Beijing’s Hellscape Olympic Ski Jump Is a Vision of Our Climate Doom

China’s bizarre, industrial, dystopian, cyber-punk-esque ski jump is more than an Olympic novelty. It’s a foreboding vision of our oncoming climate crisis.   The 200-foot Big Air Shougang has been turning heads and sparking heated debate on social media ever since the Games began, for its striking placement next to cooling towers and decrepit-looking cement buildings, […]

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Trump Is ‘Looking At’ Banning TikTok

Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via AP Trump is coming for your TikToks. According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the administration is “looking at” the possibility of banning a range of Chinese apps, including the hugely popular video-sharing app. TikTok, which was downloaded 315 million times in the first three months of the year, has […]

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China’s ‘Nightmare’ National Security Bill Has Instantly Reignited Hong Kong’s Protest Movement

China’s shock announcement of an extreme national security law in Hong Kong has officially reignited the political crisis there, with activists calling for a return to mass protests in the streets this weekend. Fatigue and the coronavirus had largely taken the steam out of the anti-government, anti-Beijing protest movement that roiled the semi-autonomous city in […]

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China’s Been Flooding Facebook With Shady Ads Blaming Trump for the Coronavirus Crisis

Chinese state media has been flooding Facebook and Instagram with shady political ads praising Beijing and bashing “racist” President Trump as part of a wider campaign to rewrite its part in the global coronavirus pandemic. The undisclosed political ads, from Global Times, Xinhua News Agency, Global China Television Network (GCTN), and China Central Television (CCTV), […]

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‘Noodles’ and ‘Pandas’: Chinese People Are Using Secret Code to Talk About Coronavirus Online

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Chinese citizens angry at their government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak have come up with some ingenious ways to express their outrage and circumvent the extreme censorship measures imposed by Beijing. In a bid to control the narrative, Beijing authorities have censored […]

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