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9 September, 2024

Taiwan

PLA sends planes, ships near Taiwan as Lai’s speech continues to cause ripples

Taipei’s defence ministry reports that in 24 hours to 6am Friday, the PLA sent at least 20 aircraft and 10 vessels to patrol near island.

11 Oct 2024 - 5:09PMvideocam

Asia travel

From Hong Kong to Zhongshan: how to get there, things to do and what to eat

26 Jul 2024 - 7:43AM

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Targeting of Sikh separatists rebounds, as did 1890s kidnap of Sun Yat-sen

1 Dec 2023 - 7:45AM

Malaysia

Asian Angle | How Southeast Asia influenced China through Tan Kah Kee and Robert Kuok

Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong takes a close look at the Malaysian business titans’ impact on China’s development, from the 1900s to today.

6 Oct 2023 - 7:43PM

A statue of Tan Kah Kee in Xiamen. Photo: Imaginechina

Taiwan

Cross-strait hostility at worrying level, Ma Ying-jeou says on mainland trip

Ma also pays cautious tribute to self-ruled island’s political system in remarks unlikely to offend Beijing, analyst says.

30 Mar 2023 - 9:01PMvideocam

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | New musical about modern China’s ‘founding father’ Sun Yat-sen is flawed

Yat-sen, a musical about modern China’s ‘founding father’ Sun Yat-sen, is an impressive showcase of Hong Kong talent, but is tainted by its chauvinistic interpretation of history.

6 Mar 2023 - 5:45PM

Taiwan

Xi seeks peaceful Taiwan reunification

9 Oct 2021 - 3:55PM

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Hong Kong electoral changes

Hong Kong on right path to success, acting leader says at 1911 revolution event

With ‘patriots’ in office and support of central government, city should be confident in future, Paul Chan says.

24 Sep 2021 - 12:13AM

Chinese culture

How Sun Yat-sen shaped Penang’s capital, George Town

Little was publicly known about Sun Yat-sen’s time in Penang until Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad’s 2001 visit to an exhibition dedicated to the Chinese revolutionary in George Town, where his influence can still be felt.

21 Dec 2020 - 8:49AMvideocam

Chinese history

Opinion | China’s reforms don’t contradict the communist revolution – they consolidate it

As the People’s Republic turns 70, sinologist and historian Wang Gungwu delves deep into ancient history to illustrate how modern China, from Mao Zedong to Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, has followed a continuous rather than contradictory path. Wang was speaking at the launch of ThinkChina magazine in Singapore.

30 Sep 2019 - 5:14PM

A girl poses for a photo in front of a flower bed in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese history

Opinion | How China chose a communist revolution over capitalism

As the People’s Republic turns 70, the idea of reform is favoured, but for centuries it was regarded as doomed to fail, says sinologist Wang Gungwu at the launch of ThinkChina magazine.

30 Sep 2019 - 5:19PM

Ge Xiaoguang, a reclusive artist who painted the portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs over Tiananmen Square, works on a giant depiction of Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, at a studio in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

US-China relations

What we can learn from the man who warmed US-China ties 100 years ago

The Museum of Chinese in America bestows an award on the family of Ying Hsing Wen, one of the first two Chinese cadets to graduate from the US Military Academy.

17 Nov 2018 - 11:14PMvideocam

Taiwan

Hong Kong marks Double Tenth and old soldier dreams of one China

Kuomintang veteran who fled to Hong Kong as a boy recalls ‘lively’ past celebrations at Rennie’s Mill in New Territories to mark anniversary of revolution that ended dynastic rule, and is optimistic about China reunifying

11 Oct 2017 - 3:40PMvideocam

Hong Kong Philharmonic ‘awkwardly’ out of tune in debate over legacy of ‘father of modern China’ Sun Yat-sen

11 Aug 2016 - 11:31PM

Jonathan Choi Koon-shum (left) and Qiu Shuhong mark the 150th birthday of Sun Yat-sen. Photo: Edward Wong

Changing minds

3 Jan 2012 - 12:00AM

Superb visual record puts the 1911 revolution in context

6 Nov 2011 - 12:00AM

Rights from wrong

15 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

Centenary celebrations

10 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

News reports at the time painted vivid picture of plots and uprisings

9 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

1911 revolution

9 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

Cradle of revolt hoping to cash in

9 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

Something to celebrate?

5 Oct 2011 - 12:00AM

Revolutionary echoes in Central

27 Sep 2011 - 12:00AM

A wrong note on Sun Yat-sen opera

24 Sep 2011 - 12:00AM

The Centenary of China's 1911 Revolution

5 Sep 2011 - 12:00AM

High price for airing Sun Yat-sen criticism

18 Aug 2011 - 12:00AM

Books highlight 1911 revolution

21 Jul 2011 - 12:00AM

Celebrating the birth of modern China

31 Mar 2011 - 12:00AM

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