Latest China Headlines
All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Won’t Block Florida Law Banning Chinese Ownership of Property
Aug 18 2023 // (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida on Thursday declined to block the state’s law barring citizens of China and other “countries of concern” from owning homes or land in the state. U.S. District...
China’s Hidden Financial Dangers Erupt With Shadow Bank Crisis
Aug 18 2023 // Only a week ago, Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co. attracted little notice within China and was almost unheard of everywhere else. Now, the secretive shadow banking giant has become the latest symbol of financial fragility in...
US Congressman Says Chinese Spies Hacked His Emails
Aug 16 2023 // Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon said late on Monday the FBI had warned him that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, with both personal and campaign messages compromised. Bacon was told that the Chinese...
What Are China’s ‘Sponge Cities’ and Why Aren’t They Stopping Urban Floods?
Aug 15 2023 // China has been hit by devastating floods in recent weeks, inundating cities and causing deaths and infrastructural damage, as well as raising questions about the effectiveness of its 2015 “sponge city”...
Japan Cannot Confirm Security Leak After Report Says China Hacked Defense Networks
Aug 8 2023 // Japan cannot confirm if any security information has been leaked, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday when asked about a Washington Post report on Chinese hacking into its defense cyber networks. Chinese...
Rain Pelts Beijing, Northern China, Causing Floods and Claiming at Least 11 Lives
Aug 1 2023 // Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities on Tuesday as a weakening typhoon brought non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding to northern China, so far claiming 11 lives. Rivers have...
Update: Typhoon Doksuri Roars Into China, Destroying Power Lines, Closing Factories
Jul 28 2023 // Typhoon Doksuri swept into southern China on Friday, unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines and sparked fires, uprooted trees, and ripped off part of a stadium roof. The typhoon is the...
Update: China Girds for Typoon Doksuri as Death Toll Rises in Philippines
Jul 27 2023 // China canceled dozens of flights and trains in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri, which has shuttered much of southern and eastern Taiwan after bringing torrential rain and strong winds to the Philippines. At least 11 people...
Super Typhoon Doksuri Hits Philippines, Heads to China, Taiwan
Jul 25 2023 // Philippine authorities on Tuesday evacuated hundreds of people in coastal communities as super typhoon Doksuri intensified in strength, pummeling the north with strong winds and heavy rains before it heads toward Taiwan...
OSHA Fines Boston’s Dumpling Maker Chinese Spaghetti Factory $190K
Jul 25 2023 // When federal workplace safety inspectors returned to a Boston food plant in March 2023, they said they discovered the plant’s operator — Chinese Spaghetti Factory Inc. — still had not installed required safety...
China Poses ‘Alarming’ Threat to US Power Grid, Lawmakers Told
Jul 19 2023 // China represents an increasing threat to the US power grid, lawmakers were told Tuesday during a hearing in which they were warned a cyberattack from the nation could plunge military and other sensitive sites into...
Update: Typhoon Talim Makes Landfall in Southern China; Flights and Trains Canceled
Jul 17 2023 // Typhoon Talim became the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year on Monday evening, prompting authorities to issue flood warnings, cancel flights and trains, and order people to stay at home. Talim, the fourth...
Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Used Code Flaw to Steal Emails From US Agencies
Jul 17 2023 // Microsoft said on Friday that Chinese hackers misappropriated one of its digital keys and used a flaw in the company’s code to steal emails from U.S. government agencies and other clients. The company said in a blog...
Chinese Hackers Accessed Government Emails, Microsoft Says
Jul 12 2023 // Chinese state-linked hackers since May have secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including U.S. government accounts, in a stealthy cyberespionage campaign, Microsoft and U.S. officials said on...
Update: China Ends Ant Group’s Regulatory Revamp With Fine of $984M
Jul 7 2023 // Chinese authorities announced on Friday a 7.12 billion yuan ($984 million) fine for Ant Group, ending a years-long regulatory overhaul of the fintech company and marking a key step to concluding a crackdown on the...
Here’s a Look at Some of China’s Recent Deadly and Very Common Industrial Accidents
Jun 23 2023 // At least 31 people were killed and seven injured when cooking gas exploded at a restaurant in Yinchuan in northwestern China. It was the latest in China’s long history of deadly industrial accidents, which occur...
London Metal Exchange Canceled Nickel Trades to ‘Save’ China’s Tsingshan, Court Told
Jun 21 2023 // The London Metal Exchange canceled $12 billion worth of trades when nickel prices went haywire in March 2022 to “save” China’s Tsingshan, lawyers for two financial firms suing the exchange told...
Security Firm: Chinese Hackers Broke Into Email Security Appliance in Spying Campaign
Jun 16 2023 // Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them...
China’s Wheat Growers Face ‘Disaster’ After Heavy Rain Batters Crop
Jun 7 2023 // After two weeks of continuous heavy rains, a farmer surnamed Chen in China’s Henan province surveys bent stalks of saturated wheat in sodden fields that will take days to dry out before harvesting can start. The...
People Moves: Gallagher Re Appoints Brace of Exec Appointments for N. America, Brazil and China
Jun 1 2023 // Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re announced the appointment of Linda Johnson as vice chairperson for its North American team, Daniel Veiga as CEO of Gallagher Re Brazil, Treaty Operation, Jia Lou as CEO of Mainland...
