Beijing has rolled out a series of amendments to its regulations on the People’s Liberation Army, putting a stronger focus on the importance of war readiness and overseas missions. Set to take effect in April, the amendments emphasised that “winning […]
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A generation of “homegrown” trained Chinese mathematicians should have emerged as global leaders in their field by 2030, according to former Harvard University professor Shing-Tung Yau. Yau, a Fields medallist and now at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, offered the prediction at
Taiwanese authorities have proposed outlawing a small political party dedicated to unification with mainland China, citing concerns about infiltration and organised crime. Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior announced on Thursday that it would formally request that the constitutional court dissolve
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Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating new corruption allegations against Ko Wen-je, the former leader of the Taiwan People’s Party, the island’s third party. Ko, whose party holds the balance of power in the legislature, has already been charged with fraud over
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China’s top political adviser has made a rare trip to view an exhibition about the reincarnation of Tibetan Buddhas, a sign that Beijing is getting ready to face the Dalai Lama succession issue ahead of the exiled spiritual leader’s 90th
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In a high school classroom in Hong Kong, a student asks a survivor of the Nanking massacre if she has ever thought about taking her own life. Dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, her white hair neatly combed, 95-year-old Xia Shuqing
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China’s top spy agency has called on the public to identify and report oceanic buoys that may be in use by a foreign military and could be used against submarines. Oceanic buoys are versatile marine observation devices mainly used to
Three-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao left the China Giant Panda Research Centre in Dujiangyan in the southwest province of Sichuan on Monday and are set to arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, according to the China
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China’s top anti-espionage agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), has pledged to step up early warning and anti-terrorism intelligence cooperation following a deadly attack against Chinese nationals in Pakistan at the weekend. In an editorial published on Wednesday, the
Barry Sautman is a professor emeritus at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Division of Social Science and visiting professor at Tsinghua University. An expert on China’s ethnic minorities, particularly the Tibetan and Uygur communities, his research focuses
