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Vanessa Cai
Reporter, China
Vanessa Cai is a reporter for the China desk, based in Shanghai. Previously she worked for Caixin Global in Beijing and Shanghai-based news outlet Sixth Tone.
Vanessa Cai is a reporter for the China desk, based in Shanghai. Previously she worked for Caixin Global in Beijing and Shanghai-based news outlet Sixth Tone.
Areas of Expertise:
Chinese politics, social issuesLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Political adviser cautions against dependence on AI for decision-making, calls for security mechanism to monitor and intercept threats.
Draft legislation goes before the NPC, a decade after first being mooted.
Communist Party mouthpiece says there must be greater penalties for violations that could ‘undermine the country’s strategic goals’.
Beijing’s tougher tariff response reflects new understanding of Washington’s aims under Trump 2.0, analysts say.
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Move comes two weeks after Chinese officials were hit with US visa curbs over allegedly restricting access to Tibetan areas.
Video clips of Mao Zedong and nationalistic films are circulating as Chinese citizens and business owners consider fallout from Trump’s tariffs.
Cool heads will prevail, analysts say, even as proposed US military spending boost amid a bruising tariff tit-for-tat prompts hot war fears.
State media publishes images of the trio being questioned by the police after Manila detained a number of alleged Chinese spies.
Top Chinese scientist Zhu Songchun calls on Beijing to go beyond ‘surface-level’ achievements to advance theory and philosophy of AI.
Andrew Chiang You-ching, who has avoided the spotlight, is moving to Hangzhou ‘to put down roots’ and develop his career.
Acceleration of defence sector’s anti-corruption drive may be linked to the downfall of former defence minister Li Shangfu, analysts say.
Xinjiang Communist Party chief Ma Xingrui hosts high-level Thai delegation as part of a deal struck when Bangkok agreed to send back 40 Uygurs.
Former president of EU Chamber of Commerce in China says it is ‘completely nonsense’ to believe the US can pull Russia from Beijing’s orbit.
Former assistant engineer had copied classified documents when he was working at a research institute, Ministry of State Security says.
Items listed on auction inventories reportedly include prefabricated containers, air conditioners, fire extinguishers, beds and computers.
In the second such case in mainland China, a court orders companies to apologise and pay damages for using plaintiff’s AI-generated art.
The emerging technology has dominated talking points and media coverage of the annual political event.
Beijing has already taken a series of measures but the rise of new models such as DeepSeek has prompted a debate about the next step.
Online commenters say outburst reveals dangers of relying on the US for security.
Preferential policies target tech, medical and media sectors in bid to entice Taiwanese workers and business to Fujian in cross-strait exchanges.
With the ‘Made in China 2025’ project and the 14th five-year plan coming to fruition, Beijing must craft a strategy for new challenges.
Deep-sea exploration company Ocean Infinity has resumed efforts to find out what happened to the flight that disappeared 11 years ago.
Cargo vessel and 8-member crew escorted to Taiwan after communication link to Penghu Islands damaged in suspected ‘harassment’, coastguard says.
Two people have been pulled from the debris in the village of Jinping in Sichuan province.
Trump’s efforts to assert his authority may complicate the picture for Beijing, but some observers expect US policy to remain the same.
Exchange of digital presents that may influence official work to be seen as violating ‘red lines’ in party discipline, personnel office says.
Beijing banned Japanese seafood imports in 2023 following a row over the release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Policy meeting led by Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang unveils China’s tech leadership team, with observer noting focus on military-civil fusion.
‘We are optimistic,’ tourism official says as Shanghai reportedly enters talks to bring American pop superstar to China.
