Chao Deng

Drinking culture and sexual misconduct at Alibaba

Sexual assault allegation at Alibaba triggers outrage, investigation  The Australian

China rejects WHO proposal for second phase of Covid-19 origins probe  The Australian

As Delta Variant Spreads, China lacks data on its Covid-19 vaccines  The Australian

Coronavirus live news Australia: Victoria closes border to NSW and ACT, as ‘graphic’ ad campaign rolls out  The Australian

CDT celebrates the award-winning reporting on China from this past year. It has been an exceptionally challenging year for foreign correspondents in China, amid expulsions, government intimidation and harassment, and the narrowing space for investigative reporting in general. And despite these chall…

The agency has asked Sinovac for more details about CoronaVac’s safety and the manufacturing process before deciding whether to recommend it for global use, according to people familiar with the matter.

The emphasis on women’s role as caretakers comes as the country faces dire demographic trends. On social media, women’s-rights accounts have been deleted.

Newly reported Covid-19 infections in the U.S. rose from a day earlier, while two more states announced plans to open vaccine eligibility to all adults.

The U.S. reported just over 88,000 new infections, and hospitalizations continued a nearly monthlong decline.

Amid a significant surge in infections and hospitalizations, the U.S. has added 50,000 Covid-19 deaths in the past 60 days.

New U.S. cases and hospitalizations for Covid-19 both set records, and intensive-care units are coming under pressure amid an intensifying, widespread surge.

With a push from the government, angry mobs online have swarmed any criticism of Chinese leaders or perceived disloyalty to their country. Targets are being harassed and silenced, and some have lost their jobs.

China is expanding distribution of coronavirus vaccines outside of clinical trials, with a state-owned company offering them to students going abroad amid a campaign by officials to boost public confidence in homegrown inoculations.

The Chinese city of Qingdao will test its more than nine million residents for Covid-19, authorities said, after the discovery of a dozen new cases linked to a local hospital—China’s most significant virus scare in months.

New research shows Chinese authorities have razed or damaged two-thirds of the mosques in China’s remote northwestern region of Xinjiang, further illuminating the scope of a forced cultural-assimilation campaign targeting millions of Uighur Muslims.

The United Arab Emirates has become the first country outside China to approve emergency usage of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine candidate, in a vote of confidence for a state-backed drugmaker racing global rivals to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

China injects hundreds of thousands with experimental COVID-19 vaccines  The Australian

China Real Time’s live feed of what’s happening as tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets of Hong Kong.

Heavy rains that again swelled the Yangtze River are expected to hit China’s Three Gorges Dam with its largest-ever flood this week as storms displaced millions of people and caused billions of dollars in economic damage.