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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with former leader Jiang Zemin at the 19th party congress in 2017. Photo: Simon Song
China’s Communist Party

China prepares to mark Jiang Zemin centenary with full commemorative honours

A 12-part documentary on the former leader is screening nightly, with President Xi Jinping expected to lead a grand ceremony on Monday.

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Taiwan

Taiwan arrests 2 mainland Chinese after boat slips past defences

China’s Communist Party

Over 8,200 detained as China launches year-long crackdown on organised crime

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China’s Communist Party

Former Guangdong governor Zhu Senlin, enforcer of southern reform, dies at 95

Zhu is remembered as a pragmatic, steady administrator who steered Guangdong through critical decades of reform and opening-up.

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Zhu Senlin speaks at the opening ceremony of the 78th China Export Commodities Fair when he was governor of Guangdong in 1995. Photo: SCMP
Zhu Senlin speaks at the opening ceremony of the 78th China Export Commodities Fair when he was governor of Guangdong in 1995. Photo: SCMP
Taiwan

Why Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise

Critics question value of tests as authorities aim to prepare public for outages caused by war, cyberattacks or natural disaster.

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Aviation accidents

Lightning hits China Southern Airbus A321 while taxiing, 20 strike marks found

The plane was grounded for inspection at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, delaying passengers by four hours.

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China’s Communist Party

China halts drone shows across the country as airspace controls tighten

Drone flights in six provinces under the jurisdiction of the Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command reportedly suspended from Friday.

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Drone entertainment, such as this type of light show in Shenzhen last year, has been halted in China, though officials have offered little explanation about the decision. Photo: Xinhua
Drone entertainment, such as this type of light show in Shenzhen last year, has been halted in China, though officials have offered little explanation about the decision. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Communist Party

How the guest list for Beijing’s summer retreat reveals its tech priorities

Experts in chips, defence and deep-sea drilling gathered as China’s scientific competition with the US intensifies.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Beijing on red alert as Typhoon Dolphin grounds nearly 1,000 flights in Shanghai

The weather system is maintaining its strength as it heads north with rains forecast to grow increasingly stronger over the next three days.

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US-China relations

Open Questions | Historian Wang Gungwu on why Xi thinks ‘only the party can save China’

The 95-year-old sinologist gives his take on the superpower rivalry, the US advantage and Taiwan, and explains why the past is so important.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
China’s Communist Party

Is China’s Communist Party newspaper highlighting women’s role as mothers?

Analysis of 125,000 articles from People’s Daily suggests it is increasingly framing women in a domestic rather than public context.

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Researchers found that official media consistently linked women to domestic roles, but the use of phrases connecting them to the professional sphere had dwindled. Photo: Getty Images
Researchers found that official media consistently linked women to domestic roles, but the use of phrases connecting them to the professional sphere had dwindled. Photo: Getty Images
Taiwan

Taiwan’s push to dissolve pro-Beijing party triggers political censorship debate

Politicians divided over proposal to ban Chinese Unification Promotion Party after ministry says it jeopardises free and democratic constitutional order.

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China jobs

Chinese fraud ring helped candidates cheat their way to government-funded jobs

Candidates for postings in Henan were found to have paid officials for an advance look at the questions in an entrance exam.

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Accidents and disasters in China

1,230 times the size of Hong Kong: China deploys drones as Typhoon Dolphin nears

Coastal provinces halt shipping and activities and evacuate fishermen as storm targets Zhejiang and Fujian.

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A satellite image shows Typhoon Dolphin approaching Japan’s Okinawa on August 6, 2026. By Friday morning, it was about 820km from China’s east coast. Photo: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA/Reuters
China’s Communist Party

Open Questions | Wang Gungwu on lessons of Chinese history and Cold War

Historian says the past holds the keys to the future, both for Chinese as they seek further socioeconomic progress and for US as it looks to undermine China.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Illustration: Henry Wong
US-China relations

Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?

His supposedly sky-high salary and internship at a conservative think tank sparked online fury and rumours he was a US spy.

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US-China trade war

China adds US sanctions, drone curbs in trade tit-for-tat

Beijing tightens curbs on unmanned aerial vehicle exports after US robotics import ban, sanctions firms for aiding measures targeting Xinjiang.

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Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign

China jails retired defence tech overseer for 10 years in US$6.3m corruption case

Zhang Jianhua used his influence in and out of office to help third parties with approvals and investment.

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Zhang Jianhua, a senior official with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, has been jailed for corruption for 10 years. Photo: Handout
Zhang Jianhua, a senior official with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, has been jailed for corruption for 10 years. Photo: Handout
Aviation accidents

Narrow escape: how ANA flight from Shanghai avoided a collision at Tokyo airport

Flight NH968 lands safely with 197 on board after 2024’s deadly crash at the same airport and last year’s mid-air disaster in Washington.

Chinese culture

VIP, APP, PPT: Are English abbreviations harming China’s cultural confidence?

Commentators worry that loanwords are becoming too common, especially for new tech, leaving no space for Chinese to grow.

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Taiwan

KMT accuses Taiwan’s government of failing to uphold South China Sea claims

Opposition figure calls on DPP administration to protest to Manila over Philippine attempt to chart a boundary around Scarborough Shoal.

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Scarborough Shoal is claimed by a number of parties. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party

China’s political and scientific elite head to Beidaihe for summer retreat season

Cai Qi meets frontier researchers, urging them to play their part in Communist Party governance.

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Cai Qi greets researchers and academics at Beidaihe. Photo: CCTV
Cai Qi greets researchers and academics at Beidaihe. Photo: CCTV
China education

‘Discouraged’ at university, maths star Wang Hong spurs Chinese education debate

Fields Medal winner’s candid remarks resonate with young students in China who say they’ve had similar experiences.

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China’s Communist Party

China factories cool, CXMT surges, PLA marks anniversary

This week: China manufacturing surprisingly contracts, the Politburo dampens stimulus expectations, memory maker CXMT surges after IPO, and the US bans imports of Chinese robots. Next week: The PLA celebrates its 99th anniversary, July exports may cool, HSBC posts earnings, soccer giants play in Hong Kong, and more.

China’s Communist Party

July Politburo meeting read-out

SCMP Plus annotates the read-out of the July meeting of China’s top-level Politburo, where it was agreed that the Communist Party’s fifth plenum will be held in October and which signalled stronger support for the economy.

July Politburo meeting read-out
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