A Chinese college student has created a map showing where sexual harassment and assaults occur on his campus, in an attempt to help his female schoolmates avoid predators.
More Hong Kong citizens are exercising their voting rights than ever before. In the latest Legislative Council election that ended Sunday (Sept. 4), a record 2.2 million people—a turnout rate of 58%—cast their votes at the polls. This is the highest number of voters since the 1997 handover, reflecting Hong Kongers’ concerns about Beijing’s creeping influence over the semi-autonomous city.
Apple’s tax payments around the world have come into the spotlight again this week after the American tech giant was hit with a €13 billion ($14.5 billion) tax penalty by the European Union. The European Commission said that Apple’s special tax arrangements with Ireland amount to illegal state aid, and the Irish must now recoup the funds. Under the deal, Apple used various shell companies to pay an effective tax rate on its European profits of 1% or less between 2003 and 2014, the commission said.
China has been preparing for the G20 summit for months now. The annual high-profile financial forum, featuring world leaders including US president Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, is to be held on Sept. 4 and 5 in the southeastern city of Hangzhou, home to the scenic West Lake and tech giant Alibaba.
Aston Villa, one of English soccer’s oldest and most famous clubs, has fallen on hard times. Relegated from the Premier League for the first time in nearly 30 years last season, the proud Birmingham-based club, whose heyday in the the 1970s and 1980s included league titles and even a European Cup win, is in need of a major overhaul—a revolution, of sorts.
Chinese moviegoers want studios to know that not all films need the 3D treatment.
David Lynch’s surreal film noir Mulholland Drive is the greatest movie of the 21st century, according to BBC’s recent survey of 177 film critics. But the number two-ranked film is a dark romance much less familiar to global audiences, called In the Mood for Love.
China launched its first Tibetan-language search engine this week, called Yongzin. It aims to be a “unified portal for all major Tibetan-language websites in China,” according to the state news agency Xinhua.
The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers announced Monday (Aug. 22) that they have signed Chinese power-forward Yi Jianlian.
For China, winning Olympic gold medals is so 2012.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the only thing that mattered to China in this year’s Olympics was winning the women’s volleyball competition.
A Shanghai landmark has become part of Hong Kong’s skyline—at least in a poster for an upcoming Hollywood movie. The misplacement has sparked anger among Hong Kongers, some of whom read a political message behind it.
China’s former president Jiang Zemin turns 90 years old today (Aug. 17), and he’s already having a grand birthday celebration online.
When China’s favorite swimmer Fu Yuanhui openly mentioned her menstrual cycle on Sunday (Aug. 14) at the Rio Olympics, it was the first time many Chinese people realized it is possible to swim while being on your period.
On Aug. 12 last year, at around 11:30pm, massive explosions rocked the port city of Tianjin in northeast China. Hundreds of firefighters rushed to the scene, but—not prepared for the chemical fires they encountered—ended up making the situation worse, with some losing their lives. The manmade disaster left a steaming black crater.
Fu Yuanhui is China’s new sporting darling, and not because she’s a gold medalist.
China’s nationalistic tabloid the Global Times has relied on a crew of foreigners help keep its English-language paper and website running since it started publishing in English in April 2009. They’re separated from the Chinese edition completely—the English edition is located in the iconic People’s Daily building, a few blocks away from the Chinese edition’s office.
1989年，胡锡进是一名争取民主的抗议学生。如今，他掌管着一家在中国颇有影响力的党媒。
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China’s propaganda-video makers have one message for you: The West is the root of all of China’s troubles.
The fierce competition in China’s ride-hailing market is over. Didi Chuxing, China’s dominant riding-hailing company, announced Monday (Aug. 1) it will acquire Uber’s China business to create a new combined company valued at $35 billion. Under the agreement, Uber China will have an independent brand and business operations.
Hong Kong news outlets are fast becoming popular channels for Chinese activists’ “confessions.”
