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Chinese Comic Investigated After Singing a Riff of a Patriotic Song

19 août 2026 à 10:08
Guo Degang, one of the country’s best-known comedians, was reported to the authorities, as the arts continue to be a focus for ideological crackdowns.

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Guo Degang performing cross talk in Beijing in 2011. The comedy genre, also known as xiangsheng, mixes scripted and improvised sketches.

Chinese Comic Investigated After Singing a Riff of a Patriotic Song

19 août 2026 à 10:08
Guo Degang, one of the country’s best-known comedians, was reported to the authorities, as the arts continue to be a focus for ideological crackdowns.

© Shiho Fukada for The New York Times

Guo Degang performing cross talk in Beijing in 2011. The comedy genre, also known as xiangsheng, mixes scripted and improvised sketches.

At Ex-Premier Zhu Rongji’s Funeral, China’s Past Shadows Its Present

18 août 2026 à 12:12
Beijing wants to portray today’s China as carrying forward Zhu Rongji’s era of growth, but for many Chinese, the optimism of that time has since faded.

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The Chinese flag flying at half-staff at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Tuesday for the former premier Zhu Rongji.

China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.

17 août 2026 à 07:10
China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

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A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.

How China Remembers Zhu Rongji, the Premier Who Spoke His Mind

13 août 2026 à 05:40
Tributes to the former premier recalled his spirited style and his efforts to integrate China into global commerce, in contrast with the rigidity of the Xi era.

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The official obituary of Zhu Rongji, at a newsstand in Beijing on Thursday.

Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97

12 août 2026 à 19:13
As a vice premier and then premier, he helped transform China into the world’s leading manufacturing power and led his country into the World Trade Organization.

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