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Phoebe Zhang
Phoebe Zhang
Reporter, China
Phoebe Zhang is a society reporter with the Post. She has a master's degree in journalism.

Beijing and Washington will team up at UN climate conference in Dubai to strengthen cooperation as the two leading carbon emitters pledge to step up joint action to fight global warming.

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Zhang Guimei, 66, founder of China’s first free public high school for girls, is a household name. But her biopic has divided feminists and the communist state.

Passport holders from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia will benefit from the arrangement for the next 12 months.

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Hospitals in Hubei, Guangxi and Guangdong have been accused of providing false documents that can be used to register kidnapped babies under false names.

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Shen Yiqin, state councillor and president of the All-China Women’s Federation, says women must contribute to the ‘great cause of national rejuvenation’.

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China has been taking measures to encourage couples to have children, offering incentives ranging from cash to homebuyer subsidies. However, there is not enough information on what to expect and how to raise a child, not much community help and the ‘birth reward’ doesn’t go very far.

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Mao-era social management model has received a new lease of life under Xi, but analysts say it could be used as a surveillance tool and make lower-level officials hide problems from their bosses.

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He was found to have passed classified documents to a foreign country, according to official media. It comes as China has expanded its counter-espionage law and is revising state secrets legislation.

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He attends meeting of Central Finance Commission, established in March to serve as primary planner for financial system as ruling party seeks direct control over wide range of policy areas.

Official obituary of former leader, who died in Shanghai on Friday, hails his contributions to the economy, belt and road, poverty relief and his support for President Xi Jinping.

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A dozen new clauses have been added to Law on Guarding State Secrets under draft revision. It has raised concern among foreign business community and investors, with calls for clarity.

Drive has sparked online rumours of alleged dog culling, with most respondents in an online survey opposing the move and blaming owners for such attacks.

Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation’s Z-8 and Z -10 attack helicopters have been reported to be part of PLA sorties into Taiwan’s air defence zone over the past three years.

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Wang Huning stresses role of strategy, which has come under US criticism, to pair coastal areas with cities in far western region and highlights need for social stability and ‘strong sense of community of the Chinese nation’.

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Beijing announces latest upgrade to permanent residence document intended to clear path for foreign talent to settle in the country, and immigration authorities say they will work to expand areas where it can be used.

Authorities investigate Bai Tinghui, head of agency that manages state-owned enterprises, and SOE bosses in energy, shipbuilding, gas and electricity industries as Beijing tightens anti-corruption campaigns spanning sectors from medicine to military and sports.

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Former water-treatment engineer says the city has a decades-long history of flooding that could be mitigated with better weather forecasting, particularly in this era of more frequent extreme weather.

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