Archive for August 1st, 2019
Sign of the times: China’s capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down
Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an [...] » More
China mobilises 190,000 police officers to prepare for 70th anniversary celebrations
About 190,000 police officers took part in a drill in southern China on Tuesday as part of the preparations for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the [...] » More
China factory activity contracts again amid trade row
China’s manufacturing activity contracted for a third month in a row in July, official data showed Wednesday, amid a bruising trade war with the United States and [...] » More
US-China big power rivalry set for Bangkok staging
The US-China rivalry is set to be sharpened at a Bangkok summit starting Wednesday, where Washington’s top diplomat will insist his nation remains a key Asia-Pacific [...] » More
Chinese students are welcome in America, US education official Marie Royce says, calling China’s negative reports propaganda
A US education official on Tuesday accused China’s state-controlled media of painting an “inaccurate picture” of the hardships Chinese students are said to [...] » More
Chinese broadcaster apologises for male nudity in news report about Sichuan massage parlour workers
A provincial Chinese television station apologised to viewers on Monday after full frontal male nudity was broadcast as part of an early evening news item about sex workers [...] » More
China says most people in Xinjiang camps have ‘returned to society’
Most people sent to mass detention centers in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, a senior official from the area said on Tuesday, but he [...] » More
All talk, no substance as US-China trade meeting wraps up
The first face-to-face talks between top trade negotiators from Beijing and Washington since their suspension in May lasted just half a day with not much on the table from [...] » More
Top Indian official to miss talks in China on sweeping Asian free trade deal
India’s commerce minister will not attend a ministerial meeting in Beijing this week, hampering China’s push to seal a massive free trade deal amid a protracted [...] » More
China’s top Uyghur official claims most detainees have left Xinjiang camps
A senior Chinese official has alleged that authorities in the far-western region of Xinjiang have released most detainees held in government internment camps, but refused to [...] » More
China Abruptly Announces It’s Totally Released Most of the Estimated 1 Million Muslims Held in Internment Camps
The Chinese government made the unexpected announcement Tuesday that it had released most of the minority Muslims being held in controversial internment camps across the [...] » More
US-China trade talks resume after Trump tweetstorm
Chinese and US negotiators held their first face-to-face talks Wednesday since agreeing to a trade war truce last month, but the short meeting in Shanghai was overshadowed by [...] » More
Influx of Chinese business travellers, investors to Cambodia drives construction boom
Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast Asian nation. Two [...] » More
Trade war tariffs continue to gnaw away at China’s manufacturing outlook, July data shows
China’s manufacturing industry remained weak in July, with factory owners still downbeat about their prospects, as the pressures of the trade war with the United States [...] » More
Chinese province considers ‘three-child policy’ to halt population decline
China’s northeastern province of Liaoning is planning to loosen birth restrictions and allow some couples to have a third child in a bid to improve dwindling fertility [...] » More
