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UK Biobank data listings in China trigger probe, no personal identifiers exposed
The UK government has confirmed that health data linked to 500,000 volunteers in the UK Biobank was briefly advertised for sale on a Chinese ...Regulators fine PwC $166M over China Evergrande audit
PwC, one of the world’s biggest accounting firms, is paying HK$1.3 billion ($166 million) in fines and compensation in Hong Kong over its audit ...Taiwan leader postpones Africa visit, accuses Beijing of ‘pressure’
Taiwan’s leader postponed a visit to Africa this week when three countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from ...Funding focus moving away from journal fees
Faced with rising processing charges for international journal articles, China is advancing reforms in its scientific research evaluation system, aiming to channel more funding ...Government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai
The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares it says are linked to crimes committed by ...Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes five months after deadly fire
Keung Mak knew what he would see and he already was hurting, but he had to go back. For the first time since Hong ...China exceeds land recovery targets, sets 2030 goals
China will accelerate efforts to fully remediate abandoned historical mines during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, building on the remarkable progress made in ...A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record
A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing yesterday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological ...Economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war
China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so ...Group says China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church
Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of ...China exporters shrug off Iran war as trade engine holds firm
Chinese exporters gathering at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou are pressing ahead with global expansion despite disruptions caused by the Iran war, underscoring the ...Xi calls China-Russia ties ‘precious’ in current international context
Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday that the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly “precious” in the face of an international landscape ...Vietnam’s new leader meets Xi on his first overseas trip
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on Beijing and Hanoi to prioritize advancing infrastructure connectivity and strengthen their collaborations in emerging fields like ...Hockey coach admits using a false Covid-19 vaccine certificate to enter China for Olympics
Swiss ice hockey coach Patrick Fischer has admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he’d been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China’s travel ...Xi and Sánchez say China and Spain should help safeguard multilateralism
The leaders of China and Spain yesterday pledged to strengthen their relations and work to safeguard multilateralism at a time when the world is ...Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan pleads guilty to a set of charges including fraud
The founder of the debt-ridden real estate developer China Evergrande pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud ...Sánchez returns to China as Spain seeks deeper ties amid Iran war tensions
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is in China again this week, his fourth trip in as many years to the world’s number two economy ...China expands nuclear power capacity
China has experienced remarkable growth in nuclear power capacity and electricity output since 2012 while maintaining a notably strong record in nuclear and radiation ...Beijing says it will resume some ties with Taiwan including more direct flights
China said yesterday it would resume some ties it had suspended with Taiwan such as direct flights to cities across China and imports of ...Beijing calculates its next steps in Iran ceasefire ahead of Trump’s trip to China
With a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran holding for now, China is calculating its role in helping find a durable endgame to the war ...North Korean leader Kim backs China’s push for ‘multipolar world’ in talks with foreign minister
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un voiced support for China’s push to build a “multipolar world” and called for deeper ties between the traditional allies during ...Visit shows shared wish for cross-Strait peace
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, is leading a delegation to the Chinese mainland from Tuesday to Sunday, and the visit is ...Taiwan opposition leader arrives in mainland-China on what she calls a ‘journey to peace’
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, in what she’s calling a “journey for ...Firm files arbitration against Maersk, saying it schemed with Panama over port takeover
A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based conglomerate started arbitration proceedings against Danish logistics and port group Maersk, accusing the company of aligning with Panama ...New Zealand and Cook Islands sign a defense pact, easing tensions over a China deal
New Zealand and Cook Islands signed a defense and security pact yesterday, easing more than a year of tension between the Pacific nations over ...AI machine sorts clothes faster than humans to boost textile recycling
In an industrial park in Zhangjiagang, a small city on China’s east coast, a large humming and hissing machine feeds on piles of used ...Most powerful cargo drone takes wing
The world’s most powerful cargo drone, built by China North Industries Group Corp, conducted its first flight on Tuesday in Zhengzhou, the capital of ...China factory activity rebounds in March as Iran war looms over growth
China’s factory activity expanded in March, ending two months of contraction, the government said yesterday, but analysts say prolonged impacts of the Iran war ...China-Laos Railway handles over 70m passenger trips
The China-Laos Railway has handled over 70 million passenger trips since it began operations on Dec 3, 2021, according to data released by China ...
