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Streets flooded with police as top security body blames ‘infiltration and sabotage’ for unrest
China has sent university students home and flooded streets with police in an attempt to disperse the most widespread anti-government protests in decades, as the country’s top security body called for a crackdown on “hostile forces”.
In an apparent effort to tackle that originally sparked the protests, authorities also announced plans to step up vaccination of older people.

Buying out China’s stake was inevitable but the government still has the onerous task of finding committed investors
Another day, another “confirmation” that the government plans in Suffolk – surely the “most announced” project in UK infrastructure history. The latest update, though, contained a genuine sign of seriousness: the Chinese are being paid to go away.
China General Nuclear (CGN), a state-backed firm, owned a 20% stake in the fledgling project and had, in effect, a right to subscribe to maintain its holding through the various funding rounds – just as it did at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. In practice, any form of Chinese involvement in Sizewell has been impossible for at least a year.

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The Fire Brigades Union has said that its members will start voting on 5 December on whether to strike over pay, with the result due at the end of January.
As PA Media reports, the move follows the rejection of a 5% pay offer. If a national strike took place, it would be the first since action over pensions between 2013 and 2015 and the first on pay since 2002/03.
This is an historic ballot for firefighters and control staff. We are rarely driven to these lengths.
Nobody wants to be in this position, but after years of derisory pay increases and a pay offer that is well below inflation, firefighters’ and control staff’s living standards are in peril.

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis joined the ranks of many American leaders Tuesday, voicing support for Chinese citizens who have taken to the streets challenging their repressive, communist government. Moments ...

Billionaire rarely seen in public since criticising attitude of China’s regulators towards tech firms in 2020
The billionaire Jack Ma has reportedly been hiding out in Tokyo with his family during Beijing’s crackdown on the country’s star tech firms and its
Ma, the founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba who until the tech clampdown was China’s richest person, has rarely been seen in public since criticising the attitude of Chinese regulators towards tech companies at a summit in Shanghai two years ago.

First global analysis follows discovery of toxic pollution particles in lungs and brains of foetuses
Almost a million stillbirths a year can be attributed to air pollution, according to the first global study.
The research estimated that almost half of stillbirths could be linked to exposure to pollution particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), mostly produced from the burning of fossil fuels.

我们想跟在中国大陆生活的人了解一下他们对抗争的看法及在中国大陆防疫措施下的的日常生活

在新疆乌鲁木齐发生致命火灾后，反对严厉的防疫措施的抗议已蔓延至多个城市，在上海、北京、成都、武汉和广州都发生了抗议。
我们想跟在中国大陆生活的人谈谈他们情况。您或您认识的人是否参加了抗议活动？你认为它们会产生什么影响？你有什么顾虑？

China's foreign ministry has defended the Communist party's zero-Covid policy amid rare protests within the country.
The foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, paused for a long time when asked by a reporter if China would reconsider the policy given people's widespread 'anger and frustration'. He eventually asked for the question to be repeated and then said it 'did not reflect what actually happened'. He said China had been following a 'dynamic zero-Covid policy'

London-headquartered bank has been struggling to navigate political pressure from both Beijing and the west
HSBC has struck a deal to sell its Canadian business to Royal Bank of Canada for £8.4bn as it continues to shrink its global footprint and focus on the Chinese market.
HSBC, which once advertised itself as the “world’s international bank”, has been from both the west and Beijing following China’s crackdown in Hong Kong.