Changing tastes: China’s new affluent consumers seek quality not extravagance
In a premium supermarket in Shanghai one recent weekend, 33-year-old information technology specialist Zhao Wenyu paused in front of the health food aisle, comparing...
Dutch passenger dies after collapsing on Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong
A 53-year-old Dutch man died on Sunday morning after collapsing on a Cathay Pacific flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong. Police received a report...
Trump Says US Ready to Help Iranian Protesters as Death Toll Rises
As protests across Iran entered their 14th day on Jan. 10, President Donald Trump said the United States stands ready to help Iranians seeking...
Greenland’s Political Leaders Rebuff Trump’s Takeover Talk
Greenland’s political leaders, on Jan. 9, pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s talk of a territorial takeover, saying that the fate of the...
1 dead as fire in Hong Kong high-rise flat forces mass evacuation of residents
A 56-year-old man has died in a suspected electrical fire that ripped through a high-rise flat in Hong Kong’s northwest New Territories, prompting the...
Elon Musk blasts ‘prison island’ UK in showdown over Grok AI sexual images
Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualised images of women and children...
The Purge 2.0 in China: Drones Monitor 24/7, Coal Burning Fined ¥2,000, Many Freeze to Death
The video shows the winter of 2026 in Hebei Province. Because of extreme cold, quilts placed near bedside windows froze firmly to the glass,...
2026 CCP Chaos: Zhongnanhai Vanishes, Xi’s Name Erased, and Winnie’s Prophetic End
China Insights delivers sharp, data-driven analysis of China’s politics, economy, and society. We connect the dots behind breaking headlines — from Beijing’s power shifts...
How China turned a mega-project failure into a defining moment in modern engineering
China has pulled off a daring underground feat, using a multimillion-dollar tunnel boring machine (TBM) to recover its stranded twin beneath the country’s largest...