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What the UK can teach the world about engaging with China
A debate about how the UK should respond to China’s rise to superpower status is playing itself out among the surprisingly small community of China watchers. These are their stories.
Hong Kong Rights Group Leaders Say They Are Prepared For Jail
The Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China could see half its leadership in jail by the end of the month.
Pope taps fellow Jesuit to lead sensitive Hong Kong church
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P. Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, for the politically sensitive position that has been vacant for two years.
AP Exclusive: Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations.
China Is Vaccinating Almost 14 Million People a Day Amid Flareup
China is vaccinating almost 14 million people a day, the fastest pace in the world, as the country races to protect its Covid-19 advantage in the face of major Western nations reopening their economies.
Goldman Sachs Is on an Unprecedented Hiring Spree in China
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has been on an unprecedented hiring spree in mainland China and Hong Kong in the first four months of the year as the Wall Street titan pushes further into the world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese regulators order Ant Group to rectify its businesses
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese regulators have ordered Ant Group, the world’s largest financial technology company, to rectify its businesses and comply with regulatory requirements amid increased scrutiny of anti-monopoly practices in the country’s internet sector.
AP Interview: HK lawmaker says democracy fight needs rethink
HONG KONG (AP) — When Wu Chi-wai, chairman of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party, decided to serve an extended term in the city’s legislature, he did not expect to resign two months later. After nearly three decades in politics, the 58-year-old Wu is stepping down Monday.
Taiwan Apple Daily to end print edition next week
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The media company of tycoon Jimmy Lai, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate, said Friday its Taiwan Apple Daily newspaper will stop publishing a print edition next week, adding to economic fallout from conflict over Beijing's tighter control of the southern Chinese city.
JD Logistics $3.5 Billion IPO Said to Draw SoftBank, Temasek
JD Logistics Inc. has attracted SoftBank Vision Fund and Temasek Holdings Pte as cornerstone investors in its Hong Kong initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the warehousing and shipping firm is set to kick off one of the year’s biggest share sales in the city.
Shares of Chinese retailer Miniso rise in Wall Street debut
HONG KONG (AP) — Shares of Miniso Group Holding finished higher Thursday in their first day of trading on Wall Street but ended well below their peak. Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer known for its fashionable but affordable household products, raised $608 million in an initial public offering in New York.
China says Xiaomi removal from U.S. blacklist "beneficial"
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the U.S. reversed a ban on U.S. investments in the smartphone maker that was imposed under former President Donald Trump...
Scott Morrison denies his ‘one country two systems’ reference to Taiwan and China was an error
After referring to policy that actually governs Hong Kong, PM appears to again incorrectly describe Australia’s one-China policy
Hong Kong court jails three on riot charges despite no evidence of rioting
Activist Joshua Wong separately sentenced over Tiananmen vigil protest in 2020
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers threaten to resign
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said Monday that they would resign en masse from the city’s legislative council if the central Chinese government in Beijing disqualifies any of them...
Hong Kong Broadcaster Fires Reporter, Deletes Critical Programs
Radio Television Hong Kong starts deleting copies of hard-hitting investigative films from online platforms on World Press Freedom Day.
Japan's new PM says stable Japan-China ties key to region
TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in talks Friday to work closely together by holding high-level meetings including summits, but did not discuss the possibility of a visit by Xi to Japan...
Lam says next US president should not interfere in Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Friday that whoever wins the U.S. presidential election should end U...
Campus under siege as Hong Kong police battle protesters
HONG KONG (AP) — Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped overnight Tuesday in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over the semi-autonomous city...
Germany's Merkel presses China for human rights dialogue
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed China's prime minister Wednesday for broader discussions on human rights issues, telling him that the relationship between their countries “means that we can address difficult issues and put everything on the table...
Hong Kong free speech: ‘The red line has been clearly drawn’
Last Friday, I said that press freedom in Hong Kong died, with the expulsion of Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, apparently in retribution for moderating…
Xenophobia and Hong Kong independence
Andy Chan Ho-tin 陈浩天, founder of the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party, gave a speech yesterday at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club despite objections from…
A hotpot of mixed up news
In no particular order: The future of a bitcoin billionaire Bitmain is the dominant force in bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining in China, and therefore the…
Hong Kong moves to crush pro-independence party
It has been little more than two years since the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party was founded. According to reports today, the Hong Kong government seems…
Pictures of the Day: A rainy-day vigil at Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Thousands of people streamed onto the soccer fields — still wet from the afternoon’s rain — in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Monday evening to…
Sinica Podcast: Introducing TechBuzz China by Pandaily, plus Joanna Chiu on Hong Kong’s illicit wildlife trade
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live: Listen to it now! Big news: The Sinica Podcast network is expanding! Today, we introduce a new podcast:…
Hong Kong university to punish students protesting Mandarin test
Hong Kong university to punish students protesting Mandarin test
Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-shing retires at 89
Li Ka-shing’s rags-to-riches story has inspired generations of people in Hong Kong and beyond. He made his first pot of gold by selling plastic flowers……
Hong Kong votes to ban ivory trade by 2021
At the very end of 2016, China’s State Council — the country’s chief administrative authority — announced a ban on ivory trade in the mainland that…
Hong Kong university groups rally behind students suspended for protesting Mandarin test
Hong Kong university groups rally behind students suspended for protesting Mandarin test
Hong Kong’s Harvey Weinstein? Rape allegations surface against Eric Tsang
Hong Kong’s Harvey Weinstein? Rape allegations surface against Eric Tsang
‘I’m not feeling positive’: Hong Kongers march again to resist Beijing’s influence
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on New Year’s Day to protest a high-speed railway being put under Chinese law, changes in legislative rules for the city, and the political persecution of pro-democracy advocates.
A fishing village powered by the sun
A tiny fishing village on the coast of Hong Kong is revolutionizing the island’s solar industry. For centuries, the villagers of Tai O sustained themselves…
Chinese millennials in debt, plus China’s market economy debate
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News roundup: Celebrating Journalists’ Day with a reminder from Xi about ‘the correct political direction’
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