Category: China
Days on Earth have grown longer – but it didn’t happen overnight
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Research on ancient rock samples suggests that for about a billion years, the Earth rotated every 19 hours. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3224436/days-earth-have-grown-longer-it-didnt-happen-overnight?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina grapples with dementia care as country rapidly ages
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Health authorities seek to raise awareness and train carers for patients in three-year campaign. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3224435/china-grapples-dementia-care-country-rapidly-ages?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBeijing fury risk as UK security minister ‘meets Taiwanese minister’ in break with convention
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Britain only has formal ties with Beijing and the convention has been that senior British ministers do not meet Taiwanese officials. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224428/beijing-fury-risk-uk-security-minister-meets-taiwanese-minister-break-convention?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreHow Beijing’s sabre-rattling is fuelling US doubts over commitment to peaceful reunification with Taiwan
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Washington believes Beijing is leaning towards the stick rather than the carrot because of its increasingly tough stance, analysts warn. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224398/how-beijings-sabre-rattling-fuelling-us-doubts-over-commitment-peaceful-reunification-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s booming one-man bookstore on WeChat shows how Tencent is taking on ByteDance in live-streaming e-commerce
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tencent is looking to replicate the success of a live-streaming bookseller on WeChat Channels for other merchants as it looks to grow its short video platform. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3224369/chinas-booming-one-man-bookstore-wechat-shows-how-tencent-taking-bytedance-live-streaming-e-commerce?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreAntony Blinken’s visit to China could be a success even without breakthrough agreements: analysts
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Trip by top US envoy is first step ‘to determine if there is sufficient mutual intent to try to moderate the trajectory’ of the bilateral relationship. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224415/antony-blinkens-visit-china-could-be-success-even-without-breakthrough-agreements-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreBrazil and China officials resume bilateral defence talks but also discuss fishing complaints
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. A delegation led by PLA Navy Secretary Yuan Huazhi makes a visit to Brasilia arranged just days in advance by Brazilian President Lula, according to sources. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224414/brazil-and-china-officials-resume-bilateral-defence-talks-also-discuss-fishing-complaints?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChina’s culture police spark fears of overkill as Communist Party steps up ideological drive
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Sending a dedicated force to control comedy clubs is an extreme that ‘almost reminds me of the Cultural Revolution’, academic in Toronto says https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3224401/chinas-culture-police-spark-fears-overkill-communist-party-steps-ideological-drive?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUniversity shutting its Confucius Institute after US House panel raises concerns with Pentagon
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Alfred University, which has a Pentagon research contract, was facing deadline to end ties to the programme; House committee does not say if Alfred also ended partnership with Chinese University of Geosciences. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3224408/university-shutting-its-confucius-institute-after-us-house-panel-raises-concerns-pentagon?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreChinese envoy to EU denies committing to halt sanctions-busting shipments to Russia
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Beijing ‘did not commit [to] anything – that’s the bottom line’, Ambassador Fu Cong says following move that EU sources say was expected after Brussels dropped five Chinese entities from sanction list. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3224407/chinese-envoy-eu-denies-committing-halt-sanctions-busting-shipments-russia?utm_source=rss_feed
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