68 h. ago Beijing decries 'China spy' claims after France charges professor over Chinese delegation visit

Beijing decries 'China spy' claims after France charges professor over Chinese delegation visit  TRT World

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68 h. ago How Chinese corruption busters are tracking down bribes paid in cryptocurrency

Beijing has revealed how its graft busters are investigating bribes paid in hard-to-trace cryptocurrencies by tracking the ways in which corrupt officials have been spending the proceeds. A documentary shown on state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday highlighted the case of Yao Qian, the former director of the digital currency institute at the People’s Bank of China. Investigators became suspicious when Yao bought a villa in Beijing for more than 20 million yuan (around US$2.9 million) under the...

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3 w. ago ‘First by letting myself move on’: how Hong Kong mum is rebuilding life after Tai Po fire

One month after the deadly Tai Po fire, survivors are slowly rebuilding their lives. In the second part of a series on how the community is moving on, Fiona Chow tells the story of one mother’s journey to find stability and hope for her young family amid loss and change. Read the first part here. Hong Kong mother of two Christy Lee has had to rebuild her life and provide stability for her young children after losing her husband and her home in the Tai Po fire last month. The social worker, 40,...

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3 w. ago Creatives show how smartphones can tell our life story – in one photo

On a cold November evening in Paris, a steady flow of visitors entered the historic iron-and-glass dome of the Grand Palais, happy to swap the autumn chill outdoors for the enticing warm glow inside of 100 illuminated photographs – all taken by smartphone users. They were attending the opening of the Huawei Xmage Awards 2025 Ceremony and Annual Exhibition, featuring the best photos chosen from more than 743,000 entries in this year’s competition as “Xmage 100”, which was focused on visual...

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3 w. ago Chinese spy? Propagandist? Former Confucius Institute director tells his story

When Zeng Jinghan accepted an offer to lead the Confucius Institute at Lancaster University in England in 2018, he already had a plan to write a book. “I thought it would be very interesting if I could write about something that I know a lot about and participate in it personally, like Richard Crossman’s The Diary of a Cabinet Minister,” Zeng said, referring to the British politician’s memoirs published half a century ago. The job did not offer higher pay, and he was still an international...

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3 w. ago 'Chinese spy invasion' fears soar as Beijing buys properties across London

'Chinese spy invasion' fears soar as Beijing buys properties across London  MSN

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