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Researchers found that official media consistently linked women to domestic roles, but the use of phrases connecting them to the professional sphere had dwindled. Photo: Getty Images
China’s Communist Party

Is China’s Communist Party newspaper highlighting women’s role as mothers?

Analysis of 125,000 articles from People’s Daily suggests it is increasingly framing women in a domestic rather than public context.

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Taiwan

Taiwan’s push to dissolve pro-Beijing party triggers political censorship debate

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China jobs

Chinese fraud ring helped candidates cheat their way to government-funded jobs

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Accidents and disasters in China

1,230 times the size of Hong Kong: China deploys drones as Typhoon Dolphin nears

Coastal provinces halt shipping and activities and evacuate fishermen as storm targets Zhejiang and Fujian.

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A satellite image shows Typhoon Dolphin approaching Japan’s Okinawa on August 6, 2026. By Friday morning, it was about 820km from China’s east coast. Photo: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA/Reuters
A satellite image shows Typhoon Dolphin approaching Japan’s Okinawa on August 6, 2026. By Friday morning, it was about 820km from China’s east coast. Photo: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA/Reuters
China’s Communist Party

Open Questions | Wang Gungwu on lessons of Chinese history and Cold War

Historian says the past holds the keys to the future, both for Chinese as they seek further socioeconomic progress and for US as it looks to undermine China.

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US-China relations

Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?

His supposedly sky-high salary and internship at a conservative think tank sparked online fury and rumours he was a US spy.

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US-China trade war

China adds US sanctions, drone curbs in trade tit-for-tat

Beijing tightens curbs on unmanned aerial vehicle exports after US robotics import ban, sanctions firms for aiding measures targeting Xinjiang.

A Chinese-made drone takes to the skies over the US state of New Jersey. Photo: Reuters
A Chinese-made drone takes to the skies over the US state of New Jersey. Photo: Reuters
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

China jails retired defence tech overseer for 10 years in US$6.3m corruption case

Zhang Jianhua used his influence in and out of office to help third parties with approvals and investment.

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Aviation accidents

Narrow escape: how ANA flight from Shanghai avoided a collision at Tokyo airport

Flight NH968 lands safely with 197 on board after 2024’s deadly crash at the same airport and last year’s mid-air disaster in Washington.

Chinese culture

VIP, APP, PPT: Are English abbreviations harming China’s cultural confidence?

Commentators worry that loanwords are becoming too common, especially for new tech, leaving no space for Chinese to grow.

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As new technologies enter everyday speech, they tend to circulate as an English word and a formal Chinese name without ever settling into common Chinese equivalents. Photo: Shutterstock
Taiwan

KMT accuses Taiwan’s government of failing to uphold South China Sea claims

Opposition figure calls on DPP administration to protest to Manila over Philippine attempt to chart a boundary around Scarborough Shoal.

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Scarborough Shoal is claimed by a number of parties. Photo: Handout
Scarborough Shoal is claimed by a number of parties. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party

China’s political and scientific elite head to Beidaihe for summer retreat season

Cai Qi meets frontier researchers, urging them to play their part in Communist Party governance.

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China education

‘Discouraged’ at university, maths star Wang Hong spurs Chinese education debate

Fields Medal winner’s candid remarks resonate with young students in China who say they’ve had similar experiences.

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China’s Communist Party

China factories cool, CXMT surges, PLA marks anniversary

This week: China manufacturing surprisingly contracts, the Politburo dampens stimulus expectations, memory maker CXMT surges after IPO, and the US bans imports of Chinese robots. Next week: The PLA celebrates its 99th anniversary, July exports may cool, HSBC posts earnings, soccer giants play in Hong Kong, and more.

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China’s Communist Party

July Politburo meeting read-out

SCMP Plus annotates the read-out of the July meeting of China’s top-level Politburo, where it was agreed that the Communist Party’s fifth plenum will be held in October and which signalled stronger support for the economy.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Southwest China landslide death toll rises to 51 as search and rescue continues

The Chongqing disaster two weeks ago swept away several residential buildings and buried others in gigantic boulders and mud.

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China’s Communist Party

China’s plenum plan reveals focus on party discipline ahead of 2027 congress

Politburo calls on Central Committee to draw on the ‘valuable experience’ from the anti-corruption campaign.

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Coronavirus China

What’s behind China’s spike in Covid-19 cases? And is it cause for concern?

Disease now spreading more quickly than flu, as experts say conditions for spreading the virus in summer and winter are ‘converging’.

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People with weakened immune systems have been urged to wear masks in public. Photo: EPA
People with weakened immune systems have been urged to wear masks in public. Photo: EPA
Accidents and disasters in China

China turns to public for help in deadly dam collapse probe after Typhoon Maysak

At least 26 people are known to have died in the disaster which occurred earlier this month in Guangxi amid torrential rainfall.

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Taiwan

Will the heat from a cooking oil scandal help the opposition in Taiwan?

Mass protest may have put Taipei mayor Wayne Chiang in pole position to contest the island’s next leadership election.

Southeast Asia forced-labour scams

China charges alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi with intentional injury: report

Extradited from Cambodia six months ago, Chen faces fresh count that could lead to the death penalty.

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Chen Zhi was sent back to China in January. Photo: Ministry of Public Security/AFP
Accidents and disasters in China

Typhoon Noul: Shenzhen girl, 6, blown away by gale, runs back to safety

The strongest storm to hit China so far this year made landfall some 55km from the spot.

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Typhoon Noul drags out a cot with a child inside in Shenzhen on Sunday. Photo: Handout
Typhoon Noul drags out a cot with a child inside in Shenzhen on Sunday. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Fake ICE raids and kidnapping drills: how Chinese teens prepare for US college

As Trump’s toughening rules spark anxiety, Chinese parents pay for camps teaching how to survive being seized by gunmen or ‘hidden dangers’.

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Crime

Were the German courts too soft on Chinese members of drug rape network?

The sentencing of four men to up to 14 years in prison has highlighted a very different approach to justice compared with China.

Accidents and disasters in China

Typhoon Noul grounds 1,800 flights as southern China hit by heavy rainfall

Red rainstorm alert issued as country’s strongest typhoon so far this year causes severe disruption in tech hub Shenzhen and nearby cities.

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Fishing boats take shelter in Huila, Guangdong. Photo: CCTV
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