Controversial former host, known for interviewing world leaders, vanished 10 years ago amid corruption probe at state broadcaster.
22 Oct 2024 - 5:48PM videocam
Authorities pledge to increase financial and policy support in key areas including medicine, engineering and emerging technologies.
The comments by Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong may be a sign that officials are struggling to hit this year’s economic growth targets.
17 Oct 2024 - 6:30PM videocam
Xi Jinping visited Fujian’s Dongshan county, the site of a 1953 cross-strait war, as part of an inspection trip to the province, CCTV says.
17 Oct 2024 - 4:49PM videocam
A TV series released by the Ministry of State Security has a plotline that mirrors the death of a military scientist in a car crash.
Once one of China’s most powerful men, Wu is best remembered for his strong opposition to the Western political system.
In the country’s vast rural regions, officials armed with poverty relapse dossiers are struggling to track and help the vulnerable avoid destitution.
5 Oct 2024 - 6:43AM videocam
Taiwanese film star Wu Kang-ren and singer Chiao Anpu’s congratulatory remarks seen to be at odds with previous criticisms of Beijing.
4 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
Taipei information command denies claims as Beijing’s Ministry of State Security vows to ‘resolutely crush all separatist attempts’.
23 Sep 2024 - 6:41PM videocam
Changes would include allowing bail during investigations but also extending the period suspects are denied access to a lawyer.
14 Sep 2024 - 12:00PM videocam
A trailer for a military documentary appears to show footage from a camera mounted on a plane as it took off from the ship.
12 Sep 2024 - 9:00PM videocam
The move comes as the country is grappling with a declining birth rate and rapidly greying population.
11 Sep 2024 - 10:26PM videocam
Experts say military communication between two countries advancing rapidly since Xi and Biden met in November, easing risk of confrontation.
10 Sep 2024 - 8:08PM videocam
Guangdong and Hainan provinces work to clean up and sanitise streets and help farmers, fishers and factories get back to work.
9 Sep 2024 - 3:42PM videocam
Invitation to drill comes as China and Brazil enjoy improved relations in recent years, including Brasilia’s intent to join belt and road programme.
6 Sep 2024 - 8:00PM videocam
Top monks and religious experts gather for seminar aimed at making Tibetan Buddhism ‘compatible with socialist society’.
Artist and his brother Gao Qiang are well-known for their critical depictions of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution.
Two Chinese military operations in a week near its neighbour are part of broader contingency planning, observer says.
3 Sep 2024 - 10:00PM videocam
On last day of three-day China trip, Sullivan says the US values its ‘commitment to freedom of navigation in the South China Sea’: White House
30 Aug 2024 - 1:30PM videocam
New books on Chinese language, history, as well as morality and law to be handed out to junior and primary students at start of autumn semester.
28 Aug 2024 - 5:28PM videocam
Researchers report waning optimism about social mobility among rural Chinese as education disparities create obstacles for economy.
27 Aug 2024 - 6:17AM videocam
Team led by State Council’s food safety body says perpetrators were ‘trampling on the bottom line of morality and the red line of the law’.
26 Aug 2024 - 4:41PM videocam
Philippine ship caused ‘deliberate’ collision, China says, as Manila alleges ‘aggressive’ moves by Chinese vessels including navy ship.
25 Aug 2024 - 9:29PM videocam
Jifeng Bookstore hosted some 800 seminars in the five years before it closed, a tradition that will continue at the US store, owner Yu Miao says on WeChat.
Both traditional energy sources and new ones such as wind and solar power feature in talks as Xinjiang eyes foreign investment.
21 Aug 2024 - 10:00AM videocam
Official social media post declares that clans form a ‘state within a state’, with potential for negative social effects.
20 Aug 2024 - 2:55PM videocam
Media outlets lead the calls, saying videos of a blogger confronting hotel staff in the French capital have caused ‘hurt feelings’.
Central government will take main responsibility for funding under revised regulations – costs previously shared with local governments.
14 Aug 2024 - 8:00PM videocam
Beijing has not said how leaders will mark the anniversary but it will be a chance for them to think about the past and a way forward.
13 Aug 2024 - 7:00PM videocam
The CPPCC chairman’s role on the plenum’s documents drafting team shows he remains Xi’s ideological ‘brains trust’, an observer said.
10 Aug 2024 - 10:00PM videocam