Goal of AI leadership by 2030 announced

China’s government has announced a goal of becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence in just over a decade, putting political muscle behind growing investment by Chinese

UN rights chief says Liu Xia must be allowed to move freely

The U.N. human rights chief said last week he intends to keep pressuring China to allow the wife of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to

Beijing would consider sending troops for Djibouti-Eritrea

China would consider sending peacekeeping troops to a disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border region after Qatar pulled out its troops last month, China’s top diplomat to the African Union said Friday, as

The Buzz | Hong Kong lowers storm signal to standby

The Hong Kong Observatory lowered its warning to standby signal No. 1 from the third-highest warning issued yesterday as Cyclone Roke weakened after entering the inland area of

Beijing clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall

China is tightening control over foreign companies’ internet use in a move some worry might disrupt their operations or jeopardize trade secrets as part of a crackdown

Urbanization prevents 450,000 premature deaths since 1980, claims study

Rapid urbanization in China is not contributing to air pollution, but actually may have brought health benefits for the hundreds of millions of people who have

India ready for talks to end border standoff 

India said yesterday it was ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in the

Offbeat | U.S. student detained in China after dispute with cabbie 

Police in central China have arrested an American college student on charges of intentional injury following an altercation with a taxi driver. A family friend of Guthrie McLean said

Liu Xiaobo supporters mark his death amid concerns for widow

Supporters of Liu Xiaobo gathered worldwide yesterday to mark the traditional Chinese observance of the seventh day after the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s death, amid growing

Sino-US trade rifts resurface even after friendly summit

Cake and conversation, it seems, can go only so far to mend longstanding economic rifts between the United States and China. Three months after President Donald Trump

HK shares become refuge from falling mainland markets

Chinese investors may be limited from putting their cash overseas, but their link to Hong Kong’s stocks is again proving to be a source of refuge at a time

China, Tunisia call for new efforts to stabilize Libya

The foreign ministers of China and Tunisia called yesterday for new efforts to reach a negotiated peace in Libya and prevent the unstable North African nation from dissolving into a humanitarian

The Buzz | Fully Charged: Censoring P**h Bear

Earlier this week, we learned that Beijing also partially blocked WhatsApp messages in the country because they’re encrypted. A popular workaround used to be to use

Beijing confidential: Wanda’s Hollywood expansion blocked

Wang Jianlin, China’s second-richest man, has made no secret of his ambition to dominate Hollywood. But suddenly the billionaire chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co. has run

China urges India withdrawal in standoff, stages drills

China yesterday renewed a call for India to immediately withdraw its troops from disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains, following a report that Chinese forces recently held

Users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears

Users of WhatsApp in China and security researchers have reported widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at least partially blocked by authorities

Markets to lure USD3 trillion as foreigners can’t resist, Citi says

China has opened a path for a transformation of its financial markets that could see them match the U.S. in size and lure more than USD3

Scholar defends Chinese-American researcher jailed in Iran 

A Chinese-American graduate student sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for allegedly “infiltrating” the country and sending confidential material abroad is innocent of all charges

Two killed, 9 hurt in cleaver attack at Shenzhen Walmart store

Two people were hacked to death and another nine injured by a man wielding a meat cleaver inside a Walmart store in China’s southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, police

Economic growth holds steady despite slowdown fears

China’s economic growth held steady in the latest quarter, boosted by unexpectedly strong trade and consumer spending, despite fears tighter lending controls aimed at cooling a surge in

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