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Laurie Chen

Laurie Chen

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Asia|Election|News|World

China decries Taiwan for 'hyping up' military threat, sends warplanes

China's defence ministry accused Taiwan's government on Thursday of deliberately "hyping up" a military threat from China for electoral gain

China decries Taiwan for 'hyping up' military threat, sends warplanes
Asia|News|US|World

China's military lashes out at US after breakthrough talks

China's defence ministry lashed out at the United States on Thursday, a week after their top military officials resumed high-level talks, criticising its continued

China's military lashes out at US after breakthrough talks
Asia|News|World

Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron army'

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged Chinese ambassadors to forge a "

Xi urges Chinese envoys to create 'diplomatic iron army'
Asia|News|World

Analysis-Sweeping Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen

A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People's Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and

Analysis-Sweeping Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen
Asia|News|World

Analysis-China plays waiting game in run-up to Taiwan inauguration

China's muted response to the weekend victory by Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te signals what some analysts see as the start of an uneasy four

Analysis-China plays waiting game in run-up to Taiwan inauguration
Asia|World

Engaging Chinese diplomat, former anti-graft official tipped to be next foreign minister

As Beijing-based diplomats attend the annual session of China's parliament this week, one Chinese official drawing attention is a charismatic Oxford

Engaging Chinese diplomat, former anti-graft official tipped to be next foreign minister
Asia|News|World

China hosts foreign naval officials amid South China Sea tensions

The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a show of military diplomacy that will

China hosts foreign naval officials amid South China Sea tensions
Asia|News|World

Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this week

Senior Chinese military officials held separate meetings with U.S. and Russian naval counterparts during a Western Pacific naval symposium in Qingdao this week, a

Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this week
Asia|News

China to host Hamas, Fatah for Palestinian unity talks

China will host Palestinian unity talks between Islamist militant group Hamas and its rivals Fatah, the two groups and a Beijing-based

China to host Hamas, Fatah for Palestinian unity talks
Asia|MidEast|News

China says Hamas and Fatah voice will for Palestinian reconciliation

Rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have expressed the will to seek reconciliation through dialogue at unity talks in Beijing,

China says Hamas and Fatah voice will for Palestinian reconciliation
Europe|News|World

Xi's trip to Europe may lay bare West's divisions over China strategy

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe for the first time in five years next week in a visit that may lay bare European divisions over

Xi's trip to Europe may lay bare West's divisions over China strategy
Business|Asia|Food

In rapidly ageing China, millions can't afford to retire

After three decades selling homemade buns on the streets of the Chinese city of Xian, 67-year-old Hu Dexi would have

In rapidly ageing China, millions can't afford to retire
Asia|News|World

With mock attacks, China sends honed warning to Taiwan's new president

In launching two days of "punishment" drills to protest against what it sees as the separatist instincts of Taiwan's newly inaugurated

With mock attacks, China sends honed warning to Taiwan's new president
Asia|News|World

China's military says Taiwan drills met goals but it is ready for further action

China's military achieved its "expected goals" during two days of drills around Taiwan last week but is prepared for further action if

China's military says Taiwan drills met goals but it is ready for further action
Asia|News|Technology|US|World

China's defence ministry condemns US missile deployment in Philippines

China's defence ministry on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment of a U.S. intermediate range missile system in the northern

China's defence ministry condemns US missile deployment in Philippines
Asia|Europe|News|World

China says it will not join Swiss peace conference on Ukraine

China will not attend a Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland next month because it does not meet its expectations, which include both Russia and

Asia|Crime|News|World

Four US instructors stabbed in northeast China, apparently in random attack

Four American instructors from a small Iowa university were wounded in a stabbing attack in a public park in northeast China's Jilin province on Monday

Asia|News|World

China's Communist Party expels two former defence ministers for corruption

China's Communist Party on Thursday expelled former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe for "serious violations of discipline", a euphemism

China's Communist Party expels two former defence ministers for corruption
News|World

China pushes rival Ukraine peace plan before Swiss summit, diplomats say

China, skipping a weekend summit on a peace plan for Ukraine, has been lobbying governments for its alternative plan, 10 diplomats said, with one calling

China pushes rival Ukraine peace plan before Swiss summit, diplomats say
Asia|News

China #MeToo activist Huang sentenced to five years for subversion, supporters say

Leading Chinese #MeToo activist Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty on Friday of subverting state

China #MeToo activist Huang sentenced to five years for subversion, supporters say
Asia|News|World

China keeps its distance as Russia and North Korea deepen ties

China reacted guardedly this week as Russia and North Korea deepened their ties and vowed to resist the U.S.-led West, with Beijing avoiding any

China keeps its distance as Russia and North Korea deepen ties
Asia|News|World

China's Xi says army faces 'deep-seated' problems in anti-corruption drive

China's President Xi Jinping said there were "deep-seated problems" in the Chinese military's politics, ideology, work style and discipline, state-run CCTV reported

China's Xi says army faces 'deep-seated' problems in anti-corruption drive
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology|World

China urges EU to reverse EV tariffs, Chery undeterred

Beijing on Thursday slammed EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as protectionist behaviour even as the country's top auto exporter said

China urges EU to reverse EV tariffs, Chery undeterred
Asia|News|US|World

Analysis-From spy balloons to chocolates: Chinese propaganda frames Xi's US pivot

What a difference eight months makes: In March, shortly after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Xi Jinping

Analysis-From spy balloons to chocolates: Chinese propaganda frames Xi's US pivot
Asia|Business|Economy|News|US|World

Putin praises 'dear friend' Xi, pitches Russia's Northern Sea route

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and invited global

Putin praises 'dear friend' Xi, pitches Russia's Northern Sea route

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