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Tesla Crash Protest Brings Elon Musk Up Against China Power
Elon Musk is used to treating the authorities with contempt. That won’t fly in China.
New Film Turns the Tables on China’s Infamous ‘Chengguan’
China’s city management officers, or “chengguan,” are notorious for violent clampdowns on urban street vendors. But in Chen Weijun’s documentary “City Dream,” the force bites off more than it can chew.
Shanghai Offers Locals Cash, Groceries to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
The city is just the latest in China to offer incentives as the country strives to inoculate 40% of its population by June.
Reading the Leaves of China’s Upscale Milk Tea Craze
Frothy market valuations have driven an explosion in the number of “new-style” milk tea brands in recent years, posing the question: How much fancier can the drink get?
China’s Surprise Bond Reprieve Raises Fears of Crunch in May
Fears of a selloff in China’s sovereign bond market have proved wrong, with traders now bracing for the pressure to build through May.
China’s Biggest IPO This Year Looks to Be in Renewable Power
China Three Gorges Renewables Group Co. is set for an initial public offering that could be the biggest in the country this year after securing regulatory approval.
Chinese Resent Public Holiday System That Steals Their Weekends
To compensate for the upcoming Labor Day holiday, many in China are begrudgingly trading their Saturdays and Sundays.
With COVID-19 Alarms Off, China Eyes Huge Labor Day Travel Rush
Some 200 million trips are planned during the five-day holiday, potentially surpassing the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.
The Jesuit Library at the Crossroads of East and West
The Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei’s collection of Chinese-language Catholic books is one of the best in the world. How it attained that status is a long story.
The Big Short: How Height Discrimination Hurts Chinese Men
China’s Post-2000 generation is the tallest in East Asia. For some, that’s still not tall enough.
China’s 3,500-Post Edit War Over Feminism
Zhihu’s “feminism” page has been edited thousands of times since 2011. What’s all the fuss about?
Tesla Says China Car Traveling at Nearly 120 Km/H Before Crash
Tesla Inc. has released the data logs of a car that crashed in China to the woman who garnered global headlines after she staged a protest at this week’s Shanghai Auto Show claiming the vehicle’s brakes had failed.
Tesla's Honeymoon With China May Be Over But the Marriage Will Go On
Elon Musk and his company came under attack at a prestigious auto show in Shanghai. That doesn’t mean the electric car maker is going to be hounded out of the People’s Republic.
Critics Accuse Award-Winning Chinese Writer of Pandering to Foreign Readers
Jia’nan Qian won an O. Henry Prize for her short story about stark countryside living during China’s tumultuous Cultural Revolution.
LGBT Couples Not Entitled to Full Property Rights, Court Rules
Two women who lived together for 50 years sued each other for property rights infringements, but a Liaoning court dismissed both cases because their relationship was not recognized under Chinese law.
Parents Demanding Answers After Teen’s Death on Campus
A student at a top middle school in Henan province is believed to have killed herself after her classmates reported her for having a cellphone in class.
Panda Beer anyone? Craft beers flow in middle-class China
SHANGHAI (AP) — "Panda Beer," ''Little General," ''Flying Fist IPA," and "Mandarin Wheat" are among the offerings on tap at a craft beer exhibition this week in Shanghai dedicated to expanding the palette of Chinese consumers and promoting sales of high-end brews...
Asian stocks rise for 2nd day on coronavirus vaccine hopes
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose for second day Tuesday on hopes for progress toward a possible coronavirus vaccine that might allow the world to revive manufacturing, shopping and normal life...
NYU Shanghai seeking answers after police detain 9 students
SHANGHAI (AP) — New York University said Monday it was seeking more information from Chinese authorities after nine students from its Shanghai campus were temporarily detained in what appeared to be police dragnet for drug suspects...
11 killed, 19 injured in China truck-bus highway collision
BEIJING (AP) — Eleven people were killed and 19 people injured after a truck and a passenger bus collided in eastern China on Sunday, authorities said. The accident happened in the early hours of Sunday, with the truck crossing the central divider in the middle of a highway in the eastern province of Jiangsu and colliding with a bus traveling in the opposite direction, causing the bus to overturn.