HONG KONG—Prominent Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow said she was exiling herself in Canada after getting her passport back from police in return for taking a patriotic trip to China, an exchange that sheds light on Hong Kong’s efforts to re-educate political opponents. Chow, who is on police bail while under investigation on suspicion of national-security… Continue reading Activist Flees Hong Kong After Re-Education Trip to China
HONG KONG—Investing in China has never been this perilous. When global investors flocked to the country during its economic boom in the past decade, geopolitical risks were at the back of their minds. Such risks are now a top consideration for buyers of Chinese stocks, bonds and stakes in private companies—and are turning many people… Continue reading The Big Risk Causing Investors to Shun China
TAIPEI—A last-minute effort by Taiwan’s opposition parties to combine forces in a coming presidential election has crumbled in spectacular fashion, increasing the likelihood that the island democracy will continue as a central flashpoint in ties between the U.S. and China. Taiwan’s main opposition Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang, struck a surprise deal last… Continue reading China’s Best Hope for the Taiwan Presidential Election Just Fell Apart
Chinese authorities are taking more forceful action to contain the growing financial troubles of one of the country’s biggest shadow lenders. Police in Beijing said over the weekend that they had taken “criminal coercive measures”—a euphemism for arrests—against multiple employees of Zhongzhi Enterprise. The privately held conglomerate operates several businesses that sold investment products to… Continue reading China Scrambles to Contain a Looming Shadow-Bank Meltdown
In these times of large scale warfare in various parts of the world, the grim situation in Myanmar, in which hundreds of thousands of people have been rendered homeless in the past two-and-a-half years, thousands of political and civil society leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, have been incarcerated on false or flimsy charges, and… Continue reading China’s backing of Myanmar’s Junta against pro-democracy groups is backfiring even as the Rohingya issue is back in focus
China’s newest solar-energy manufacturers include a dairy farmer and a toy maker. The new entrants are examples of a green-energy spending binge in China that is fueling the country’s rapid build-out of renewable energy while also creating a glut of solar components that is rippling through the industry and stymying attempts to build such manufacturing… Continue reading China’s Spending on Green Energy Is Causing a Global Glut
On Tuesday, Anthony Albanese made the front page of China’s official English-language state newspaper. So did the Cuban prime minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, the Serbian prime minister, Ana Brnabic, and the South African deputy president, Paul Mashatile. It was a sign of the importance of Albanese’s visit, but also a reminder that it’s not of… Continue reading Anthony Albanese’s China trip is historic – but for Canberra not for Beijing
Since the ascent of Xi Jinping as the General Secretary of the CPC in 2012, President of the PRC (People’s Republic of China) and CMC (Central Military Commission) chairman, he has projected as one of his core focus area of the elimination of corruption and raising the moral righteousness of the leadership and rank and… Continue reading Xi’s failing moral grip on leadership and bureaucracy
Amid crises in Israel and Ukraine, Chinese leader says whether or not the countries could establish the ‘right’ way of getting along would be crucial to the world Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said China is willing to cooperate with the US as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global… Continue reading Xi says China is willing to cooperate with US, ahead of potential meeting with Biden
HONG KONG — China’s special envoy for the Middle East has embarked on a visit to the region as Beijing attempts to play a more visible role in efforts to de-escalate the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Zhai Jun’s itinerary has not been made public, but state media has reported that the… Continue reading China’s Middle East envoy visits region gripped by Israel-Hamas crisis
