The Latest Breaking News from China

Minions: China mocked for turning Gru into family man in Despicable Me edit

Another Hollywood production has been edited by Beijing

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2022

Rare earths processor buys rights to mine in Greenland

One of the world’s few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland, opening an avenue for diversifying supplies of the minerals critical for advanced and green technologies

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

Explainer: What is pushing China towards economic slowdown & how it may impact India

NEW DELHI: World's second largest economy is moving towards an economic slowdown. Persisting geopolitical challenges, inflation and resurging cases of Covid-19 has put the Chinese economy under pressure.

The Times of India · Aug 23, 2022

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

With China’s biggest freshwater lake dried to historic lows by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

Taiwan's Tsai says resolve in self-defense cannot be shaken

Taiwan’s president invoked an armed conflict from 1958 as an example of the island’s resolve to defend itself as she met with more foreign visitors amid the highest tensions with China in decades

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

​Apple’s new iPhone 14 to show India closing tech gap with China

Apple plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product’s initial release out of China, narrowing the gap between the two countries but not closing it completely as some had anticipated.

The Times of India · Aug 23, 2022

Chinese tourists stranded in Tibet as coronavirus cases in China reach three-month high

Thousands of Chinese tourists are stranded in Tibet as the region suffers a spike in coronavirus cases and provinces impose restrictions on travel from the area.

ABC News · Aug 23, 2022

China punishes 27 people over ‘tragically ugly’ illustrations in maths textbook

Investigation finds the books did not ‘properly reflect the sunny image of China’s children’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2022

China battles forest fires as fears linger over harvest

The southwestern Chinese regions of Chonqging and Sichuan were battling fires on Tuesday as they awaited a long-anticipated drop in temperatures over the next week, but the country's important autumn harvest remained under serious threat.

Reuters · Aug 23, 2022

Hundreds of Taiwanese trafficked to Cambodia and held captive by telecom scam gangs

Police forces in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam have launched major operations to rescue their citizens and shut down trafficking syndicates

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2022