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FILE: This file photo taken on 2 July 2021 shows a driver opening the Didi Chuxing ride-hailing app on his smartphone in Beijing. China's new data security law takes effect from 1 September 2021, the latest effort to tighten oversight of the country's mammoth tech sector. Picture: Jade GAO/AFP

Chinese government

China rolls out new data law over 'national security' fears

By AFP

The legislation also identifies a new "core" category of data "related to national security, the lifeline of the national economy, major aspects of the people's...

  • Canadian Ambassador Dominic Barton (2nd-L) arrives at the Dandong city detention center where Canadian businessman Michael Spavor is being held for spying charges in the border city of Dandong, in China's northeast Liaoning province on August 11, 2021.
Noel Celis / AFP

    Canadian Michael Spavor jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges

    Spavor was detained in 2018 along with compatriot Michael Kovrig in what Ottawa said was a politically motivated move after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a US extradition warrant.

    363 days ago
  • Rescuers carrying equipment as they search for runners who were competing in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race when extreme weather hit the area, leaving at least 20 dead, near the city of Baiyin in China's northwestern Gansu province. Picture: STR / AFP

    21 runners dead as extreme weather hits China ultramarathon

    The extreme weather hit a high-altitude section of the race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest near Baiyin city in northwestern Gansu province Saturday afternoon.

    443 days ago
  • FILE: A Muslim ethnic Uighur woman walks on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. Picture: AFP

    China targets Muslim minorities with more prosecutions, longer prison terms:HRW

    More than 250,000 people in the northwestern region have been formally sentenced and imprisoned since 2016, according to Human Rights Watch.

    531 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    US government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

    In May, the company was added to the so-called Entity List, which bans American firms from selling to it without special permission, as punishment for actions against US national security interests.

    1133 days ago
  • Protesters attend the annual pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong on 1 July 2019 on the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Picture: AFP

    Calm returns to Hong Kong after protests erupt into violence

    Lawyers and rights groups say China’s justice system is marked by torture, forced confessions and arbitrary detention. China has been angered by Western criticism of the bill.

    1134 days ago
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) waves to the press as he walks with US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Trump says open to 'historic' trade deal with China at G20

    The meeting kicked off in a positive tone, with Trump saying: "It would be historic if we could do a fair trade deal... We are totally open to it."

    1137 days ago
  • Protesters occupy the roads near the Legislative Council and government headquarters in Hong Kong on 12 June 2019. Tens of thousands of protesters paralysed central Hong Kong, blocking major roads in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China. Picture: AFP

    Hong Kong rallies after extradition law U-turn as Asian markets bounce

    The plan had also spooked business leaders who feared it would damage the city's reputation as an international business hub.

    1149 days ago
  • Protesters occupy the roads near the Legislative Council and government headquarters in Hong Kong on 12 June 2019. Tens of thousands of protesters paralysed central Hong Kong, blocking major roads in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China. Picture: AFP

    Hong Kong braces for huge rally as public anger boils

    Critics fear the Beijing-backed law will tangle people up in China's notoriously opaque and politicised courts and damage the city's reputation as a safe business hub.

    1150 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters block the protest area of Legislative Council with barricades during clashes with police after a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on 10 June  2019.

    Hong Kong businesses pledge closures as extradition anger builds

    The financial hub was rocked by a huge rally on Sunday - the largest since the city's 1997 return to China - as vast crowds called on the city's leaders to scrap the Beijing-backed plan.

    1155 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter Inc.

    Twitter apologises for suspending accounts critical of China

    The apology came after activists said hundreds of Twitter accounts critical of Communist Party - from "inside and outside" China - were suspended last week.

    1164 days ago
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping (front centre) and Chinese and foreign naval officials applaud after a group photo during an event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on 23 April 2019. Picture: AFP

    China shows off new destroyer as Xi views naval parade

    The navy has been a major beneficiary of the modernisation, with China looking to project power far from its shores and protect its trading routes and citizens overseas.

    1204 days ago
  • FILE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Picture: GCIS.

    China condemns Indian PM Modi's visit to disputed region

    Modi’s visit was part of a series of public meetings in the region aimed at garnering support for his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ahead on Indian elections that are due to be held by May.

    1277 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Chinese Dolce & Gabbana model apologises for part in race row

    Dolce & Gabbana was forced to cancel a Shanghai fashion show as a result of the incident, with the brand issuing an apology statement and claiming Gabbana's account had been hacked.

    1294 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied

    Don't go to China without proper paperwork, warns father of former detainee

    Charl Venter is hoping to accompany International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu when she meets with her Chinese counterpart to discuss the incidents of SA citizens being detained over visa irregularities.

    1329 days ago
  • FILE: China Police. Picture: supplied.

    Chinese police detain more labour activists, group says

    The Jasic Workers Solidarity group said police in the central city of Wuhan "violently arrested" three of its members on Sunday, with one of them pinned to the ground by at least three officers.

    1365 days ago
  • Picture: FreeImages.com

    China, France launch satellite to study climate change

    The 650-kg machine is the first satellite jointly built by China and France and will allow climate scientists to better understand the interactions between oceans and the atmosphere.

    1380 days ago
  • FILE: Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan. Picture: AFP.

    Japan's Abe makes rare China visit as relations thaw

    Japanese business is eager for increased access to China's massive market, while Beijing is interested in Japanese technology and corporate know-how.

    1384 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    China inks free trade agreement MOU with Palestine

    Both sides agreed to step up negotiations and try and reach an early agreement, according to MofCom.

    1385 days ago
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