South China Morning Post

America’s top diplomat chastised Beijing on Tuesday over its violent 1989 suppression of demonstrations demanding reform and democracy.

The same could be said about the US’ response 30 years ago in the immediate aftermath of the crackdown in central Beijing, where hundreds of civilians were killed as Chinese troops moved to retake Tiananmen Square. The bloodshed quickly prompted economic and political sanctions against China from Western nations.

But 30 years later, Beijing has all but given…

Beijing issued an official warning on Monday for people seeking to study in the United States, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

China’s Ministry of Education urged students and academics to “raise their risk assessment” after an increase in visa delays and denials for those who had applied to study in the US.

“For a period of time now, some Chinese students in the US have faced situations where their visas were restricted, the visa review period was extended, the period of…

On a chilly winter afternoon, Mark and I met at a restaurant in eastern China to talk about something that would make both of us uncomfortable – the massive pro-democracy protests that resulted in a bloody crackdown 30 years ago.

It was raining outside, and the German restaurant was quiet after lunchtime. We looked around the place and settled down at a corner seat on the second floor, below a television set that was playing soccer games nonstop.

Mark, a 25-year-old who works at an e-commerce…

When Canadian journalist Arthur Kent filmed two student protesters on the steps of a monument in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square at about 3am on June 4, 1989, he had no idea who they were. He never found out what became of them, and has spent the last three decades trying to track them down.

Last week, Kent finally got hold of one of the two protesters, whom he described as a “young couple” in the footage he shot, which has been newly restored.

Kenneth Lam Yiu-keung, a Hong Kong student leader who…

American farmers risk losing the Chinese market for good in the escalated trade war, a top agriculture official in China said.

On Sunday, China increased tariffs on $60 billion of US products. The planned retaliatory move slapped tariffs of up to 25% on a targeted list of 5,140 US products and covered virtually all American agricultural products, including soybeans, cotton, poultry, wine, fresh produce and frozen goods.

Han Jun, vice-minister of agriculture and rural affairs, highlighted the…

An American woman who ordered a shirt online for her three-year-old daughter found a startling addition.

Kelsey Dawn Williamson, a mother in Illinois, bought a shirt featuring two frogs riding a bicycle from a Chinese retailer. At least, that’s what she saw in a product photo.

But when she received the shirt earlier this month, she was surprised to find three extra words printed beneath the frogs: “FUCK THE POLICE.”

“I couldn’t believe, of all the mistakes that could have happened it was…

As photos of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei showing journalists around his office began to circulate this week, a book on his desk caught the eye of the public – The American Trap.

It was a Chinese translation of Le Piège Américain, written by Frenchman Frederic Pierucci, a former executive with French rail transport company Alstom, about his five-year tussle with the US Department of Justice. It was co-authored by journalist Matthieu Aron.

The American Trap, first released in France in January,…

As a fourth-generation Chinese-American who grew up in Hawaii, Robin Lung had always had many Asian role models around her. But as a filmmaker, writer and director, she had always felt they didn’t have enough representation in books, films and on television.

In her search for a strong Chinese female character, Lung stumbled upon the late Gladys Li Ling-ai, a second-generation Chinese woman born in the early 20th century who, like her, was a Hawaiian.

One thing stood out about Li. In her…

Chinese state media host Liu Xin said Fox’s questions were not as sharp as she had expected after her highly-anticipated debate with Trish Regan turned out to be more of a question-and-answer session.

In a live broadcast on Fox Business on Wednesday (Thursday morning in China), Liu defended China’s treatment of intellectual property, the Chinese state’s role in the economy and its status as a developing country.

It was an unusual public confrontation between TV personalities from China and…

The impact of American sanctions on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has extended beyond business to reach scientific research.

The New York-based IEEE, or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, has moved to ban Huawei employees from peer-reviewing research papers submitted to its journals after the Chinese company was added to a US trade blacklist.

IEEE is the world's biggest technical professional organization and publishes more than 200 journals.

The decision by IEEE was leaked…