Problems such as the property and stock market slumps, the sluggish recovery and lack of jobs for the young have put many middle-income households in a precarious position.
While some cite fall of Soviet Union and Lenin’s chequered legacy for China’s low-key response to Lenin’s death centenary, one analyst asserts that Leninism ‘is in the DNA’ of the party.
State Council rolls out national blueprint to improve life for older generations, with hopes of new investment opportunities.
After an investigation, 69-year-old Tang Shuangning was kicked out for ‘serious violations of party discipline and law’.
Security concerns could be the real reason behind Supreme People’s Court announcement it will reduce cases uploaded to public archive.
JN.1 likely to become the prevailing strain throughout the country, in part driven by Lunar New Year travel.
The country says it will be more selective about sharing judgments to online database while setting up new archives offering limited information to the public, prompting outcry from lawyers and scholars.
Jiang Ping was known as the ‘conscience’ of the profession and for his advocacy for the rule of law. He played a role in drafting key legislation including corporate, trust, contract and property laws.
State media is trying to paint a rosy picture of rural life to lure people to the countryside as the country’s economy struggles to get back on track.
Three Philippine fisheries bureau vessels ‘intruded’ into waters near disputed shoal, China Coast Guard says, as Manila condemns obstruction of supply mission.
Downward pressures on energy and food prices cited by Beijing as consumer price index falls 0.5 per cent year on year in November.
Top prosecutor’s office says it has indicted 34,000 people in first 10 months of the year, with about half of them involved in overseas syndicates, and the number is expected to increase in coming months as suspects arrested in Myanmar are extradited.
Beijing’s response to Covid-19 created a trust deficit it will struggle to overcome without releasing as much information as possible about the latest outbreak.
WHO had asked for more information on ‘undiagnosed pneumonia’ among children in Beijing and the northeastern province of Liaoning.
WHO request follows reports about overcrowded fever clinics, hospital emergency rooms and children’s wards, with experts citing the circulation of multiple winter pathogens, including Sars-CoV-2.
The recent death and arrests of members of one of the main families in Myanmar’s Shan state has been hailed as a success by Chinese media.
Ming and three of his relatives wanted in China for defrauding and detaining Chinese citizens, among other offences.
China’s rapidly ageing population is an opportunity that ‘needs to seized’, not a demographic crisis, according to Justin Lin.
News editor Josephine Ma started at the South China Morning Post in 1994 and started as Beijing correspondent in 2003.
Amid the fighting, Beijing needs to make sure that cybercrime syndicates won’t just move on and resume operations elsewhere.
The late premier began his career in the Communist Party with a stint working in the countryside.
Businesses cash in on holiday by promoting scary movies, costumes and other commodities as a quarter of humanity suffers in conflict zones, but celebrations could make statement against terror instead of encouraging people to become desensitised.
‘China has always stood on the side of peace’, Wang tells Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Adbul Kadir. Beijing has repeatedly indicated its wish to see a united stand from Arab and Islamic countries on resolving the latest Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Xi announced an eight-point vision for the infrastructure scheme, including funding and green development pledges.
Tackling the hostage crisis following the Hamas attack on Israel would be a good move as China seeks a bigger role in the Middle East, aided by good channels of communication with major players.
Public health is one area with ‘incredible opportunities’ for collaboration, according to Siddharth Chatterjee, the United Nations’ top representative in China.
No consensus from scientists on the dangers of reinfection or who should get boosted, but they agree older people more at risk.
Mainland media has focused on one online personality, but analysts say the case highlights a wider problem.
