A 7.7 magnitude earthquake recorded on Friday near the Burmese city of Mandalay has killed at least 3,145 people, with at least 4,589 injured and hundreds more missing and feared trapped under rubble. Numerous...
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison and its owner Li Ka-shing have found themselves in the crosshairs of the Chinese government over a multibillion-dollar port deal, which received heavy criticism in state media for supposedly...
An acidic waste spill by a Chinese company in Zambia has created a massive environmental crisis that threatens a river on which millions of Zambians rely. The incident occurred last month at a facility owned by Sino-Metals Leach...
An investigation by French outlet Disclose, in partnership with France 2’s documentary program Cash Investigation, revealed evidence of Uyghur forced labor in the supply chain of French multinational sporting goods company...
Chinese AI company DeepSeek has taken the world by storm by releasing its latest AI chatbot. The free chatbot has been touted as mostly open-source, more efficient, and by certain measures better performing than the latest...
The collapse of Serbia’s Novi Sad train station roof last month killed 15 people and severely injured two others, igniting weeks-long, nationwide protests against government corruption that is widely perceived to be at the root...
On Wednesday, German auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) announced that it would sell its operations in Xinjiang. The move comes after years of pressure from rights groups that have documented the Chinese government’s grave...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week in Guangzhou. Kuleba is the highest-ranking Ukrainian official to travel to China since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. As Western...
Over 26 months have passed since Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine. The current stalemate has given way to gradual advances by Russia, as political support for arming Ukraine waned in Western capitals, at least until a...
Reports on privacy vulnerabilities in Apple’s AirDrop file-sharing function and new obstacles to tracking content trends on TikTok highlight the ways in which tech firms with strong China ties attempt to navigate political...
China’s friendship with Ukraine is “rock solid,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters during an annual Two Sessions press conference. “No matter how perilous the international landscape, we will maintain our strategic...
The ongoing crackdown by the Xi administration in the Xinjiang region has been described as an effort to “re-engineer” the Uyghur identity and as a form of “cultural genocide.” Officially launched in 2014, the steadily...
Amid an ongoing trade dispute, the Trump administration is considering placing further limits on...
New guidelines from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce forbids the registration of...
In a press conference on Wednesday, Shenzhen-based DJI, one of the world’s leading suppliers...
Beijing-based film, television, and online gaming company Perfect World (完美世界) has agreed to...
From AFP: US home appliance maker Whirlpool Corporation and Chinese conglomerate Hisense have formed a joint venture to serve the vast consumer market in China, the companies announced Monday. The 50-50 joint venture was formed...
“Elderly dynamos” who retain power in their companies – even after they’ve hit their 80s or 90s – are at the center of this article from Business Week: In his eight decades in the media business, Sir Run Run Shaw has built the Chinese-speaking world’s most successful film and TV empire. He was co-founder of […]
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