China said goodbye to ‘zero-Covid’ rules over a year ago, but is Beijing still hanging on to the past?
Some pandemic-era movement controls seem to be still in place in Beijing, such as for subway travel, and hospital and campus visitors Complaints piling up on Chinese social media have prompted Xinhua ...
Xi and Blinken Trade Small Nods Over a Large Gap
The direct meeting with China’s leader is a sign of continued effort to ease tensions, but officials expect little progress ...
Xi tells Blinken US and China ‘should be partners and not rivals’ as Beijing sets out red lines
Xi tells Blinken US and China ‘should be partners and not rivals’ as Beijing sets out red lines - Chinese foreign minister ...
Blinken meets Xi in Beijing to ease escalating tensions
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday. The pair worked to ease tense ...
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Meritocracy and the Great Power Competition
The Rise and Fall of the EAST is a book about the crisis of China’s authoritarian meritocracy, so naturally it provokes reflection on the state of meritocracy in the West, where the idea that ability ...
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On a China Visit, the German Chancellor Says Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Threatens Global Security
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leader Xi Jinping who hosted him in Beijing that Russia’s full-scale invasion of ...
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Germany's Scholz calls for fair competition and warns against dumping during China visit
BEIJING (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for fair competition in trade relations with China ... COVID restrictions still in place at the time. The Associated Press is an American ...
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Chinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on pro-unification visit
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing Wednesday in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war ...
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Chinese arrivals replace Hong Kong exodus. For them, the city is still freer than the mainland
He was tempted to join a protest against China’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions ... has narrowed in China in recent years under leader Xi Jinping. Although they have eroded under crackdowns ...
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It helped China enforce zero-Covid. Now the community ‘grid’ network is going ‘professional’
China has rolled out new rules to strengthen its nationwide network of community workers, the group that was once key to enforcing its “zero-Covid” strategies on the ground. The stronger ...
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China's Xi and Taiwan's Ex-President Ma Meet in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday received former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Xi declared both sides of the Taiwan Strait must pursue ...
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China’s Xi hosts former Taiwan president in Beijing, in rare meeting echoing bygone era of warmer ties
Ma Ying-jeou, who led Taiwan from 2008 to 2016 and is currently in Beijing on an 11-day tour across China, met Xi on Wednesday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The carefully ...