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Chinese ambassador to UK barred from British parliament
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The new Chinese ambassador to the UK has been barred from parliament by the Speakers in the Commons and Lords after the imposition of sanctions on British MPs by Beijing. The new ambassador, Zheng Zeguang, was due to ...
Emma Raducanu’s Chinese heritage praised by China’s state media
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Chinese state media has said the “Chinese style of inner faith” gave British player Emma Raducanu the confidence to win the US Open over the weekend, but some of the country’s internet users asked: why are we calling ...
Chinese celebrities warned over morality in cultural crackdown
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Attendees of a Chinese entertainment industry symposium have been told to ensure they act with morality in both public and private, amid an intensive government crackdown on cultural sectors. The meeting on Tuesday in...
Chinese university appears to ask for lists of LGBTQ+ students for ‘investigation’
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A well-known Chinese university appears to have asked its colleges to make lists of their LGBTQ+ students and report on their “state of mind”, according to a purported internal directive published online on both Chine...
Chinese ‘crackdown’ on tech IPOs could lead to US share delistings, experts warn
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Some of China’s most valuable public companies could abandon their American stock listings within months, experts have warned, after reports emerged that Beijing is planning a wider crackdown on tech companies going p...
Chinese president vows to ‘adjust excessive incomes’ of super rich
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China’s president has vowed to “adjust excessive incomes” in a warning to the country’s super-rich that the state plans to redistribute wealth to tackle widening inequality. According to reports in state media, Xi Jin...
Chinese media in fake news claims over Swiss scientist critical of US
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Chinese state media articles quoting a Swiss biologist accusing the US of politicising Covid origin investigations have been quietly deleted, after the Swiss government said no such person exists. Su 24 luglio, a Facebo...
Chinese uproar as state TV host calls gold-medal winner a ‘manly woman’
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The Chinese state media channel CCTV has been roundly criticised after a TV anchor described an Olympic medallist as a “manly woman” and asked her if she had plans for “a woman’s life”. Gong Lijiao, 32, won a gold med...
Chinese liquor and e-cigarette shares fall amid state ‘vice industry’ crackdown
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China’s liquor and e-cigarette companies have emerged as the latest market casualty in Beijing’s crackdown on “vice industries” after reports from state media that suggest they could be the next targets for stricter r...
Chinese services activity accelerates, but Delta variant concerns remain – business live
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Chinese growth concerns as coronavirus new wave slows factory output – business live
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Rolling live coverage as China’s PMI signals slowest manufacturing growth since April 2020
Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly booing Chinese anthem while watching Olympics
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem, after he allegedly booed the Chinese national anthem while watching an Olympic event at a mall. The 40-year-old man was detained on F...
Chinese billionaire pig farmer jailed for ‘provoking trouble’
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Sun Dawu, a Chinese billionaire pig farmer and agricultural mogul, has been sentenced after weeks of hearings in secret to 18 years in prison and fined 3.11m yuan (£345,000) for a catalogue of crimes including “provok...
Johnson may block Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker
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Boris Johnson may block a Chinese-owned company from purchasing the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors, a senior government adviser has suggested, as they warned Beijing was on the brink of initiating a new “cold...
Sandstorm swallows western Chinese city in dramatic footage – video
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A sandstorm has swept across Dunhuang City in China's Gansu Province, reducing visibility to just five metres, according to the regional meteorological department. Videos show the wall-like sandstorm covering urban ar...
‘What can we do?’ Chinese discuss role of climate crisis in deadly floods
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At about 5pm last Tuesday, as heavy rainfall continued to pound her apartment building in Zhengzhou, the climate policy researcher Zhang Jin headed out to her local supermarket. But the buns and vegetables were all go...