Gov’t considers new actions to lift flagging birthrate

China is considering additional measures to increase its flagging birthrate, more than four years after ending its controversial one-child policy. For decades, China enforced strict controls on additional births in the

Regulator imposes further caps on online lending amid clampdown

China’s banking regulator imposed new restrictions on banks and financial institutions working with online microlenders including those led by Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co., dealing further blows to one of

More charges against Chinese scientist in visa fraud case

A Chinese researcher visiting Stanford University who was charged with visa fraud after she allegedly hid her military background is facing new charges, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury charged

Hong Kong | Activist publisher Jimmy Lai denied bail again

Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was again denied bail yesterday ahead of his April trial on charges of colluding with foreign forces. Lai is one of

Analysis | Pentagon rethinking how to array forces to focus on China

The Biden administration faces a conundrum as it rethinks the positioning of military forces around the world: How to focus more on China and Russia without retreating from longstanding Mideast

Beijing steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers

Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China’s leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site

Hong Kong: Two plead guilty as leading  activists go on trial

Two former Hong Kong lawmakers pleaded guilty to illegal assembly charges today (Tuesday), as a trial opened for them and seven other prominent democracy activists in what is seen as

Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade

Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other

Explainer | What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

A World Health Organization team left China yesterday after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has now killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide

Recovery points to Lunar New Year boost for gold demand

China’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic may offer some solace to gold bulls, with expectations building that jewelry demand will rebound following last year’s wipe out. Jewelry retailers on the

Xi pitches vaccine to Eastern Europe in bid to revive ties

President Xi Jinping said China stands ready to provide eastern Europe with coronavirus vaccines, part of efforts to reboot relations harmed by the failure of the government in Beijing to

Gov’t blocks Clubhouse, app used for political discussion

Chinese authorities are blocking access to Clubhouse, a social media app that allowed users in China to discuss sensitive topics with people abroad including Taiwan and treatment of the country’s

Gov’t finalizes internet antitrust rules in just three months

China finalized rules to root out monopolistic practices in the internet industry just three months after unveiling the draft guidelines, underscoring the urgency of a campaign to rein in its

Australian leader dismisses reports of China-built city

The Australian prime minister yesterday dismissed as “speculative” reports that a Chinese company plans to build a new industrial island city near Australia’s porous sea border with Papua New Guinea. Hong

Chinese whistleblower doctor honored on death anniversary

The message was tucked into a bouquet of chrysanthemums left by a mourner at the back of Wuhan Central Hospital to honor a Chinese whistleblower doctor who died from the

Breaking News: China to ‘crack down’ on cross-border gambling; warns against online betting during CNY

Mainland Chinese authorities have urged Chinese nationals who are involved in cross-border gambling activities to turn themselves in, according to a notice co-drafted by the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme

Covid 19 | WHO team in Wuhan says discussions open, meetings frank

World Health Organization investigators looking for clues into the origin of the coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said that the Chinese side has provided a high level

Taiwan opens trade office in Guyana in diplomatic effort

Taiwan has established a trade office in the South American country of Guyana, a diplomatic win for the island that has continued to lose allies in an aggressive poaching campaign

Human rights, Covid at issue one year before Beijing Olympics

Building elaborate venues for Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics is the easy part for China, just as it was for the city’s Summer Olympics in 2008. The competition venues are ready,

Hong Kong | Flower farms see their Lunar New Year sales wilted by virus

The Lunar New Year holiday is usually a busy period for flower farms in Hong Kong, which gear up to sell plum blossoms, orchids and daffodils at flower markets during

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