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Laurie Chen

Laurie Chen

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Asia|News|World

Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat

Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence

Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat
Asia|News

China's Communist Party removes ex-foreign, defence ministers from top body

China's Communist Party removed its former foreign and defence ministers, Qin Gang and Li Shangfu, from its Central Committee on Thursday

China's Communist Party removes ex-foreign, defence ministers from top body
MidEast|News|World

China brokers Palestinian unity deal, but doubts persist

Palestinian rivals including Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government at talks hosted by China, Beijing said on Tuesday, a deal

China brokers Palestinian unity deal, but doubts persist
Asia|News

China details expanded law on state secrets, eyeing data security

China revealed details this week of a revised state secrets law that changes curbs on government officials' handling of confidential information, banning those

China details expanded law on state secrets, eyeing data security
Asia|Europe|News|World

Italy's Meloni vows to 'relaunch' cooperation with China

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to "relaunch" cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her

Italy's Meloni vows to 'relaunch' cooperation with China
Asia|Business|Technology

China's fresh urbanisation push may thwart 'birth-friendly society' goal

Mary Meng is so busy and stressed working for a Chinese tech company in Shanghai that she can't imagine having a second child.

China's fresh urbanisation push may thwart 'birth-friendly society' goal
Asia|Business|Economy|Education

New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment

After quitting the education industry last August due to China's crackdown on private tutoring, He Ajun has found an unlikely second life as an unemployment

New unproductive forces: the Chinese youth owning their unemployment
Asia|Business|Economy|News|US

US expected to send senior Pentagon official to China military forum

The United States is set to send Michael Chase, the deputy assistant secretary of defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, to China's top

US expected to send senior Pentagon official to China military forum
Africa|Asia|Economy|Finance|News|World

China's Xi boosts Africa financing by $51 billion, promises a million jobs

President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China's support across debt-laden Africa with funding of nearly $51 billion over three years, backing

China's Xi boosts Africa financing by $51 billion, promises a million jobs
Africa|Asia|Economy|Finance|News|World

China stops short of Africa debt relief as it pledges more cash

China stopped short of providing the debt relief sought by many African countries this week, but pledged 360 billion yuan ($50.7 billion)

China stops short of Africa debt relief as it pledges more cash
Europe|News|World

Xi may meet Zelenskiy, Ukrainian attendee says, as Beijing defence forum opens

Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy next month, a former Ukrainian official said in Beijing on Thursday at the

Xi may meet Zelenskiy, Ukrainian attendee says, as Beijing defence forum opens
Arts|News

China wants academic exchange but historians say increased censorship makes research hard

At Beijing's largest antiques market, Panjiayuan, among the Mao statues, posters and second-hand books are prominent signs warning against the sale of publications

China wants academic exchange but historians say increased censorship makes research hard
Asia|News|World

China and Russia chide West at security forum in Beijing

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia

China and Russia chide West at security forum in Beijing
Asia|Crime|News

Some Japanese firms in China offer to send staff home after Shenzhen stabbing

Some Japanese companies in China have offered to send their staff and their families back home after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the

Some Japanese firms in China offer to send staff home after Shenzhen stabbing
Asia|News|Technology|World

China's PLA conducts rare publicized test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

China said on Wednesday it had successfully conducted a rare launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, a move

China's PLA conducts rare publicized test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile
Asia|News|Technology|World

China's PLA conducts rare publicized test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

China said on Wednesday it had successfully conducted a rare launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean, a move

China's PLA conducts rare publicized test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile
Asia|Europe|Political|World

British Foreign Secretary Lammy to visit China in bid to reset ties, sources say

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China next week, sources familiar with the plan said, as the new Labour government seeks less

British Foreign Secretary Lammy to visit China in bid to reset ties, sources say
Asia|World

Taiwanese flock to China religious festival despite tensions

Over a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims flocked to southeast China's Fujian province this week for a religious festival, a rare instance of cross-

Taiwanese flock to China religious festival despite tensions
Asia|Europe|World

Britain, China strike conciliatory note during top diplomat's visit

China and Britain took steps towards further reconciliation on Friday, with Beijing heralding the new Labour government's plan to develop "pragmatic" bilateral

Britain, China strike conciliatory note during top diplomat's visit
Asia|Business|Economy

China's private tutoring firms emerge from the shadows after crackdown

China is quietly easing regulatory pressure on private tutoring operators as it looks to revive a flagging economy, spurring a nascent

China's private tutoring firms emerge from the shadows after crackdown
US|World

China's Xi pressed Biden to alter language on Taiwan, sources say

Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S.

China's Xi pressed Biden to alter language on Taiwan, sources say
Asia|Europe|Political|World

Finland warns Xi of 'provocation' by N Korea in Ukraine war

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said he told China's President Xi Jinping that North Korean activities with Russia were an escalation and

Finland warns Xi of 'provocation' by N Korea in Ukraine war
Business|Economy|World

China's messy EV dispute with Europe keeps trade tensions in check

Fears of a widening tariff war between China and other major exporting nations are keeping diplomacy between the world's second-largest economy and the

China's messy EV dispute with Europe keeps trade tensions in check
Election|US|World

China will work with US, government says, but more rivalry expected under Trump

China will work with the U.S. on the basis of mutual respect, it said on Wednesday as Donald Trump closed in on victory in the presidential election, but strategists

China will work with US, government says, but more rivalry expected under Trump
Economy|US

Ready or not? How China scrambled to counter the second Trump shock

After Donald Trump first stormed the White House eight years ago, rattled Chinese leaders responded to his tariffs and

Ready or not? How China scrambled to counter the second Trump shock

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