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The National Ballet of China performs The Chinese New Year, a version of The Nutcracker, with children from the US at the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington on January 29. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

US lawmakers raise concerns about Chinese national ballet performance in Washington

Politicians say National Ballet of China performance at Kennedy Centre is part of the Communist Party’s political machinery’.

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US-China relations

Opinion | US and China should follow lead of their youth bonding on RedNote

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China’s Communist Party

RedNote’s influx of ‘TikTok refugees’ could be a double-edged sword for Beijing

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese officials urged not to ignore public opinion

Cadres warned to pay attention to complaints from members of the public to avoid more serious problems later on.

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Officials were urged to take account of online comments. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Trending in China

Chinese ex-gymnast hit with new social media ban over sexy dance routines

Former sporting hero’s provocative live streaming sessions lead to fresh social media gag, dividing opinion on mainland social media.

American cinema

How Chinese film fans embraced Cloud Atlas, movie spurned elsewhere

The Wachowkis and Tom Tykwer’s adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel was a box-office flop everywhere except China, despite a starry cast.

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China’s Communist Party

China stamps out AI misuse to preserve national literature and ideology

Beijing seeks to balance AI use to boost the economy while combating deepfakes, digital misinformation and altering of public perception.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China pledges to clean up video content that could be harmful to China’s youth. Photo: Shutterstock
Accidents and disasters in China

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

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China society

Video | Kanye West’s upcoming China concert draws sarcastic rebukes on social media

The American rapper, also known as Ye, is set to perform in Hainan province on Sunday.

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Communist Party politics

China tightens ideological control with warnings against rock ’n’ roll, internet

New college textbook drawing on speeches of President Xi Jinping is latest move from Beijing to tighten ideological control and national security.

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Under President Xi Jinping, China has stepped up national security education as a defence against what it calls infiltration by Western forces among Chinese youth. Photo: AFP
China society

My Take | China’s censorship of cyberspace ID criticism risks losing a chance to improve

Chinese law requires new regulations to solicit public feedback, but legitimate concerns about giving netizens a single national ID are being silenced.

A man holds an iPhone as he visits Sina’s Weibo microblogging site in Shanghai on May 29, 2012. Photo: Reuters
China’s Communist Party

China mutes law professor on social media after cybersecurity ID plan criticism

Before the switch-off, Lao Dongyan compared online attacks of her views to the Cultural Revolution’s big character posters.

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Cybersecurity

China’s leading apps, including WeChat and Taobao, test proposed cyber ID system

More than 50 apps recently started accepting virtual IDs created under this proposed authentication system for user account registration and login.

Artificial intelligence

China names and shames agents offering unauthorised local access to ChatGPT

The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year.

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The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action against unauthorised ChatGPT access shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

US should fund ways to help Chinese get around ‘Great Firewall’, lawmakers hear

Washington is also urged to help Chinese students come to the US: ‘Some of the most sophisticated circumvention users in China are those who have spent significant time overseas.’

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Representative John Moolenaar, a Republican from Michigan, is chairman of the House select committee on China. Photo: Bloomberg
Diplomacy

Opinion | China could tell its story better by telling the whole story, warts and all

The most compelling stories are the human ones. China must allow books and films that don’t always portray it in glowing terms.

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Cybersecurity

China cracks down on seeds of cyberbullying after suicides linked to abuse

Online publishers must push awareness of online abuse, censor comments in advance and cut off live broadcasts containing violent information.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Mixed messages undermine US-China rebuilding of people exchanges

China needs to reverse the atmosphere of intimidation felt by academics, journalists and businesses while the US must change its gruff approach.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
US-China relations

US calls for immediate release of prominent rights activists held in China

#MeToo and labour rights campaigners Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing were convicted on charges of incitement to subvert state authority.

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China's economic recovery

My boss the influencer: China’s CEOs make jump to social media

China’s executives are embracing dual roles as business leaders and online influencers. Will this approach boost sales, or create a dependency on personal character?

China’s internet censorship

China hits out at keyboard warriors to rectify chaos of ‘smearing’ firms online

China’s internet watchdog closed dozens of social media accounts over dissemination of false and misleading information concerning companies and entrepreneurs.

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Since 2021, China’s internet censor has stepped up supervision of cyberspace and has closed down billions of social media accounts. Photo: Shutterstock
Human rights in China

US raises ‘deep concerns’ over disappearance of Chinese Covid-19 journalist

Zhang Zhan, arrested in May 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date earlier this week, advocates say.

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Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to four years in prison. Photo: Handout
WeChat

Pirate e-book site Z-Library hit by China’s Great Firewall, Bilibili account closed

Z-Library denied rumours of temporarily restricted access in China, promising to maintain access and saying it’s open to censoring some titles.

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My Take

My Take | How the internet has changed China in 3 decades, and vice versa

China officially connected to the internet in April 1994. Today, its online influence is stronger than ever.

Apple

Apple removes Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads services from China App Store

Chinese regulatory authorities had ordered the removal of those two apps over national security concerns, according to Apple.

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Apple’s App Store icon seen on an iPad screen. Photo: Shutterstock
TV shows and streaming video

3 Body Problem piracy in China shows some American shows can still break through

BitTorrent downloads topped 90,500 on the first day of release, far surpassing those of other popular Netflix series like Squid Game and Stranger Things.

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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem opens with a scene from the Cultural Revolution, something that was handled mostly through dialogue in the Tencent adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Photo: Netflix
China society

Opinion | Ultranationalist frenzy hampering China’s ability to tell its story

The spectre of ultranationalism is haunting Chinese social media and getting in the way of countering increasingly negative views of China around the world. Those who welcome a more vocal turn in Chinese online discourse should remember that nationalistic outbursts do not signal strength.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese state media blocked from blast site, raising press freedom debate

Chinese police forcibly remove journalists from scene of explosion in Hebei province, prompting debate about media’s right to report on disasters.

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