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Henry Kissinger: China mourns 'a most valued old friend'
The death of the contentious former US secretary of state draws nostalgia and compliments in China.
Read moreMeta closes nearly 4,800 fake accounts in China that tried to polarize US voters
Tech company said accounts impersonating Americans spread political content aiming to divide country ahead of election year
Someone in China created thousands of fake Facebook and Instagram accounts designed to impersonate Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the US ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said on Thursday.
The network of nearly 4,800 fake accounts was attempting to build an audience when it was identified and eliminated by the tech company, which owns Facebook and Instagram. The accounts sported fake photos, names and locations as a way to appear like everyday American Facebook users weighing in on political issues.
Continue reading...Read moreMeta takes down China-based network of thousands of fake accounts
The company says accounts posted about divisive issues ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Read more中国和约旦签署共建“一带一路”合作谅解备忘录
11月29日，中国驻约旦大使陈传东和约旦计划与国际合作大臣宰娜·图甘分别代表两国政府，在安曼签署中约两国政府关于共同推进“一带一路”建设的谅解备忘录。
Read morePwC fined $7mn over exam cheating by China and Hong Kong staff
US regulator says more than 1,000 of firm’s workers cheated on tests designed to familiarise them with US standards
Read moreEdinburgh Zoo says goodbye to giant pandas
Tian Tian and Yang Guang have been visited for the last time before they return to China.
Read moreCOP28中国角开幕式暨“生态文明与美丽中国实践”边会在迪拜举行
中新网迪拜11月30日电 当地时间30日，《联合国气候变化框架公约》第28次缔约方大会(COP28)中国角开幕式暨“生态文明与美丽中国实践”边会在阿联酋迪拜举行。
Read more习言道｜推进长三角一体化发展是一篇大文章
中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平11月30日上午在上海主持召开深入推进长三角一体化发展座谈会并发表重要讲话。习近平指出——
Read more中国驻日本大使吴江浩：中日和平友好条约不断彰显其定海神针般的重要价值
中新社东京11月30日电 (记者 朱晨曦)29日，中国驻日本大使吴江浩在中日和平友好条约亲历者及友好人士后代交流会上指出，中日和平友好条约在中日关系45年来的风云变幻中，不断彰显其定海神针般的重要价值。
Read more中国国防部：正告菲方停止一切侵权行径
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 李纯)在30日的中国国防部例行记者会上，新闻发言人吴谦指出，中方坚决反对任何在南海挑动对抗、加剧地区紧张的行径。中方正告菲方切实遵守《南海各方行为宣言》精神，停止一切侵权行径。
Read more国防部：维护中缅边境安全稳定 保护边民生命财产安全
中国国防部：维护中缅边境地区安全稳定 保护边民生命财产安全
Read more全国台企联会长李政宏：大陆仍是台商台胞最大机遇所在
中新社宁波11月30日电 (方堃 张扬彬)“如今，在大陆的台资企业达13万多家，实际投资额高达722亿美元，常住大陆台胞台商几十万人。这些都是两岸经济社会融合发展的真实写照。”11月30日，全国台湾同胞投资企业联谊会会长李政宏在第四届海峡两岸经济社会发展(宁波)论坛上致辞时表示，两岸关系和平发展、融合发展是通向和平统一的重要途径，也是造福两岸同胞的康庄大道。
Read more习近平：不断谱写长三角一体化发展新篇章
中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平11月30日上午在上海主持召开深入推进长三角一体化发展座谈会并发表重要讲话。他强调——
Read more中国国防部：台湾的安全想靠几件美制武器是根本靠不住的
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 李纯)“台湾的安全取决于两岸关系和平发展，想靠几件美制武器是根本靠不住的。”中国国防部新闻发言人吴谦30日在北京如是指出。
Read more2023上海合作组织传统医学论坛现场签约79.5亿元
中新社南昌11月30日电 (记者 吴鹏泉)在30日下午举行的2023上海合作组织传统医学论坛传统医药产业推介会上，9个项目现场集中签约并落户赣江新区中医药科创城，总金额79.5亿元(人民币，下同)。
Read more郑泽光：进一步挖掘中英在氢能等新能源领域合作潜力
中新网曼彻斯特11月30日电 (记者 欧阳开宇)11月30日，2023年中英氢能合作论坛在曼彻斯特举行。中国驻英国大使郑泽光出席论坛并发表讲话。
Read more中国国防部：中美防务部门保持沟通 落实两国元首共识
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 李纯)中国国防部30日举行例行记者会，新闻发言人吴谦表示，中国军队愿与美方一道，认真贯彻落实两国元首共识，按照相互尊重、和平共处、合作共赢的原则开展交流合作。
Read more王毅将赴越南主持中越双边合作指导委员会第十五次会议
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 邢翀)中国外交部发言人汪文斌30日在例行记者会上宣布，应越南副总理陈流光邀请，中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅将于12月1日至2日赴越南主持中越双边合作指导委员会第十五次会议。(完)
Read more辽宁省政协原副主席孙远良一审被控受贿、利用影响力受贿逾1.8亿元
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 张素)记者从中国最高人民法院获悉，11月30日，河北省承德市中级人民法院一审公开开庭审理了辽宁省政协原党组副书记、副主席孙远良受贿、利用影响力受贿一案。
Read more国台办：民进党当局恶意阻挡妈祖关帝金身赴台事实清楚、不容狡辩
中新社北京11月30日电 国务院台办发言人陈斌华11月30日表示，台陆委会声称，湄洲妈祖祖庙妈祖金身、东山关帝庙关帝金身赴台“遭驳回”是恶意的假讯息。这种说法本身就是恶意欺骗，自欺欺人。
Read more上海崇明：积极应对全球气候变化，提升碳汇能力
中新网迪拜11月30日电 《联合国气候变化框架公约》第28次缔约方大会(COP28)中国角开幕式暨“生态文明与美丽中国实践”边会30日在迪拜举行。上海市崇明区副区长张秩通在会上发言时表示，上海崇明自确立生态岛定位以来，努力实现“人与自然和谐共生”的发展目标，积极为应对全球气候变化提供生动的“崇明案例”。
Read more2023台湾幸福城市排名出炉 台北居首
中新社台北11月30日电 (记者 陈小愿)2023台湾县市幸福指数调查报告30日公布，台北市获评“最幸福城市”，嘉义市、台中市分列第二、三位。
Read more东西问·人物｜德德玛：“草原夜莺”飞往天堂
中新社呼和浩特11月30日电 题：德德玛：“草原夜莺”飞往天堂
Read morePDD rattles Alibaba and ByteDance slashes games
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Read more（经济观察）链博会发出明确信号：拒绝“脱钩断链”
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 李晓喻)正在举行的首届链博会发出了相当清晰明确的声音：加强供应链合作，拒绝“脱钩断链”。
Read more王毅集体会见阿拉伯、伊斯兰国家外长
中新社联合国11月29日电 (记者 廖攀)中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅29日在纽约联合国总部集体会见卡塔尔首相兼外交大臣穆罕默德、约旦副首相兼外交与侨务大臣萨法迪、沙特外交大臣费萨尔、巴勒斯坦外交部长马立基、土耳其外长菲丹、埃及外交部长舒凯里、印度尼西亚外交部长蕾特诺、马来西亚外长赞比里、阿联酋巴勒斯坦事务国务部长阿卜杜拉、阿盟秘书长盖特。
Read more中国商务部：愿推动中日韩自贸协定谈判早日重启
中新社北京11月30日电 (记者 李晓喻)中国商务部新闻发言人束珏婷30日称，愿推动中日韩自贸协定谈判早日重启。
Read more解振华：中国经济社会发展已走上全面绿色转型轨道
中新社阿联酋迪拜11月30日电 (记者 庞无忌)中国气候变化事务特使解振华30日在《联合国气候变化框架公约》第28次缔约方大会(COP28)中国角开幕式暨“生态文明与美丽中国实践”边会上表示，作为负责任的发展中大国，中国一直坚持气候行动的战略定力。中国经济社会发展已走上全面绿色转型轨道。
Read more中国建成国际最高精度地表太阳辐射监测系统 面向全球发布产品
中新网北京11月30日电 (记者 孙自法)中国科学院空天信息创新研究院(空天院)11月30日对外宣布，该院遥感科学国家重点实验室研究员胡斯勒图和石崇团队近日面向全球发布地表太阳辐射近实时遥感监测系统及高时空分辨率产品，这标志着中国已构建完成目前国际最高精度地表太阳辐射监测系统，对于监测和预估太阳能发电量、辐射能量平衡、农业估产、人体健康、植被光合作用及固碳等研究，均具有重要的科学意义和应用价值。
Read more广西柳州民营企业诉区政府不履行职责 区长出庭达成化解
中新网柳州11月30日电 (林馨 王维 宋泽)11月30日，广西柳州市中级人民院公开审理柳州市某冷库物流有限公司诉柳州市柳江区人民政府不履行法定职责纠纷一案。庭审中柳江区区长彭志春出庭应诉，最终双方当庭达成化解协议。
Read more“网红”首钢园如何能长红？九三学社社员来支招
在首钢高炉改造成的科幻综合体内，随处可见闪烁的霓虹灯光，栩栩如生的虚拟人物模型，实时提供场景信息的智能眼镜，一戴上就仿佛步入科幻电影……在北京石景山区，这片曾经“流淌”着炽热钢水的土地，在冬奥之后，再次被数字产业“点燃”。
Read more2023上海国际友好城市合作论坛政企对接会举行
中新网上海11月30日电(记者 范宇斌)30日，由上海市人民政府外事办公室与上海市工商联(总商会)联合举办的2023上海国际友好城市合作论坛友城政企对接会举行。11个国际友好城市代表与26家上海民营企业共聚虹桥品汇友城港，分享新成果，探讨新机遇，拓展政企层次务实合作新可能。
Read more第十届中华文化论坛在济南举行
中新网济南11月30日(吕妍)第十四次全国中华文化学院工作会议暨第十届中华文化论坛11月30日在济南举行，旨在总结中华文化学院近年来的改革发展情况，研讨新时代中华文化学院工作的思路举措，提升中华文化学院整体合力，推动构建全国中华文化学院创新发展联合体。
Read more陈春江任陕西省副省长
中新网西安11月30日电 (杨英琦)11月30日下午，陕西省十四届人大常委会第六次会议举行第二次全体会议。会议经表决，决定任命陈春江为陕西省副省长。(完)
Read more中国首台中速大功率氨燃料发动机点火成功
11月30日，由中车大连公司自主研发的中国首台中速大功率12V240H-DFA型氨燃料发动机在辽宁大连点火成功。图为点火仪式。杨毅摄 中新网大连11月30日电(记者 杨毅)由中车大连公司自主研发的中国首台中速大功率12V240H-DFA型氨燃料发动机，11月30日在辽宁大连点火成功，标志着中国已突破并掌握了氨燃料发动机的关键技术。
Read more习近平主持召开深入推进长三角一体化发展座谈会
习近平主持召开深入推进长三角一体化发展座谈会强调
Read moreHow Huawei surprised the US with a cutting-edge chip made in China
The inside story of how the country’s flagship tech company kept its edge in the semiconductor war despite sanctions
Read moreChina’s coal habit casts doubt on Xi’s climate promises
Continued reliance on the fuel risks overshadowing the country’s progress in developing clean technologies
Read moreTaiwan president says China has too many problems to invade
Tsai Ing-wen says economic, financial and political challenges overwhelm Xi Jinping’s government, with international pressure also a deterrent
Taiwan’s president has said China is unlikely to attempt an invasion any time soon because it is “overwhelmed” by domestic problems.
Tsai Ing-wen made the remarks in an interview at the New York Times Dealbook Summit.
Continue reading...Read moreChinese factory activity contracts in sign of economy losing momentum
Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index falls despite government efforts to boost growth
Read moreWho’s who at Cop28: the leaders with the world’s future in their hands
From fossil fuel chiefs to an outspoken UN secretary general, a look at who will attend the UAE’s climate summit
Cop28 officially opens on 30 November in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and the conference is scheduled to end on 14 December, although is likely to run later. World leaders will attend the world climate action summit segment on 1 and 2 December and after they depart the crunch negotiations will be done by their representatives, environment ministers or other high-ranking officials.
Continue reading...Read moreChinese celebrity chef offends China for third time with egg fried rice video
Wang Gang accused of deliberately pushing tutorial around anniversary of death of Mao Anying
A Chinese celebrity chef has apologised after he was accused of insulting the memory of Mao Zedong’s son by posting a video about how to cook egg fried rice.
Wang Gang, who has more than 3.3 million followers on Weibo and more than 2 million on YouTube, faced a torrent of criticism by viewers who accused him of deliberately publishing his cooking tutorial around the anniversary of the death of Mao Anying as an act of mockery.
Continue reading...Read moreÉmigré, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra — story of love and refuge in China’s Jewish community
The new oratorio is about two brothers who land in 1930s Shanghai at a turbulent time
Read moreChild respiratory sickness overloads China’s paediatric clinics – reports
Authorities appeal for calm, saying spike is due to end of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions
A surge in respiratory illnesses in China, particularly among children, has reportedly swamped paediatric units in city hospitals, while authorities have urged calm, attributing it to a post-lockdown wave of illness.
Many hospital wards are full, according to state and other media reports in China. The Global Times reported on Tuesday that the Beijing Children’s hospital was receiving up to 9,378 patients a day and had been at full capacity during the past two months. It also said outpatient clinics, paediatric clinics, and respiratory departments at several Beijing hospitals were booked out for at least seven days.
Continue reading...Read moreChildren's hospital overrun as respiratory sickness takes hold in China – video
A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, particularly among children, has reportedly swamped paediatric units in city hospitals, while authorities have urged calm, attributing it to a post-lockdown wave of illness. Many hospital wards are full, according to state and other media reports in China. The Global Times reported on Tuesday that the Beijing children’s hospital was receiving up to 9,378 patients a day and had been at full capacity during the past two months
Continue reading...Read moreAn insider’s guide to Hong Kong
Watch entrepreneur Austen Chu on what makes his birthplace tick
Read moreAustralian government gives approval for foreign interference charges against Alexander Csergo
Marketing executive denies allegations he sold information to foreign spies
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus has approved foreign interference charges against an Australian marketing executive who worked in China, seven months after the man was arrested by police on his return from Shanghai.
Alexander Csergo, 55, who appeared on video link in a Sydney court on Wednesday, has been in custody since his arrest by Australian Federal Police in April at his mother’s beachside Bondi home. He was the first person charged with “reckless foreign interference”, and the second person charged under a law that criminalises activity that helps a foreign power interfere with Australia’s sovereignty or national interests. It carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence.
Continue reading...Read moreHong Kong stock market ‘task force’ urges push to win Middle East IPOs
Group set up by territory’s government also recommends outreach in south-east Asia as listings from China dry up
Read moreThe US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China
America and its allies remain more united and economically powerful than Beijing’s group of malcontents
Read moreFast fashion: Shein is no shoo-in for pricey IPO
The group’s business model invites regulatory and political scrutiny in the US
Read moreChina influencing leading British universities, documentary claims
Channel 4’s Dispatches claims University of Nottingham closed school under Beijing pressure and Imperial College professor collaborated on AI
Leading British universities have been influenced by Chinese agents, with diplomatic and unofficial pressure resulting in censorship on campus, according to a Channel 4 documentary.
The Dispatches documentary, Secrets and Power: China in the UK, alleges that the University of Nottingham closed its School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in 2016 in response to pressure from Beijing.
Continue reading...Read moreGoldman pares back ‘growth at all costs’ China strategy
Bank wary of uncertainty created by US-China tensions, chief David Solomon tells FT’s Global Banking Summit
Read moreChinese fashion giant Shein has filed paperwork to float on US stock market – reports
Company last month hoped for a valuation of $80-$90bn, according to reports, making it the largest initial public offering (IPO) in years
Fast fashion giant Shein has reportedly lodged confidential paperwork with US securities regulators, informing them of an intention to go public in the US.
The listing would likely be the largest initial public offering (IPO) in years.
Continue reading...Read moreQuant hedge funds bet on China despite investor exodus
Regulators step up scrutiny of sector but traders still drawn by China’s low correlation with other markets
Read moreThe human cost of China’s property crisis
One of the world’s biggest real estate collapses has hurt buyers, households and families across the country
Read moreChinese Super League: From bidding for Bale to selling the team bus
Once it was China, not Saudi Arabia, on a multi-million pound recruitment drive to buy in the world's best football talent. In just a few years though, the Chinese Super League's big-money plans have imploded.
Read moreWhat Hong Kong’s banker malaise signifies
Not just a cyclical blip?
Read moreDeloitte and KPMG ask staff to use burner phones for Hong Kong trips
Policies come as Beijing increases control over international financial hub
Read moreUK will not return to Cameron era’s close ties with China, Sunak says
At summit to drum up foreign investment PM says he does not intend to change policy towards Beijing
Rishi Sunak has said the UK will not return to the close relationship with China pursued under David Cameron, as the prime minister met business leaders in an effort to drum up foreign investment.
The government on Monday said £29.5bn of new investment had been earmarked for the UK, including projects by the ScottishPower owner, Iberdrola, and BioNTech, the German company that partnered with Pfizer on its Covid vaccine.
Continue reading...Read moreHow much FDI is China actually attracting?
Less. A lot less
Read moreZhongzhi Enterprise Group: China investigates major shadow bank for 'crimes'
Zhongzhi Enterprise, one of China's biggest shadow banks, has lent billions to real estate firms.
Read moreHow China is tearing down Islam
Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads
Read moreChina, Japan and South Korea, amid regional rivalries, line up leaders’ summit
Xi Jinping to gather with Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk Yeol ‘in near future’ against backdrop of tensions over US alliance and North Korea’s hostility
The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea will meet, possibly next year, in the latest attempt to ease regional tensions heightened by North Korea’s weapons programme and a more visible US military presence.
During a meeting in the South Korean port city of Busan on Sunday, the three Asian countries’ foreign ministers agreed to step up cooperation in key areas, including security, and to lay the groundwork for what would be the first leaders’ summit in four years.
Continue reading...Read moreChina’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28
Power shortages in recent years have tested country’s commitment to cutting reliance on coal-fired energy
China’s addiction to building new coal-fired power plants is becoming increasingly entrenched, even as the country is on track to reach peak CO2 emissions before its 2030 target.
As climate officials from around the world prepare to meet in the United Arab Emirates for Cop28, many are hoping that the recent joint climate agreement between the US and China, released days before Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met in California, can lay the groundwork for positive commitments at the UN’s climate conference.
Continue reading...Read moreRespiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry
Data has been supplied to World Health Organization and China says flu and other known pathogens are culprits
A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.
Recent clusters of respiratory infections are caused by an overlap of common viruses such as the influenza virus, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and adenovirus, as well as bacteria such as mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is a common culprit for respiratory tract infections, a National Health Commission spokesperson said.
Continue reading...Read moreIs eurozone inflation still falling?
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Read moreChina launches probe into struggling shadow bank Zhongzhi
Financial conglomerate had disclosed $36.4bn shortfall to investors last week after missing payments
Read moreEU climate chief: China must help fund rescue of poorer nations hit by disaster
Gulf petrostates must also pay for relief, warns EU commissioner Wopke Hoekstra in the run-up to the Cop28 summit
China and other big developing nations must pay into a fund to rescue poor countries stricken by the climate disaster, the EU’s climate chief has said as world leaders prepare to gather in Dubai for a crucial climate summit.
Wopke Hoekstra, EU commissioner for climate action, said there was no longer any reason to exclude big emerging economies with high greenhouse gas emissions such as China and petrostates in the Gulf from the obligation to provide aid to the poorest and most vulnerable countries.
Continue reading...Read moreIndo-Chinese cuisine makes a splash in US dining
The cuisine, wildly popular in Indian streets and restaurants, is now finding a place on food menus in the US.
Read moreBondi businessman accused of selling secrets to Chinese spies claims prosecution ‘will fail’
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A Sydney businessman accused of selling secrets to China has claimed from prison that the case against him is a false police narrative based on no evidence and the prosecution “will fail”, embarrassing Australia.
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Read moreHong Kong to restructure primary education to make it more ‘patriotic’
New curriculum from 2025 part of push to create sense of national identity among schoolchildren
Hong Kong is to introduce “patriotic” education in all primary schools by 2025, in the government’s latest push to “systematically cultivate” a sense of national identity among schoolchildren
Under the new framework, primary school pupils are expected to learn about national security and will also be taught about the opium war and Japan’s invasion of China, two key events in Beijing’s narrative of a “century of humiliation”, which it pushes as a reason for nationalism.
Students will also learn about significant Chinese historical figures and national achievements under the leadership of the Chinese Community party.
“The enrichment aims to keep pace with the times and systematically cultivate students’ sense of belonging to our country, national sentiments and sense of national identity from an early age for the implementation of patriotic education,” an official document reads.
The education bureau said the changes were made in line with national-level legislation that called for strengthening patriotic education in China. Mainland China maintains separate governing and economic system in Hong Kong but has gradually increased its control.
On Thursday, the education bureau announced the existing general studies curriculum in primary schools would be replaced with a new humanities curriculum by 2025. While the curriculum would contain general studies elements, such as health, citizenship and community, it would emphasise patriotic education, with new modules on national identity, national history and national security.
Paul Lee Kin-wan, an education official overseeing curriculum development, said that patriotic values existed in the previous curriculum, and students should know about China’s achievements. “It wouldn’t be right if students know nothing about their country after six years of education,” Lee said.
Students are expected to spend 93 hours – about 7% of their time in primary school – on the new curriculum.
Most of the suggested learning material came from government departments, including a short video about the legislative process of Hong Kong’s national security law, with no mention of the mass protest movement that preceded its enactment.
One veteran educator, who wished not to be named, said the curriculum seemed to emphasise national education over other components. “At that age, it is important to nurture good lifestyle and habits and students’ curiosity about their surroundings,” the educator said, adding that modules on students’ relationships with their family, friends and neighbours took up far less space.
While the curriculum highlights China’s achievements, the educator said the government should make it clearer whether more sensitive topics, such as China’s societal issues, could be discussed in class. “China has historical problems and existing ones. We need to face up to them for the country to progress.”
For more than a decade, the Hong Kong government had been trying to incorporate national and patriotic education into school curriculums. In 2012, a plan to introduce moral and national education in primary and secondary schools provoked mass class boycotts and protests, leading to it being temporary shelved.
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