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Carlsberg unloads Tibet venture to Chinese partner after struggle
Tokyo -- Carlsberg has agreed to divest from a brewing joint venture in Tibet after two decades, following years of confrontations and complications with its Chinese partner.
A Tale of Two Hostage-Takings: Maduro and the Uyghurs
Who, in fact, set the example for hostage‑taking—Donald Trump or Xi Jinping? A Uyghur journalist’s opinion. The post A Tale of Two Hostage-Takings: Maduro and the Uyghurs first appeared on Bitter Winter.
Keir Starmer opens door to UK visit by Xi Jinping after bilateral talks
PM says trip to China has put relationship in stronger place, but possible return visit angers British criticsUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has taken a major step towards rapprochement with China, opening the door to a UK...
Inside the Hong Kong newsrooms stifled by fear after Jimmy Lai’s conviction
As Keir Starmer faces huge pressure to secure Jimmy Lai’s release during his visit to China, journalists in Hong Kong tell Shweta Sharma how the British media mogul’s conviction has all but declawed the city’s press
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash review – clever comedy for our conspiracy theory age
This tender satire of a dysfunctional American family’s search for moral guidance is precisely what our times needMaking the comic novel succeed is a rich, tricky project in our age of desperate, sometimes weirdly eager apocalypticism. Madeline Cash has...
Does Antarctica really have the bluest sky in the world?
Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the worldOn holiday the sky may look a deeper shade of blue than even the clearest summer day at home. Some...
Why Max Richter’s Hamnet needle-drop left me cold | Tom Service on music
In a new weekly column about the world of classical music, Tom Service bemoans Hollywood turning pieces into slop through overuse. Plus: Philip Glass withdraws his symphony from the Kennedy CenterBack in 2008, Transport for London came up with...
David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God by Peter Ormerod review – the making of a modern saint
An exhilarating account of Bowie’s spirituality and the quasi-religious nature of his work, from Space Oddity to BlackstarIt has become a tired cliche among fans to say that everything went wrong in the world after Bowie died in 2016....
The perils and promise of Sir Keir’s visit to China
Editorial: At a time of global turmoil, the UK cannot afford to shun closer links with one of the world’s pre-eminent and fastest-growing economies
Biomass could play a key role in Canada’s transition to a carbon-neutral economy
Canada needs to move towards a carbon-neutral economy, and the biomass sectors have a key role to play in this transition.
Chinese company on US forced labour watchlist to buy Canadian gold mining firm
Zijin Gold’s parent company has been placed on US administration’s Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act Entity List
Letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Demand Closure of Residential Boarding Schools in Tibet on Visit to China
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, KCB KC MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A United Kingdom Dear Prime Minister, On the eve of your first official visit to China, I am writing to urge you...
Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes China’s Western Gansu Province
An earthquake of magnitude of 5.5 struck near the rural county of Tewo in Gansu province in western China on Monday.
The Denial Has Collapsed: UN Confirms Forced Labor in Tibet and Xinjiang
Even the usually cautious United Nations has now issued an official statement suggesting Beijing may be guilty of “enslavement as a crime against humanity.” The post The Denial Has Collapsed: UN Confirms Forced Labor in Tibet and Xinjiang first...
Chinese Police in the Western Balkans: Cooperation or a Wider Influence Network?
This article is part of a series of articles authored by young, aspiring China scholars under the Future CHOICE initiative. Amid growing numbers of Chinese tourists flocking to the Western Balkans, China has stepped up… Source
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
Guan Heng sought asylum in the United States after exposing human rights abuses in his native China
Finland’s Prime Minister Should Confront Repression in China Visit
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, in Brussels, Belgium, January 22, 2026. © 2026 Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s scheduled January 25-28 visit to China, accompanied by over 20 Finnish business leaders,...
Keir Starmer: China’s Residential Boarding Schools in Tibet
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, KCB KC MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A United Kingdom Dear Prime Minister, On the eve of your first official visit to China, I am writing to urge you...
Humans could be to blame for rising bear attacks in rural communities
Experts say outmigration of younger residents is making the attacks more imminent and the solutions more challenging
UK approves China’s mega-embassy in London ahead of Starmer visit
Starmer's visit reportedly depended on the approval, Reuters reported citing British and Chinese officials. The mega-embassy will be nearly 10 times the size of China's current embassy in central London.
What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communities
Lack of opportunities are driving young people away from rural villages, leaving fewer people to scare away the wildlife.
Chinese team restores legendary Tang dynasty ‘golden’ armour found in Tibetan tomb
“We will not leave the desert till we beat the foe, although in war our golden armour be outworn 100 times.” Wang Changling’s famous poem from China’s Tang dynasty depicts soldiers in golden armour battling on the desert frontiers....
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