Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction.
Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai’s sentence raises international outcry as China defends it
Monday’s sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups.
China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027
China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla’s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year.
Pokemon event at controversial shrine to Japanese war dead canceled after China protests
Pokemon card game event planned for Saturday at a controversial shrine to Japan’s war dead was canceled and the Pokemon Company apologized for posting an event notice on its website following a backlash from China, as tensions between the two sides escalated.
China criticizes decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama
Beijing on Monday criticized the Dalai Lama ’s first Grammy win, describing the music industry award for an audiobook, narration and storytelling as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.”
Japan’s last pair of pandas have arrived back in China
Japan’s last pair of pandas have returned to China, leaving Japan without the lovable bears for the first time in half a century.
Rhetoric keeps anti-Chinese sentiment alive, survey finds—but Americans also want more collaboration with China’s government
Despite the rhetoric coming from the White House, most Americans on both sides of the political aisle want the United States to find more common ground and places of cooperation with China, a new, far-ranging survey by the Committee of 100 and NORC at the University of Chicago reveals.
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in U.S. custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August.
2 Tiananmen vigil organizers plead not guilty in Hong Kong national security trial
Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown pleaded not guilty Thursday, while a third pleaded guilty before the trial brought under a national security law that has largely erased dissent in the city.
Analysis: China’s birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage ‘the masses’
From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed.