China issues human rights action plan for 2021-2025: Xinhuanet
September 9, 2021
China on Thursday published the latest human rights action plan, setting the objectives and tasks of respecting, protecting and promoting human rights in the period from 2021 to 2025. Titled “Human Rights Action Plan of China (2021-2025),” the document was released by the State Council Information Office.Click here to read…
Chinese authorities summon online game platforms for talks: Xinhuanet
September 9, 2021
Chinese authorities on Wednesday summoned leading online game enterprises and platforms, including Tencent and NetEase, for talks.These authorities include the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA), the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.Click here to read…
China to make blacklist for bribers: Xinhuanet
September 8, 2021
Chinese authorities will introduce a blacklist system for bribers to intensify the fight against corruption, according to a guideline.Research shall be carried out to put in place punishments regarding bribers’ market access and qualification restrictions, says the document made public Wednesday.Click here to read…
China unveils 5-year plan for agricultural green development: Xinhuanet
September 8, 2021
The Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled a plan for the green development of the country’s agricultural sector over the next five years.The plan, jointly issued by six departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, identified resource protection, pollution control, restoration of agricultural ecology and the development of a low-carbon agricultural industrial chain as the key tasks for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).Click here to read…
Over 4,000 illegal websites shut down amid latest internet cleanup campaign: Global Times
September 8, 2021
More than 400,000 pieces of vulgar and harmful information were removed and 4,800 websites were shut down in China’s internet cleanup campaign, which was jointly launched by six ministries and departments in June, the National Office Against Pornography and Illegal Publications said on Wednesday.The office has also urged websites and platforms to get rid of more than 20 million pieces of vulgar and harmful information, and remove more than 8 million illegal accounts.Click here to read…
Chinese military warns off US warship trespassing into China’s territorial waters: China Military Online
September 8, 2021
The US guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold trespassed into waters off the Meiji Reef, China’s Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on September 8 without Chinese government’s permission. The naval and air forces of the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted whole-process tracking and monitoring and warned off the US destroyer, a military spokesperson said in a written statement Thursday.Click here to read…
Government looks to tame fan club phenomenon: China Daily
September 9, 2021
Reality shows about cultivating celebrities have been one of the most popular types of programs in the country during the past five years. However, they have also stirred controversy and caused chaos, as was highlighted in a notice released by the Chinese National Radio and Television Administration on Sept 2. The notice aims to regulate entertainment programs, celebrities and celebrity agencies.Click here to read…
China warns of cross-border terror leaks from Afghanistan: South China Morning Post
September 9, 2021
China and the US are working on separate plans for how to deal with Afghanistan’s new interim government, with Beijing warning that terror groups were already crossing the borders into neighbouring countries.While US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Germany for a ministerial meeting on Afghanistan with Washington’s Western allies, Beijing convened a discussion among the war-torn country’s neighbours – Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan – on Wednesday, a day after the Taliban named its caretaker cabinet in Kabul.Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his counterparts that China would donate 200 million yuan (US$31 million) in aid to Afghanistan, including food and an initial batch of 3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines.Click here to read…
Chinese businessman Qin Shuren gets 2 years in jail for exporting US marine tech to China: South China Morning Post
September 9, 2021
A Chinese businessman was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison after admitting that he illegally exported marine technology with uses in anti-submarine warfare from the United States for the benefit of a Chinese military university. Qin Shuren, who founded a company that sold oceanographic instruments, was sentenced by US District Judge Denise Casper in Boston after admitting he illegally exported devices called hydrophones that can be used to monitor sound underwater.Click here to read…
China praises Hong Kong arrests of Tiananmen vigil organizers: Japan Times
September 8, 2021
China’s top agency in Hong Kong praised the arrests of four members of a group that had organized an annual Tiananmen Square vigil as authorities continued a broader push against local pro-democracy activists.The Liaison Office said in a statement Wednesday that the arrests of four people on accusations of failing to comply with Beijing-drafted security legislation reflected the “fairness and justice of the law.”Click here to read…
China’s factory inflation hits 13-year high as materials costs soar: Reuters
September 9, 2021
China’s factory gate inflation hit a 13-year high in August driven by roaring raw materials prices despite Beijing’s attempts to cool them, putting more pressure on manufacturers in the world’s second-largest economy. The producer price index (PPI) rose 9.5% from a year earlier in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday, faster than the 9.0% increase tipped in a Reuters poll and the 9.0% reported in July. That was the fastest pace since August 2008.Click here to read…