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Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed
World
June 30, 2022
Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed
Hong Kong (CNN)Chinese and Hong Kong flags flutter above streets and red celebratory banners line the harbor front, as thousands…
China, US tussle over Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’
World
December 3, 2021
China, US tussle over Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’
BEIJING (AP) — China and the United States are tussling over President Joe Biden’s upcoming democracy summit, which the ruling…
Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative
World
February 11, 2020
Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative
BEIJING (AP) — After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed…
Chinese state media pump up the jam to slam Hong Kong protests
World
August 19, 2019
Chinese state media pump up the jam to slam Hong Kong protests
“Get those foreign agents outta town”, roars a music video by a patriotic Chinese rap group, one of a slew…
A bad year for Xi clouds Communist China’s 70th birthday celebrations
World
August 18, 2019
A bad year for Xi clouds Communist China’s 70th birthday celebrations
It was meant to be an unabashed celebration of the triumph of Communism in China, and of President Xi Jinping’s…
Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law
World
June 9, 2019
Huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition law
Huge protest crowds thronged Hong Kong on Sunday as anger swells over plans to allow extradition to China, a proposal…
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism’s victims
World
May 7, 2019
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism’s victims
After years of scouring documents, tapes and then the slopes of a mountain above Tirana, Jovan Plaku found the remains…
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
Middle East
February 25, 2019
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Chinese government began to detain members of Muslim minority groups like the…
China entertainment endures ‘bitter winter’ after crackdowns
Culture
February 11, 2019
China entertainment endures ‘bitter winter’ after crackdowns
Chinese film and television are reeling from what industry insiders call a “bitterly cold winter” of sharper government scrutiny that…
China pulls textbook, highlights debate over academic freedom
World
February 1, 2019
China pulls textbook, highlights debate over academic freedom
BEIJING (Reuters) – A constitutional law textbook written by one China’s best-known reform-minded legal scholars has been pulled from book…