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Author Archives: Laurie Chen

Posted inChina

‘Hostage diplomacy’ rattles foreign businesses

by Laurie Chen October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s return from Canada this week was lauded as a diplomatic triumph in China, but the celebrations left a bad taste for an expatriate business community that was already rattled by the threat of “hostage diplomacy”. That dread was based on the part of the story Chinese state media were largely silent […]

Posted inChina

Hebei tycoon gets 18 years for ‘provoking trouble’

by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen July 30, 2021July 30, 2021
Posted inChina

Villagers flee floods in China as typhoon nears

by Laurie Chen and Beiyi Seow July 23, 2021July 23, 2021
Posted inChina, Profile

Scholar laments China’s crackdown on intellectuals

by Laurie Chen June 21, 2021June 21, 2021
Posted inChina

Panic in downtown Shenzhen as skyscraper wobbles

by Laurie Chen May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Posted inWuhan

Zhang Zhan gets 4 years’ jail over Wuhan reporting

by Laurie Chen December 28, 2020December 28, 2020
Posted inChina

China starts anti-monopoly probe into Alibaba

by Laurie Chen December 24, 2020December 24, 2020
Posted inChina

Chinese tycoon and Xi critic jailed for 18 years

by Laurie Chen and Beiyi Seow September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
Posted inChina Digest

China mum on detained Australian anchor Cheng Lei

by Helen Roxburgh and Laurie Chen September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

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