Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

China to send first civilian astronaut to space station

JIUQUAN (CHINA) - China will send three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first time as Beijing pursues plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by the end of the decade.

Bangkok Post

A China tightrope reaching beyond the horizon

The golden days of NZ's relationship with the Asian superpower are over - and we need to get used to the new, more fraught reality.

Newsroom.co.nz

Japan, US, Philippine coast guards to hold first 3-way sea drill

Japan, the United States and the Philippines will hold their first trilateral maritime exercise off the Southeast Asian country's coast, Philippine officials said Monday, a move that will showcase their interoperability near the South China Sea, where Beijing is making assertive territorial claims.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street

China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct investment in African countries. The rapidly increasing Chinese presence across Africa has become a contentious issue both for Beijing and African governments.

The Conversation

China Rolls Out Its First Four-Valent Covid Vaccine as Infections Spike

The Sinocelltech-developed jab against the alpha, beta, delta and omicron variants is being offered in Beijing and several other cities

Caixin Global

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai's bid to terminate his national security trial

A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed publisher’s request to terminate his national security trial, pressing ahead with a landmark case seen as part of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

The Chinese jet threatening the Boeing-Airbus duopoly makes its first commercial flight

The C919 is designed to compete with Boeing's 737 Max and Airbus's A320—but initial production of the Chinese jet will be slow.

Fortune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

China’s war chest: Beijing seeks to remedy its vulnerability to food and energy embargoes

A dependence on food and energy imports could be China’s biggest weakness in a potential future conflict with Taiwan

The Guardian - UK

A belligerence towards Beijing that is unsettling

In the actions against China, the U.S. President is outlining what is called the new Washington Consensus that is designed to re-establish U.S. hegemony.

The Hindu

The China Tightrope: War on our doorstep?

An edited extract from The China Tightrope, a new book on the NZ-China relationship, on what a conflict involving China might look like - and what that would mean for Aotearoa.

Newsroom.co.nz

China’s first domestically-made passenger jet takes flight

The jet took off on Sunday morning from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and landed less than two hours later in Beijing with 130 passengers on board

Evening Standard

China Eastern launches new homegrown narrow-body jet

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China Eastern Airlines on Sunday sent the country's narrow-body jet C919 on its first commercial flight, marking the homegrown plane's entry into passenger service and a milestone for China's efforts to become more self-reliant.

Bangkok Post

From Beijing to Taipei, ABC correspondent Bill Birtles reflects on eight years reporting on China

As the ABC's East Asia correspondent, Bill Birtles has covered geopolitical tensions, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and at one point made headlines himself.

ABC News

China deletes 1.4m social media posts

BEIJING: China’s cyberspace regulator says 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month investigation into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering and impersonation of state officials, among other “pronounced problems”.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Taiwan says Chinese warships pass through Taiwan Strait as Beijing keeps up pressure on island

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it detected three Chinese warships, including the Shandong aircraft carrier, passing through the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing keeps up pressure on the self-ruled island

The Independent UK

US: Chinese agents paid bribes in plot to disrupt anti-communist Falun Gong movement

U.S. authorities have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing to disrupt and ultimately topple the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual movement

Reuters

US charges two in Beijing-directed targeting of Falun Gong

Two Los Angeles residents have been charged with acting in a Beijing-directed scheme targeting U.S.-based practitioners of the Falun Gong group that is outlawed in China, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

Reuters

Exclusive-Offshore access curbed for website of Chinese province facing Taiwan -sources

Some offshore users of an official Chinese website providing economic and demographic data on Fujian province across from Taiwan say their access has been restricted, and Beijing said "emergency measures" had been taken to deal with a cyberattack.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Jailed Dutch-Chinese scientist 'forgotten' by his country and company

Dr Zhang Mingqiang is in cell number 204 of Shanghai’s notorious Qingpu prison – sentenced to six years for spying. He worked for US pharmaceutical giant Amgen in charge of research and development at their Asian operations. Caught in the crossfire between Beijing, the US and the EU, Zhang and…

Caixin Global

Beijing Dismisses Western Intelligence Allegations of Chinese Hacking

Foreign ministry calls the report, released by Microsoft and members of the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence alliance, ‘extremely unprofessional’ and part of a ‘collective disinformation campaign’

Reuters

Hong Kong hits back at UK call for security law to be scrapped

Hong Kong authorities on Friday condemned a British government call for the removal of a China-imposed national security law that Britain said had been used to persecute, "silence and discredit" pro-democracy opposition figures.

Al Jazeera

UK says raised Jimmy Lai security law case with China

The Hong Kong media tycoon has been in jail since December 2020 and faces long-delayed security law trial in September.

Al Jazeera

Disbelief in Kenya over alleged Chinese cyberattack on gov’t data

A report on infiltration of gov’t networks by Kenya’s largest creditor has Kenyans asking how secure their systems are.

Reuters

Vietnam demands Chinese ship leave its exclusive economic zone

Vietnam on Thursday accused a Chinese survey vessel and its escorts of violating its sovereignty, and demanded that Beijing remove the ships from its waters.

The Times of India

Xi Jinping: Russia, China should bolster ties at multilateral groups

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping called on Russia to help bolster their countries’ ties at multilateral groups, as both nations seek to counter a US-led world order they’ve become increasingly isolated within.

1 … 191 192 193 194

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Justice Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.