For some new arrivals to China, the start of their new life has been extremely frustrating in recent months. The two-week Covid quarantine following the arrival in the People’s Republic was no surprise to anyone. But the conditions of forced isolation were in some cases more reminiscent of a reform school. The unlucky ones had […]
The political purge in Hong Kong continues. On Tuesday, a court sentenced nine activists and former politicians to prison terms of up to ten months. The pro-democracy defendants were punished for organizing and participating in a vigil for the victims of June 4, 1989. The event last year had taken place in Hong Kong’s Victoria […]
A day after massive protests by frustrated investors outside Evergrande’s corporate headquarters, the stock price of the Chinese real estate group plummeted in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The stock of the Guangzhou-based company, which is threatened with bankruptcy, lost more than ten percent of its value in trading after the company’s management published a new […]
The southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan has once again stepped up its call to its heavy industry to curb production. Particularly affected are the aluminum and cement sectors, whose high power consumption weighs on the eco-balance, but also steel and coal-fired power.On the one hand, authorities want to prevent the province from exceeding its emissions […]
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Fujian have imposed even more drastic restrictions on parts of public life than at the weekend following an outbreak of the delta variant of COVID-19 among schoolchildren. Several dozen schools were closed in the megacity of Putian after 59 new cases were recorded on Tuesday, all of them […]
The annual Han Kuang exercises have been underway in Taiwan since the weekend. For the 37th time since 1984, the island nation is rehearsing a military emergency. The main aim is to simulate possible war scenarios as realistically as possible. That’s why during the five-day exercises, fighter jets land on roads, and tanks roll through […]
A Hong Kong court handed down further sentences against pro-democracy activists and former politicians on Tuesday. The case focuses on events surrounding an unsanctioned demonstration on October 20, 2019, when the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) called for a march against a public mask ban and police violence, which was followed by an estimated 350,000 […]
Since Wednesday, China’s Maritime Safety Administration has been enforcing mandatory reporting for foreign ships in the South China Sea. According to the law, ships are to submit detailed information to the Chinese authorities when they enter waters claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. International observers consider this requirement to be illegal.Submarines, nuclear vessels, […]
Jane Golley has resigned as director of the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) at the Australian National University in Canberra after more than a decade. Golley had faced criticism this year after she downplayed the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang. Golley had questioned the credibility of Western […]
The current mood among the Chinese service sector is a grim one. One would certainly like to shout at them to pull themselves together! A few Covid measures that go against your interests are nothing compared to really bad days some Chinese EV start-ups are experiencing!Indeed, growth is the only thing on the mind of […]