BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) — China’s military said it had conducted “strike drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to what it said was provocation from the democratically governed island and the United States. Taiwan, which China … Read more
Photos online purport to show a rare protest in Beijing’s Haidian district just ahead of the 20th Party Congress. Extraordinary given pre-Congress security + surveillance Among the slogans: ‘Don’t want PCR tests, want to eat’ ‘Don’t want a Cultural revolution, … Read more
Over the past two years there’s been smaller regional outbreaks here and there, but they were quickly contained. This current outbreak started about a month ago with cases slowly starting to tick up. About two weeks ago it became clear … Read more
2022 Beijing Olympics – Closing Ceremony – National Stadium, Beijing, China – February 20, 2022. The national flag of China and the flag of the International Olympic Comittee are pictured during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo Register now for … Read more
On November 2, 2021, Ministry of Commerce of China (“MOFCOM”) officially released the revised Catalogue of Technologies Subject to Import Prohibition and Restriction (“Technology Catalogue”), effective immediately, which identifies, among others, foreign “data encryption technology employing a key length greater … Read more
China plans to build at least 150 new reactors over the next 15 years, which is more than the rest of the world has built in the past 35 years. It is the news that the uranium players have been … Read more
Security staff stand guard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing | Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg Text Size: A- A+ In this week’s Chinascope, we look at a MeToo scandal involving one of the most senior Chinese leaders, Yahoo … Read more
SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) – China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it … Read more
A high-speed maglev train, capable of a top speed of 600 kph, is pictured in Qingdao, Shandong province, China July 20, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) – China unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed … Read more
It will come with “supportive measures, which will be conducive to improving our country’s population structure, fulfilling the country’s strategy of actively coping with an ageing population and maintaining the advantage, endowment of human resources”, according to Xinhua news agency.