The Latest Breaking News from China

Why Taiwan matters to the democratic world

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's headline-generating visit to Taipei has reminded the world how much Taiwan matters to China. But Taiwan also should matter to the democratic world.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

Video game diversity is expanding with games like Black Myth: Wukong, as China's industry becomes its own creative force

Chinese-developed video game Black Myth: Wukong is shaping to be a blockbuster release that could help spread new ideas, values, perspectives and ways of playing games — much like cinema, TV and books have done in the past.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

Putin and Xi ‘could meet in September’ at summit in Samarkand

Wall Street Journal suggests Russian and Chinese leaders could hold discussions in Uzbek city

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

China's farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

As the tinder-dry countryside along China's Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago.

Reuters · Aug 19, 2022

China's Xi plans visit to Central Asia to meet Putin next month - WSJ

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is planning to travel to Central Asia to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin and other leaders at a regional summit next month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Reuters · Aug 19, 2022

Woman spends 'surreal' five hours at Chinese airport due to Covid checks in place

French journalist Justine Jankowski had to take several PCR tests, disinfect her bag and endured several temperature checks before she was allowed through a Chinese airport

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Cathay paying pilots extra to fly to China

Cathay Pacific Airways is dangling allowances of up to HK$5,000 (US$640) a flight as a sweetener for pilots rostered on to fly in and out of mainland China, with ongoing Covid-19 curbs making it less appealing to work those routes.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

China jails 'disappeared' tycoon for 13 years

Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese Canadian billionaire and onetime trusted financier to China’s ruling elite, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday, and his company fined $8 billion, after he pleaded guilty to bribery and other crimes that authorities said had “seriously jeopardised” the country’s financial security.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

Expat maths teacher returns home to make mark on Lanarkshire comedy circuit

Michael Herd spent 14 years teaching in Shanghai where he honed his craft as a comedian by night

Daily Record · Aug 19, 2022

Japan, China move to rebuild ties ahead of diplomatic milestone

Recent high-level talks between Takeo Akiba, secretary general of the National Security Secretariat, and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi were aimed at rebuilding relations between Japan and China, which had lacked momentum for dialogue in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 19, 2022