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China’s Temu Drops Ad Campaign Over Personal Data Use Fears

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Paris, France —  Chinese online marketplace Temu said Saturday it would drop an advertising offer in which clients could gain vouchers in exchange for surrendering their personal data for an indefinite period. The campaign, launched this month in England and later in France, promised vouchers of up to 100 euros if a client downloaded the Temu shopping app and invited another person to sign up. But the terms of the offer state that Temu is granted the right to use for life, and without notice, much of a client’s personal…

China Presses Pakistan to ‘Eliminate Security Risks’ to Its Nationals After Deadly Attack

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ISLAMABAD —  China joined a Pakistan probe Friday into the killing of five of its nationals in a suicide car bombing. That attack has led to the suspension of work on a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded hydropower project. Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s office said that he met with a “special investigation team from China” at Beijing’s embassy in Islamabad and “briefed them on the investigation so far” into Tuesday’s deadly attack. According to a statement, they also discussed efforts to enhance the security of Chinese nationals in Pakistan during the meeting.…

Migrant Workers Who Helped Build Modern China Have Scant or No Pensions, and Can’t Retire

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BEIJING —  At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. But for migrant workers like her, not working is not an option. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford to live in, they played a vital role in China’s transformation into an economic powerhouse. As they grow older, the first generation of migrant workers is struggling to find jobs in a slowing economy. Many are financially strapped,…

RFA Departs Hong Kong, Citing Press Freedom Concerns

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WASHINGTON —  After nearly three decades in Hong Kong, VOA’s sister outlet Radio Free Asia has closed its physical bureau in the city and no longer has full-time staff there due to the declining press freedom landscape, the outlet announced in a statement Friday. “Concerns about the safety of RFA staff and reporters in Hong Kong have led us to restructure our on-the-ground operations there. While RFA will retain its official media registration, at this time we no longer have full-time personnel in Hong Kong and have closed our physical…

Taiwan’s Navy Chief to Visit US Next Week, Sources Say

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Taiwan’s navy chief, Tang Hua, will visit the United States next week to attend a military ceremony and discuss how to boost bilateral naval cooperation as China raises threats toward the island, six people briefed on the trip said. While Taiwan and the United States have a close relationship, it is unofficial, as Washington formally recognizes China, not the democratically governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. Taiwan rejects China’s territorial claims. The six security sources said Tang would visit Hawaii, home of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, for…

How Taiwan Breaches Censors’ Barriers

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Breaking the barriers of censorship in China, Myanmar and North Korea is a daunting task, as these countries have built almost impenetrable firewalls against outside news and information. But Radio Taiwan International is successfully using shortwave radio to break through. “We potentially have 70 million to 1.2 billion listeners who rely on shortwave to get information [from] outside of their country,” said Isis Lee, RTI’s vice president. On the air since 1928, RTI say their mission is to bring listeners stories they won’t or can’t hear or see on television,…

China to Drive World Economic Recovery, Says a Top Communist Official

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Brushing off domestic economic headwinds, a top Communist Party official said Thursday that China aims to drive the world’s recovery this year by pushing forward reforms and making tech innovation a new point of growth. The remarks from Zhao Leji, who chairs the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, come as foreign investment in the country is falling and it grapples with issues that include high youth unemployment, ballooning debt and a crisis in the property market. Speaking to businesspeople and other leaders at the Boao Forum for Asia,…

Chinese Diplomat Liu Jianchao Meets With Singapore’s Leaders

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singapore —  Liu Jianchao, the senior diplomat widely expected to become China’s next foreign minister, said “the world needs connectivity, not decoupling,” during a four-day visit to Singapore. Liu, who heads the international department of the Communist Party, was in the city-state to meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the country’s incoming leader, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. During a speech at the FutureChina Dialogue on Wednesday, local media reported that Liu warned of the need for “civilizations to engage, not to clash,” in the context of multiple…

Philippines President Condemns Chinese ‘Attacks,’ Vows ‘Proportionate’ Countermeasures    

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The Philippines said it will take retaliatory measures against what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Thursday called “dangerous attacks” by China on its vessels in the South China Sea, the latest instance of escalating tensions between the two nations. While the Philippines views its disputes with China as an encroachment on its sovereignty, Beijing has accused Philippine vessels of intruding into Chinese waters and has warned Manila that it will defend its own sovereignty. In a statement on X, Marcos added that recent “attacks” in the South China Sea were “illegal,…

US, Argentina to Cooperate, Combat Illegal Chinese Fishing

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Panama City —  Starting next month, the U.S. Coast Guard and Argentine Navy will begin conducting joint exercises aimed at combating illegal Chinese fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Argentina, Chile and Peru have criticized Chinese-operated craft for large-scale invasive fishing in their territorial waters without regulation, which the South American countries say is depleting fish stock and damaging the natural biodiversity of the southwest Atlantic. It is a key nesting area for seabirds and feeding area for marine mammals. The Coast Guard will send its destroyer, the USS James, to…