming today’s modern ‘it’ city. With amazingly fast […]
China church demolition sparks fears of campaign against Christians
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong Footage has emerged of the Golden Lampstand Church in Shanxi province being razed by local authorities A church in northern China was demolished this week, […]
China church demolition sparks fears of campaign against Christians
Source: The Guardian By Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong A church in northern China was demolished this week, the second in less than a month, sparking fears of a wider campaign against Christians […]
Will #MeToo spread in China?
Source: BBC News By Gwyneth Ho & Grace Tsoi On New Year’s Day, China finally had its own #MeToo moment. Luo Xixi, an academic with a PhD from the prestigious […]
AP Exclusive: China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KAYSERI, Turkey (AP) — Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up […]
China’s crackdown on Uighurs spreads to even mild critics
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH BEIJING (AP) — Zhang Haitao was a rare voice in China, a member of the ethnic Han majority who for years had criticized the […]
Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog in bid to treat cardiovascular disease
Source: CNN By Serenitie Wang, Matt Rivers and Shunhe Wang, CNN Beijing (CNN)With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting […]
China Just Moved Closer to Becoming the World’s Climate Leader
By JUSTIN WORLAND December 19, 2017 China unveiled plans Tuesday to create the world’s largest carbon market as the country continues to position itself as the world leader in the […]
AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH KORLA, China (AP) — Nobody knows what happened to the Uighur student after he returned to China from Egypt and was taken away by […]
The New Great Game moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
Source: Asia Times In the context of the New Great Game in Eurasia, the New Silk Roads, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), integrates all of China’s instruments of national power – political, economic, diplomatic, financial, intellectual and cultural – to shape the 21stcentury geopolitical/geoeconomic order. BRI is […]
Taiwan rainbow ‘lasts record-breaking nine hours’
Source: BBC News By Cindy Sui A rainbow may be a wondrous sight but for most people it’s also a fairly fleeting one. But last week, professors and students of […]
In China, Aung San Suu Kyi Finds a Warm Welcome (and No Talk of Rohingya)
Source: The New York Times By JANE PERLEZ NOV. 30, 2017 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China, in Beijing last year. She arrived for another […]
Top Chinese general under investigation for corruption hangs himself
Source: CNN A top Chinese general hanged himself after coming under investigation for corruption charges, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. General Zhang Yang, the former head of the Chinese military’s political work department, was found dead at his home on November 23, the news agency said. Military investigators […]
Two Chinese boys travelled 80km in bus undercarriage
Source: BBC News By Kerry Allen BBC Monitoring Pictures of two Chinese boys who travelled 80km (50 miles) in the undercarriage of a bus have sparked an online outcry about […]
Beijing nursery ‘needle abuse’ of children shocks China
Source: BBC News A Beijing nursery is accused of giving injections and feeding drugs to toddlers, in a case that has sparked outrage in China. Authorities are now investigating the […]
Why I chose to donate my eggs
Source: BBC News Why would anyone donate their eggs to help a stranger have a child? Elaine Chong explains her reasons. I first heard about egg donation when I was […]
Amnesty says China detains 30 relatives of exiled Uighur leader
Source: Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have in recent months detained up to 30 relatives of an exiled ethnic Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, […]
The Back-Road Historic Mosques of China
By: Sheila Blair , Jonathan Bloom and Nancy Steinhardt In a country known for large numbers, it was a modest, round number that grabbed our attention: 100. That is […]