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China’s exporters fear heyday is over amid sour mood at Canton Fair
Small exporters at China’s largest export fair are struggling to survive under trade tariffs on the US$200 billion of Chinese products imported into the United States.
Conversion Therapy Still Promoted in China, Investigation Finds
Gender and sexuality experts are urging authorities to ban the ‘treatment’ of homosexuality, saying the scientifically unfounded methods used could do lasting harm.
Police smash smuggling operation that used drone to send goods to mainland
Gadgets, high-end cosmetics and nutritional supplements worth more than 500,000 yuan were confiscated. Using a zip line and drone made smuggling easy and efficient, police say
Will China’s appliance queen wrestle control of Gree from the state?
Chairwoman Dong Mingzhu is at the centre of a deal that takes the world’s largest manufacturer of residential air conditioners into private hands.
How China Defends Its Muslim Uighur Detention in Xinjiang
At the Shu Le County Education Center, a sprawling three-story complex in China’s far west region of Xinjiang, the dormitories feature bars on windows and doors that only lock from the outside.
China’s Mobile-Phone Giant in Africa
Investors are about to hear much more about Shenzhen Transsion, the world’s fourth-largest cellphone maker.
China opens the door to Nintendo's Switch and Super Mario
Shares in Nintendo soared 14% in Tokyo on Friday after China opened the door to sales of the company's popular Switch console.
Qualcomm said to end chip partnership in China’s Guizhou
Move comes amid rising technology tensions between the US and China and after Qualcomm settled its licensing dispute with Apple
Chinese company endorsed by premier embroiled in $800m defaults
China Minsheng Investment Group shows deeper stress after missed debt payment
Anti-China sentiment rises from the rubble of Marawi
Nearly two years since Islamic State-aligned militants laid devastating siege to the southern Philippine city of Marawi, tens of thousands of stranded residents still dream of returning to their ho…
China ‘regrets’ WTO ruling after losing grain import case with US
Case was filed by the administration of former president Barack Obama in December 2016 before Donald Trump began the ongoing US-China trade war.
After second thoughts, several countries return to belt and road plan
‘At the moment Pakistan does not have many better options’ than what Beijing is offering, official says.
New China extradition law delayed at Hong Kong legislature as democrats stall debate | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The debate in Hong Kong’s legislature over the government’s extradition law proposal has been postponed following a clash between lawmakers. Chief Executive Carrie Lam has asked lawmakers to finish vetting the bill before July, but democrats have condemned the administration as trying to unfairly rush the process. After an abortive meeting to discuss the proposal […]
How Chinese internet trolls go after Beijing's critics overseas
Arslan Hidayat was at work when the raid started last week.
China’s civil servants pay the price for corruption-busting salary boost
Slashed benefits and bigger workloads leave bureaucrats feeling dissatisfied.
A Specter Is Haunting Xi’s China: ‘Mr. Democracy’ | by Ian Johnson | The New York Review of Books
Enter Xu Zhangrun. A fifty-six-year-old professor of constitutional law at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, Xu is well known in Beijing as a moderate and prolific critic of the government’s increasing embrace of authoritarianism. The government is, of course, adept at marginalizing such voices. As a result, Xu and his supporters are unknown to the vast majority of Chinese people. That makes it hard for public intellectuals to effect change. But they perform another, important function: reflecting the Zeitgeist of an era.
China invites world’s scientists to jointly explore asteroid and comet
China has unveiled a plan to explore an asteroid and comet, inviting scientists around the world to participate in the program.
Advert showing Tiananmen Square’s ‘Tank Man’ causes pain for Leica Camera
Leica spokeswoman says that video, which drew fire from online Chinese commenters, was not officially sanctioned by the company.
Opinion | On 5G, the United States is building Betamax while China builds VHS
The Trump administration is betting on the wrong technology.