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Xi Jinping meets Hong Kong leader, lends support amid protests
Xi express support for Carrie Lam’s effort but says priority is still to curb violence and stop chaos in Hong Kong during talks in Shanghai during the first official meeting of the two leaders since unrest broke out in June.
France’s Macron kicks off China visit with deal on wine and cheese
French president arrived in Shanghai late on Monday, attending China International Import Expo ahead of trip to Beijing on Wednesday.
Beijing ups call for Hong Kong to prioritise national security, patriotic education
‘One country, two systems’ is key to China’s governance, and national education should be strengthened, especially for civil servants and youth, head of Basic Law committees says after Communist Party plenary.
Professors, Beware. In China, Student Spies Might Be Watching. (Published 2019)
In a throwback to the Mao era, China is deploying students as watchdogs against teachers. It’s part of a campaign by President Xi to eliminate dissent.
China Says It Will Roll Out ‘National Security’ Steps for Hong Kong (Published 2019)
Communist Party leaders announced the move after months of protests in the city, but gave no details. Here is an explanation of that measure and others they approved.
Trump, Xi to sign trade war deal in November if all goes ‘smoothly’: source
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are expected to sign an interim trade deal in Chile next month, according to a source.
China’s new moral guide elevates Xi over Mao, urges national pride over foreign influence
The new code signals Beijing has no plans to loosen its grip on citizens’ lives as it increasingly rejects Western models of governance
Fatal crash highlights Chinese air force’s flaws
The deaths of three airmen in a helicopter crash and a second accident days later point to problems with training and equipment.
China goes bullish on blockchain
A Chinese central bank official has urged commercial banks to step up their application of blockchain technology, following Xi Jinping's lead.
As China’s Troubles Simmer, Xi Reinforces His Political Firewall (Published 2019)
With China mired in a trade war, economic slowdown and Hong Kong unrest, Xi Jinping will use an elite meeting to focus more on increasing his control over the Communist Party.
President Xi Jinping uses China's biggest annual meeting for politics, not economy
East Asia News -BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - China's economic challenges have proliferated in the almost two years since President Xi Jinping last convened a full meeting of the Communist Party. But
Still no hint of Brazil signing up for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Brazilian president says two countries ‘born to walk together’ but offers no commitment to Beijing’s big infrastructure plan.
China Holds #MeToo Activist Who Wrote About Hong Kong Protests (Published 2019)
She spoke critically of China’s restrictions on free speech. Now the authorities are accusing her of “provoking trouble.”
The US just moved ahead of China in quantum computing. But the race isn't over yet | CNN
Sometimes being first isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Communist Party elite to meet from Monday to set China’s agenda
The first full gathering of the powerful Central Committee in nearly 20 months will take place over four days.
YouTube star PewDiePie jumps on ‘banned in China’ bandwagon
Video explaining Hong Kong protests results in censorship, Swedish social media personality claims.
Muslim prisoners in China’s Xinjiang concentration camps subjected to gang rape and medical experiments, former detainee says
‘I said to myself that if I was already fated to die, at least I was going to try to escape,’ survivor says
China's attacks on US businesses are 'completely inappropriate,' Mike Pompeo says
Secretary of State Pompeo also told CNBC that "every company's gotta make its own set of decisions" on how it deals with China in light of Beijing's efforts to stifle criticism abroad.
Four ways Facebook showed how much it wanted China
Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech decrying Chinese censorship, but it wasn’t long ago that he was courting China
Ousted in Tiananmen Protests, a Late Chinese Leader Is Finally Given a Grave (Published 2019)
The ashes of Zhao Ziyang, the liberal leader ousted after seeking compromise with the protesters, were laid to rest. But the uprising remains a sensitive political scar in China.
