The use of propaganda in the country has been on overdrive in the pandemic, with some Chinese citizens arguing the language has bordered on “nonsense.”
Plus Australia moves to fight corruption and a Chinese businessman faces assault allegations in a U.S. court.
In two deposits in China, paleontologists dug up remains that suggest jawed fish are tens of millions of years older than previously known.
While you may not master every language ahead of a multistop tour through Asia, these apps and digital tools can help you get by (and maybe make you some friends).
Officials are saying the city will bounce back. But even before 2020, Chinese control was changing Hong Kong’s character and driving people away.
Richard Liu, also known as Liu Qiangdong, will be one of the few high-profile Chinese figures to face a courtroom jury over sexual assault allegations.
The parent of Facebook and Instagram said that it had taken down what was the first targeted Chinese campaign to interfere in U.S. politics and that the effort was limited.
China has cracked down on many tech companies, but has allowed dating apps that provide social connections to flourish.
With its own coastal waters depleted, China has built a global fishing operation unmatched by any other country.
More electric cars will be sold in the country this year than in the rest of the world combined, as its domestic market accelerates ahead of the global competition.
We have let Russian threats determine our actions, which encourages Russia and others to test our resolve.
The U.S. benchmark oil price fell below $80 a barrel for the first time since the start of the year.
The U.S. benchmark oil price fell below $80 a barrel for the first time since the start of the year.
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan have relaxed their pandemic rules, as they look to bolster their economies and play catch-up with much of the world.
President Biden said that Washington “will be unabashed in promoting” a vision of a free world.
A bus heading to a quarantine facility crashed, killing 27. The Chinese public saw itself in the victims: a country being held hostage by the government’s harsh policy.
The deaths renewed an anguished debate over the price of China’s “zero Covid” policy.
Yoon Suk Yeol has aligned his country more closely with the United States, but there are limits to how far he can go without angering China or provoking North Korea.
After India’s prime minister said that now is not the time for war, an increasingly isolated Mr. Putin threatened “more serious” actions in Ukraine while insisting he was ready for talks.
Scientists found a single crystal of a new phosphate mineral while analyzing lunar basalt particles, which were collected from the moon two years ago by the Chang’e-5 mission.
A memorial for Elizabeth has given residents of the former British colony a rare platform for public, if quiet, political dissent.
Xi Jinping’s visit to Central Asia this week sheds a light on his country’s efforts to increase its sway in the vast, resource-rich region once considered Russia’s domain.
Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s chief executive, is balancing how to be an autonomous leader while juggling the demands of the app’s Chinese parent company.
China’s ever-tightening Covid rules have prompted public complaints from residents of areas usually intimidated into keeping quiet.
The discordant messages of China’s president, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia suggested that despite an earlier pledge of “friendship,” Moscow does not have an unconditional ally in Beijing.
Las operaciones encubiertas de China han aumentado en los últimos años y las agencias de inteligencia occidentales deben estar preparadas.
The move, which is bound to heighten tensions with Beijing, reflects growing unease about China’s ability to access the personal information that Americans hand over to mobile apps and other services.
Incluso en sus peores momentos, los estadounidenses y los soviéticos siguieron hablando. Hoy, los contactos entre Estados Unidos y China son escasos, mientras Pekín y Moscú se acercan.
The two authoritarian leaders have increasingly hostile relations with the West and challenges to their agendas.
TikTok’s chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas, faced questions about whether the company would ever hand over user data to Chinese officials.
But what story is it?
While it does not explicitly mention Xinjiang, the western Chinese region where Uyghurs are believed to be pressed to work in camps, the proposal is widely seen as being aimed at Beijing.
Writing and translating “The Backstreets,” a book about the oppressive environment faced by Uyghurs in China, was a danger to those involved.
The West isn’t nearly prepared enough for the scale and complexity of China’s all-of-nation covert offensive.
Xi Jinping, who is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin, will seek to project confidence as a global statesman at a time of grave challenges at home.
Major indexes were down across Europe and Asia on Wednesday, a day after U.S. stocks plummeted in response to new inflation data.
Plus a kangaroo killed a man in Australia and “Squid Game” made history at the Emmy Awards.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are set to meet later this week. Russia’s battlefield losses and China’s slowdown could complicate their relationship.
Even at their worst moments, the Americans and the Soviets kept talking. Today, U.S.-China contacts are scarce, while Beijing and Moscow move closer together.
Aaron Broussard, 31, obtained the fentanyl from suppliers based in China and conspired with them to smuggle the deadly drug into the United States, prosecutors said.
En un viaje por el epicentro del clima extremo que asoló al país en el verano ofreció paisajes devastados y ciudades paralizadas.
Plus China locks down Xinjiang and floods devastate Pakistan’s agriculture.
El país donde surgió el coronavirus por primera vez está decidido a seguir imponiendo amplias medidas para detener su avance.
The comments are the clearest sign of support from China, which has preferred to stay on the sidelines and maintain ties with both Russia and Europe, without alienating either.
With lack of food, medicine and other crucial supplies, residents of Yining are chafing under a monthlong pandemic shutdown.
Drones are increasingly testing Taiwan’s capacity to respond to China's growing military pressure. Soldiers shot one down recently and are ramping up defenses.
The harvest moon, which will appear full for about three nights from Thursday night to Sunday morning, is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
The two sides, after 16 rounds of talks, made an announcement a week before their leaders will meet in Uzbekistan.
One of Volker Türk’s toughest challenges will be determining what to do about a highly critical report on China that his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet, released just before departing.
Maintaining the flow of oil is still crucial for the world economy. But now the supply of semiconductors is also critical for commerce, and war and peace.
On a trip through the epicenter, ravaged landscapes, paralyzed cities and populations pushed to extremes.
Because of Xi Jinping’s unrelenting policy, the Chinese people put up with a precarious existence filled with lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing.
Apple quiere empezar a producir dispositivos en la India, pero el proceso de fabricación de su último teléfono, presentado el miércoles, muestra lo difícil que será el cambio.
Plus the Solomon Islands postpones its election and tycoons leave China.
The country where the coronavirus first emerged is committed to going to great lengths to stop its spread.
A drought that has crippled economic activity in southwestern China hints at the kind of disruption that climate change could wreak on global supply chains.
The threat to Europe’s industrial might and living standards is particularly acute as policymakers race to decouple the continent from Russia’s power sources.
The prime minister claims the country can’t afford to hold national elections next year. His opponents see a power grab linked to Beijing’s influence.
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Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.
From vaccines to propaganda, Beijing has prioritized politics over science, creating conditions that make it difficult for China to join other countries in adapting to life with the coronavirus.
Why are some Chinese youth dressing like middle-aged civil servants? It might be ironic, or a longing for stability in uncertain times.
The year-end event is due to return to China in 2023, but the tour said its suspension of tournaments there after Peng Shuai accused a former government official of sexual assault remained in place.
Plus Russia and North Korea grow closer, and Apple prepares to introduce its newest iPhone.
Apple is taking small steps toward India. But the production of its latest phone, introduced on Wednesday, shows how difficult it will be to make big changes.
The Chinese Communist Party has long promoted gender equality as a core tenet, but as cases of gender abuse make headlines, Beijing has tried to squelch dissent and control the narrative.
And a typhoon bears down on South Korea, and more Covid lockdowns rip through China.
Government agencies said at least 65 people had died, but communications in the landslide-prone area were disrupted and the full extent of the damage was unclear.
Nearly every province has recorded infections in recent days, leaving some 60 million residents locked down. Weariness is growing by the day as the restrictions go on seemingly without end.
The storm, expected to make landfall on Tuesday, could be the strongest in the country’s recorded history. Japan and China were also making preparations.
A $1.1 billion package would “severely jeopardize” ties, Chinese officials say in demanding that Washington revoke the deal.
Wu Yibing became the first Chinese man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since 1946. He says it’s his “responsibility” to pick up where the retired champion Li Na left off in growing the game.
Though Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms were praised in the West, the collapse of the Soviet Union schooled a generation of authoritarian rulers in the dangers of tolerating any signs of dissent or democratic yearnings.
Apple, Google and Microsoft are among the technology firms looking to shift some of their manufacturing out of China.
Worried about geopolitical tensions and stung by pandemic shutdowns, Google, Apple and others are moving some work to nearby countries.
The report’s assessment that China’s crackdown in Xinjiang could amount to “crimes against humanity” gives new momentum to a campaign to pressure Beijing.
The drastic response to a rise in Covid cases adds to the pressures facing Sichuan Province, which already had been dealing with drought, heat and wildfires.
Vladimir Putin reacts to Mikhail Gorbachev’s death.
Limits were placed on high-end GPUs that power supercomputers and artificial intelligence, said Nvidia and AMD, two Silicon Valley chip makers.
The organization’s human rights office delivered its much-delayed report minutes before Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, was to leave office.
The move comes after top U.S. officials visited the Pacific nation to bolster ties and deliver warnings over its new security agreement with China.
Shenyang, in China’s northeast, was a hub for North Korean workers and a launchpad for visits to Pyongyang. Covid restrictions have battered its economy.
Plus the Philippines reopens schools and China raises interest rates.
Tens of thousands of domestic travelers were stuck at their summer vacation destinations after local outbreaks forced them into quarantine.
En Inglaterra, unos artistas encendieron una estructura en llamas. En la costa de Jersey, se grabaron nombres en conchas y rocas. Con más de seis millones de muertos, los monumentos conmemorativos han ido evolucionando.
In a rare act of defiance, people across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
Plus Russia prepares for show trials and Taiwan does not rise to China’s provocations.
In Britain, artists lit a structure aflame. At the Jersey Shore, names were carved on shells and rocks. With more than six million dead, memorials have evolved along the way.
The House speaker’s visit is reviewed, pro and con. Also: The Kansas abortion vote; OB-GYNs; coal miners; rich and poor friends; single-issue voters.
Global businesses and industries that rode the China growth wave for years are bracing for the fallout of a slowing economy.
Some American officials suspect that what is really driving China’s president to lash out recently is a desire to divert attention from his economic and pandemic problems at home.
Community workers in the city of Guangzhou were looking for people who had tested positive for the virus and close contacts of patients.
The emergence of more infectious subvariants of the coronavirus has triggered mass quarantines, including 2,000 tourists stranded in a popular beach resort town.
The emergence of more infectious subvariants of the coronavirus has triggered mass quarantines, including 2,000 tourists stranded in a popular beach resort town.
The country’s continued lockdowns are having consequences on its ability to do business.
High unemployment, a housing market in crisis and sluggish consumer spending during lockdowns are putting pressure on Beijing in a year when officials are focused on projecting stability.
The humming economy has been replaced by high unemployment, a housing market in crisis and sluggish consumer spending in a year when Beijing is focused on projecting stability.
Under pressure as tight oil supplies hurt the U.S. economy, Biden will go to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with M.B.S.
Residents have been alarmed by mixed messages from officials, including advice that they stock up on food and medicine.
Plus the conviction of an ailing Hong Kong activist and President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming trip to Iran.
Parts of the east and south withered under extreme temperatures, even as health workers in hazmat suits persisted in a round of mandatory coronavirus tests.
Plus Ukrainian civilians bear the brunt of Russia’s war and new details after Shinzo Abe’s death.
The cities of Xi’an, Lanzhou and Haikou set restrictions on several million residents. In Macau, the gambling hub, authorities shut casinos and ordered everyone to stay home.
Even if the country avoids new lockdowns of big cities, question marks over the pandemic and policy direction are dogging efforts to revive growth.
Even if the country avoids new lockdowns of big cities, question marks over the pandemic and policy direction are dogging efforts to revive growth.
The city announced the change months after other countries had put vaccine passports in place.
The city announced the change months after other countries had put vaccine passports in place.
The country recently began to recover from a surge that shut down Shanghai for two months.
Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.
Before Xi Jinping’s tightly controlled appearance, Hong Kong sent officials, diplomats and others to hotels for days of isolation and Covid tests.
The lockdown fueled anxiety, fear and depression among the city’s residents. Experts have warned that the mental health impact of the confinement will be long-lasting.
The time will be cut to seven days in a facility, followed by three days of home isolation.
China’s congested and highly regulated capital is not known for either its natural refuges or its rule-bending. But swimming in the city’s lakes and waterways is a cherished, if contested, tradition.
Jumbo Floating Restaurant, which closed in 2020, capsized in the South China Sea after being towed from the city. The sinking triggered nostalgia for a happier period of Hong Kong history.
The study found that the variant carried a relatively low risk of severe illness.
The killing of a Chinese American, Vincent Chin, 40 years ago changed the way people of Asian descent began to see themselves.
People from across China had set off for the city of Zhengzhou to protest the freezing of their savings. Then they were prevented from moving freely.
Plus the Fed raised interest rates and a video of an assault in China went viral.
The key Ukrainian city lost its last bridge as fighting intensifies.
What the second bear market since the start of the pandemic might signal.
Residents in many cities must show negative P.C.R. tests to go shopping or use public services. The policy may hamper efforts to revive the economy.
Already a maverick in business circles, Zhou Hang has dared to openly criticize the government’s zero Covid policy — and urges his peers to speak out, too.
Recovering from this breach of public trust won’t be easy.
“The lack of political cooperation from China continues to stifle any meaningful progress,” one expert said.
Some students have to travel from locked-down areas to testing sites in special vehicles, while others might be isolated for the exam.
The Chinese capital relaxed pandemic rules at midnight on Monday, including a ban on dining in, after a partial lockdown that lasted more than a month.
Many residents reappeared on the streets of Shanghai after a two-month lockdown, one of the world’s longest and toughest since the pandemic began.
With daily infections in low double digits, there’s pressure to shake the city back to life, reviving the factories, companies and supply lines vital to China’s economy.
Plus China’s advantage in the Pacific and Shanghai’s loosening restrictions.
Our takeaways from Davos, plus how some influencers hype crypto without disclosing their financial ties.
Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical.
A senior leader announced efforts to bolster growth and urged local leaders do more to keep the economy running.
The strategy risks increasing economic stress and trying people’s patience.
Many believe that they’re the most unlucky generation since the 1980s as Beijing’s persistent pursuit of the zero Covid policy wreaks havoc.
Inquiries to immigration consultants have surged; social media users trade tips on how to get abroad. But the government aims to “strictly restrict nonessential exit activities.”
Plus North Korea’s Covid strategy and China’s expanding internet censorship.
As infections spread quickly, outside experts are warning that the country’s desire to mimic Beijing’s playbook could worsen a coming disaster.
The rapidly expanding practice, which authorities say helps combat disinformation from abroad, has fueled a whole new type of online battle.
Plus lockdowns continue in Shanghai, and India’s community health workers press for a raise.
Reports in state news media about the return of daily life in the financial hub brought distressed responses from residents.
Plus climate’s role in Australia’s upcoming election and a Covid-19 protest at Peking University.
Authorities moved quickly to censor videos and photos that showed students at Peking University demonstrating.
Xi Jinping has redoubled his country’s efforts to control the virus, even as a growing number of leaders call on Beijing to change course.
Schools are closed indefinitely in Beijing, while the last subway lines in Shanghai that were still running have ceased operation.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
U.S. officials predict another 100 million cases in late 2022.
Plus the resignation of Sri Lanka’s prime minister and Taiwan’s pandemic pivot.
The government’s shift reflects a recognition that stringent pandemic measures were stifling economic activity and eroding the island’s international competitiveness.