William Zheng
Senior Correspondent, China
William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singaporean media organisations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now a senior correspondent on the China desk at the Post.
William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singaporean media organisations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now a senior correspondent on the China desk at the Post.
Areas of Expertise:
Politics and policies in mainland China and its repercussions to the rest of Greater ChinaLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
A look at past Sino-US summits offers insight, with trusted presidential aides and policy expertise expected to take centre stage.
The Politburo meets early to decide date, allowing Chinese President Xi Jinping to consolidate party affairs before arriving in Washington.
Sources say the decision is expected to be a compromise between Donald Trump, Washington’s China hawks and Taipei’s lobbyists.
Two sides have been discussing ways to improve communication channels, according to sources familiar with the talks.
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Jean-Pierre Lacroix tells Beijing’s Xiangshan Forum that UN is struggling with fewer resources and a shrinking field presence.
Chinese side is said to view US requests as limiting both harmful outcomes from AI and Beijing’s ability to develop its own capabilities.
Sources say business leaders are expected to travel to Washington, but the plans may be ‘more about optics’ than concrete results.
The vessel was docked for repairs, CCTV report says, as President Xi Jinping orders preventive measures tightened.
Central Committee social governance group, while not formally announced, has been operational for a while, provincial reports indicate.
Security ministers from five nations back Beijing initiative targeting extremism, border order and telecoms fraud.
At least one person is dead and 11 are missing after the disaster struck a town in Suichuan county early on Saturday.
Senior Chinese officials accused of corruption can face months or even years of investigations and reviews before receiving a final court sentence.
Highly regarded employee who handled international business for Chinese military trading firm arrested for leaking sensitive information.
Wider campaign is now increasingly about how officials use their power, whether they toe the line, and what they do in their private lives.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign, which started 13 years ago, has seen hundreds of top officials fall from grace.
China’s past CCDI annual plenums stress intensifying efforts to combat corruption where ‘power, funds and resources are concentrated’.
China’s anti-graft push has expanded to those who once felt shielded, from retired cadres and local bosses to the investigators themselves.
The anti-corruption campaign has been President Xi Jinping’s signature policy since he took power in 2012. More than a decade on, far from losing steam it is instead speeding up.
As he laid the groundwork for China’s economic transformation, the tough reformer won a reputation for speaking bluntly.
A 12-part documentary on the former leader is screening nightly, with President Xi Jinping expected to lead a grand ceremony on Monday.
Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up.
The plane was grounded for inspection at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, delaying passengers by four hours.
Rescuers still searching for child, who was taken across a causeway by two adults in Zhejiang when a typhoon warning was already in place.
Beijing’s anti-corruption clean-up of the military reflects a historic commitment to party control, ensuring the armed forces strictly serve party goals.
Montana Republican is helping narrow differences on issues expected to dominate summit planned for September in Washington, source says.
The Chongqing disaster two weeks ago swept away several residential buildings and buried others in gigantic boulders and mud.
Politburo calls on Central Committee to draw on the ‘valuable experience’ from the anti-corruption campaign.
Disease now spreading more quickly than flu, as experts say conditions for spreading the virus in summer and winter are ‘converging’.
Beijing allocates US$7.4 million for rescue and relief as equipment, including life search gear and slope radar, is sent to disaster zone.
