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Discipline committee decides to terminate Miles Kwan from studies because of ‘multiple acts of misconduct’
A Hong Kong university student who had called for accountability over a has been expelled by the school for disciplinary offences.
Miles Kwan, a politics student, was by the city’s national security police last year for “seditious intent” after handing out flyers calling for an independent investigation into a fire that killed 168 people in November.

At its heart are Eileen Gu, a freestyle skier, and Alysa Liu, a figure-skater. They have a lot in common: both are young women of American-Chinese heritage who were born and raised in the US. And they ...

Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

Customers flock to Daoxiangcun to pick up cakes selected by the president during lunar new year tour around city
A Beijing pastry shop visited by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, on a lunar new year tour this week has been swarmed by customers hoping to get their hands on Xi-approved sweet treats.
Traffic was brought to a standstill in Beijing’s capital as the president took a tour around the city on Monday and Tuesday.

Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

Army in turmoil after Xi Jinping placed top general under investigation for suspected corruption last month
The CIA (the US’s Central Intelligence Agency) has published a Mandarin-language recruitment video aimed at Chinese soldiers, in an apparent attempt to capitalise on the recent instability in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) .
The video, on Thursday, is titled The Reason for Stepping Forward: To Save the Future.

Analysis shows that the world is moving closer to China, as Trump’s isolationism rears its head at the United Nations
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has accelerated a profound shift in the global order, according to new analysis.
A , which analyses UN voting records, reveals how Washington’s “America First” agenda has started to redraw the geopolitical map in favour of China.

Japan says vessel failed to comply with order to stop, with incident coming weeks after row with China over Taiwan
Authorities in have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain in a move that is likely to inflame an ongoing between Tokyo and Beijing.
The seizure, which occurred on Thursday about 105 miles (170km) from the south-western port city of Nagasaki, came after the skipper refused an order to stop for an onboard inspection, according to media reports.

Social media users are “becoming Chinese” just in time for the Lunar New Year. But what’s behind the trend, and will it last?

Social media users are “becoming Chinese” just in time for the Lunar New Year. But what’s behind the trend, and will it last?

Social media users are “becoming Chinese” just in time for the Lunar New Year. But what’s behind the trend, and will it last?

Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say
The Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery thanks to a sweeping fishing ban.
The ban was made more effective by the implementation of “evolutionary game theory”, which included finding alternative employment for fishers.