At least 16 people have been killed and 32 injured in a magnitude-7 earthquake in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the state news agency Xinhua, citing local disaster management authorities. At
Beijing is preparing for an intense spell of rainfall expected to deliver more than one-third of the Chinese capital’s average annual precipitation within 24 hours, as moisture from Typhoon Dolphin converges with
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Taiwan’s Cabinet is expected to approve next year’s central government budget on August 20, with defence spending projected to exceed NT$1.1 trillion (US$34.07 billion) and a further NT$240 billion earmarked for a
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The Chinese government-installed “11th Panchen Lama”, Gyaltsen Norbu, met Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary Wang Junzheng on August 3, with the meeting focusing on political loyalty, national unity, religious policy and
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Taiwan’s move to dissolve the pro-Beijing Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) has triggered a political and constitutional controversy over whether security concerns are being used to suppress dissent. The island’s interior ministry
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A major Chinese historical film portraying the Qing dynasty’s conquest of Taiwan has been indefinitely delayed without official explanation, despite extensive state backing and expectations that it would become one of the
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The administration of US President Donald Trump is drafting a measure that would prohibit imports of new models of Chinese-made data centre components, according to a Reuters report citing four people familiar
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Taiwanese authorities have searched dozens of locations and questioned more than 100 people as part of an investigation into 17 Chinese companies suspected of illegally recruiting semiconductor and other high-technology talent on
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The apparent start of China’s annual closed-door Beidaihe retreat has once again drawn attention to one of the country’s most secretive political traditions, as heightened security, an extended absence of senior leaders
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As the People’s Liberation Army approaches its centenary in 2027, retired senior colonel Zhou Bo says China’s long-term objective is to build a military capable of standing “neck and neck” with the
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China has strongly criticised the United States after Washington expanded restrictions on imports from dozens of additional Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, rejecting the allegations as
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Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading artificial intelligence models developed by US companies OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems aimed at strengthening China’s defence capabilities, according to a
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Brazil has agreed to accelerate negotiations on a long-delayed trade agreement between China and Mercosur, marking a significant reversal of a policy it had championed for years as the South American country
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The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has launched a parliamentary advocacy campaign in New Delhi to draw attention to China’s newly enacted Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, warning that the legislation represents a significant escalation
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Tensions between China and the Philippines have intensified following fresh accusations by the Philippine Coast Guard that Chinese vessels used water cannons against Philippine government ships for a second consecutive day near
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Senior Chinese leader Wang Huning has called for stronger efforts to safeguard stability in Tibet, fully enforce China’s new ethnic unity law and further align Tibetan Buddhism with Communist Party priorities during
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