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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 »

Hong Kong media outlet, broadcaster, artist all quit city

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 06:28 PM

Hong Kong online news outlet Initium announced it was relocating to Singapore on Tuesday citing fading press freedoms, the first local media to quit the financial hub as authorities crack down on dissent. Read more »

No gain without pain: Why China's reform push must hurt investors

Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Posted at Jul 28 04:59 PM

Stocks and sentiment have taken a drubbing as Communist Party rulers seek to remake the property, technology and education sectors to curb cost pressures and better serve ordinary people. Read more »

Sari-saring kampo pumalag, itinama ang ilang sinabi ni Duterte sa SONA 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 09:31 PM

Maraming nabanggit at marami ring umangal sa ilang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanyang SONA.  Read more »

Duterte lauds anti-insurgency task force for 'eroding' communists; Reds say 'dream on'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 07:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte during his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday lauded the government's controversial anti-insurgency task force for "empowering our kababayans who have been used by the communists." Read more »