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Court Ruling Deals A Blow To China's Faltering #MeToo Movement

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

An intern accused a well-known TV anchor of forcibly kissing her. In a ruling this week, a Beijing court found that it could not determine whether sexual harassment had occurred.

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Biden And Xi Jinping Speak For The 1st Time In Months Amid Fraying U.S.-China Ties

Thursday, September 09, 2021

In only their second call since Biden took office, the two leaders spoke about "the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict," according to the White House.

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Forget Tiger Moms. Now China's 'Chicken Blood' Parents Are Pushing Kids To Succeed

Monday, September 06, 2021

Fierce competition to get children into the top schools has spawned an aggressive parenting culture named for a traditional-medicine treatment in which chicken blood is injected to stimulate energy.

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They Fled China Decades Ago. Now, They Must Flee The Taliban In Afghanistan

Sunday, September 05, 2021

About 80 Uyghur families are among those trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. They're afraid if they stay, and China could pressure the Taliban to send them back to China.

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China Is Imposing Strict Lockdowns To Contain New COVID Outbreaks. But There's A Cost

Thursday, September 02, 2021

The severe restrictions on travel and movement are having a serious impact on citizens, international workers, students and more as China grapples with the pandemic.

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Beijing's Subway System Offers History At Each Stop, Both Above And Below Ground

Monday, August 30, 2021

For our Summer Travel series, our Beijing correspondent rides the city's subway system and explores the history of each stop — above ground and below ground.

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Is China's Zero Tolerance Approach To Fighting The Delta Variant Worth The Cost?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

China is taking a zero tolerance approach to the delta variant through mass testing and sudden lockdowns. Can those measures work? And are they sustainable?

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

Monday, August 23, 2021

What Beijing has offered the Taliban so far is an open hand and a hint of legitimacy. Taliban leaders have pledged to leave Chinese interests alone and not to harbor anti-China extremist groups.

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The Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Draws A Mixed Global Response

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's return to power are getting different responses from around the world. We hear from reporters in Paris, Beijing and Moscow.

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Rape Accusations At Alibaba Bring China's #MeToo Movement Back Into The Spotlight

Friday, August 13, 2021

A woman's account of her alleged rape by her manager at the Chinese tech company has gone viral, spurring conversations across the country about sexual abuse in the workplace.

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A Court In China Sentences A Canadian Businessman To 11 Years In Prison

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

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China's Aim To Reverse A Declining Birth Rate May Increase Job Discrimination

Friday, August 06, 2021

China wants couples to have more children. Women say that expectation is worsening the rampant gender discrimination that they face in the workforce.

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Coronavirus Outbreaks Across China Are Causing Lockdowns And Travel Controls

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The fast-spreading delta variant has led to small coronavirus outbreaks across China. It also means lockdowns and mass testing and that travel controls are back.

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Wuhan Orders Testing For All 10 Million Residents As The Delta Variant Hits China

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The country's immigration authorities also said this week that they are not issuing new passports to their citizens unless there is a pressing need to travel abroad for education or employment.

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Chinese Billionaire Sun Dawu Is Sentenced To 18 Years For 'Provoking Trouble'

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The staunch advocate of social justice and rural development was found guilty of eight charges. His harsh prison sentence comes amid broader efforts by authorities to rein in powerful businessmen.

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China's New U.S. Ambassador Pioneered The Foreign Ministry's Brash Tone

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Qin Gang brought a tougher style to China's foreign ministry pulpit. Now he is Beijing's man in Washington, inheriting a hard post amid the most fraught relations in years between China and the U.S.

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Typhoon Hits Shanghai As Central China Deals With Flooding

Monday, July 26, 2021

A typhoon made landfall in eastern China on Sunday, as central China is still struggling with record flooding that killed dozens people, and forced more than a million people from their homes.

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Record-Breaking Flooding In China Has Left Over One Million People Displaced

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Flooding continues to devastate the city of Zhengzhou in the central Chinese province of Henan, where thousands remain stranded without power or food.

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Thousands Trapped After Record Rainfalls Cause Flooding In Parts Of China

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are gathering in relocation centers south of Xinjiang following deadly floods in central China.

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In Just 3 Days, An Entire Year's Worth Of Rain Has Fallen On Zhengzhou, China

Friday, July 23, 2021

In just three days, one year's worth of rain fell on Zhengzhou, a city of 12 million in central China. The resulting flooding in the region has killed dozens of people, and the rain hasn't stopped.

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