Another Xi Jinping thought center opens;
China eases child-rearing costs to boost births;
For-profit tutoring barred in core school subjects;
Power outages spread as temps rise;
Local businessman sentenced to 18 years

Xi attacks technology blockades;
UK, EU, NATO: China responsible for Microsoft hack and ransomware;
U.S. charges four Chinese in global hacking campaign;
China fines tech giants for content exploiting children;
Beijing counter-sanctions seven Americans

More than 200 nuclear silos being built in Xinjiang and Gansu;
China sends team to help Pakistan investigate terror attack;
China pushes conspiracy theory, rejects calls for Wuhan lab audit;
China, Pakistan to collaborate on Afghanistan;
Taliban will play an "important role": FM Wang Yi

Chinese human waste dumping endangers South China Sea ecosystem;
Firms operating in Xinjiang at "high risk" of violating law, U.S. warns;
Japan warns of China threat and "sense of crisis" in Taiwan Strait;
U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products made in Xinjiang;
China urges efforts to oppose American "internet hegemony"

China expands its use of secret detention;
U.S. mutual funds invest $150 million in Xinjiang companies;
Under pressure, Ukraine drops criticism of Xinjiang rights abuses;
Chinese scientists removed virus records from U.S. database;
Hong Kong begins to censor films