Mainland China

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.

South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing grapples with a surge in Covid infections.

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

American tech giant Google on Monday (local time) announced that it was shutting down the Google Translate service in mainland China, citing low usage in the country, as per reports.

Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas, media reports said.

A trip to the United States by the head of Taiwan's Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council has been delayed due to important domestic matters he has to handle, his office said

The head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council will visit the United States to meet officials and speak at think-tank events to help garner international support for the island, his department said on Friday.

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has fired around 10,000 employees in three months, as per various reports. The company laid off 9,241 employees during the June quarter. Earlier in July, Alibaba announced plans to apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong opening up the firm to a vast pool of mainland China investors for the first time, report...

Apple has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to comply with China’s customs regulations to avoid them from being held for scrutiny, according to a report. The instructions come amid ongoing Sino-US trade tensions and Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

The Taiwan Strait, which separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan, has been a geopolitical flashpoint between the two countries.

Alibaba is said to reduce its strategic investment team of more than 110 people, mainly based in mainland China, to about 70. The company reportedly plans to cut over a third of staff in its in-house deals team after Beijing's sweeping regulatory crackdown. The job cuts mainly involve mid-level and senior people, informed sources.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Chinese naval vessel that pointed a laser at an Australian defence plane was potentially visible from Australia's mainland, as Canberra demands a "full investigation" by Beijing.

Hong Kong is following mainland China's zero-tolerance approach to control COVID-19, rankling many residents of the international financial hub as much of the world shifts towards living with the coronavirus.

Hong Kong's entire police force will switch from colonial-era British marching drills to the goose-stepping style seen on the Chinese mainland, the city's force said Friday, citing the need to show officers' "patriotism".

Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan, said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are "quite delicate.

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.

South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing grapples with a surge in Covid infections.

Opponents of China's anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.

American tech giant Google on Monday (local time) announced that it was shutting down the Google Translate service in mainland China, citing low usage in the country, as per reports.

Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas, media reports said.

A trip to the United States by the head of Taiwan's Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council has been delayed due to important domestic matters he has to handle, his office said

The head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council will visit the United States to meet officials and speak at think-tank events to help garner international support for the island, his department said on Friday.

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has fired around 10,000 employees in three months, as per various reports. The company laid off 9,241 employees during the June quarter. Earlier in July, Alibaba announced plans to apply for a primary listing in Hong Kong opening up the firm to a vast pool of mainland China investors for the first time, report...

Apple has asked suppliers to ensure that shipments from Taiwan to comply with China’s customs regulations to avoid them from being held for scrutiny, according to a report. The instructions come amid ongoing Sino-US trade tensions and Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

The Taiwan Strait, which separates mainland China from the island of Taiwan, has been a geopolitical flashpoint between the two countries.

Alibaba is said to reduce its strategic investment team of more than 110 people, mainly based in mainland China, to about 70. The company reportedly plans to cut over a third of staff in its in-house deals team after Beijing's sweeping regulatory crackdown. The job cuts mainly involve mid-level and senior people, informed sources.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Chinese naval vessel that pointed a laser at an Australian defence plane was potentially visible from Australia's mainland, as Canberra demands a "full investigation" by Beijing.

Hong Kong is following mainland China's zero-tolerance approach to control COVID-19, rankling many residents of the international financial hub as much of the world shifts towards living with the coronavirus.

Hong Kong's entire police force will switch from colonial-era British marching drills to the goose-stepping style seen on the Chinese mainland, the city's force said Friday, citing the need to show officers' "patriotism".

Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, when asked on Wednesday in an online news conference about visiting Taiwan, said he prefers to stay in India since relations between Taiwan and mainland China are "quite delicate.