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Why the EU Wants China to 'Voluntarily' Limit Its Car Exports

The European Union has floated asking China to 'voluntarily restrict' its car exports, a phrase that turned a trade-policy dispute into one of the day's biggest debates on Chinese social media — because Chinese cars just passed one million sales a year in Europe.

Culture

Why China Puts Its Farmers' Holiday on the Autumn Equinox

The autumn equinox doubles as China's Farmers' Harvest Festival, created in 2018 and marked this year with presidential greetings, a state-television harvest tour — and a reminder that a strengthening El Niño will bend the season ahead.

Tech

China Sets a Trillion-Yuan Target for Its Homegrown GPS Rival

Beijing's five-year plan for the Beidou satellite system calls for industry output to pass one trillion yuan by 2030, up from 629 billion today — and for the GPS alternative built to escape dependence to start winning customers abroad.

In an interview that aired as Xi Jinping arrived in the United States, Musk praised China's 'incredible magnificence,' credited Tesla's Shanghai factory to its Chinese team, and predicted a billion humanoid robots within a decade — and state television clipped it into a day-long sermon.

Tech

Elon Musk, on Chinese State TV, Tells the World to Go and See China

23 Sep 2026

In her first UN General Assembly speech, Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi demanded deletion of the WWII-era 'enemy state clauses' as a relic of 1945 — a demand Beijing answers by pointing to the Tokyo trials and insisting the clauses remain in force.

News & Politics

Japan's Prime Minister Asks the UN to Delete the Charter's 'Enemy State' Clauses

23 Sep 2026

Two weeks after reports that underage escort services were being funnelled off its marketplace, Alibaba's secondhand app Xianyu says its own sweep found no such listings — the screenshots came from other platforms — and it has reported the case to the police.

News & Politics

Xianyu Clears Itself of Underage-Listing Claims and Reports the Case to Police

23 Sep 2026

News & Politics

Nanjing Kindergarten Kitchen Scandal Ends With 11 Officials Disciplined and a Whistleblower Vindicated

23 Sep 2026

Life Stories

Zhang Jiaqi's Mother Cannot Legally Keep Her Prize Money, Lawyers Say

22 Sep 2026

A passerby dialled 120 five times in ten minutes for a man having a heart attack in Fujin, Heilongjiang — the hospital's two emergency landlines never rang, the police's own 110 could not reach them either, and the man died less than a kilometre from care.

News & Politics

Five Calls to China's Emergency Line Went Unanswered as a 73-Year-Old Died 800 Metres From Hospital

22 Sep 2026

News & Politics

Sold as a 'Free Extra': How a 38-Year-Old Survived 79 Days in a Myanmar Scam Compound

22 Sep 2026

At a State Council Information Office press conference, Yang Liwei — China's first person in space — said he and every other member of the pioneering 14-man astronaut class stopped flight training in October 2025, handing the programme to a fourth generation.

News & Politics

China's First Astronauts Have All Stood Down From Flight, Yang Liwei Says

22 Sep 2026

The Chinese camera maker's first US flagship opened on Broadway in Times Square on September 19, with the queue reported at over a thousand people, the first customer arriving at 2:30 a.m. — and its newest cameras topping sales charts on both sides of the Pacific.

Tech

A Thousand New Yorkers Queue Around the Block as Insta360 Opens Its First US Store

22 Sep 2026

Eight months after police in Yuncheng, Shanxi declined to file charges when a 13-year-old girl reported being raped, the case has finally moved to prosecutors — who are also sending the girl's 17-year-old friend to trial as a co-offender, while the officers who first said no face a discipline investigation.

News & Politics

Prosecutors Take Up a 13-Year-Old's Rape Case — and Charge Her Teenage Friend as an Accomplice

22 Sep 2026

OPPO launched its Find X10 lineup in three tiers from 4,999 yuan, topping out with a Pro Max that pairs MediaTek's 2nm chip with a triple 200-megapixel camera array and an 8,000mAh battery — another step in the steady price climb of Chinese flagship phones.

Tech

OPPO Puts a 2nm Chip and an 8,000mAh Battery Into Find X10 Flagships Starting at 5,499 Yuan

22 Sep 2026

News & Politics

Before the Summit, China's State Media Retells the Century-Old Kuliang Story of US-China Friendship

22 Sep 2026

Lin Shidong, China's brightest young paddler, lost 2-3 to Thailand's 16-year-old Thitiphat Preechayan in the men's team quarter-final — the first upset of China's Nagoya campaign, debated across three trending topics while the team still won the tie 3-1.

Sports

China's Men Reach the Asian Games Table Tennis Semis After Lin Shidong's Shock Loss to a Thai 16-Year-Old

22 Sep 2026

In one evening at the Nagoya Asian Games, China's women beat hosts Japan 3-0 for a record tenth volleyball crown, Zhang Zhanshuo added a 1,500m freestyle gold, the medley relay took a fourth straight title — and 32-year-old Wang Shun said goodbye to his fifth Games.

Sports

Ten Titles and a Farewell: China's Golden Night at the Nagoya Asian Games

22 Sep 2026

Culture

Newspaper Goblets and a Cracked Gold Staff: The 1986 Journey to the West Props Go on Display

22 Sep 2026

China's national ticketing platform 12306 has launched a pilot service that lets riders bring a packaged bicycle aboard certain high-speed trains for 88 yuan — currently on the Beijing–Zhangjiakou line to the Great Wall and the Hainan island loop — as cycling holidays quietly become the country's budget-travel play of the season.

Travel

You Can Now Take Your Bicycle on China's High-Speed Trains, for 88 Yuan a Bike

22 Sep 2026

Jackson Wang has signed with Roc Nation, the label founded by Jay-Z, and announced it on Weibo with a new single called 'Thank You' — the latest step in the Hong Kong-born singer's long-running project of building a pop career on Western stages first, then carrying it home.

Entertainment

Jay-Z Signs Jackson Wang, the Chinese Pop Star Who Sold Out Barclays Center Twice

22 Sep 2026

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Why the EU Wants China to 'Voluntarily' Limit Its Car Exports

Why China Puts Its Farmers' Holiday on the Autumn Equinox

China Sets a Trillion-Yuan Target for Its Homegrown GPS Rival

Elon Musk, on Chinese State TV, Tells the World to Go and See China

Japan's Prime Minister Asks the UN to Delete the Charter's 'Enemy State' Clauses

Xianyu Clears Itself of Underage-Listing Claims and Reports the Case to Police

Nanjing Kindergarten Kitchen Scandal Ends With 11 Officials Disciplined and a Whistleblower Vindicated

Zhang Jiaqi's Mother Cannot Legally Keep Her Prize Money, Lawyers Say

Five Calls to China's Emergency Line Went Unanswered as a 73-Year-Old Died 800 Metres From Hospital

Sold as a 'Free Extra': How a 38-Year-Old Survived 79 Days in a Myanmar Scam Compound

China's First Astronauts Have All Stood Down From Flight, Yang Liwei Says

A Thousand New Yorkers Queue Around the Block as Insta360 Opens Its First US Store

Prosecutors Take Up a 13-Year-Old's Rape Case — and Charge Her Teenage Friend as an Accomplice

OPPO Puts a 2nm Chip and an 8,000mAh Battery Into Find X10 Flagships Starting at 5,499 Yuan

Before the Summit, China's State Media Retells the Century-Old Kuliang Story of US-China Friendship

China's Men Reach the Asian Games Table Tennis Semis After Lin Shidong's Shock Loss to a Thai 16-Year-Old

Ten Titles and a Farewell: China's Golden Night at the Nagoya Asian Games

Newspaper Goblets and a Cracked Gold Staff: The 1986 Journey to the West Props Go on Display

You Can Now Take Your Bicycle on China's High-Speed Trains, for 88 Yuan a Bike

Jay-Z Signs Jackson Wang, the Chinese Pop Star Who Sold Out Barclays Center Twice