Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro | Venezuela

China and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the South American... Read more »

Chinese robotaxis due in London next year as Lyft and Uber reveal tie-ups | Self-driving cars

Chinese robotaxis are due to be on the streets of London next year after the US ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber announced tie-ups with Beijing-based Baidu to deploy its self-driving technology. Lyft... Read more »

Kimchi, made in China: how South Korea’s national dish is being priced out at home | South Korea

The pungent scent of red chilli powder hangs in the air at Kim Chieun’s kimchi factory in Incheon, about 30km west of Seoul. Inside, salted cabbage soaks in large metal vats in... Read more »

China has set a bear trap for Keir Starmer – and our naive PM is walking straight into it | Simon Tisdall

The UK pushed hard to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, the newspaper publisher and British citizen who was a leading light in Hong Kong’s brutally suppressed pro-democracy movement. So, too, did... Read more »

Trump, tech barons and a title-less Andrew: how well do you remember 2025? – quiz | Quiz and trivia games

1.Which of these is a real question from an actual supposed journalist in the Oval Office during the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting/ambush in February? Reveal 2.In March, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canadian... Read more »

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for November 2025, Part Two

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the... Read more »

CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for November 2025, Part One

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the... Read more »

Dashed dreams and land grabs: The rise of rural protests in China | China

Standing inside the temple armed with buckets of rice, the villagers gaze out at police officers armed with riot shields and sticks, the sound of shouting audible over banging drums. Then the... Read more »

When an Entertainment Scandal Gets Political: How Wong Kar-wai Survived a Nationalist Storm

In 2025, Wong Kar-wai found himself at the center of one of China’s most explosive entertainment scandals of the year, one that began as a labor dispute and spiraled into a nationalist... Read more »

Video Emerges of General’s Trial for Refusing Tiananmen Orders (With Transcript)

The New York Times’ Chris Buckley reports on the recent emergence of footage from the trial of General Xu Qinxian, who refused to lead the PLA’s 38th Group Army into Beijing to... Read more »