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Why China has to ration electricity and how that could affect everyone

Friday, October 01, 2021

China has more than enough capacity to generate energy. Here's why it is having to ration power, causing effects for consumers and supply chains around the world.

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In An Attempt To Sinify China, Authorities Are Removing Domes From Mosques

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

China wants to changes mosques to make them more Chinese. The mosque campaign has triggered a discussion on what being Chinese really means.

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A Conundrum Years In The Making, China Is Struggling To Find Workers For Factories

Monday, September 27, 2021

For decades, China exported better and cheaper stuff. But now China is experiencing a factory worker crunch that could lead to higher prices on exports. It's been a long time coming.

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China Releases 2 Canadians After Huawei CFO Is Sent Home To China

Monday, September 27, 2021

Canada released Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese tech executive who was arrested nearly three years ago on fraud charges by U.S. request. And then, China released two imprisoned Canadian men.

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U.S. Businesses In China Confident Despite Pandemic And Stagnant Bilateral Relations

Thursday, September 23, 2021

U.S. firms are confident about prospects in China despite a global coronavirus pandemic and stagnant bilateral relations, according to a new survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

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The Evergrande Group's Debt Issues Could Be A Drag On China's Economy

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

For decades, rising property prices helped enrich China. Now one of the country's biggest developers is facing bankruptcy. Policymakers fear it could send China's financial system into a tailspin.

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Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

An intern accused a well-known TV anchor of forcibly kissing her. In a ruling this week, a Beijing court found that it could not determine whether sexual harassment had occurred.

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Biden And Xi Jinping Speak For The 1st Time In Months Amid Fraying U.S.-China Ties

Thursday, September 09, 2021

In only their second call since Biden took office, the two leaders spoke about "the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict," according to the White House.

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Forget Tiger Moms. Now China's 'Chicken Blood' Parents Are Pushing Kids To Succeed

Monday, September 06, 2021

Fierce competition to get children into the top schools has spawned an aggressive parenting culture named for a traditional-medicine treatment in which chicken blood is injected to stimulate energy.

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They Fled China Decades Ago. Now, They Must Flee The Taliban In Afghanistan

Sunday, September 05, 2021

About 80 Uyghur families are among those trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. They're afraid if they stay, and China could pressure the Taliban to send them back to China.

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China Is Imposing Strict Lockdowns To Contain New COVID Outbreaks. But There's A Cost

Thursday, September 02, 2021

The severe restrictions on travel and movement are having a serious impact on citizens, international workers, students and more as China grapples with the pandemic.

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Beijing's Subway System Offers History At Each Stop, Both Above And Below Ground

Monday, August 30, 2021

For our Summer Travel series, our Beijing correspondent rides the city's subway system and explores the history of each stop — above ground and below ground.

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Is China's Zero Tolerance Approach To Fighting The Delta Variant Worth The Cost?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

China is taking a zero tolerance approach to the delta variant through mass testing and sudden lockdowns. Can those measures work? And are they sustainable?

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

Monday, August 23, 2021

What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of legitimacy. Taliban leaders have pledged to leave Chinese interests alone and not to harbor anti-China extremist groups.

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The Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Draws A Mixed Global Response

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's return to power are getting different responses from around the world. We hear from reporters in Paris, Beijing and Moscow.

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Rape Accusations At Alibaba Bring China's #MeToo Movement Back Into The Spotlight

Friday, August 13, 2021

A woman's account of her alleged rape by her manager at the Chinese tech company has gone viral, spurring conversations across the country about sexual abuse in the workplace.

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A Court In China Sentences A Canadian Businessman To 11 Years In Prison

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

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China's Aim To Reverse A Declining Birth Rate May Increase Job Discrimination

Friday, August 06, 2021

China wants couples to have more children. Women say that expectation is worsening the rampant gender discrimination that they face in the workforce.

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Coronavirus Outbreaks Across China Are Causing Lockdowns And Travel Controls

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The fast-spreading delta variant has led to small coronavirus outbreaks across China. It also means lockdowns and mass testing and that travel controls are back.

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Wuhan Orders Testing For All 10 Million Residents As The Delta Variant Hits China

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The country's immigration authorities also said this week that they are not issuing new passports to their citizens unless there is a pressing need to travel abroad for education or employment.

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