China news today

Latest China headlines, collected from 10 news outlets and updated through the day (Tuesday 27 October 2026). Every headline links to the original publisher.

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• Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands over alleged Mao meme commentsStraits Times · 4 min ago

  Oct 27 - Kylian Mbappe has been dropped by a string of Chinese brands following a backlash to his alleged comments about a meme featuring an image resembling China's late leader Mao Zedong.

• Mai multe branduri din China renunță la colaborarea cu Mbappe în urma unei glume cu fostul lider chinez Mao ZedongMediafax · 31 min ago

  Mai multe branduri din China au anunțat că renunță la colaborarea cu fotbalistul francez Kylian Mbappe, după ce acesta a făcut o glumă referitoare la fostul lider chinez Mao Zedong, iar reacțiile negative în urma gestulu

• Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for ‘offending national sentiments’Japan Times · 54 min ago

  In China, jokes about Mao Zedong, the country's founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo.

• Major Chinese brands drop Mbappé as backlash grows over Mao jokeBBC · 2 h ago

  He allegedly said his "favourite meme" is "the one where they put my face on a Chinese dictator".

• Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its tollThe Guardian · 4 h ago

  Lack of profits and the threat posed by western countries are raising concern about the sustainability of Beijing’s AI boom Trillions of dollars have been wiped from China’s stock markets in recent months amid increasing

• Koizumi heads to Philippines for ASEAN defense talks, but China meeting unlikelyJapan Times · 4 h ago

  Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said his ministry had yet to confirm if the Chinese defense chief would even attend the summit.

• Kylian Mbappé loses two major China sponsorship deals over Mao Zedong jokeFrance 24 · 5 h ago

  French football star Kylian Mbappé was dropped by two major Chinese brands on Tuesday after a video circulated online in which he appeared to joke about former leader Mao Zedong. Energy drink giant Dongpeng and dairy pro

• Taiwan rebuffs China’s commemorations for post-World War II ‘restoration’ of islandStraits Times · 5 h ago

  Beijing’s and Taipei’s shared World War II history is a frequent source of tension.

• US bans vehicles from China’s BYD at Japan military base, calling them ‘unacceptable’ riskThe Guardian · 6 h ago

  US military says the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena airbase also apply to delivery drivers and taxis One of America’s biggest overseas military bases has banned vehicles made by the Chinese electric vehi

• In China, the AI bubble has already burstStraits Times · 6 h ago

  Stocks in China have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about AI demand.

• China is back in the bull semen market, but only the best will doStraits Times · 7 h ago

  China imports bull semen as the genetic quality of its domestic cattle is lower than that overseas.

• China says it opposes US 'stigmatisation' of Confucius Institutes after Pentagon labels them security threatStraits Times · 19 h ago

  BEIJING, Oct 26 - China opposes US \"smearing and stigmatisation\" of Confucius Institutes, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after the US Defense Department designated the Chinese-funded cultural centres on universit

• What to know about China's plenum as Xi seeks stronger party disciplineNPR · 20 h ago

  This closed-door gathering that started Monday comes about a year before Xi is expected to secure a fourth term and personnel changes to key leadership bodies.

• Steinmeier in China: A major state visit in uncertain timesDW · 20 h ago

  President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is traveling to China on a state visit in a period of political and economic uncertainty. Germany is seeking alternative partners in the region, but also wants good ties with Beijing.

• ‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adultsThe Guardian · 23 h ago

  Faced with a stagnant jobs market, many are spurning children or pets in favour of ‘raising bricks’ Young adults in China looking for a cheaper, low-maintenance alternative to having children or pets have found an answer

• China's big political meeting could see Xi 'tighten discipline' in partyBBC Asia · 1 d ago

  The highly secretive four-day Plenum starts Monday in Beijing.

• Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leadersThe Guardian · 1 d ago

  The fifth plenum comes against a backdrop of years of purges that have had some analysts wondering if the issue is corruption or a lack of loyalty When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he pledged to stamp out corruption

• Kim Jong-un crosses newly opened bridge into ChinaGuardian Asia Pacific · 2 d ago

  North Korean leader travels over New Yalu River Bridge to meet senior Communist party member Kim Jong-un has visited China, inaugurating a bridge that connects the two countries and saying he hopes to expand cooperation

• Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to ChinaGuardian Asia Pacific · 3 d ago

  Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees

• North Korea has opened up bridges to Russia and China – in which direction will it go?Guardian Asia Pacific · 3 d ago

  Kim Jong-un has opened the borders to both his key allies in Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, but for different reasons For more than a decade, local Chinese residents pilloried it as nothing more than an empty bridge that

• People evacuate building in Tibet as powerful earthquake strikes – videoGuardian Asia Pacific · 3 d ago

  Chinese TV footage showed people evacuating a building and debris falling as a magnitude-7 earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday, killing at least 16 people. Search and rescue efforts were under way after at least 339 home

• Powerful earthquake hits Tibet killing 16 people, reports sayBBC Asia · 4 d ago

  The quake hit a mountainous, sparsely-populated area in what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region.

• Why am I obsessed with China’s ancient golden age? I took my daughter on a trip to find out – podcastGuardian Asia Pacific · 4 d ago

  I felt a duty to write about the Tang dynasty and its incredible social and cultural sophistication – but also to connect my Chinese past with my child By Xiaolu Guo. Read by Elizabeth Chan Read the text version here Sup

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