Visitors who cannot pre-book through Chinese apps – requiring a WeChat account and ability to read Chinese – are locked out of many attractions. These obstacles may affect China’s soft power abroad as well as tourism, say analysts.
‘There are necessary opportunities for collaboration,’ Elizabeth Allen, the department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, says, while conceding the prospect for disruption remains huge.
Studies show compulsive gambling tends to affect 2.5 to 4 per cent of the adult Chinese population, compared to around 1 per cent for Western counterparts.
US State Department announces restrictions on officials following ruling in Hong Kong 47 case, but city government says it is not ‘intimidated by such despicable behaviour’.
With research having shown plant-based diets are healthy for children, experts explain which foods to offer them to meet their nutritional needs, and how to get them to embrace going vegan.
Beijing’s tightened export restrictions on items from bulletproof vests to plane parts is intended to counter growing US tech curbs.
US Department of State spokesman Matthew Miller says country ‘deeply concerned’ over recent guilty verdicts in case of 47.
Company’s move coincides with government’s plan to make city a biomed centre, with policies including a ‘1+’ mechanism to speed up approval of new drugs for life-threatening or rare diseases.
Average annual salary of executives at Chinese listed companies last year fell by 3.27 per cent, mirroring broader patterns of stagnating or falling wages amid the sluggish economic recovery.
The 2024 presidential campaign has entered unprecedented territory after Donald Trump became the first former US president convicted of a crime.
The long-time West Virginia lawmaker, who is not running for re-election, has registered as an independent but will still caucus with his old party.
The top 1 per cent own more than 40 per cent of India’s wealth, while the bottom 50 per cent own just above 6 per cent, a World Inequality Lab study found.
Inspired by the brain, Tsinghua University team says their Tianmouc chip analyses visual information along two pathways: one for cognition, one for rapid response.
American analysts warn against escalating tensions and alienating allies as debate heats up over Washington’s approach towards Beijing.
Despite the discovery of explosives sourced from India being found on an Israel-bound merchant ship, analysts are sceptical that New Delhi is selling weapons meant to be used in Gaza.
High-level dialogue comes a year after Brazilian leader’s state visit, with focus on projects that could draw Brasilia closer to Beijing economically.
TikTok calls report that it is cloning its recommendation algorithm for US users to prepare for a potential divestment ‘misleading’ and ‘inaccurate’.
The peace plan calls for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine and the restoration of the country’s territorial integrity.
The ex-president, who was banned from standing for election, staged a startling comeback, taking a chunk of the ballot from the once untouchable ANC.
Unifications always won with ‘carrot and stick, and the carrot must be sweet’, policy adviser Zheng Yongnian tells seminar on cross-strait exchanges and warns of ‘dangerous cognitive war’ by US.
Ambassador to Washington delivers video speech as slew of agreements announced on Wednesday in Berkeley at the China-US High-level Event on Subnational Climate Action.
City government stresses importance of collaboration with Greater Bay Area, after minister’s call for integrated waste handling prompts concerns of rubbish importing
HSBC sees opportunities to lend against wealthy clients’ private assets, as it leverages its balance sheet strength to finance this fast-growing market.
Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin turned to a ‘light-asset’ model in 2017, helping him avoid the same fate as Hui Ka Yan, the embattled founder of indebted real estate developer Evergrande Group.
Shen Zhihua warns about the economic decoupling that sent US-Soviet relations spiralling into confrontation.
A landmark national security trial of Hong Kong’s opposition figures will conclude this week with the judges handing down a verdict on whether 16 of them had committed subversion by taking part in an unofficial election they called a primary. The aim of the election was to maximise the opposition’s chances of gaining control of the Legislative Council and bringing down the government.
Negative media coverage abroad, harsh pandemic restrictions have combined to deter visitors, experts say.