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China’s Communist Party
A model for other states? China’s Xi lauds Communist Party’s global influence
On the 105th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding, Xi Jinping also warns members to stay vigilant and prepare for challenges.
2 Jul 2026 - 12:30AM
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Accidents and disasters in China
China’s Politburo orders rapid-response overhaul in the face of extreme weather
30 Jun 2026 - 8:28PM
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China reacts to Guo Wengui’s US prison sentence, highlighting fugitive status
30 Jun 2026 - 8:12PM
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China’s Communist Party
As China’s Communist Party grows more slowly, its members are getting older
World’s second-largest political party is ageing, official data shows, with nearly 30 per cent of members aged 61 or older.
30 Jun 2026 - 7:07PM
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The ageing of the Communist Party is unfolding alongside a broader demographic crisis across the country. Photo: AFP
Accidents and disasters in China
Why a light plane crash in Beijing created a security dilemma for authorities
Flight schools have been grounded and safety inspections are being carried out after the aircraft hit the tallest building in the capital.
30 Jun 2026 - 7:10PM
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Just how far are China’s local officials going in falsifying performance data?
The cases are the clearest examples yet of the behaviour Beijing is targeting in its campaign on the ‘correct view of political performance’.
30 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM
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Espionage
China warns popular games may provide map data to train foreign military AI
Ministry urges gamers to be wary of app ‘check-in locations’ that seem abnormally clustered around classified or restricted facilities.
29 Jun 2026 - 7:00PM
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China’s state security ministry recently issued a warning about turning citizen-collected data into “key intelligence that threatens national security” from AR games. Photo: AFP
Crime in China
What Beijing hopes to achieve with ethnic unity law that targets people overseas
The legislation, which comes into effect next month, is seen as a way for Beijing to exert psychological pressure on diaspora communities.
28 Jun 2026 - 10:00AM
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Accidents and disasters in China
China confirms death of pilot in Citic Tower plane crash
District authorities say that only one person was in the two-seater light aircraft at the time of the incident.
27 Jun 2026 - 8:36PM
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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign
China removes 6 generals from legislature amid ongoing anti-corruption drive
Apart from the senior commanders, the former Xinjiang party chief and a senior financial regulator were also stripped of their status.
27 Jun 2026 - 3:14PM
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Taiwan
Is the US trying to sway Taiwan’s KMT by receiving its legislative speaker?
Washington appears to be cultivating relationships with different strands of the island’s opposition party, say analysts.
27 Jun 2026 - 6:48AM
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Han Kuo-yu, president of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, addresses a reception hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington on June 24. Photo: AP
Accidents and disasters in China
Small aircraft hits Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, prompting evacuations
Videos posted to social media show the plane striking the upper floors of Citic Tower, scattering debris in central business district.
27 Jun 2026 - 2:36PM
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China-Japan relations
Chinese translation of Tokyo war trial records fill ‘critical gap’: state media
The 40-volume project marks the first time that the complete court records from the tribunal have been published in Chinese.
26 Jun 2026 - 6:04PM
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China’s Communist Party
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Nie Huihua on non-Westernness of Chinese government and challenge to innovation
Harvard-trained professor examines the tension between strengthening centralised control and encouraging local enthusiasm.
22 Jun 2026 - 9:36AM
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Taiwan
KMT accuses DPP of targeting Taiwan’s farmers over trade ties with mainland
The island’s administration has launched investigations into agricultural exporters that reportedly took part in the Straits Forum.
21 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Since its launch in 2009, the Straits Forum in Xiamen has served as a major platform for cross-strait people-to-people engagement. Photo: Xinhua
Communist Party politics
How ‘lying flat’ went from a niche subculture to mainstream phenomenon
Spy agency says foreign forces are ‘brainwashing’ people, but critics call lying flat a rational response to a broken system.
21 Jun 2026 - 6:03AM
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Taiwan
How a prize-winning Taiwanese novel could stoke Beijing’s worries over history
Yang Shuang-zi’s Taiwan Travelogue wins the International Booker Prize – and reignites debate over the island’s shifting identity.
20 Jun 2026 - 6:00PM
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Taiwan
Beijing details rare marine survey east of Taiwan after Tokyo-Manila talks
Move marks mainland China’s latest bid to assert jurisdictional claims in the contested waters following the maritime boundary negotiations.
19 Jun 2026 - 5:00PM
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The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources’ East China Sea Bureau, which deployed the oceanographic research vessel Xiangyanghong 22. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party
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Ex-Harvard Chinese author on why West doesn’t get China
Nie Huihua, economist trained in the West, explains why viewing China’s development through a Western lens misses the full picture.
19 Jun 2026 - 9:01AM
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China-UK relations
UK envoy visits Yanan, historic party site rarely seen by Western officials
Peter Wilson also goes to the village where Xi Jinping spent years in hard labour during Cultural Revolution.
18 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
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China-Singapore relations
Is hit indie film Dear You propaganda? Don’t be disrespectful, Chinese media says
Beijing is aggressively defending the box office smash from claims it is a tool to boost influence over the Chinese diaspora.
18 Jun 2026 - 8:35PM
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Taiwan
More in Taiwan favour goodwill to Beijing over defence ties with US, poll shows
Self-reliance was most preferred when Taiwanese were asked for best approach to safeguarding island security and peace across the strait.
18 Jun 2026 - 5:03PM
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When asked by the Institute for National Defence and Security Research in Taipei, 44.9 per cent of respondents chose “strengthening self-reliant defence capabilities” as preferred for safeguarding the island's security. Photo: AFP
Crime
Top operative of China-born tycoon Chen Zhi extradited from Cambodia
Mainland police say Liu Ren founded group that operated multiple online gambling platforms and aggressively solicited Chinese citizens.
17 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
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US-China relations
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Is the US warming up to Hong Kong? High-level meeting signals shift
AmCham HK delegation expected to meet high-ranking US State Department official as part of annual trip to Washington, sources say.
17 Jun 2026 - 8:14PM
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Tibet
Could AI algorithms hold China’s solution for global narrative on Tibet?
More than 300 media professionals, government officials and academics attend international communication-focused conference in Lhasa.
17 Jun 2026 - 4:00PM
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