Chinese president Xi Jinping’s crackdown on the country’s $100bn-a-year tutoring industry has created a crisis for parents, who had planned to send their children to study programmes over the holiday …
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Private schools pay agents in China £10,000 for each child sent to UK
Private schools are paying agents in China up to £10,000 for each pupil they send to the UK, amid fears that the practice is pricing the British middle class out of fee-paying education.
China reports 328 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in July: official
China reported 328 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in July, close to the total of such cases reported in the previous five months, a health official said Saturday.
BEIJING’S POODLES: Had any other nation unleashed Covid we would never hear the end of it. Instead, we’ve rolled over in an act of appeasement redolent of the 1930s, writes …
To the Beijing regime, any idea of questioning its official narrative or any suggestion that its laboratory safety protocols warrant scrutiny is not just unreasonable but insulting.
Coronavirus live: China facing worst outbreak in months; UK reports 26,144 new infections
UK equalities watchdog warns businesses to be ‘non-discriminatory’ in the application of their employee vaccine policies. Thailand reports 18,912 new infections.
Xi Jinping Urges China to Prep for ‘Military Struggle’ Amid Afghanistan Security Concerns
“The consolidation of national defense and a strong military must be accelerated,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday.
Police in China Detain Canadian Pop Star on Suspicion of Rape
The police in Beijing said Saturday they had detained Kris Wu, a popular Chinese singer, on suspicion of rape amid a #MeToo controversy that has set off outrage in China.
China roundup: Keep down internet upstarts, cultivate hard tech
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The tech industry in China…
Tibet and China clash over next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
The spiritual leader has mused that he may return as a woman. But his succession has turned into a political battle …
China Focus: China moves quickly to contain COVID-19 resurgence
In the face of new spikes in sporadic COVID-19 infections, governments at various levels across China have promptly taken measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in an orderly fashion. This …
Live: Zhengzhou officials brief the media on COVID-19 containment
Officials in Zhengzhou, capital city of central China’s Henan Province, hold a press conference to brief the media on the latest about the COVID-19 containment. The city has launched an all-inclusive …
China mulls Covid-19 booster shots for some as Delta variant spreads
Vaccinations alone cannot contain the Delta strain, and must be complimented with stringent curbs.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Beijing: Beyond the masks
Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic …