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Beijing cracks down on cities' land-selling model. Nanning feels the effects first
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Selling land and building cities made China rich. It also created a lot of government debt that China now wants to reduce.
Most hospitals in China only offer reproductive services to married women
Monday, December 20, 2021
China is liberalizing birth restrictions because it wants families to have more children. But unconventional families still find themselves constrained by social norms.
Amid Taiwan spat, Lithuania closes embassy in China after diplomats leave
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Lithuania's embassy in Beijing evacuated all of its diplomats from China. They left because Lithuania feared China would not recognize the diplomats' immunity from prosecution in China.
Not invited to Biden's democracy summit, China launches a propaganda blitz
Thursday, December 09, 2021
President Biden's Summit for Democracy has kicked off. China is not invited — but it's still trying to project its own narratives about democracy.
A small lineage of artisans is reviving the ancient art of pigeon whistles in Beijing
Monday, December 06, 2021
For centuries, owners tied lightweight whistles to their pet pigeons in China. The art of making pigeon whistles almost faded away in Beijing, but a small group of artisans is bringing it back.
A top Chinese ride-hailing company delists from the NYSE just months after its IPO
Friday, December 03, 2021
The announcement reflects the rapid reversal in Didi Chuxing's fortunes as China goes on a regulatory blitz targeting some of the country's biggest private technology firms.
Chinese ride-hailing group to delist from New York Stock Exchange
Friday, December 03, 2021
Didi Global says it's taking its shares off of the New York Stock Exchange, after coming under massive Chinese government scrutiny. It plans to go public in Hong Kong.
China pledges to reduce fossil fuel reliance while increasing coal use
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Demand for coal is skyrocketing in China, which is driving new mining, coal stockpiling and widespread power cuts.
Attempts to help China's rural residents monetize their land have hit complications
Monday, November 29, 2021
Land and urban property sales have generated vast wealth in China, but rural residents have been left out and efforts to change that have floundered.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai tells Olympic officials that she's safe
Monday, November 22, 2021
Questions persist over the well-being of Peng who hadn't been seen publicly after accusing a senior Communist Party leader of sexual assault. A video and photos showed her in public over the weekend.
In an attempt to ease tensions, Biden and China's Xi meet virtually
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
President Biden held a virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to go over some of the thorniest issues between the two countries. They gave no hint of Trump-era tariffs being dropped.
Health workers in China are killing pets while their owners are in quarantine
Monday, November 15, 2021
Local health workers in some Chinese cities are breaking into people's homes and killing their pets while the owners are in quarantine, prompting outrage online.
China's Communist Party ends its closely watched sixth plenum
Friday, November 12, 2021
China's ruling Communist Party has released what it calls a resolution on history — a banal sounding document that could decide China's political future.
A citizen journalist who shined a light on the pandemic in Wuhan may die in prison
Thursday, November 11, 2021
"If she does not make it past the coming winter, I hope the world will remember her as she once was," Zhang Zhan's brother said. She posted videos of Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.
At the U.N. climate talks, China and the U.S. pledge to increase cooperation
Thursday, November 11, 2021
The U.S. and China say they'll work together to limit methane emissions. Environmental experts say the agreement has more significance for geopolitics than it does for climate change.
One Chinese town has started a fiery online debate about China's zero-COVID policy
Friday, November 05, 2021
Citizens in Ruili are complaining about lengthy lockdowns and terrible conditions in quarantine centers. Others in China don't want to hear about it.
Chinese tennis athlete accuses former top Communist Party official of sexual assault
Wednesday, November 03, 2021
In a social media post Tuesday night, Peng Shuai described her assault years earlier at the hands of Zhang Gaoli. It's the first public accusation of sexual assault against a senior Party officer.
Shanghai Disneyland is shut down, and 30,000 people are tested, after one COVID case
Monday, November 01, 2021
On Sunday, people weren't allowed to leave the park due to contact tracing after a woman tested positive for COVID-19 after her visit. It's the latest in China's strict measures to fight the disease.
Where do China, India and Brazil stand on climate pledges?
Friday, October 29, 2021
20 nations are responsible for 80% of the world's carbon emissions. Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, we look at what China, India and Brazil — three of the world's biggest emitters — are doing.
China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'
Sunday, October 24, 2021
China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese.