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Opinion | China Didn’t Want Us to Know. Now Its Own Files Are Doing the Talking. – The New York Times

More disclosures reveal the full impact of the government’s repression of ethnic minorities — well beyond re-education camps. No more denying, no more dodging. The Chinese Communist Party can no longer hide its relentless campaign of mass internment against the ethnic minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, or claim that the …

China worries about its bulging waistlines – Daily chart

The country is growing fatter. But plans to tackle obesity remain a little thin IN 1926 WALTER MALLORY, a foreign-affairs expert who would go on to head the Council on Foreign Relations, dubbed China the “land of famine”. Nearly a century later, the country is grappling with the opposite problem. …

China denounces Thai politicians for backing Hong Kong protests | News | Al Jazeera

Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong had posted a photo with Thai opposition leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has condemned Thai politicians for showing support to Hong Kong activists amid mass anti-Beijing protests, saying that such a move could harm the relationship between the two countries. The criticism was echoed …

Understanding the limits of being LGBT in China

HOMOSEXUALITY has been a controversial topic across the legal and moral domains in China. Homosexual acts were officially decriminalised in 1997, but Chinese laws have yet to properly recognise or protect same-sex couples in the forms of marriage or de facto relationships. However, a recent development has given hope to …