Huang Xueqin, the journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, have been accused of inciting subversion as the authorities expand a campaign to quash dissent.
Tag: China
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Real Estate Crisis Triggers New Alarms Over China’s Shadow Banks
A financially troubled firm has stopped paying investors, risking panic and testing the Chinese government’s resolve to take on debts from its property crisis.
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The Underground Historians Keeping the Truth Alive in China
They work under the shadow of the Communist Party — but they prove that independent thought can’t be stamped out by even the most repressive regime.
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Syria’s Leader, al-Assad, Visits China in Search of Friends and Funds
The trip by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, his first to China since 2004, may bolster Beijing’s efforts to expand its influence in the Middle East.
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Hong Kong Says It Calls the Shots, Not Beijing. Investors Are Wary.
Its close ties to Beijing are putting the city, still an international financial hub, in a bind as it lures Western investors to revive its economy.