BEIJING (Reuters) – An American professor and vocal critic of Beijing’s censorship said he had lost his job at the prestigious Peking University and is leaving China. Christopher Balding, who had taug… ( read original…
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Saturday Night Live pulled from China amid censors’ crackdown
China’s version of U.S. broadcaster NBCUniversal’s satire show Saturday Night Live (SNL) has temporarily been pulled from a domestic video site, amid a crackdown on content ranging from online blogs t… ( read original story…
Monobob, more Big Air among sports added for Beijing Winter Olympics
Planning for its next three Olympic Games on Wednesday, the IOC added seven medal events to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, published a 2020 Tokyo Olympics schedule with no agreement on when to race sw……
IOC Adds 7 Medal Events to 2022 Beijing Winter Games Program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee has added seven events to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, creating a program of 109 gold medals. The IOC says its executive board approved wo… ( read original…
Beijing 2022: IOC announces seven new events for Winter Olympics
Seven new events will be included in the programme for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed. The Games, which will feature a record number of femal… ( read original…
Greenland plans office in Beijing to boost trade ties with China
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland plans to open a representative office in Beijing to boost trade ties with China, the Arctic island’s new minister for foreign affairs was quoted as saying by state bro… ( read…
China clips Air China’s wings after descent scare
Air China (Shanghai:601111.SS – News) (HKSE:0753.HK – News) shares fell as much as 1.4 percent in Hong Kong in response to the safety crackdown, before recovering slightly, against a 0.5 percent rise … ( read…
China cuts Air China’s flight hours, launches safety review after incident
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s aviation regulator will cut Air China’s flight hours for its Boeing 737 fleet by 10 percent and cancel the licenses for the pilot and co-pilot involved in an emergency des… (…
China is investing 9 times more into Europe than into North America, report reveals
China is investing nine times more into Europe than it is into North America as policies force divergence, a report released this week reveals. Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) has dra… ( read original…
China’s most expensive film pulled after opening weekend
China’s big-budget fantasy epic Asura has been pulled from cinemas after a dismal opening weekend. The 750m yuan ($112m; £85m) film reportedly made less than 50m yuan on its weekend debut. Asura’s plo… ( read…
China threatens to ban Hong Kong’s independence-minded party
National security is defined as “the safeguarding of the territorial integrity and the independence of the People’s Republic of China.” “Hong Kong has freedom of association, but that right is not wit… ( read original…
Live From Beijing: A Disappearing ‘Saturday Night Live’
BEIJING — When NBCUniversal announced last year that a version of “Saturday Night Live” would be made for a Chinese audience, it was unclear how a show that thrives on political satire could survive i……
Beijing to launch English emergency services aimed at expats, authorities say
Beijing will soon launch a multilingual emergency services hotline so expats will be able to speak to an English-language operator, the local health authorities announced on Monday. Foreigners in need … ( read original story…
