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Cyberattack on DeepSeek started in US: Chinese state media
Early assault on AI start-up reported to include denial-of-service attacks aiming to overwhelm servers and bandwidth with internet traffic.
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Lunar New Year
China’s Spring Festival Gala delivers rock ’n’ roll, robots and politics
29 Jan 2025 - 10:18PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
China faces ‘another test’ as travellers shiver through annual holiday rush
28 Jan 2025 - 5:54PM
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Taiwan
‘Absolutely irrational’: Taiwan’s premier urges rollback of defence costs freeze
Premier Cho Jung-tai criticises Taiwan’s opposition-led legislature over defence budget cuts and NT$90 billion military costs freeze.
28 Jan 2025 - 9:00AM
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Taiwanese troops line up for a missile launch drill at an airbase in Taichung on January 8. Photo: EPA-EFE
China’s Communist Party
China’s Lunar New Year gala to feature US rock band OneRepublic
The annual television extravaganza, which is tightly scripted to highlight Beijing’s priorities, rarely features American performers.
27 Jan 2025 - 9:48PM
China’s Communist Party
Xi puts focus on defusing economic risks in Lunar New Year message
China remains ‘key engine’ of global growth and will push ahead with reforms and guard against ‘external shocks’, leader says.
27 Jan 2025 - 8:00PM
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SCMP Highlights
Southeast Asia scam hubs, China’s traditional crafts revival: 5 weekend reads
From gangs in Thailand and Myanmar targeting Chinese nationals to Lunar New Year flower sales, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
27 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
A general view of Myanmar’s Myawaddy town is seen from across the Thai side in Mae Sot district on April 11, 2024. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party
China’s party leaders send Lunar New Year wishes to over 100 retired seniors
President Xi Jinping and other top leaders visited or deputed others to visit 130 ex-officials ahead of annual holiday, Xinhua reports.
27 Jan 2025 - 2:59PM
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China’s Communist Party
No ‘red packets’ online for Lunar New Year, China’s Communist Party warns cadres
Exchange of digital presents that may influence official work to be seen as violating ‘red lines’ in party discipline, personnel office says.
26 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM
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Chinese culture
How China’s ‘cultural confidence’ push is sparking traditional crafts revival
Handicrafts and artisans – relegated to the margins during China’s industrial boom – get boost from authorities and online marketing.
26 Jan 2025 - 1:47PM
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Accidents and disasters in China
China hands out punishments over deadly May Day highway collapse
Four government offices and 32 officials have been held accountable over tragedy in which more than 50 people died.
25 Jan 2025 - 8:30PM
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A government report into last year’s road collapse along the Meizhou-Dabu highway in Guangdong province has cited “insufficient understanding of the hazards of continuous precipitation”. Photo: Weibo/白菜
Taiwan
WHO move ‘highly unfavourable’ for Taiwan as uncertainty reigns in new Trump era
US exit from health body will be a blow to Taipei’s membership bid, while it faces more unpredictability on security, hi-tech industries and trade.
25 Jan 2025 - 2:26PM
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China’s Communist Party
Former Chinese arms firm executive facing corruption probe
Xue Jianguo is the latest figure associated with the defence contractor to be placed under investigation.
24 Jan 2025 - 8:13PM
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Science
China’s R&D spending passes US$496 billion in steady rise to hi-tech dominance
Preliminary Chinese estimates show slower expenditure increase for the third year running, but no lowering in research intensity.
24 Jan 2025 - 7:33PM
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China-Japan relations
Chinese knifeman sentenced to death for deadly attack on Japanese school bus
A Chinese woman who tried to stop the attack was killed and a Japanese mother and child were wounded in the eastern city of Suzhou last year.
24 Jan 2025 - 6:11PM
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Hu Youping died from her injuries two days after the attack. Photo: CCTV
Accidents and disasters in China
AI, big data and space tech: China’s plan to beef up emergency communications
Beijing calls for progress on key technologies to improve the country’s emergency responses.
24 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
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US-China relations
How Trump’s team could use ideology as a weapon in its rivalry with China
Less talk about human rights and a continuing divergence of political ideologies could create two global spheres of influence, analysts say.
24 Jan 2025 - 8:00AM
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China’s Communist Party
Former Tibet chairman Qizhala is snared in corruption crackdown
The probe by China’s top anti-corruption body has already led to the downfall of the region’s former Communist Party chief and other senior officials.
23 Jan 2025 - 6:56PM
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Qizhala is the latest senior figure involved in the Tibetan regional government to be placed under investigation. Photo: CCTV
China’s Communist Party
China’s anti-spy agency urges travellers to guard state secrets during holiday
As Lunar New Year approaches, anti-espionage authority warns Chinese tourists that foreign agents could try to steal sensitive data.
23 Jan 2025 - 6:55PM
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China’s Communist Party
Number of internal probes into China’s corruption busters halved last year
Despite the fall, the effort to root out ‘bad apples’ in the inspection body remained at a ‘high intensity’.
22 Jan 2025 - 5:00PM
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World Economic Forum
Ding warns Davos AI can be ‘Ali Baba’s cave’ or Pandora’s box – as it happened
Vice-premier addressed China’s economic vitality, global cooperation and concerns over artificial intelligence at World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
21 Jan 2025 - 7:44PM
Accidents and disasters in China
Taiwan braces for more shocks after magnitude 6.4 earthquake terrifies residents
Dozens of homes and structures damaged in Tainan and Chiayi, where the epicentre was recorded.
21 Jan 2025 - 6:11PM
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At least 27 people were injured and dozens of homes were damaged when a powerful earthquake jolted southwestern Taiwan in the early hours of Tuesday. Photo: Kyodo
Taiwan
US agrees to train Taiwanese navy as island mulls military exchange budget cuts
In rare disclosure, Taiwan’s defence ministry says US will send personnel to the island for specialised two-year training programme.
20 Jan 2025 - 9:01PM
China’s Communist Party
Chinese aircraft maker AVIC removes website profiles of top executives
General manager Hao Zhaoping and Yang Wei, chief designer of the J-20 stealth fighter, have not been seen in public for months.
20 Jan 2025 - 6:00PM
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China’s Communist Party
China’s RedNote netizens warned about sharing street views with US TikTok users
Users told that American requests for images of sensitive areas should be ignored over national security concerns.
20 Jan 2025 - 6:20PM
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Open Questions series
China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024
23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty
22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024
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