Rachel Cheung
Could Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Set Off a War?
It’s too late for the U.S. House Speaker to back down, analysts say.
He Wanted a Home and a Wife. China’s Property Crisis Left Him With Neither.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese homebuyers are walking away from their mortgage.
Jackie Chan’s Film Production Under Fire for Shooting in War-Torn Syria
The filmmakers are “dancing over the corpses of people that have been killed,” says an Emmy Award-winning director.
Chinese Officials Apologized For Breaking Into Homes to Hunt for Quarantine Evaders
Local authorities promised to investigate, but there is no sign that Beijing is relenting on its zero-COVID doctrine.
‘Adolf Xitler’ Among 500 Banned Nicknames for China’s President Exposed in Leaked Censor List
The document reveals how a Chinese social media app monitors the news to conduct preemptive censorship.
$3,800 Dior Skirt Accused of Appropriating Chinese Culture
Chinese social media users fumed over the skirt’s resemblance to a traditional Chinese garment.
A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia
She “single-handedly invented a new way to undermine Wikipedia,” says a Wikipedian.
Assassination of Former Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe Took the World By Shock
“It cannot be denied that he had been one of the most important politicians in Japanese history.”
US Life Expectancy Has Fallen Behind China
Life expectancy in China was on course to overtake that of the U.S. around 2027. Then the COVID-19 pandemic started.
A Massive Police Database of Allegedly 1 Billion Chinese Citizens Is Being Sold Online
The sample files contain a trove of crime reports, including cases of looting, fraud, and “illegal” handjobs.
Beijing’s Reengineering of Hong Kong in 14 Photos
Hong Kong commemorates the 25th anniversary of its return to China. Some residents find no reason to celebrate.
China’s Leader Is Leaving His Cocoon for the First Time in 2 Years
President Xi Jinping of China heads to Hong Kong for a two-day visit that is of “utmost symbolic importance.”