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Wang Xiaohong

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Born

11 Jul 1957

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Politics

Job Title

Minister of Public Security, China

A Chinese scholar says that before Japan’s surrender in the second world war, evidence of crimes by its Unit 731 was systematically destroyed on the instruction of Emperor Hirohito. Photo: Xinhua

Science

China urged to sue over Japanese royal’s role in Unit 731 crimes

Emperor Hirohito should be held accountable, according to scholars who say the wartime ruler was shielded from prosecution by US policy.

24 Dec 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

China-Japan relations

China marks Nanking massacre anniversary with warning against Japan’s militarism

13 Dec 2025 - 9:42PMvideocam

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Xinjiang

China’s ethnic affairs chief hails Xinjiang policies in Xi’s ‘new era’

26 Sep 2025 - 2:16AMvideocam

China’s Communist Party

AI-enhanced bodycams among advanced police gear China shows developing nations

At 3-day forum, officials from nations such as Belarus, DRC, Nicaragua and Ethiopia meet China’s minister for public security.

18 Sep 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

Chinese organisers invited more than 800 guests and law enforcement officials from 176 countries and regions and 14 international organisations to a forum where China displayed advanced policing and security equipment. Photo: CCTV

China technology

China’s biotech industry is gaining on the US. Can tariffs hold them back?

Pharmaceutical firms in China have grown fast, but geopolitics and a long head start could keep US-based leaders at industry apex - for now.

6 Sep 2025 - 7:54AMvideocam

US-China trade war

China targets US fibre-optic firms after Washington sanctions chemical producer

Beijing says China’s first-ever anti-circumvention investigation found US firms mislabelled a specific optical fibre to dodge duties, triggering anti-dumping tariffs.

4 Sep 2025 - 4:44PMvideocam

US-China relations

US sanctions China’s Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical for alleged fentanyl trafficking

Company ‘pushes poison for profit’, Treasury Department says in statement.

4 Sep 2025 - 4:49AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act at the White House on July 16. Photo: AP

Espionage

China pledges more intelligence sharing with Cuba, months after US jitters

Chen Yixin says Beijing is ready to work on the ‘important mutual understandings’ reached at leaders’ meeting in May.

25 Aug 2025 - 3:09PM

Tibet

China’s top political adviser hails party leadership in Tibet anniversary speech

President Xi Jinping watches on from podium as Wang Huning addresses ceremony attended by more than 20,000.

21 Aug 2025 - 7:53PMvideocam

US-China relations

Trump makes nice as China trade-war deadline nears

US President Donald Trump praised China’s efforts on fentanyl trafficking, further easing his hostility towards the country and putting an opioid tariff into play in trade talks.

17 Jul 2025 - 5:15PM

US President Donald Trump at signing ceremony for the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act. Photo: AP

US-China relations

China ready to fight fentanyl, illegal immigration with US: top police chief

Public security minister signals willingness to tackle Trump priorities in meeting with American envoy, but US must ‘meet China halfway’.

20 Jun 2025 - 7:26PM

Fentanyl, the primary driver of US drug overdoses, has been a point of contention in US-China ties, with Washington blaming the fentanyl crisis on China, where many of the drug’s precursor ingredients are produced. Photo: Reuters

US-China trade war

US-China trade war cools down

China and the US slashed reciprocal tariffs for 90 days following talks in Geneva, curtailing a trade war that had threatened to upend the global economy.

12 May 2025 - 5:00PM

China’s Communist Party

Why did China’s police chief make a rare foray into economic policy?

The comments by Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong may be a sign that officials are struggling to hit this year’s economic growth targets.

17 Oct 2024 - 6:30PMvideocam

Science

China pushes to preserve deep-sea interests with national security legislation

Amid greater competition for resources and equipment, military powers are increasing deployment in deep-sea areas, says defence institute.

10 Aug 2024 - 3:00PMvideocam

Beijing has ramped up efforts in deep-sea research and exploration, eyeing possibilities to reap resources and grow its power. Photo: Shutterstock Images

China-Australia relations

China’s premier to visit Australia as Canberra pushes to lift trade barriers

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Australian counterpart Penny Wong that tariffs on wine were currently under review when they met on Wednesday.

20 Mar 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Australia is pushing to have tarrifs on wine and other agricultural products lifted. Photo: EPA-EFE

China’s Communist Party

Political rumours, large gatherings targeted in China’s vow to revamp policing

Cities and provinces answer public security chief’s call to modernise local policing through innovation.

14 Mar 2024 - 12:31PMvideocam

Two Sessions 2024

Premier Li vows China’s ‘new type’ of diplomacy will pursue equality and order

Li Qiang tells NPC legislators China ‘will remain firm in opposing all hegemonic, high-handed and bullying acts’ as Ministry of Finance proposes boosting diplomacy spending 6.6 per cent to US$8.4 billion for 2024.

5 Mar 2024 - 9:05PMvideocam

China-EU relations

Opinion | Why China is focusing on Europe despite improved relations with US

Despite recent improvements in relations with the US, China is increasingly focused on building relations with Europe as it seeks more global partners. Europe’s priority in China’s eyes is clear, but swaying EU members towards Beijing will be hard given a long-standing US alliance and European trade concerns.

2 Mar 2024 - 8:34AM

Pacific nations

Chinese police work in Kiribati as Beijing widens Pacific ties to counter US

Kiribati’s acting police commissioner said Chinese officers were assisting their local counterparts on community policing and a crime database programme.

23 Feb 2024 - 2:25PMvideocam

US-China relations

My Take | US and China looking for ‘sustainable’ ways to live with each other

A series of meetings between senior officials offer some hopes that the two sides will be able to get relations back on track.

20 Feb 2024 - 7:20PMvideocam

China-EU relations

China firms in EU firing line as Hungary yields to anti-Russia sanctions package

Three mainland companies and one based in Hong Kong could be blacklisted and banned from trading with Europe as soon as Wednesday.

20 Feb 2024 - 3:51PMvideocam

The European Union is poised to sanction Chinese companies after Hungary declared it would not veto the latest punitive package aimed at Russia. Photo: Bloomberg

US-China relations

‘Stop harassing’ Chinese students at the border for no reason, China tells US

The US must ensure ‘fair entry treatment and full dignity’ for Chinese citizens, Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong tells US counterpart Alejandro Mayorkas in Vienna.

19 Feb 2024 - 8:16PMvideocam

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Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong and US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas greet each other in Vienna, Austria, on Sunday. Photo: AFP

China-EU relations

China and ‘good friend’ Hungary shore up policing and security ties

Wang Xiaohong, China’s public security minister, and Viktor Orban underline stability as the basis for economic relations.

18 Feb 2024 - 10:00PM

US-China relations

Xi, Biden to speak ‘relatively soon’ as Taiwan, Ukraine, Middle East issues loom

After meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan confirms two leaders will speak ‘on the phone sooner than later’.

2 Feb 2024 - 1:17PMvideocam

US-China relations

China and US vow closer cooperation in fighting America’s fentanyl crisis

Washington said new working group’s first meeting in Beijing was a ‘good start’ but says ‘there’s a lot more work to be done’ in fighting illicit opioid trade.

31 Jan 2024 - 10:17PMvideocam

Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths in the US each year. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

China, Iran sign policing pledge during Iranian police chief’s Beijing visit

Security Minister Wang Xiaohong and Ahmad Reza Radan sign MOU on law enforcement cooperation.

17 Jan 2024 - 7:00PM

Iranian Police Chief Ahmad Reza Radan (left) and Wang Xiaohong, China’s public security minister, in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Communist Party

Xi urges loyalty from courts, law enforcers to ‘defuse’ social, financial risks

Chinese leader says judicial and law enforcement authorities should ‘uphold the absolute leadership’ of the Communist Party.

15 Jan 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

Myanmar

China won’t ‘pull the carpet’ on Myanmar junta over resistance’s olive branch

Myanmar’s shadow government says it wants to work with China on issues ranging from investments to cross-border crime.

12 Jan 2024 - 5:58PMvideocam

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Wang Xiaohong

China urged to sue over Japanese royal’s role in Unit 731 crimes

Emperor Hirohito should be held accountable, according to scholars who say the wartime ruler was shielded from prosecution by US policy.

China marks Nanking massacre anniversary with warning against Japan’s militarism

China’s ethnic affairs chief hails Xinjiang policies in Xi’s ‘new era’

AI-enhanced bodycams among advanced police gear China shows developing nations

At 3-day forum, officials from nations such as Belarus, DRC, Nicaragua and Ethiopia meet China’s minister for public security.

China’s biotech industry is gaining on the US. Can tariffs hold them back?

Pharmaceutical firms in China have grown fast, but geopolitics and a long head start could keep US-based leaders at industry apex - for now.

China targets US fibre-optic firms after Washington sanctions chemical producer

Beijing says China’s first-ever anti-circumvention investigation found US firms mislabelled a specific optical fibre to dodge duties, triggering anti-dumping tariffs.

US sanctions China’s Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical for alleged fentanyl trafficking

Company ‘pushes poison for profit’, Treasury Department says in statement.

China pledges more intelligence sharing with Cuba, months after US jitters

Chen Yixin says Beijing is ready to work on the ‘important mutual understandings’ reached at leaders’ meeting in May.

China’s top political adviser hails party leadership in Tibet anniversary speech

President Xi Jinping watches on from podium as Wang Huning addresses ceremony attended by more than 20,000.

Trump makes nice as China trade-war deadline nears

US President Donald Trump praised China’s efforts on fentanyl trafficking, further easing his hostility towards the country and putting an opioid tariff into play in trade talks.

China ready to fight fentanyl, illegal immigration with US: top police chief

Public security minister signals willingness to tackle Trump priorities in meeting with American envoy, but US must ‘meet China halfway’.

US-China trade war cools down

China and the US slashed reciprocal tariffs for 90 days following talks in Geneva, curtailing a trade war that had threatened to upend the global economy.

Why did China’s police chief make a rare foray into economic policy?

The comments by Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong may be a sign that officials are struggling to hit this year’s economic growth targets.

China pushes to preserve deep-sea interests with national security legislation

Amid greater competition for resources and equipment, military powers are increasing deployment in deep-sea areas, says defence institute.

China’s premier to visit Australia as Canberra pushes to lift trade barriers

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Australian counterpart Penny Wong that tariffs on wine were currently under review when they met on Wednesday.

Political rumours, large gatherings targeted in China’s vow to revamp policing

Cities and provinces answer public security chief’s call to modernise local policing through innovation.

Premier Li vows China’s ‘new type’ of diplomacy will pursue equality and order

Li Qiang tells NPC legislators China ‘will remain firm in opposing all hegemonic, high-handed and bullying acts’ as Ministry of Finance proposes boosting diplomacy spending 6.6 per cent to US$8.4 billion for 2024.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | Why China is focusing on Europe despite improved relations with US

Chinese police work in Kiribati as Beijing widens Pacific ties to counter US

Kiribati’s acting police commissioner said Chinese officers were assisting their local counterparts on community policing and a crime database programme.

My Take | US and China looking for ‘sustainable’ ways to live with each other

A series of meetings between senior officials offer some hopes that the two sides will be able to get relations back on track.

China firms in EU firing line as Hungary yields to anti-Russia sanctions package

Three mainland companies and one based in Hong Kong could be blacklisted and banned from trading with Europe as soon as Wednesday.

‘Stop harassing’ Chinese students at the border for no reason, China tells US

The US must ensure ‘fair entry treatment and full dignity’ for Chinese citizens, Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong tells US counterpart Alejandro Mayorkas in Vienna.

China and ‘good friend’ Hungary shore up policing and security ties

Wang Xiaohong, China’s public security minister, and Viktor Orban underline stability as the basis for economic relations.

Xi, Biden to speak ‘relatively soon’ as Taiwan, Ukraine, Middle East issues loom

After meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan confirms two leaders will speak ‘on the phone sooner than later’.

China and US vow closer cooperation in fighting America’s fentanyl crisis

Washington said new working group’s first meeting in Beijing was a ‘good start’ but says ‘there’s a lot more work to be done’ in fighting illicit opioid trade.

China, Iran sign policing pledge during Iranian police chief’s Beijing visit

Security Minister Wang Xiaohong and Ahmad Reza Radan sign MOU on law enforcement cooperation.

Xi urges loyalty from courts, law enforcers to ‘defuse’ social, financial risks

Chinese leader says judicial and law enforcement authorities should ‘uphold the absolute leadership’ of the Communist Party.

China won’t ‘pull the carpet’ on Myanmar junta over resistance’s olive branch

Myanmar’s shadow government says it wants to work with China on issues ranging from investments to cross-border crime.

Opinion | Why China is focusing on Europe despite improved relations with US