Famed transgender dancer has shows canceled in China. Some fear a wider crackdown
Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly.
China proposes fresh export curbs on EV technology
Beijing is planning to curb the export of technology used to extract minerals critical for the growth of the global electric vehicle (EV) industry, as a tech rivalry with Washington escalates ahead of ...
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from ...
‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit. But some men are not amused
Her Story’s witty critique of gender norms has offended some men on Chinese social media, who have accused it of provoking ...
‘An old friend’: Former US President Jimmy Carter remembered in China for establishing diplomatic ties
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is remembered in China for bringing an end to decades of ...
China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge
More than 200 specialized detention facilities have been built or expanded across China, a CNN investigation finds, as the ...
Taiwan’s presidential office runs first ‘tabletop’ simulation of Chinese military escalation
Taiwan’s presidential office held a “tabletop” exercise on Thursday simulating military escalations by China, a ...
Russia is intensifying its air war in Ukraine. A secretive factory is ramping up drone production to fuel the offensive
A manufacturing plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region has significantly scaled up its production of Iranian-designed drones, ...
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WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
The United States and other Western countries have repeatedly accused China of withholding access to original and complete data – which Beijing has vehemently denied. WHO officials have also ...
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‘Her Story’: China’s answer to ‘Barbie’ becomes latest smash hit. But some men are not amused
He Zeyu, a 29-year-old book editor in Beijing, has seen it three times. “I keep rewatching it because I see myself in it,” she told CNN. The last time, she took her parents, who “like it ...