China recently launched a crackdown on the use of software which allows users to get around its heavy internet censorship. As the BBC’s Robin Brant in Shanghai found, developers are facing growing pressure. The three…
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China warns U.S. over aluminum dispute
China has told the Trump administration to tread carefully in … Start your day right with the latest news driving global markets, from major stock movers and key economic headlines to important events on the…
China calls for expanded anti-corruption cooperation with Canada
BEIJING (Reuters) – China wants to expand its anti-corruption cooperation with Canada, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Canadian counterpart, a country which Beijing says has been a popular destination for dirty Chinese officials…
No major building collapses reported following China earthquake
the official Xinhua News Agency and state broadcaster CCTV said Thursday. Another 343 people were injured, dozens seriously, by the temblor, which China’s earthquake monitoring agency measured at magnitude 7.0, higher than the figure given…
China sends first ‘unbreakable’ message from space satellite to earth
China launched the world’s first quantum satellite last August, to help establish “hack proof” communications, a development the Pentagon has called a “notable advance”. The official Xinhua news agency said the latest experiment was published…
Bhutan rejects Beijing’s claim that Doklam belongs to China
Wang, who is the deputy director general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs in China’s foreign ministry, reportedly conveyed this information to a visiting Indian media delegation on Wednesday. She, however, did not…
China offers rocket launchers, radar system to Malaysia – reports
The offer was to be made by a delegation of Chinese officials who visited Malaysia on Wednesday for the launch of a $13 billion rail project being built by China, news portal The Malaysian Insight…
‘China has conquered Kenya’: Inside Beijing’s new strategy to win African hearts and minds
watch good digital TV and enjoy the digital life,” StarTimes Vice Chairman Guo Ziqi told China’s official New China News Agency in December. But there’s a catch. StarTimes has substantial backing from the Chinese state…
China earthquake: Sichuan tremor leaves least 19 dead
China’s Earthquake Administration (CEA … the death toll could reach anywhere near the levels caused by that disaster. Tang Sesheng told the AFP news agency that many people were taking refuge in the main square.…
Maker Faire Beijing 2017 Focuses on the Evolution of the Maker Movement
I’m a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible…
Beijing pressures Singapore over South China Sea
Ahead of Singapore’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2018, Brijing is subtly putting pressure on the island-state not to draw large amounts of attention to the South China Sea. But as Special Correspondent Greg Torode reports, Singapore…
Air filter masks donated to B.C. by Waterloo startup
The air quality, said Szasz, was especially bad in Cache Creek and Kamloops, “The air pollution, it was worse than Beijing when I was there.” The company shipped an additional 1000 masks to B.C. from…
Living in Beijing: An Expat Guide
Fed up with disappointing elections in the West? Consider a move to the capital of the People’s Republic of China, where trivial matters like democracy won’t get in the way of you ganbei-ing your baijiu…
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