China

China says SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its three-member crew space station

By Associated Press

China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the station.

Citing 'legal risks', last monument for Tiananmen massacre removed in Hong Kong

By Zen Soo, Associated Press

A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city's last place of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown.

Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault allegation against top Chinese official

By Associated Press

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of forcing her into sex.

U.S. imposes sanctions on China over human rights abuses of Uighurs

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The Commerce Department is targeting China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its 11 research institutes that focus on using biotechnology to support the Chinese military.

Independent UK body says China committed genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang

By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press

Tribunal chair Geoffrey Nice said the ruling was based on evidence that the Chinese government's forced birth control and sterilization policies were "intended to destroy a significant part" of the Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group.

China's crackdown on #MeToo movement extends far beyond tennis star Peng Shuai

By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

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.

In Africa, Blinken sees limits of US influence abroad

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken saw first-hand the limits of America's influence abroad as he traveled across Africa.

IOC call with Chinese tennis star Peng raises more questions

By Stephen Wade, Associated Press

A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was meant to reassure the world that she was safe — but instead has raised more questions.

Tennis players take on Communist Party: Where is Peng Shuai?

By Stephen Wade, Associated Press

Some of the world’s most famous tennis players, distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai, are challenging China’s Communist Party to get answers.

What drives high-profile disappearances in China

By Associated Press

Control over the press and social media allows Chinese authorities to keep word of disappearances quiet and to stonewall critics, although such news often gradually surfaces through underground and foreign sources.