China-Taiwan reunification will ‘surely’ happen
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China-Taiwan reunification will ‘surely’ happen

ByNews Polite

Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed his longstanding vow to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s heel in a speech marking the late Communist leader Mao Zedong’s 130th birthday. “The complete reunification of our motherland is an overall trend, a righteous cause, and the common aspiration of the people,” the 70-year-old proclaimed Tuesday,…

China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times | Business and Economy News

China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times | Business and Economy News

ByNews Polite

A good result on China’s annual national civil service exam is a requirement for any Chinese candidate who wants to be considered for the tens of thousands of vacant civil service jobs that the government seeks to fill every year. Many of the vacant positions are reserved for recent Chinese…

Why did China’s state media make a sudden turn towards friendlier US ties? | Politics News

Why did China’s state media make a sudden turn towards friendlier US ties? | Politics News

ByNews Polite

For years, Chinese media has portrayed the United States as an unfriendly nation that seeks to contain and weaken China on the world stage. The US has repeatedly been cast as a threat to world peace in Chinese media owing to Washington’s policies of arming Taiwan, sending military assistance to Ukraine,…

China easing ‘zero-COVID’ policy after protests
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China easing ‘zero-COVID’ policy after protests

ByNews Polite

China is finally easing its brutal “zero-COVID” policies after nearly a week of the biggest uprising in decades. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, who oversees COVID efforts, signaled the change Wednesday — as numerous regions also started lifting lockdowns, which had forced people into state-run facilities and left whole cities effectively…