Editor’s note: On July 23, the writer Zhang Wumao published an essay called “In Beijing, 20 Million People Pretend to Live” to his public WeChat account. As of the following morning, it had accumulated more…
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Britain plans to send warship to South China Sea in move likely to irk Beijing
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger…
Beijing-Shenyang railway to be completed by end of 2018
Photo taken on July 11, 2017 shows the construction site of Xinglongdian grand bridge in northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway, linking China’s capital Beijing and the Liaoning provincial capital Shenyang, is about…
Chinese cops detain 67 in rare Beijing street protest
Beijing: Police in the Chinese capital have detained 67 people for disturbing social order after demonstrators gathered to stage a rare protest in Beijing, complaining that the government was unfairly targeting a charity. While there…
Kowloon station to come under Beijing control with mainland law
The Hong Kong Government says there can only be one law – Chinese – to govern on customs, immigration, railways and trains. For Democrats it is a first step to delegating legislation on demonstrations and…
Doklam standoff: NSA Doval in Beijing amid PLA unease over Indian ‘trespass’
India’s national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval might not have much room to maneuvre when, and if, he sits down with Chinese officials on Thursday or Friday to start a conversation to resolve the military…
China’s newest bullet trains to touch top speeds 6 years after deadly crash
The communist government said it is planning to implement the increased speeds on trains that run between Beijing and Shanghai. The current six-hour journey time will be brought down to four-and-a-half hours, local media reported.…
Two subway lines in Beijing to start construction this year
BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — Two new subway lines in Beijing are expected to break ground at the end of 2017, authorities said Thursday. The combined length of the CBD Line and the branch line…
Glavin: Has Canada just given up – and decided to join with Beijing?
“There is a saying that if you can’t beat them, join them.” That was the telling choice of words former Liberal cabinet minister Martin Cauchon settled on back in November 2011 in greeting the news…
Pyramid Investigation Has Investors Protesting Near Heart of Beijing
BEIJING — Many hundreds of Chinese investors set to profit from what the police have called a pyramid scheme took to the streets of Beijing on Monday, not to protest the business in which some…
China denies its jets operated dangerously in US encounter
China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision. Spokesman…
Hong Kong-China train station could apply mainland law
Under the new plan, passengers will be able to undertake border clearance procedures for both Hong Kong and China successively in one building in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. And it will be mainland law which…
US and China report progress on new North Korea sanctions
UNITED NATIONS – The United States and China said Tuesday they are making progress on a new U.N. resolution that would impose additional sanctions against North Korea following its test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.…
