North Asia Correspondent for The Australian (@australian) || [email protected]
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Chinese banks spent years moving customers online. Now they want them back, and they’re pitching free coffee, KFC deliveries and matchmaking to do so.
At this Beijing branch I visited, opening an account could help you find a spouse ❤️
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A man in China called the government because the moon was too bright.
He’s not alone. People have rung 12345 asking officials to crack their husband’s phone passwords, find cats and rerun the Gaokao.
I wrote ⬇️ about what happens when a state promises to listen to everything.
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China’s hotline for every problem – ‘the moon is too bright’ theaustralian.com.au/world/c…
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One thing that struck me about China's recent floods was how quickly some of the biggest brands announced large donations.
Tech giants. Car makers. All of them pledged tens of millions of yuan within hours.
Goodwill played a part, but it definitely wasn't the only reason.
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Why China Inc donates to disaster relief: the CCP is watching theaustralian.com.au/world/f… via @australian
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How China is applying the EV playbook to fruit theaustralian.com.au/busines… via @australian
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China launches nuclear-capable missile with a dummy warhead into the South Pacific following Australia’s signing of a new mutual defence treaty with Fiji. theaustralian.com.au/nation/… via @australian
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Xi’s Communist Party gets smarter, older … and picky theaustralian.com.au/world/c… via @australian
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I spent some time this week in Jiangxi province where the bridal pricing (彩礼) is among the highest in the country.
Largely derided in the big cities, these steep payments to the in-laws endure in rural China — and Beijing isn’t happy.
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Fortescue abruptly parts with president in China theaustralian.com.au/busines… via @australian
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Beijing Bikini: Why China can’t stop this summer tradition theaustralian.com.au/world/c… via @australian
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China’s factories are running out of workers, and that, according to the big manufacturers of Guangdong province, is entirely the point.
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“Given that Chinese officials would sooner eat a traffic cone than admit that anything, ever, had gone astray, it said a lot.”
China bets on migrant workers to grow its economy theaustralian.com.au/world/b… via @australian
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“My child has a high talent for maths,” one parent wrote. “When he is placed in the same class as others, he gets evened out. Is this fair to good students?”
China turns to an algorithm to end its education arms race theaustralian.com.au/world/c… via @australian
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In 2016, my colleagues and I launched a podcast investigation into the murder of a Sydney mother, Denise Govendir. Our reporting eventually led to an independent review of the case, then a fresh probe. Today, her husband was arrested.
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‘How is the world still silent?’: a final report from me here from Israel about a preschooler and an infant still being held hostage by Hamas theaustralian.com.au/world/h…
Tunnel vision of the terror that lies beneath: a voyage to Khan Younis with the IDF’s 55th paratroopers brigade — or the Tzanhanim, as they’re known around here. theaustralian.com.au/world/b…
Wong warns Palestine over millions in Gaza aid for UNRWA theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
‘We don’t accept’ genocide case against Israel: Wong. All the latest from Amman, Jordan. theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
Foreign Minister Penny Wong won’t visit the sites of Hamas atrocities in Israel. I’ll be trailing the FM and reporting on her diplomatic tour of the Middle East. theaustralian.com.au/nation/…