Beijing

Young worker sits in office
Success

China’s youth unemployment is so bad that Gen Z job-seekers are paying $7 a day to pretend to work in an office

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August 12, 2025
DeepSeek could send sensitive user information to Chinese state-owned telecoms company, researchers warn
Tech

DeepSeek could send sensitive user information to Chinese state-owned telecoms company, researchers warn

By Byron Tau and The Associated Press
February 5, 2025
With over a billion users, TikTok’s algorithm keeps it ahead of the game—but is it entertainment or a tool for Beijing’s surveillance?
Tech

With over a billion users, TikTok’s algorithm keeps it ahead of the game—but is it entertainment or a tool for Beijing’s surveillance?

By Jules Bonnard and AFP
December 18, 2024
Leading China investor Fred Hu advises Beijing to ‘stay cool’ amid Trump tariff threat
Conferences

Leading China investor Fred Hu advises Beijing to ‘stay cool’ amid Trump tariff threat

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November 12, 2024
Jacob Helberg
Politics

TikTok is betting on a First Amendment fight to block a ban. The claim goes against a century of legal precedent in the U.S., China expert says

By Haleluya Hadero and The Associated Press
May 7, 2024
Ren Zhengfei
Finance

Blacklisted Chinese tech giant is covertly funding scientific research at U.S. universities through a nonprofit

By Kate O'Keeffe and Bloomberg
May 3, 2024
TikTok is trying to distance itself from Beijing but U.S. lawmakers aren’t having it: ‘There’s no such thing as a private company in China’
Tech

TikTok is trying to distance itself from Beijing but U.S. lawmakers aren’t having it: ‘There’s no such thing as a private company in China’

By Didi Tang and The Associated Press
March 14, 2024
Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023 in Paris, France.
Leadership

Taiwan hits out at Elon Musk over his China comments: ‘Listen up, Taiwan is certainly not for sale’

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September 15, 2023
Founder of Alibaba Group Jack Ma gives a speech at the 'Ma Yun Rural Teachers and Headmasters Prize' on January 7th, 2020 in Sanya, Hainan province, China.

Jack Ma was once Asia’s richest person—but he’s lost more than half of his $61 billion fortune in the past 3 years

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July 12, 2023
Health workers in protective clothing in Beijing

One COVID rule breaker sends over 5,000 of his neighbors into quarantine

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May 31, 2022
Jack Ma looks happy
International

China still has the most billionaires in the world, despite losing 160 of them amid Beijing’s crackdowns last year

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March 18, 2022
The second Olympics of the pandemic are set to start, and they’re already looking like a disaster

The second Olympics of the pandemic are set to start, and they’re already looking like a disaster

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January 28, 2022
China has issued copper-alloy commemorative coins for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. But will there be boycotts of the games?

President Biden is considering a ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing Olympics. That’s not the only hurdle facing the games

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November 19, 2021
China launched the new Beijing Stock Exchange to fund small businesses—but it may also ‘cannibalize’ existing bourses
International

China launched the new Beijing Stock Exchange to fund small businesses—but it may also ‘cannibalize’ existing bourses

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November 15, 2021
Fortnite shuts down in China, the latest foreign video game to face off with regulators—and surrender
Tech

Fortnite shuts down in China, the latest foreign video game to face off with regulators—and surrender

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November 2, 2021

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