Young Chinese are getting paid to be 'full-time children' as jobs become harder to find
Exhausted by the pressure to succeed as a photographer, Litsky Li accepted a better offer: quit work to become one of China's growing legions of children paid by their families to stay home.
2023-07-27 10:26
Taiwan's main airport becomes battleground for simulated Chinese invasion
Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated Chinese invasion on Wednesday for the first time ever as the island's military conducted an anti-takeover drill to fend off any possible attack from Beijing.
2023-07-26 16:20
China's new central bank governor faces daunting tasks
Pan Gongsheng's appointment comes after he was installed as the Communist Party chief of the PBOC earlier this month, a surprise move that analysts said highlighted Beijing's urgency to bolster the country's slowing economy and stem the yuan's slide.
2023-07-26 14:51
China is erasing mention of its former foreign minister. But it still hasn't said why
Five weeks ago, the world watched as China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing for high stakes talks between the two powers.
2023-07-26 14:51
'White savior complex': Malaysia's LGBTQ community slams The 1975's Matty Healy's onstage kiss
When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert on Friday, following a profanity-laden speech slamming the country's anti-LGBTQ laws, he likely thought it an act of protest and solidarity.
2023-07-26 11:27
Xi Jinping's foreign minister ousted after month-long unexplained absence from public view
China's foreign minister Qin Gang was dramatically ousted on Tuesday after a prolonged absence from public view and replaced by his predecessor in a surprising and highly unusual shake-up of the country's foreign policy leadership.
2023-07-25 20:17
US-born NBA player Kyle Anderson will represent China at the basketball World Cup
US-born basketball player Kyle Anderson will play for China at next month's FIBA World Cup after obtaining Chinese nationality, Anderson and the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced Monday.
2023-07-25 17:16
Russia proposes joint research module on space station for China, India, Brazil and South Africa
The head of Russia's space agency has extended an offer to Moscow's partners in the BRICS group -- Brazil, India, China and South Africa -- to participate in the construction of a joint module for its planned orbital space station, state media reported Monday.
2023-07-25 15:29
US-born Casey Phair becomes youngest player in World Cup history
South Korea forward Casey Phair on Tuesday became the youngest ever player to appear at the World Cup -- just 26 days after celebrating her 16th birthday.
2023-07-25 14:23
China promises more support to boost 'tortuous' economic recovery
China's top leadership has vowed to do more to support a "tortuous" economic recovery, which has lost steam after an initial burst of activity early in the year.
2023-07-25 13:26
Highest-level Chinese delegation to visit North Korea since Covid restrictions
A high-level Chinese government delegation is headed to North Korea this week, believed to be the highest-level representatives from Beijing to visit Pyongyang since the isolated country closed its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2023-07-25 12:24
Chinese fans praise 'Barbie' as rare chance to see feminism on the big screen
In recent years, China's box office has been dominated by homegrown movies often with a nationalist lean, such as patriotic war epics. But this weekend, a different type of film captured national attention -- one that's decidedly American and bubblegum pink.
2023-07-25 09:52