World Nov 26 China loosens some restrictions in Xinjiang after COVID-19 lockdown protests Authorities in China's western Xinjiang region opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city's draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months.
World Nov 26 Taiwan’s president resigns as party leader after local election losses Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses on Saturday in which voters chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island.
World Aug 04 China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ near Taiwan after Pelosi visit China says it has conducted "precision missile strikes" in the Taiwan Strait as part of military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments in six zones surrounding the island.
Politics Aug 03 Pelosi pledges U.S. commitment to democracy is ‘ironclad’ during Taiwan visit U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded her visit to Taiwan with a pledge that the American commitment to democracy on the self-governing island and elsewhere “remains ironclad.”…
World Aug 02 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, raising tensions between U.S. and China U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years.
World Apr 27 Shanghai seeks ‘societal zero COVID’ amid lockdown Shanghai city authorities said Wednesday they will start rounds of COVID-19 testing over the next few days to determine which neighborhoods can safely be allowed a limited amount of freedom of movement, as residents in Beijing watch carefully on word…
World Mar 14 ‘Stealth omicron’ variant drives multiple outbreaks in China The “stealth omicron” variant is fueling China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak in two years, with 1,337 local cases tallied across the mainland.
World Feb 08 Eileen Gu and Zhu Yi, both American-born athletes competing for China in the Olympics, polarize Chinese social media Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from Chinese social media to their performances at the Winter Olympics.
World Jan 05 In locked-down Chinese city, major drop in cases comes after stringent restrictions China has reported a major drop in COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi'an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that has sharply disrupted the lives of its 13 million residents.
World Nov 24 China’s crackdown on #MeToo movement extends far beyond tennis star Peng Shuai In China, tennis star Peng Shuai is just one of several people who have been hustled out of view, charged with crimes or trolled and silenced online for speaking out about the harassment, violence and discrimination women face every day.