Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from China

Covid-19: China's long lockdowns struggle to contain growing outbreaks

BEIJING: Some of China's most persistent virus hotspots have been locked down for weeks, and in some cases months, showing the limitations of the country's contentious Covid Zero policy.

The Times of India

China's COVID epicentre shifts to Guangzhou as outbreaks widen

New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China's latest COVID-19 epicentre and testing the city's ability to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown.

Reuters

China's super-rich see fortunes plunge as economy slows

China's super-rich saw their wealth tumble by the most in over two decades this year, as the Russia-Ukraine war, Beijing's zero-COVID measures and falling mainland and Hong Kong stock markets pummelled fortunes, an annual rich list said on Tuesday.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Australian Federal Police tells Senate estimates it does not believe China has an active police presence in Australia

Last month the ABC reported that the Department of Public Security in the Chinese city of Wenzhou had set up an official "contact point" for Chinese police in Sydney in 2018, but the AFP has told a Senate estimates hearing it does not believe that the office is currently active.

ABC News

AI-splaining

Episode 429 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Apple will lose 6 million iPhones after China factory shuts down

China’s COVID-zero policy creates headaches for Apple, as a factory closure threatens supply of its flagship product.

Fortune

Could this cheaper, more climate-friendly perennial rice transform farming?

A promising, less labor-intensive perennial rice is beginning to take off in China, but whether this success can be replicated in other crops like wheat or corn remains to be seen.

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

UN slams Xinjiang rights abuses

A high-level UN panel on Oct 26 slammed Beijing's ongoing and egregious human rights abuses in the western Xinjiang regions of the People's Republic. China's human rights violations have been committed through the use of "severe and undue restrictions" that are "characterised by a discriminatory component, as the underlying acts…

Bangkok Post

China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau

The prime minister’s comments come after a news report that Beijing had funded a ‘clandestine network’ of candidates in 2019

The Guardian - US

1962's Sino-Indian border war lasted four weeks – internment of India's Chinese community lasted years

As the Cuban missile crisis gripped the world’s attention 60 years ago, a less remembered conflict broke out high in the mountain passes of the Himalayas. Tensions had been mounting for months on the border between India and China and on October 20 the Chinese People’s Liberation Army attacked Indian…

The Conversation

From Exposing Fraud To Buying A Minority Stake: Luckin Coffee's Unlikely Comeback

If you’ve been investing for more than a few years, you likely remember the rise of what-was-supposed-to-be China’s Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) competitor Luckin Coffee Inc (OTCMKTS: LKNCY) back in 2017.

Benzinga

Warning over iPhone delays as China faces Covid lockdown

Customers who have bought an iPhone 14 Pro or an iPhone 14 Pro Max will likely have to wait a little longer for their order.

Daily Record

China criticises British minister’s visit to Taiwan for trade talks

Beijing ‘resolutely opposes’ official exchanges between Taipei and UK government, says foreign ministry

The Guardian - UK

China lashes out at UK’s post-Brexit trade talks with Taiwan OLD

Britain’s trade minister in Taipei hoping to ‘boost trade with vital partner’

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

InsideEVs

Honde e:N2 Concept Previews China-Only Sedan, Shows EV Design Direction

This sharp and dramatic looking sedan is built on a bespoke EV architecture, Honda’s first, which it plans to use to underpin a whole series of models.

WEKU

The U.N. chief tells the climate summit: Cooperate or perish

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warning that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it.

France 24

Sanctions on Russia 'are working', US deputy treasury secretary says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo discussed the sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The sanctions are working and that's why Russia is working so hard to evade them," he said. Adeyemo also discussed the cap on the…

Dynamite News

China bristles as UK minister arrives in Taiwan for trade talks

China on Monday hit back at British Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands over his visit to Taiwan for talks with senior officials defying Beijing's warnings not to have official contacts with Taipei, saying the UK is going back on its commitment to the one-China policy. Read more on Dynamite News:

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: In a warming world, every fraction of a degree counts

For a summit meant to secure the future of the world, it boasts only a decent attendance. US President Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron of France and our own Rishi Sunak are all at COP27 in Egypt but leaders from some of the world’s largest emitters of carbon dioxide such as…

Radio France Internationale

Macron urges US, China to pay their fair share for climate change

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the United States, China and other non-European rich nations to pay their fair share to help poorer countries deal with climate change.

Caixin Global

How to Protect Women’s Rights in China

Hundreds of millions of Chinese women are calling for better safeguards. Implementing them is integral to China’s modernization

The Independent UK

China lashes out at UK over trade talks in Taiwan

Greg Hands is the latest foreign official to defy Beijing’s warnings over contacts with the self-governing island republic.

The New Daily

Scott Morrison leaks revealed: A leader deciding to ‘up the ante with Beijing’

Cabinet Secretary Mark Dreyfus wrote to Scott Morrison on Monday, expressing concern over apparent “extensive disclosures”.

The Guardian - US

‘A brazen intrusion’: China’s foreign police stations raise hackles in Canada

Beijing says Toronto locations are ‘services stations’ to renew licenses – but China watchers say they monitor and pressure country’s diaspora

Bangkok Post

China virus cases at 6-month high despite grinding lockdowns

China reported its highest daily Covid caseload in six months Monday, despite grinding lockdowns that have heavily disrupted manufacturing, education and day-to-day life.

1 … 1685 1686 1687 1688

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.