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During the 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress in 2017, China’s former President, Hu Jintao, proclaimed: “China must enhance the country’s cultural soft power,” officialising the concept of “soft power” in Chinese politics. This sentiment was echoed by the present President of the PRC, Xi Jinping, who underscores the importance of enhancing China’s soft power to realise the Two 100 Years goals and to bring to fruition the Chinese Dream.

Two years after a museum dedicated to the Tiananmen massacre closed in Hong Kong, an exhibition on the 1989 crackdown is opening in New York.

A new display on the 1989 massacre is set to open in Manhattan, two years after a Tiananmen museum closed in Hong Kong.

The search for the missing crew of a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in seven-metre waves has been...

A multinational search effort is underway in a remote section of the Indian Ocean as authorities desperately try to locate the crew of the Chinese fishing vessel that is believed...

The Indian navy says it has located a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the Indian Ocean earlier...

The Indian navy has found no survivors from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the Indian Ocean with 39 crew members onboard.

Australian aircraft and a multinational fleet of vessels are continuing to scan a vast area of the Indian...

In its crackdown on popular culture and LGBT people, feminists and other groups, China’s approach has come to increasingly resemble the values of 1950s America, say its critics. This month, China’s censors deleted scenes of men kissing, references to a lesbian character and orgasms in US sitcom Friends, sparking outrage among the popular show’s large mainland audience. This followed an...

One of the most successful drama series in China in the past year is Word of Honour, which depicts the friendship and brotherly love between two male protagonists. Not only has it turned the two little-known leading actors, Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan, into super idols, it has also received a rating of 8.6 out of 10 from more than...