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China is betting on health tech as AI market booms

With strong support from the government, the Chinese AI health market has more than tripled in size in just three years.

09/07/2021

China

UK committee publishes damning report on Xinjiang "atrocities"

British lawmakers called for a United Nations inquiry into "serious human rights abuses" against ethnic minorities including Uyghur Muslims in north-western China.

08/07/2021

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Rescue operation to help 12 whales stranded in east China

Rescue operation to help 12 whales stranded in east China

07/07/2021

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China marks 100 years of the CCP

China's ruling communist party on Thursday marked the 100th anniversary of its founding with a lavish ceremony in Tiananmen Square.

01/07/2021

China

China will not be bullied, Xi tells Communist Party centenary crowd

Those who try to bully China will end up with "broken heads and bloodshed", President Xi Jinping told a mass gathering in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

01/07/2021

China

China's Communist Party turns 100, looks to cement its future

The week-long celebrations focus on the party's early struggles and recent achievements, discarding decades of mismanagement.

30/06/2021

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China's Communist Party stages mega centenary show

China's Communist Party stages mega centenary show

29/06/2021

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China launches propaganda blitz for Communist Party centenary

China launches propaganda blitz for Communist Party centenary

28/06/2021

China

Last pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily forced to close

Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper will publish its last edition on Thursday, highlighting China's increasing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city.

23/06/2021

China

First trial on national security law opens in Hong Kong

Tong Ying-kit was arrested on July 1, 2020, a day after the national security law took effect, for allegedly driving into the crowd of officers while bearing a flag with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times.”

23/06/2021

China

Apple Daily execs denied bail by Hong Kong court

A court in Hong Kong has denied bail to two Apple Daily newspaper executives over allegations of endangering national security.

19/06/2021

China

Pro-democracy newspaper editors arrested under Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four other senior executives of Apple Daily on suspicion of collusion with a “foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.”

17/06/2021

China

China launches first crew to live on new space station

China has launched the first three-man crew to its new space station on Thursday in a major advance for the burgeoning space power.

17/06/2021

Money

China's Bitcoin crackdown targets miners for 'misusing electricity'

Authorities in Yunnan - China's fourth-biggest Bitcoin hub - are targeting cryptocurrency miners and traders for 'misappropriating' electricity.

12/06/2021

China

China passes law to counter foreign sanctions

The countermeasures in the Chinese law include "denial of visas, entry or expulsion... and sealing up, seizing and freezing assets of persons or enterprises that adhere to foreign sanctions against Chinese enterprises or officials."

11/06/2021

Mobility

China releases images taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars

China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States.

11/06/2021

Money

Cryptocurrency accounts blocked on Chinese social network Weibo

Several influential Bitcoin accounts on Weibo have been blocked in recent days as Beijing escalates its crackdown on cryptocurrency trading.

09/06/2021

China

China cracks down on Hong Kong Tiananmen Square massacre vigil

Hong Kong had been the last place on Chinese soil where the June 4, 1989, event was publicly commemorated.

04/06/2021

Tech News

Hong Kong security law used to close overseas pro-democracy website

Web host Wix was asked by Hong Kong police to shut down a website run by exiled activists. It has since reinstated it and apologised.

03/06/2021

China

Tiananmen Square museum in Hong Kong shut after three days

A Hong Kong museum commemorating the 1989 killings in China’s Tiananmen Square was shut after three days, as Chinese authorities continue to tighten control on the city.

02/06/2021

China

China allows couples 3 children to cope with ageing population

Restrictions on the number of births were first introduced in 1980 but were eased in 2015 to allow couples to have two children.

31/05/2021

China

Chinese robotic spacecraft docks with the country's new space station

An automated space module has successfully docked with China's new space station, Tianhe, to deliver living supplies and space suits.

30/05/2021

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China’s 5G network is causing its carbon emissions to skyrocket

China’s digital sector is going to use 3 times as much energy because of 5G. That’s just the start of the problem.

28/05/2021

China

21 die in extreme weather in Chinese cross-country race

Freezing rain and gale winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.

23/05/2021

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China's Zhurong rover roams the surface of Mars for the first time

China's Mars Rover, Zhurong left its module for the first time for a successful drive around on the surface of the Red Planet.

22/05/2021

China

Second China earthquake

A second powerful earthquake shook parts of central China on Friday night causing significant damage to buildings and infrastructure

22/05/2021