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For Xiao Lei, a gold seller in Shenzhen’s Shuibei district, China’s week-long National Day holiday has meant a rush of customers and a heavier workload, as shoppers flock to buy jewellery at lower prices. Shuibei, a sprawling gold and jewellery trading district in a city better known for its technology industry, is one
Lai's National Day address this year largely played it safe. Lai did not introduce any new major proposals, but emphasized that his administration would maintain its existing stances. Notably, Lai could have leaned into attacks on the KMT ahead of elections in November but did not
The Minimum Wage Deliberation Committee announced late last month that the minimum wage will be increased from 29,500 NT to 30,900 NT. This will mean an hourly increase in the minimum wage from 196 NT to 205 NT. The change is expected to impact 2.61 million people, including 414,400 migrant workers
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
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 Frédéric Krumbein. This article introduces a five-theory framework to analyse cross-strait relations. By evaluating historical decisions, economic integration, identity shifts, and security dynamics, the author provides a comprehensive analytical toolkit to map future trajectories for Taiwan-China relations
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
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?
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”.