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How AI is bringing conversations about wartime atrocities into the classroom

Project allows students to engage in dialogue with interactive testimonies, including from ‘comfort women’ and Nanking massacre survivors.

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Taiwan

Cross-strait exchanges under pressure by Taiwan’s ruling DPP

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China’s Communist Party

China needs incentives to power a lean, grass-roots official machine, leaders say

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China education

China gives vocational training a hi-tech overhaul to upskill workforce

Education Ministry introduces 40 new majors in the pivot to more advanced manufacturing and self-reliance.

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China’s vocational education system will offer 40 majors, including some courses related to precision aerospace equipment. Photo: Xinhua
China’s vocational education system will offer 40 majors, including some courses related to precision aerospace equipment. Photo: Xinhua

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China’s Communist Party

Chinese football legend and Everton player Li Tie gets 20 years for corruption

The national men’s team coach and former English Premier League player is the latest high-profile sports figure to fall in China’s anti-graft campaign.

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China Economy

China’s economic stimulus

China makes space for private sector, vows spending to boost demand

Growth took pole position at the central economic work conference, with fiscal deficit increases and more spending pledged to keep demand high.

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Police in China take hi-tech rolling robot out on patrol

The device is equipped with tear gas, cameras and flashing lights, and can track and identify targets.

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Police in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, use the ball-shaped robots on patrol amid China’s the latest push to improve hi-tech policing in China. Photo: Handout
Police in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, use the ball-shaped robots on patrol amid China’s the latest push to improve hi-tech policing in China. Photo: Handout

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Tibet

Panchen Lama to make rare visit to Nepal after Tibet trip, reports say

The trip, which has not been confirmed by Beijing or Kathmandu, comes months before the Dalai Lama is expected to unveil a succession plan.

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China’s Communist Party

China’s customs chief and trade warrior Yu Jianhua dies aged 63

Yu, who played a major role in Beijing’s response to Donald Trump’s trade war, had previously led the diplomatic mission at the UN in Geneva.

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Taiwan

Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou to visit mainland China this month

Ma will lead a youth delegation to northeast and southwest on a nine-day trip this month in another push to boost people-to-people exchanges.

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Ma Ying-jeou (centre), a former Taiwanese leader and former chairman of the Kuomintang party, will pay his third visit to the mainland in two years to promote youth exchanges. Photo: Xinhua

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China education

Chinese engineering graduates often lack basic knowledge, survey finds

What students are taught at university can turn out to be ‘useless’ in the workplace, according to researcher.

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China forecasts that it will need another 4.5 million skilled workers in the smart manufacturing sector and over 500,000 engineers in industrial machine tools by next year. Photo: Xinhua
China forecasts that it will need another 4.5 million skilled workers in the smart manufacturing sector and over 500,000 engineers in industrial machine tools by next year. Photo: Xinhua

Policy

China’s economic stimulus

Explainer | What is China’s central economic work conference, and why does it matter?

China’s annual tone-setting central economic work conference is expected to convene this week at a key time for the world’s second-largest economy.

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Women and gender

Years after mentally ill woman went missing, man held on suspicion of rape

‘Zhang knew Bu had a mental illness but still had sexual relations with her and had children,’ say local authorities.

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China’s Communist Party

Xi calls for wider use of Mandarin in China’s border areas amid security push

Leader tells Politburo study session that the unity of all ethnic groups ‘like pomegranate seeds tightly held together’ should be promoted.

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Xi Jinping told Politburo members that maintaining security and stability is the “baseline requirement” for border governance. Photo: EPA

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Taiwan

Taiwan monitoring PLA warplanes and ships after William Lai’s stopovers

Defence ministry says 47 aircraft were detected near the island in the 24 hours to 6am, along with 12 naval ships and nine official vessels.

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A mainland Chinese J-16 fighter jet. Taiwan’s defence ministry says it is monitoring PLA activity near the island. Photo: AP
A mainland Chinese J-16 fighter jet. Taiwan’s defence ministry says it is monitoring PLA activity near the island. Photo: AP

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Chinese culture

China’s massive Confucius cultural project gets AI boost with ByteDance donation

Foundation gives US$3 million to Ruzang effort that aims to compile all known classics by the ancient philosopher.

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Greater Bay Area

China’s Huangmaohai connector is newest link to supercharge Greater Bay Area

Pearl River Delta’s third major cross-sea connector will further slash travel times when it opens Wednesday, marking another major step in regional economic integration.

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Women and gender

Chinese police can use text message evidence in domestic violence crackdown

A new mechanism will allow government agencies to work together and help victims of domestic violence, state media says.

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Chinese state media says domestic violence guidelines issued by nine government agencies will regulate procedures and measures in a police warning system. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Chinese state media says domestic violence guidelines issued by nine government agencies will regulate procedures and measures in a police warning system. Photo: Shutterstock Images

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Taiwan

Taiwanese political heavyweight proposes new cross-strait framework

Former legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng from the KMT has suggested ‘separate governance without division’.

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Policy

China's economic recovery

China’s Politburo revives crisis-era language in pledge to bolster economy

Decision-making body of Communist Party pledges to boost demand, stabilise property and stock markets after closely watched meeting.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Zhuhai car attack: senior heads roll in south China city where dozens died

The mayor and public security director, along with district officials, have been replaced in rare cluster of appointments.

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People leave tributes at the scene of the deadly attack in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, southern China in November. Photo: Reuters
Open Questions series

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

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Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why

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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate

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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete

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