In this week's edition of the China Sports Column, Gerry Harker details the woes of the Chinese Football Association, which announced that 11 of the country's 64 professional soccer teams have been disqualified from competition due toย financial difficulties caused by lavish spending and COVID-19 pressures.
No one โ Establishment or Democratic, progressive or conservative, outside observer or local resident โ should want to see Hong Kong burn.
Conservation Chinaย is a five-part series in which environmental photographer Kyle Obermann brings us through glaciers, remote forests, and dusty villages to the gritty and stunning frontlines of Chinese conservation efforts. This is part 3. (Previously:ย Part 1,ย Part 2, Part 3.)
During COVID-19, young Chinese expats and first-generation immigrants in the U.S. have become keenly aware of the importance of civic action. Many of them, during...
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate that may bar Chinese companies from U.S. markets, part of a broader push by Republican lawmakers for economic decoupling, could have a โvery significant cost in terms of hurting U.S. interests,โ said economist Yukon Huang, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and formerly the World Bank's country director for China.
Given that Luo Yonghao has a tendency to make outlandish claims and bail on plans and promises, the flower backlash is probably indicative of the publicโs quickly thinning patience with him.
Yesterday, we reportedย that officials announced that Beijing would be passing new national security laws that will give the Communist Party more control over political activity...
Rather than a specific GDP growth target, the government's economic goals amid the pandemic are simply to ensure that ordinary people do not suffer, that Chinaโs poverty alleviation targets remain on track, and that the economy remains fundamentally sound.
This weeklyย food columnย is done in collaboration with the Beijing-based project and event companyย The Hutong. Registration is now open for theirย Shanghai Summer Adventures, a series of summer camp programs.