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Yesterday — 13 October 2025Main stream

China Hosts a Summit on Women’s Rights, While Stifling Activism

13 October 2025 at 15:54
The conference was billed as a celebration of China’s achievements in supporting women. But the government has mostly wiped out independent advocacy groups.

© Pool photo by Ken Ishii

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, posing with other leaders at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women in Beijing on Monday.
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China Detains Dozens of Members of Underground Church

12 October 2025 at 11:27
The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased.

© Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

Ezra Jin Mingri, the pastor of Zion Church, one of the country’s most prominent underground churches, in Beijing in 2018. Mr. Jin was detained on Friday, his family says.

China Detains Dozens of Members of Underground Church

12 October 2025 at 11:27
The church’s pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri, turned Zion Church into one of China’s largest unofficial congregations, even as government pressure on Christianity increased.

China Flexed. Trump Hit Back. So Much for the Thaw.

Beijing’s trade curbs and President Trump’s tariff threats show how quickly calm can give way to confrontation between the two largest economies.

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A container terminal at the port in Qingdao, China, on Friday. China woke up on Saturday to President Trump’s announcement that he would impose new 100 percent tariffs on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1.
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