Beijing

China’s disappearing elite: The high-stakes gamble behind Xi’s crackdown - analysis

Empty seats define President Xi’s rule, as China’s political elite faces a relentless purge.

PRESIDENT OF CHINA Xi Jinping reviews troops during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end, in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025.
FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.

Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

BRITAIN'S PRIME Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China, January 29, 2026.

Trump warns Britain on China business ventures, as Starmer calls for closer relationship

Tianjin's stunning riverfront is a mix of Austro-Hungarian, French, British and other colonial architectural styles.

Jews of China special: Tianjin (part two)


In Beijing's Olympic bubble: police escorts, daily COVID-19 tests, robot chefs

There will be no international spectators at the Beijing Games, and organizers have yet to say how many local spectators will attend.

 The Beijing Olympic Tower is pictured ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Olympians need to be educated about Uyghur genocide - opinion

What doesn’t seem to be considered at all is that the athletes themselves need to be treated as adult moral agents and held responsible for what they will do or not do.

Demonstrators from Hong Kong protest on October 1 in Taiwan on China’s National Day, calling for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Should Israel join the US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics? - opinion

Any overture by the US to join in the delegation boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics should be politely but firmly declined.

 THE EMBLEM OF the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is seen on a glass door at the National Alpine Skiing Center in the Chinese capital, last week.

UK, Canada to join boycott of Beijing Olympics

Britain will join Canada, Australia and the US in a diplomatic boycott against the Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a meeting of the special committee on the COVID-19 outbreak, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 20, 2020

US officials to boycott Beijing Olympics over rights 'atrocities'

Beijing threatened unspecified 'resolute countermeasures' against any such move.

A man is reflected in a mirror as he walks past the logo of the Beijing 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China, November 30, 2021.

Tennis-Peng Shuai appears in Beijing, WTA not reassured

Peng can be seen among guests at the Fila Kids Junior Tennis Challenger Finals, dressed in a dark blue jacket and white trousers.

 Peng of China gestures in her match against Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.

Biden says US considering diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

A diplomatic boycott would mean that US officials would not attend the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.

US President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021.

Chinese university to open campus in Petah Tikva

A new Chinese campus will be an independent Israeli campus of the University of International Business and Economics, a prestigious school whose base is in Beijing.

ISRAEL-UIBE Campus

US lawmakers urge IOC to delay or move China's 2022 Winter Olympics

The IOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has previously said that it is not a "super world government" that can resolve political issues in China ahead of the Games.

THE OLYMPIC rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland last month.

Olympics: 'Beijing 2022 winter games will need spectators' - IOC

The Beijing Games, set for February 4-20 next year, have yet to launch their ticketing program, delayed due to the pandemic.

Alexei Bychenko of Israel competes in the Men Single free skating competition final at the Winter Olympics, February 17, 2018