Xia Baolong, director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, says Beijing has spelled out ways for Hong Kong to tackle issues arising from law’s implementation, while central government will help in tackling ‘intractable problems’. READ SOURCE...
Outspoken former finance minister Lou Jiwei says policymakers need to bring a reformist mindset to land, welfare and tax, while easing market concern that the wealthy will be targeted to narrow the wealth gap. READ SOURCE...
Despite locking cities down for prolonged periods and imposing strict control on movements, the low vaccination rate among the elderly may prove a crucial error. READ SOURCE...
City’s rights and freedoms have been sacrificed to ‘facilitate greater control by Beijing’, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says. READ SOURCE...
Legislators say more than 110-year-old service is unlikely to go on, with other faster links now available for same price. READ SOURCE...
A renowned former lawyer says authorities continue to deny access to the victim, a mother of eight children. READ SOURCE...
Returning migrant workers and students brought a surge to rural areas weeks ahead of the Lunar New Year mass migration. READ SOURCE...
Cities across China have announced new cash incentives to encourage couples to have more children, with the government’s soon-to-be released official data for births in 2022 expected to confirm the population is shrinking. READ SOURCE...
China’s sudden – and chaotic – break from zero-Covid has cost the economy and raised questions about the country’s top-down economic leadership model. READ SOURCE...
Committee for Safeguarding National Security says it supports a legal change ‘as soon as possible’. READ SOURCE...
