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KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun is greeted in Shanghai by Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Photo: Handout
Taiwan

Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun begins ‘journey of peace’ in Shanghai

Kuomintang chairwoman is leading a delegation on a six-day visit to mainland China, during which she is expected to meet Xi Jinping.

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Taiwan

How lessons from Iran war could shape mainland China’s Taiwan calculus

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Taiwan

Why KMT leader’s planned Beijing visit is under scrutiny in Taiwan

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Communist Party politics

Are China’s TV dramas obsessed with beauty? An industry regulator thinks so

A national watchdog says there should be more to productions than physical appearances.

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Zhang Linghe’s portrayal of a warrior in the costume drama Pursuit of Jade earned him the nickname of the “foundation-wearing general”. Photo: Handout
Zhang Linghe’s portrayal of a warrior in the costume drama Pursuit of Jade earned him the nickname of the “foundation-wearing general”. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Growing Pains meets the ‘kill line’: a new Chinese hot take on the American dream

Internet commenters retrofit the viral metaphor to US movies and TV to highlight financial and social insecurity.

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Artificial intelligence

How can Beijing lure top-tier Chinese AI professionals based abroad?

Strategy would help country transition from ‘major trainer’ of talent to ‘development highland’ as tech competition with US intensifies.

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What next for the struggling rural mothers in China who helped to build AI?

Data-labelling workshops once hailed as a solution in the country’s poverty alleviation campaign face a painful reckoning.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Illustration: Brian Wang
Taiwan

Is Taiwan’s opposition KMT splitting into pro-US and pro-Beijing camps?

Big differences have emerged over defence spending just as the party’s chairwoman prepares to set off for the mainland.

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Scams and swindles

Cambodia’s high-stakes war on online scam compounds

Cambodia has vowed to stamp out the scam compounds on its soil by month’s end – but perpetrators remain drawn to the potential for huge profits.

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Taiwan

Former KMT chairwoman calls for ‘profound mutual trust’ with mainland China

Social media post from Hung Hsiu-chu comes days ahead of sitting KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s visit to mainland.

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The Kuomintang’s then-chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu with Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, in Beijing in 2016. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

Ma Xingrui becomes China’s third Politburo member investigated for corruption

Former Communist Party chief of Xinjiang is under investigation for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, according to state news agency Xinhua.

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Ma Xingrui abruptly stepped down as party boss of Xinjiang in July and has missed several key events since November. Photo: AP
Ma Xingrui abruptly stepped down as party boss of Xinjiang in July and has missed several key events since November. Photo: AP
Taiwan

Taiwan’s KMT chair Cheng Li-wun to honour Sun Yat-sen on mainland China visit

Arriving in Shanghai on April 7 for six-day trip, Cheng will travel to Nanjing by train to pay respects at Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum, KMT says.

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China trade

Qiushi reaffirms China’s trade push, calls old export-led growth ‘unsustainable’

Global tensions, weak high-end exports, and record trade surpluses are spurring a strategic shift to boost imports, develop services trade and deepen market integration.

China’s Communist Party

China orders national museum audit after Nanjing’s US$12m Ming artwork scandal

National Cultural Heritage Administration mandates piece-by-piece counts after historic illegal artefact sales exposed at top museum.

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Tourists visit Nanjing Museum in the city of the same name in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Taiwan

Beijing says cremated spy remains returned from Taiwan remind of ‘heroic deeds’

Mainland China spokeswoman says Communist Party ‘patriots’ who died decades ago inspire towards ‘complete reunification’.

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The cremated remains of Chen Lin, who died in Taiwan in 1950, were escorted by representatives from both sides of the strait to his hometown in Hefei, Anhui province, according to mainland media. Photo: Weibo
The cremated remains of Chen Lin, who died in Taiwan in 1950, were escorted by representatives from both sides of the strait to his hometown in Hefei, Anhui province, according to mainland media. Photo: Weibo
Taiwan

No deals on mainland China visit, Taiwan’s opposition KMT chairwoman warned

Kuomintang chair Cheng Li-wun is expected to lead a delegation to mainland China from April 7 to 12.

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Taiwan

Names and games: Taipei hits back over ‘China’ label, but will it pay off?

Taiwan retaliates against countries that have changed its name in official systems, but analysts and lawmakers warn measures could backfire.

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Taiwan KMT leader to visit mainland China to aid ‘peaceful’ relations: Beijing

Cheng Li-wun invited to visit Jiangsu province, Shanghai and Beijing next month.

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Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s Kuomintang party, has been invited to visit mainland China next month, according to Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s Kuomintang party, has been invited to visit mainland China next month, according to Beijing. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

‘Clear cracks’: how Trump’s Iran war is driving Republican rift as midterms loom

War exposes chaotic White House decision-making, risks disaster at November midterms, Chinese observers warn.

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Israel-Iran conflict

Jiang Xueqin, the viral ‘prophet’ predicting the world’s fate from a Beijing classroom

‘Professor Jiang’ has been dubbed ‘China’s Nostradamus’ after forecasting Trump’s election win and the war with Iran. But some of his ideas veer into conspiracy theory.

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Corruption in China

China puts Ma Xingrui protege Guo Yonghang under corruption investigation

Fate of ‘right-hand man’ deepens mystery around former Guangdong governor and Xinjiang party chief who has not been seen for months.

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Guo Yonghang is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law”, according to China’s top anti-corruption watchdog. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
China-Japan relations

How a Tang dynasty tablet became a test for China-Japan restitution

Fresh calls involving Tokyo’s Imperial Palace could spell turning point for repatriating looted war relics after decades of inertia.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Illustration: Brian Wang
China’s Communist Party

What do China’s new ‘correct view’ rules for local party officials mean?

Latest regulations lay bare dual mandate of absolute loyalty to central authority and mindfulness about ‘political performance’.

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China-EU relations

Merz floats EU-China deal, Trump’s new Beijing date, European lawmakers visit

This week: Germany’s Friedrich Merz envisages an eventual China-EU trade deal, new date set for Trump’s China trip and fuel prices surge amid war on Iran. Next week: European parliament sends first delegation to China in eight years, solar export subsidies end, Air China resumes North Korea flights, and more.

China-EU relations

European Parliament heads to China after 8 years and lobbying from Beijing

Chair of consumer protection delegation due in China next week wants to convey ‘that our rules on product standards are to be followed’.

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After eight years in the deep freeze, the European Parliament is sending an official delegation to China next week. Photo: Shutterstock
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