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CHRIS BUCKLEY
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Just Bread and Noodles: China’s Covid Lockdown Distress Hits Xinjiang
With lack of food, medicine and other crucial supplies, residents of Yining are chafing under a monthlong pandemic shutdown.
China Sets Key Communist Party Congress for Mid-October
Xi Jinping is poised to win five more years in power at the congress, a choreographed ritual that will offer a glimpse of China’s broad…
A Pelosi Trip to Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite for Confrontation
Xi Jinping has long vowed to answer any challenge to China’s claim to Taiwan. But current economic and political forces may make him unlikely to…
Inside China’s Zero-Covid Fortress, Xi Admits No Doubts
As the lockdown of Shanghai and outbreaks in Beijing and elsewhere batter the economy, China’s leader keeps a distance from the politically charged issue.
Bristling Against the West, China Rallies Domestic Sympathy for Russia
China’s Communist Party is mounting an ideological campaign aimed at officials and students. The message: The country will not turn its back on Russia.
Australian Journalist Who Worked for Chinese Media Stands Trial in Beijing
Cheng Lei, a former CGTN host, was detained in 2020. The Chinese authorities have accused her of divulging state secrets but offered no specifics.
China Plane Crash: Second ‘Black Box’ Is Found, Officials Say
The cause of the crash of China Eastern Flight 5735, which killed 132 people on Monday, remains unknown.
China Eastern Airlines Plane Crashes
More than 130 people were on board, according to Chinese state media reports. There was no immediate information on casualties or why the plane went…