News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

NBA player's Tibet remarks spark backlash in China

Josh Horwitz, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 05:13 PM

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's treatment of Tibet. Read more »

China’s top leaders set date for key meeting

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 19 12:36 PM

Communist Party elite expected to adopt a resolution on ‘major achievements and historical experience’ over the past 100 years. Observers say it will become an important political document that could chart the ruling party’s direction for the next few decades. Read more »

UN rights chief urges PH: Publish drug war findings

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 09:52 PM

The head of the United Nations human rights office urged the Philippine government to publish the findings of its drug war review panel. Read more »

China curbs pop culture in bid to 'control' youth

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 11:56 AM

Beijing has moved to check what it considers the excesses of modern entertainment, and urged social media platforms to promote patriotic content. Read more »

China's Xi congratulates Taiwan opposition's newly elected leader

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 26 09:27 PM

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Eric Chu, newly elected leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, Chinese state media reported. Read more »

Captured NPA members get COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:57 PM

Dozens of captured members of the New People's Army received vaccines against COVID-19, the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army said. Read more »

Pelosi: China getting worse on suppression

Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 16 11:54 PM

'China is tightening. It's getting worse and worse in terms of democratic reform.' Read more »

China to target Alipay in tech crackdown: FT

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 08:21 PM

Chinese regulators have ordered sweeping changes to the country's biggest payment app Alipay. Read more »

Groups alarmed as State U tosses books on Peace talks

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:05 PM

The Kalinga State University said the decision was made after the Anti-Terrorism Council declared the CPP, NPA, and NDFP as terrorist organizations. Read more »

Tiananmen crackdown vigil leaders stand trial

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 10 07:08 PM

Three leaders of a pro-democracy group in Hong Kong stood trial on Friday for charges of inciting subversion of state power under the national security law. Read more »

Unleashing reforms, Xi returns to China's socialist roots

Yew Lun Tian, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 06:29 AM

Sweeping new policy moves show Xi Jinping's seriousness in steering China back towards its socialist roots. Read more »

China bans reality talent shows in showbiz crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 07:28 PM

China banned reality talent programs Thursday and ordered broadcasters to promote more masculine representations of men. Read more »

Hong Kong University labor researcher detained in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 07:06 PM

'I am extremely shocked at this,' wrote Fang's father, describing his son as a loyal member of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Read more »

China's kids get schooled in 'Xi Jinping thought'

Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 02:01 PM

Chinese pupils returned to school Wednesday with new textbooks peppered with "Xi Jinping thought", as the Communist Party aims to extend his personality cult to children. Read more »

Hong Kong to check old movies for national security breaches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 06:37 PM

Hong Kong will scrutinize past films for national security breaches under a tough new censorship law. Read more »

China tells Tibet to accept Communist Party rule

Yew Lun Tian, Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 07:00 PM

China marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region with a call to accept the rule of the Communist Party. Read more »

4 Hong Kong students arrested for allegedly promoting terrorism

Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 19 02:11 AM

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four University of Hong Kong students on suspicion of promoting terrorism. Read more »

Hong Kong's largest union disbands, citing crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 06:46 PM

Hong Kong's largest union announced it decided to disband on Tuesday citing "huge pressure" as authorities stamp out the city's democracy movement. Read more »

China blasts US over 'safe haven' for Hongkongers

Danny Mok, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 09 01:24 PM

US memorandum ‘blatantly defames and attacks the law of China on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong’, foreign ministry says. Read more »

US to offer 'safe haven' to Hong Kong residents

Michael Martina, Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 08:17 PM

The United States on Thursday plans to offer a temporary "safe haven" to thousands of Hong Kong residents. Read more »