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Student Bullied for Being Gay Says School Suggested He Drop Out
A vocational high school in Beijing has said it is investigating the student’s claims.
The Long, Winding Journey of China’s Train-Riding Photographer
Wang Fuchun spent over 40 years capturing life on China’s railways. Now, the renowned photographer’s epic ride has come to an end.
China’s steel city Tangshan vows to crack down on pollution
The city authorities say factories must limit production when a heavy pollution alert is in place to halve harmful emissions
Chinese steelmaker HBIS aims to reach carbon emissions peak in 2022
HBIS Group, China's second-biggest steelmaker, said on Friday it aimed to bring its carbon emissions to a peak next year before cutting them under a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and keep Chinese President Xi Jinping's climate pledges on track.
Can China’s New Criminal Law Deter the Next He Jiankui?
The threat of criminal prosecution may be effective, but there should also be less extreme ways to keep researchers from carrying out unethical experiments.
China environment minister urges crackdown on steel mills' illegal production
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) urged top steelmaking city Tangshan to severely crack down on violations of atmospheric environment rules after it found four steel mills failed to implement production curbs during heavy pollution.
Inside China’s Cult of the Cat
So you want to be a “cat slave”? Get in line.
Fed Up With Capitalism, Young Chinese Brush Up on ‘Das Kapital’
With a new generation increasingly burned out by the “996” grind and liberal platitudes of their elders, can Marxism make a comeback?
Shanghai Woman Awarded $15,000 in Landmark Verbal Harassment Case
For months, a woman at a local company was subjected to unwanted phone calls and obscene text messages from a colleague who twice defied orders to stop contacting her.
China leads world's biggest increase in wind power capacity
Developers built windfarms with a total capacity of almost 100GW in 2020, a rise of nearly 60% on previous year
Why China’s Produce Pandas Are More Than Just a ‘Big’ Deal
The unlikely boy band has made headlines for challenging stereotypes about how idols should look, but to their gay fans, they represent something more personal.
Expert Committee Sets Sights on China’s Myopia Crisis
The country has one of the highest rates of nearsightedness among children and teenagers.
Untangling the Crossed Wires of China’s ‘Super Grid’
Ultra-high voltage power lines are crucial to a greener future, but world leader China’s growing network has hit its fair share of snags.
How Douyin is Reshuffling the Chinese Music Industry
The wildly popular short-video app has become one of the main ways Chinese people consume music, but its business model keeps artists anonymous and interchangeable.
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S and China Engage, Tentatively, on Climate Change
The U.S. and China are engaged in a confidence-building exercise that could show whether the world’s two largest economies can work together on shared priorities despite a badly strained bilateral relationship.
China’s Female Students Want to Abolish Girls’ Day
Fed up with sexist, paternalistic “well-wishes” on Girls’ Day, young women on college campuses are fighting to reclaim International Women’s Day and the feminist values it was founded on.
China says hopes U.S. will remove 'unreasonable' curbs on cooperation
China urged the United States on Sunday to remove "unreasonable" curbs on cooperation as soon as possible and work together on issues like climate change, while accusing Washington of bringing chaos in the name of spreading democracy.
Exclusive: China Huadian to shut 3 GW of coal-fired power capacity by 2025 - chairman
China Huadian Corp aims to close more than 3 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity in the next five years and increase renewables to make up half of its total power generation mix, company chairman told Reuters on Monday.
China’s ‘modest’ climate targets to 2025 don’t go far enough, experts say
Beijing sets goal of reducing energy intensity by 13.5 per cent and carbon emissions by 18 per cent from 2020 levels.
China's five-year plan could push emissions higher unless action is taken
Target is in line with previous trends and could mean greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise
