69 m. ago English lessons in Hong Kong primary schools to cover national security

Hong Kong primary schools will need to strengthen patriotic and national security education under a revised curriculum guide for the English-language subject. The previous edition of the guide suggested English teachers let pupils explore value-laden matters including human rights and equal opportunities but they have been replaced by issues such as respect for others, animal rights and environmental protection. The Education Bureau on Tuesday released the “English Language Education Key...

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2 h. ago Chinese surrender! Beijing bigwigs chowed on US fast food at London trade talks: ‘total cultural victory’

Chinese surrender! Beijing bigwigs chowed on US fast food at London trade talks: ‘total cultural victory’  New York Post

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2 h. ago ‘Making a dent’: race is on to reap rare earths elsewhere amid China’s dominance

Beijing’s imposition of rare earth export restrictions from April – playing its trump card in the face of Washington’s intensifying tariffs and tech curbs – helped send a message to Washington ahead of this week’s discussions over bilateral export-control issues. Considered a trump card because rare earths have an outsized impact on auto, electronics and defence industries, and China dominates the supply chain, the trade in such critical minerals is widely expected to be among the key topics...

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8 h. ago What the discovery of Chinese warships in the Pacific signals about Beijing’s intentions

What the discovery of Chinese warships in the Pacific signals about Beijing’s intentions  MSN

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9 h. ago AstraZeneca bosses ‘turning a blind eye’ to Beijing, say critics

AstraZeneca bosses ‘turning a blind eye’ to Beijing, say critics  The Times

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10 h. ago Beijing auction house sells Labubu figurine at whopping ₹1.28 crore | World News

Beijing auction house sells Labubu figurine at whopping ₹1.28 crore | World News - Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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11 h. ago Beijing symposium celebrates Hong Kong security law's 5th anniversary as model of stability

Beijing symposium celebrates Hong Kong security law's 5th anniversary as model of stability  Dimsum Daily

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12 h. ago Tencent Music to buy Ximalaya, an audio app used by 300 million users

Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China’s largest online music platform by user count, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of audio content platform Ximalaya for about US$2.4 billion in cash and stock. The Tencent Holdings subsidiary will offer US$1.26 billion in cash and up to 5.2 per cent of its total outstanding class A ordinary shares. It will also issue up to 0.37 per cent of its shares to Ximalaya’s founding investors. As part of the deal, Ximalaya will restructure certain existing...

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13 h. ago China’s carmakers are resorting to tricks to inflate their vehicle sales and Beijing has had enough

China’s carmakers are resorting to tricks to inflate their vehicle sales and Beijing has had enough  Fortune

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13 h. ago ‘Chaotic era’: Chinese state media say LA protests are proof of a broken America

Chinese state media have sought to portray the escalating Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies as proof of a broken government and the lack of social cohesion in the United States. Such a framing, alongside a mix of gloating and schadenfreude on Chinese social media, comes amid sustained US-China tariff tensions and ongoing high-level trade talks in London. The state-backed Beijing Youth Daily, in a commentary published on its social media page on Tuesday,...

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13 h. ago Hongkongers warned not to download mobile game ‘promoting secessionist agenda’

Hong Kong police have warned residents against downloading a mobile game application advocating Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence or risk breaking national security laws. The force also said on Tuesday that action had been taken under the Beijing-imposed national security law to allow police to require the relevant electronic platforms to remove access to the game Reversed Front: Bonfire, which was developed by ESC Taiwan and released in April. Individuals who downloaded the app could be...

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14 h. ago US trade officials mull further rollback of port fee rules – what’s different now?

As the world awaits the outcome of the China-US trade talks in London this week, the US Trade Representative (USTR) has proposed changes to shipping policy – marking another possible rollback from the stricter measures announced in April that aimed to revive the domestic industry and curb China’s shipbuilding dominance. The proposed revisions, issued in a short press release over the weekend, would reduce port fees for car carriers and ease restrictions on liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers....

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14 h. ago China has an ace up its sleeve in trade talks with the U.S. and stocks are going nowhere until Beijing plays it

China has an ace up its sleeve in trade talks with the U.S. and stocks are going nowhere until Beijing plays it  Fortune

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15 h. ago China backs South Africa against ‘hegemony and bullying’ amid US tensions

Beijing is ready to work with South Africa to oppose global “hegemony and bullying”, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Tuesday, amid growing tensions between Pretoria and Washington over South Africa’s ties to Russia and controversial US asylum policies. The remarks came during a meeting in Beijing with General Rudzani Maphwanya, chief of the South African National Defence Force, according to a statement released by China’s Ministry of National Defence. It was Dong’s first public...

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16 h. ago Hong Kong National Security Law: Forum held in Beijing on Law's implementation in Special Administration Region since 2020

Hong Kong National Security Law: Forum held in Beijing on Law's implementation in Special Administration Region since 2020  news.cgtn.com

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16 h. ago Stanford a case study in how Beijing infiltrates U.S. universities

Stanford a case study in how Beijing infiltrates U.S. universities  Longview News-Journal

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16 h. ago TikTok adds 500 UK jobs in expansion as US fate remains uncertain

TikTok, the short video app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is expanding in the United Kingdom, adding a new office and more than 500 jobs, while its fate in the US remains uncertain as a June 19 sell-or-ban deadline approaches. The new 135,000 sq ft office in Barbican, London, is set to open early next year, according to a statement published on TikTok’s website on Monday. The additional jobs will grow its UK workforce to 3,000 this year, the company said. In addition to its existing 88,500...

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19 h. ago Beijing Woos US Influencers With Free Trip to Show ‘Real China’

Beijing Woos US Influencers With Free Trip to Show ‘Real China’  Bloomberg.com

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19 h. ago Espace LV presents 'Painting From Nature' art exhibition in Beijing

Espace LV presents 'Painting From Nature' art exhibition in Beijing  China.org.cn

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20 h. ago Civilian group hosts Taiwan tabletop simulation of attack from mainland China

A think tank in Taiwan has started a two-day war game with retired US and Japanese generals to simulate the island’s defence in the event of a military attack from the Chinese mainland. The Taipei School of Economics and Political Science Foundation, which organised the tabletop exercise, said the aim was to “identify the defence issues that Taiwan urgently needs to strengthen and provide recommendations for the government”. Described as the first operational-level military simulation by a...

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