The latest round of the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s capital Beijing is spreading rapidly, with cases popping up in more districts. A local hospital was locked down, and hundreds of residents were urgently relocated for quarantine. The Epoch Times spoke with some Beijing residents who expressed frustration over the government’s handling of the situation and […]

The COVID-19 outbreak in central Hebei Province continues to worsen. In order to prevent the spread of the disease into Beijing, 300,000 migrant workers living in the neighboring town of Yanjiao were recently banned from entering the capital city. Unable to go to work, these people are having a tough time trying to make ends […]

Beijing Electric Power Company announced on Jan. 7 that as of 9 p.m. Jan. 6, the power load of the Beijing Power Grid had reached 24.51 million kilowatts, setting a new historical record. Meanwhile, many Beijing residents complained on social media of insufficient heating. The entire China has already entered an extremely cold winter. Temperatures […]

Commentary The following is a revised version of a previous column. For decades, high-level Canadian leaders, well-connected elites, and powerful corporations have pushed for closer ties between Canada and China. These closer links have benefited a narrow group of individuals and corporations, while the average Canadian has borne the brunt of the adverse consequences, such […]

TAIPEI—Taiwan, which is often dubbed “a beacon of democracy” in the Chinese diaspora, concluded its elections on Nov. 24, with a number of political offices in the running, including mayors, country magistrates, and legislators. The elections, however, were marred by political meddling and interference from Beijing. One incident involving the United States’ top diplomat to […]

The leader of Australia’s opposition party – and the country’s next possible leader – has come under scrutiny for visiting the home of a Chinese political donor months after his party was warned about the donor’s ties with Beijing. Fairfax Media has reported that Bill Shorten, leader of the opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP), visited […]

For Australian politician Sam Dastyari the hits keep coming and he is now under pressure to resign after being ordered by his party leader to step down from his parliamentary responsibilities. The pressure comes after a recording of a speech the Australian Labor Party senator gave last year where he backed Beijing’s aggressive moves in […]

Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is being held by authorities Beijing, his brother finally learned after a stressful three weeks of not knowing what had happened to his high-profile brother. Gao disappeared from his home in Shaanxi province on Aug. 13, where he’d been living under house arrest. For three weeks, nobody had any contact with […]

A Chinese-Canadian businesswoman who practices Falun Gong has been held against her will by the Beijing security apparatus since February. Sun Qian, 51, is the vice president of Beijing Leadman Biochemistry Co., Ltd., a company she co-founded with her husband Shen Guangqian in 1997.  Sun was at her residence in Beijing’s Chaoyang district on Feb. […]

BEIJING—Authorities in Beijing warned Wednesday that heavy pollution will persist this week, urging the suspension of outdoor school activities and construction projects. The warning comes in the form of an orange alert, the second highest in a four-tier system. The alert signifies there will be three consecutive days of smog starting Thursday at particularly dangerous […]

News analysis When provincial chiefs in the Chinese regime were publicly hailing Xi Jinping as the Chinese Communist Party’s new paramount leader, Xinjiang Party boss Zhang Chunxian instead told reporters, “Talk later.” Days earlier, a mutinous letter calling for Xi to resign had mysteriously appeared on a news website based in Xinjiang, China’s westmost province. […]

As a migrant worker from China’s countryside living in Beijing, Mr. Liu had tried everything to meet the taxing requirements in order to let his son attend a local school. Finally, even after spending years navigating the bureaucracy and giving up thousands, he failed to escape the confines of his rural household registration. In China, […]

An undercover reporter for a Chinese publication uncovered the racket after getting hired at the hospital as a “doctor.”

China wishes to merge and consolidate its state-owned enterprises to save jobs, but it may not be enough.

Recently, billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, once again became a popular target of scorn in China’s state media, with official state media publishing commentaries attacking him in both Chinese and English. People’s Daily published an article on the front page of its overseas edition titled, “Declaring war on China’s […]

One sixth of the 650,000 filtered water bottles sold in Beijing daily contain water from the tap, according to Beijing Association for Barreled Drinking Water.

Some of the most politically sensitive posts in the military and security forces in China have seen new promotions and demotions.

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong Federation of Students, the group that has taken the most prominent role in representing the largely leaderless umbrella movement here, has officially confirmed that it plans on a trip to Beijing to directly discuss with top Chinese Communist Party officials the Hong Kong people’s hopes for democracy. But they say they […]

BEIJING—The Asia Tennis Swing landed the ATP and WTA tennis player ‘stars’ in Beijing for the China Open 2014. It was a week full of emotion and excitement for the tennis fans, as the WTA, the players and fans paid tribute to the Chinese tennis legend Li Na at the tournament’s state-of-the-art Diamond Court.

Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council Gary Fan worries that the Hong Kong government’s reactions to Occupy Central are likely to create chaos to the point to ask military assistance from central government.

At the China Open, tennis players woke up to a grey sky over Beijing. As we arrived at the venue, the rain kept falling heavily, and it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. Matches at the Lotus Court, Moon Court and Brad Drewett Court were delayed.

Security in Beijing is on alert. Special forces and armed police are patrolling the streets, and street vendors have been recruited to spy on their fellow citizens.

While the Chinese New Year is traditionally a time when Chinese travel home to be with their families, the week before New Year’s Day saw more than a thousand petitioners come to Beijing from various provinces.

Thousands of laid off bank employees protested in front of a major bank in Beijing on Monday.

Laid off bank workers have gathered in Beijing to protest, and, despite being thrown in black jails, are persisting.

In a speech given in Hong Kong, the Hon. David Kilgour outlines what can be done to help China move in the direction of supporting universal values.

A YouTuber posted a Beijing music video on July 10 paralleling Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' iconic East Coast anthem “Empire State of Mind” while sprinkling through the lyrics a milieu of cultural references and Chinese phrases.

The recent several-days-long traffic north of Beijing is a symptom of another kind of jam that affects all China.

The growth of Beijing's population is stretching its water resources to their limits, forcing officials to look further afield to surrounding provinces.

For the past few years, Beijing has repeatedly failed to meet the goals and plans for population control.