Appeals hearing for detained chinese journalist Yuyu Dong set for Monday
Appeals hearing for detained chinese journalist Yuyu Dong set for Monday

The Beijing High Court will hear the criminal appeal of Chinese journalist Yuyu Dong on Monday, March 31, at 9:30 a.m. local time. Dong, who has been in detention for three years, was convicted of espionage and sentenced to seven years in prison. He and his lawyers are seeking a full acquittal,...

Science and tradition restore Beijing’s cultural relics
Science and tradition restore Beijing’s cultural relics

In a setting more akin to a high-tech laboratory than a museum, experts in Beijings Forbidden City are restoring centuries-old relics using advanced technology alongside time-honoured techniques. A fragment of a glazed roof tile undergoes analysis in an X-ray diffraction machine, generating...

China sentences former engineer to death for espionage
China sentences former engineer to death for espionage

A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign intelligence agency, Beijings Ministry of State Security announced on Wednesday. The individual, identified only by his surname, Liu, was accused of copying, duplicating, and selling a substantial amount of...

Dhaka, Beijing talk economic partnership expansion
Dhaka, Beijing talk economic partnership expansion

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain had a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday and discussed a wide range of issues and ways to strengthen Dhakas economic partnership with Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when Bangladesh and China are preparing to...

US national security adviser to discuss Chinese dams in India visit
US national security adviser to discuss Chinese dams in India visit

US national security adviser Jake Sullivans visit to New Delhi from January 5-6 is expected to include discussions with Indian counterparts about the impact of Chinese dams, a senior US official said late on Friday. Washington and its Western allies have long viewed India as a counter to Chinas...

No one can separate Taiwan from China: Xi
No one can separate Taiwan from China: Xi

No one can stop Chinas reunification with Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his New Years speech on Tuesday, laying down a clear warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces within and outside of the island of 23 million people. In the past year, Beijing has stepped up...

Beijing denies involvement in US treasury cyber-attack
Beijing denies involvement in US treasury cyber-attack

Beijing on Tuesday dismissed as false the claims that the US Treasury was breached in a major cybersecurity incident, state media reported. These unfounded accusations (are) lacking evidence, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing. Maos comments came in response to a...