Entourage features senior Chinese diplomats and officials who oversee the country’s economic and trade affairs.

Yang Xiaoming has lost his post as NPC deputy over alleged ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, NPC Standing Committee says, as China cracks down on corruption in the healthcare sector.

Weeks ahead of his inauguration, William Lai Ching-te says Beijing should ‘have confidence’ in talking to the island’s ‘elected legitimate’ government.

At a naval symposium in Qingdao, senior PLA commander Zhang Youxia calls for dialogue and abandoning ‘cold war mentality’ amid elevated regional tensions.

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is a box office success in China, but some say the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s anti-war stance is ‘hypocritical’ as the film portrays Japanese characters as victims.

Yan Pengcheng has been confirmed as one of He’s deputies at the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, a key party body.

‘Foreign interference’ cannot stop historic trend of ‘family reunion’, Xi Jinping says, as Ma Ying-jeou becomes first serving or former Taiwan president to meet top leadership on the mainland.

Island’s former president appeals to younger generations to learn the lessons of history.

Three-day holiday ending Saturday logs more than 119 million domestic trips and close to 54 billion yuan in revenue, well over pre-pandemic levels.

High-speed rail services affected in Shanghai, with suspensions and delays for passengers in Fujian, Jiangxi, Guandong and Zhejiang provinces.

Promotion could give Wang Renhua and the CMC Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which he heads, more power, observer says.

Beijing says overseas consultancies have tried to steal classified state and commercial information, posing ‘major risks to national security’.

Taiwan’s military will carry out a series of life-fire exercises around its outpost of Quemoy next month to improve combat readiness

Former chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan given life sentence for bribery while other administrators are jailed for up to 14 years.

Attack in Russia sparks online debate in China over whether extreme security measures might hurt the post-Covid economy or boost investor confidence.

Chinese police forcibly remove journalists from scene of explosion in Hebei province, prompting debate about media’s right to report on disasters.

Number of people charged with corruption or dereliction of duty last year rose nearly 35 per cent from 2022, Supreme People’s Procuratorate says.

Researchers encounter ‘a lot of difficulties’ getting hold of public data in China, according to maths and statistics professor Chen Songxi.

Li Qiang looked relaxed and comfortable as he addressed the opening ceremony of the legislative session.

Revisions to criminal law increase prison terms to 10 years for private sector representatives found guilty of offering bribes.

Head of the National Administration of State Secrets Protection wrote that public must know their obligations under amended Law on Guarding State Secrets.

Side-by-side comparison finds Li Qiang and predecessor Li Keqiang had different priorities early in their terms determined by economy at home during their era and geopolitics abroad.

Move to ‘maintain operational order and safeguard fishermen’s lives and property’ comes days after Beijing condemned the deaths of two fishermen off Quemoy during a chase by Taiwanese coastguard.

Head of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s economic crimes office says targets will include insider trading and market manipulation.

At meeting of Communist Party’s top policymaking body, Xi says China must ‘fight the battle in core technologies’, increase supply chain resilience in face of containment by US.

Ministry of State Security details 10 actions – including spying and endangering national security – that trigger an ‘invitation to tea’.

Senior policy directors gather for meeting to outline goals for Beijing’s ethnic affairs policies for this year, including addressing ‘hidden dangers’ and launching cultural initiatives that ‘reflect the commonality of the Chinese nation’.

In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at how William Lai Ching-te won Taiwan’s presidential election and ponder what the results mean for relations with mainland China and beyond.

While some cite fall of Soviet Union and Lenin’s chequered legacy for China’s low-key response to Lenin’s death centenary, one analyst asserts that Leninism ‘is in the DNA’ of the party.

Chinese leader says judicial and law enforcement authorities should ‘uphold the absolute leadership’ of the Communist Party.