3 d. ago Purge unlike any other: Nine top Chinese generals expelled — Why Xi Jinping is cleaning house again

Purge unlike any other: Nine top Chinese generals expelled — Why Xi Jinping is cleaning house again  The Times of India

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4 d. ago China spy case shows the UK must do more to tackle Chinese espionage and influence operations

China spy case shows the UK must do more to tackle Chinese espionage and influence operations  Chatham House

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1 week ago Chinese people's housing conditions further improved during 2021

Chinese people's housing conditions further improved during 2021-2025 period: minister  Xinhua

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2 w. ago Hong Kong lantern maker crafts his own legacy with father as ‘apprentice’

Amid a jumble of fabrics and paper in loud colours, bamboo splints, scissors and axes in a Hong Kong workshop, artisans are busy making giant mooncakes, rabbits and dragons for the Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival display in Victoria Park. Hui Ka-hung, the 47-year-old helping to curate this year’s festive spectacle, is the founder of Hung C Lau, meaning the House of the Valiant Lion in Chinese, which specialises in making traditional lanterns. Unlike other traditional family businesses, Hung C Lau...

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3 w. ago Chinese man opens ‘house of compassion’ for relatives of sick at nearby hospital

A Good Samaritan in China has been showered with online praise for providing free shelter for the relatives of hospital patients after he saw them spending nights on hospital floors. Zheng Gang, 39, from Jinan in eastern China’s Shandong province, was diagnosed with a brain tumour during a physical check-up in 2020. He was admitted to the intensive care unit in the Qilu Hospital of Shandong University. He recovered after receiving treatment for 45 days. Zheng said he noticed that the relatives...

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3 w. ago Household income growth holds key to Chinese consumption hopes: ex

China should make greater efforts to boost household income over the next five years as the world’s second-largest economy looks to consumption to power future growth, a former senior official said. Yang Weimin, a former deputy head of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs, made the comments ahead of next month’s fourth plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee. Committee members will discuss the country’s next five-year plan, with the economic...

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4 w. ago US lawmaker in China warns lack of communication between militaries is dangerous

A lack of military-to-military communication between the United States and China is “dangerous” and could lead to miscalculation and “larger problems”, a US lawmaker from the House Armed Services Committee said after meeting Chinese officials, including Defence Minister Dong Jun. Adam Smith, the committee’s top Democrat and former chairman, said Beijing needed to understand that it must have greater engagement with other large militaries – including the US – given its fast-rising military...

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