US leaves China a Xinjiang terrorism problem with its Afghanistan exit

With the return of the Taliban and civil war seen as likely threats to a weak Kabul, China faces a security vacuum on its Western borders
Beijing needs to guard against the spread of Islamist extremism, but Chinese boots on the ground in the ‘Graveyard of Empires’ would ring alarm bells in India and Russia

1 May 2021 - 5:49PM

US-China relations

US leaves China a Xinjiang terrorism problem with its Afghanistan exit

1 May 2021 - 5:49PM

With the return of the Taliban and civil war seen as likely threats to a weak Kabul, China faces a security vacuum on its Western borders
Beijing needs to guard against the spread of Islamist extremism, but Chinese boots on the ground in the ‘Graveyard of Empires’ would ring alarm bells in India and Russia

China’s online retailers race to slash plastics, packages to shrink carbon footprint

China’s online retail industry, the world’s largest, is one of the key sectors identified by regulators to be subjected to a timetable to come up with more sustainable packaging solutions.

3 May 2021 - 11:19AM

Explainer | How Xiaomi rose to become China’s No 1 smartphone maker

Xiaomi got its start by cultivating an avid fan base with its MIUI Android software before eventually making its own hardware and transforming itself in a lifestyle brand.

30 Apr 2021 - 11:47AM

Baidu will charge for robotaxis in Beijing, the first in China to do so

Baidu will allow people to order autonomous taxis on May 2 in an industrial park in western Beijing as competition heats up in the race to develop autonomous driving tech.

29 Apr 2021 - 5:31PM

Official works as Meituan courier in Communist Party documentary

The two-minute clip, released Wednesday by Beijing’s municipal department in charge of human resources and social security, comes the same week that China’s market regulator kicked off an antitrust probe into the on-demand delivery giant.

29 Apr 2021 - 6:00AM

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