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Beijing has forbidden local governments from forcing people to leave their villages and move to newly built settlements, a pervasive practice intended to boost the economic viability of depopulated rural areas but that has been met with opposition from villagers. The policy, released Sunday by China’s central authorities, was part of…

OTTAWA — China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province. OTTAWA — China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's…

Source: Bilibili An interview of Apple CEO Tim Cook by a 22-year-old Bilibili content creator went viral in China. Within the 48 hours of the video’s release, the 18-minute clip generated over 5.4 million video views on Bilibili, and the hashtag #HetongxueInterviewTimCook (#何同学采访苹果CEO#) attracted over 220 million views on Weibo.…

Source: Gongshe Labor disputes surrounding China’s leading food delivery service Ele.me are back in the spotlight. After several couriers anonymously complained about the firm’s unreasonable reward system during the Chinese New Year on Weibo, Ele.me apologized yesterday for misjudging the number of possible delivery orders and promised to fix the…

Recommendation of chief engineer for China’s best known liquor brand revives debate about how scientific excellence is rewarded Selection process for science and engineering academicians called into question over objectivity and fairness Published: 3:00pm, 19 Feb, 2021 Updated: 3:06pm, 19 Feb, 2021 Read More

No results matched your search Economy8 hours ago (Feb 18, 2021 07:05PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Yellen holds a news conference in Washington By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will keep tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the former Trump administration in place…

by Andrew Jones — February 18, 2021 Components of the Long March 5B (Y2) to launch the Chinese space station core module at a facility in Tianjin. Credit: CMSA HELSINKI — The Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket to launch China’s first space station module is soon to be assembled at…

Business FILE PHOTO: Employees wearing face masks are seen next to a Baidu AI robot, in front of a sign of Baidu at the company's headquarters in Beijing, following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 18 Feb 2021 05:50AM(Updated: 18 Feb 2021 12:13PM) China's…

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Taipei: Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China's leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But recently, he said in a post, the Weibo site called and asked him not to post original content on topics ranging from politics to economic and military issues.…