The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

Senior Beijing Winter Olympics Official Caught in Anti-Graft Dragnet

Ni Huizhong, former chief of the Chinese delegation at the 2022 games, is suspected of corruption

Caixin Global · Aug 28, 2023

Chinese Australian writer fears dying in Beijing detention after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst

Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has told his family he fears he will die in a Beijing detention center after being diagnosed with a kidney cyst, prompting supporters to demand his release for medical treatment

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023

Top US and Chinese commerce officials agree to discuss trade conditions

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she and her Chinese counterpart agreed Monday to exchange information on U.S. export controls that frustrate Beijing and set up a group to discuss other commercial issues, but neither side appeared ready to make concessions on disputes that have plunged relations to their lowest level…

France 24 · Aug 28, 2023

Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes

China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for a share of a new market: amid waning French influence in West Africa, China is looking…

France 24 · Aug 26, 2023

Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge Biden to increase aid

GOP-led House committee convenes on Guam as officials say Beijing working to ‘fill perceived voids in America’s assistance’

The Guardian - US · Aug 25, 2023

Taiwan's vice president accuses China of attempting to influence upcoming elections

Taiwan’s vice president and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections has accused China of employing unfair trade practices that could be used to influence the voting

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

Xi tells Modi that China, India should consider ‘overall interests’ of ties and ‘properly handle’ border issue

China’s Foreign Ministry said that President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in talks on August 23 that both sides “should bear in mind the overall interests” of ties and “handle properly the border issue”. Beijing also said the meeting at the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg…

The Hindu · Aug 25, 2023

Chinese spies tried to hack my email, says senior Tory

Alicia Kearns says attack was attempt to ‘silence those of us who are outspoken’

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2023

US commerce secretary meets China envoy before trip to stabilise ties

Gina Raimondo’s August 27-30 trip is latest effort by the Biden administration to cool US-China tensions.

Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2023