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It was like something out of a movie: blindfolded, her cellphone confiscated, Miranda was being driven in a van carrying only other women. When she attempted to strike up a conversation with the passenger next to her, the driver made her move to another seat. The silence stretched for 45 minutes before the blindfolds w
Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade. He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously
Over 1.4 million tourists from across the Chinese mainland visited Hong Kong over the weeklong “Golden Week” holiday marking National Day, official statistics have shown. Gone are the days when mainland visitors were drawn to Hong Kong’s high-end shopping. Now, many are descending on once-sleepy neighbourhoods and scen
Brussels says Beijing’s shipments could fall by more than half over four years, cutting millions of vehicles amid fears for European jobs The EU said it has reached a landmark deal with China to “halve” its sales of hybrid cars in the bloc amid fears surging sales could kill off parts of the European car industry. Trad
As The Lucky Son picks up where Cunxin’s 2003 memoir left off, the renowned Chinese Australian ballet dancer reflects on sacrifices made by his wife, his years at a stockbroker, and his success leading the Queensland Ballet Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Some people live such extraordinary lives that a sin
Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné says bloc will support 46 strategic projects including lithium and rare earths plants The EU is “pulling out all the stops” to fend off an imminent potential trade crisis with China, the industry commissioner, Stéphane Séjourné, has said, as the bloc announced its backing for a string of
The European Union and China have “reached an understanding” that will cut Chinese hybrid car shipments to the bloc by “more than a half”, in a temporary salve to trade tensions that have threatened to boil over into a full-blown trade war. Speaking after marathon trade talks in Beijing, EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic s
China’s funding of global development institutions has grown more than tenfold since 2010, according to a new report that also says the pace of growth has been slowing recently as financing becomes more selective. China’s annual contributions to multilateral development entities rose from just under US$260 million in 2
On 1 October, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision against former student activist Wong Yan Ke for insulting the then University of Malaya’s Vice-Chancellor and event attendees during a university convocation in 2019. The Court of Appeal decision represents a concerning setback for the fundamental freedom
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has lost its appeal against a lower court’s decision to acquit former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting of a perverting the course of justice charge linked to the 2019 protests and unrest. A panel of three Court of Appeal judges delivered the judgment on Friday, upholding a previous ruling
China’s central bank rejected claims that the yuan is undervalued, rebutting a key European argument amid crunch negotiations ahead of a possible trade war. “China has no need or intent to gain competitive advantages through currency devaluation, nor has it ever resorted to competitive devaluation,” the People’s Bank o
A forced eviction case in Xindian has drawn concern from Taiwanese civil society, with long-term residents of a historic structure possibly forced to vacate it in the near future
Chinese state funds are ramping up support for the country’s second-largest contract chipmaker, pouring billions of yuan into the parent of Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor and a new manufacturing facility to fuel Beijing’s drive for self-reliance in mature-node chips. The capital blitz, spanning Hua Hong’s Shanghai-based
The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) condemn the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Mapping Media Freedom platform on 30 September and 1 October 2026 and express their solidarity with the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), which operates the platform
Chinese authorities have charged a Shenzhen-listed firm and its chairman over smuggling restricted “dual-use” optical lenses out of the country, in a case that lawyers said underscores the growing risk of criminal prosecution for export control violations as Beijing tightens restrictions on strategic materials and tech
Written by Simona A. Grano. The author explores the shifting dynamics of cross-Strait relations, tracing Beijing’s strategy from historical "letters to compatriots" to modern grey-zone coercion. She highlights how China’s unification rhetoric increasingly clashes with Taiwan's democratic identity, creating an environme
A Thai court on Friday dismissed a challenge by a Chinese investigative journalist over his prolonged detention in Bangkok, a day after authorities began proceedings to extradite him to China, his lawyer said. Bai Zhaodong, who is recognised by the United Nations as a refugee, left China in 2023 and arrived the followi
Hong Kong national security police have charged a man for allegedly making “seditious” online posts, revealing the case nearly three months after his unannounced arrest. The police National Security Department said on Friday that a 52-year-old man was charged on Wednesday with “knowingly publishing publications that ha
The growing importance of subsea cables in military and economic policy offers an entrypoint into understanding the corrosive, yet dependent, relationship between AI and oil infrastructure
China has issued a draft of its first formal regulation to extend labour-law protections to the country’s rapidly growing ranks of gig and platform workers, a major segment of an expanding flexible workforce within the country’s tough job market. Platform workers, such as ride-hailing drivers and those engaged in food
Authorities in Hong Kong and Shenzhen have announced that the newly revamped Huanggang border crossing will begin operation next Monday, with an opening ceremony scheduled for Sunday. In a notice jointly issued on Friday, Hong Kong’s Security Bureau and Shenzhen’s Office of Port of Entry and Exit announced that the new
China’s military and coast guard presence in South China Sea waters claimed by the Philippines nearly doubled last month, Manila said Thursday, the same day it reported a fresh standoff near a disputed shoal during the rescue of a sick sailor. Beijing claims most of the strategic waterway despite an international rulin
Asian stocks slipped on Friday and were poised for a second straight weekly drop as investors fretted about elevated energy prices, bond market ructions and the huge sums needed to fund AI investment. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index opened up 155 points, or 0.65 percent, at 23,941 and was 239 points higher
The People’s Bank of China released a policy paper on October 8 defending its management of the yuan exchange rate and rejecting claims that the currency is undervalued. China’s strong export performance was a result of its industrial competitiveness, it said. Below is the official translation.
Beijing has rebuffed a European Union request to voluntarily cap hybrid car exports to the bloc, raising the prospect of new, steep EU tariffs on Chinese hybrids, which have so far escaped the duties on pure electric vehicles. China has refused to set quotas on its exports of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in
The root key of the DNS is scheduled to roll on 11 October. How many DNSSEC-validating recursive resolvers have learned of KSK-2024 and incorporated it into their TA sets?
The WTO on Thursday sharply raised its global trade growth forecast for 2026, with merchandise trade riding the AI boom and proving more resilient than expected amid the Middle East crisis. Thanks to supply chain adaptations and the surge in artificial intelligence investments, the World Trade Organization now projects
The trust that holds US President Donald Trump's assets bought millions of US dollars' worth of Meta and SpaceX securities in August, according to a document released on Thursday. Although the trust is managed independently, the thousands of trades made since the start of Trump's second term have drawn accusations of c
The Po Leung Kuk, one of Hong Kong’s oldest and largest charities, has appointed 16 staff members to serve as “national security tutors” under a government scheme to promote national security awareness among its workforce, service users, and members of the public. Senior service managers May Cheung and Sherman Cheung s
Oil prices soared on Thursday following reports that the United States could launch fresh attacks on Iran before next month's midterm elections, risking further supply disruptions. But the cost surge eased slightly after US President Donald Trump ruled out hitting Iran before the November vote, claiming Washington was
DoD’s public document describes Alibaba as indirectly affiliated with China State Council's supervision body, and a “military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base”.
Meta Platforms’ breakout Muse personal AI agent is shining a spotlight on a new battleground in artificial intelligence – one in which China’s biggest internet companies are already jostling for position. Launched on September 8, Muse surpassed 2.5 million downloads in its first two weeks and topped free-app rankings o
Senior researcher John Scott-Railton speaks to WIRED about the lack of oversight at spyware company Paragon Solutions. The post The Secrets of a US Spyware King appeared first on The Citizen Lab .
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(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — October 8, 2026) Sixteen years after the announcement of Chinese literary critic Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize win on October 8, 2010, no Chinese government official has been investigated or prosecuted for Liu’s wrongful detention or for his death in detention stemming from
China’s central bank published a position paper on the yuan exchange rate on Thursday, arguing that China has no need to gain a competitive edge through devaluing its currency and has never resorted to deliberate devaluation. The report was published on the same day that China and the European Union kicked off a fresh
Alibaba Group Holding is expected to report a 50 per cent revenue surge for its cloud and artificial intelligence unit for the September quarter, driven by strong returns on its aggressive AI investments, according to analysts. Analysts across several financial institutions projected revenue growth for the Chinese tech