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Tech entrepreneur was last seen publicly when he criticized Chinese regulators for stifling innovation in the financial industry

A Chinese billionaire who gave a speech slamming China’s regulators and its state-owned banks hasn’t been seen in months.

China has made no secret of its growing feud with Australia. But there is one reason China hasn’t dealt the death blow to Australia’s economy – and everyone knows it.

An updated export rule from China could allow the country to complicate TikTok’s sale in the U.S., according to multiple media reports

China’s anger at Australia has gone up a notch with Beijing accusing Canberra of a smear campaign and “unbearable consequences”.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Friday that the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections by one year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said.

China’s top legislative body unanimously approved a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, stoking fears that the new regulation might undermine the territory’s promised autonomy. Xi Jinping signed the law on Tuesday.

Beijing’s efforts to squash democracy in Hong Kong and seize control with tough new laws risks the world witnessing another Tiananmen Square.

While countries grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, China has put the virus behind it and is asserting itself. Now it has a new target.

Last year, pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong held disruptive rallies for weeks to voice their opposition to an extradition law for criminal suspects.

China has told its military to step up its preparedness for armed combat. It comes as relations with Australia and the US deteriorate.

China is fighting a headline-grabbing war of words with Australia and the US, while quietly amassing troops and weapons on another contested front.

China’s state-run newspaper has taken a swipe at “China bashers” and accused them of hypocrisy in the latest fiery exchange.

China is poised to enshrine individuals' rights to privacy and personal data for the first time, a symbolic first step as more of the country of 1.4 billion people becomes digitised - and more vulnerable to leaks and hacks.

Hong Kong's semi-autonomy from China was established in 1997 as part of the city's handover from the United Kingdom.

China’s top leaders come together for condensed version of annual meeting after two-month delay because of the Covid-19 pandemic

China dropped its annual growth target for the first time on Friday and pledged more government spending as the COVID-19 pandemic hammers the world's second-biggest economy, setting a sombre tone to this year's meeting of parliament.

China is preparing to impose a controversial new security law in Hong Kong that could limit opposition activity after last year’s pro-democracy protests.

The scientist who was the first in the world to discover the gene sequence for COVID-19 issued a chilling prediction years before the current outbreak.