In August 2020, the CGTN anchorwoman Chéng Lěi 成蕾, an Australian citizen, was detained in Beijing. Six months later, she was formally arrested and charged...
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- U.S., Japan, and Australia to help India compete with China’s vaccine diplomacy
- Ant issues self-disciplinary rules, CEO resigns
- Beijing passes resolution to ensure only ‘patriots’ loyal to the Communist Party rule Hong Kong
- Bike sharing’s not dead: Alibaba-backed firm files for U.S. IPO
- Delivery-only ‘ghost’ restaurants spring up across China, prompting concerns about dirty kitchens
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Beijing Lights: ‘Nowhere is home, yet everywhere is home’
"My whole life I will probably never spend a few dozen kuai on a restaurant meal, or get to stay in a hotel. But does that make my life incomplete? I don’t think so."

Interrogating the present with artist Cao Fei
In her first major solo show in China, a retrospective hosted by the UCCA in Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, the prominent multimedia artist entices us to consider questions of technology, identity, and progress.

‘Dance of Delivery’: Chinese delivery drivers, oil on canvas
A series of oil paintings about the harsh conditions that China's 3 million delivery workers face.

A brief guide to China’s stock markets and indices
From A shares to ChiNext and MSCI’s China index, here is everything you need to know about the global importance of China’s stock markets.
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Business & Technology
- Ant issues self-disciplinary rules, CEO resigns
- Bike sharing’s not dead: Alibaba-backed firm files for U.S. IPO
- A new boom for Chinese companies that can generate electricity from roof tiles
Foreign Affairs
- U.S., Japan, and Australia to help India compete with China’s vaccine diplomacy
- American ‘overall opinions’ about China hit record low
- Pineapple becomes new symbol of prickly Taipei-Beijing relations after China bans imports
Domestic News
- Beijing passes resolution to ensure only ‘patriots’ loyal to the Communist Party rule Hong Kong
- Xi emphasizes ‘ethnic unity,’ environmental protection, rural development, and military readiness at Two Sessions
- Two Sessions: Beijing sets goals for 6% GDP growth, environmental protection, and crushing dissent in Hong Kong
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