China’s Social Credit System

MULTIMEDIA China’s 2025 in Photos A selection of the year’s best photos by Sixth Tone’s visual editors. 2025 in China was marked by the rapid development of the AI industry, the Victory Day military parade, and the popularity of Suchao football matches. At the same time, farmers in the central…

Home Fossil Energy Chinese partner comes aboard African oil & gas block ahead of drilling ops December 30, 2025, by Melisa Cavcic Antler Global, an associated company of the UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas player Europa Oil & Gas, has inked a deal to offload a partial stake in…

China is on course to become one of the world’s most Christian nations by 2030 By The News Digital December 30, 2025 China’s population predicted to become world's ‘Most Christian Nation’ by 2030 That China will reportedly become one of the world’s most Christian nations by 2030 remains a hot topic…

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing . 1. PLA holds drills around Taiwan in warning to ‘separatists’ after US arms deal The large-scale drills are being conducted by the PLA’s Eastern…

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” remained the dominant force at the China box office over the Dec. 26–28 frame, adding RMB166.4 million ($23.4 million) to lift its local cumulative total to RMB700 million ($98.6 million), according to Artisan Gateway. Disney’s “Zootopia 2” held steady in second place, grossing $15.2…

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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, delivers an important speech while chairing the criticism and self-criticism meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting was held from Dec. 25 to 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) --…

Iga Świątek is closing out 2025 in Shenzhen, China, but her eyes are already locked on next year. As she prepares for the inaugural World Tennis Continental Cup this weekend, the Polish star opened up about her chase for the World No. 1 ranking. Her message to the tour? She…

The recent uptick in budget comes in the fourth year of Japan’s five-year 43-trillion-yen ($275 billion) program By The News Digital December 26, 2025 Japan approves record $58B defence budget amid regional tensions  Japan’s cabinet has recently approved a record-high defence budget worth $58 billion for fiscal 2026 in the midst…

At this year’s Game Awards (TGA), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 arguably stole the show, sweeping nine awards, including “Game of the Year.” But for Chinese audiences, two other moments from the TGA likely stood out just as vividly. First, Arknights: Endfield announced its release date of January 22. Second, after…