01 Jul 2024
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China is clamping down on online nationalism.
What happened: A man stabbed three people, including a Japanese mother and her child, at a bus stop in Suzhou, Jiangsu on June 24.
The Chinese woman who intervened in the attack ultimately lost her life.
The incident prompted an outpouring on...
July 3, 2024
China is battling record-breaking floods again this summer. On Monday and Tuesday, Premier Li Qiang visited flood-hit northern Jiangxi province. In particular, he inspected emergency relief efforts along the Yangtze River and the northern shore of Poyang Lake. ICYDK: Water-rich… Read More »
July 3, 2024
Jilin province has a new Party boss. On Friday, Huang Qiang, 61, replaced Jing Junhai as Jilin Party secretary. Huang is a textbook technocrat. He has studied and worked in the aerospace sector for 26 years, and is known for… Read More »
July 3, 2024
China and the Philippines are trying to work through their high-stakes dispute in the South China Sea (SCS). On Tuesday, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Theresa Lazaro in Manila. The focus: Managing tensions over… Read More »