Kelly Tang

VOA Mandarin: 2024 was 'roller coaster' year for China's stock market

VOA Mandarin: China expands private pension system nationwide

China's increasing passport controls evoke Mao era

Some teachers, civil servants and executives of state-owned enterprises were ordered to hand in their passports

China’s plan to float nuclear reactors in South China Sea seen as risky

Mobile power banks would bolster China’s claim to disputed maritime territory, say analysts, while threatening the environment

China's Combative Nationalists Urge War to Reintegrate Taiwan After Presidential Election

Refusal to renounce use of force is targeted at ‘interference from external forces’ and ‘Taiwan independence separatists,’ says Chinese official

Millions of Chinese People Drop Out of State Health Insurance

Rising premiums, co-pays are prompting some Chinese to give up on government-run plan

Facing Demographic Crisis, China Pushes Women Back Into the Home

Xi Jinping is calling for a new culture of marriage and childbearing while doing little to help women balance child care and career development

Latest US Chip Controls Will Limit China’s AI Development

Beijing has objected to new US rules to block Beijing from obtaining the chips through any channel

Ambassador: China Will Respond in Kind to US Chip Export Restrictions 

Analysts see Xie Feng’s tough talk as latest round in Beijing’s assertive wolf-warrior diplomacy 

China Issues Eldercare Resource Guide as 60+ Population Balloons

Local governments are expected to fulfill Beijing's directives, which highlight demographic fallout from one-child policy

China's Official COVID Statistics Meet Public Doubt as Cases Increase

After the relaxation of 'zero-COVID' policy restrictions, many people question the government numbers as family, friends and coworkers fall sick

Official Poll Finds Young Chinese Look Down on US, West

Fears of Quarantines, Lockdowns Mar Golden Week Festivities in China

Enhanced security in the capital ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress has further dampened the mood

Beijing’s Zero-COVID Policy Draws New Anger After Fatal Bus Crash

After at least 27 people died on the way to quarantine, online comments have proliferated despite efforts of censors to contain criticism, snark

Shanghai Showing Strain of Life Under Strict COVID Lockdown

Local residents, officials question effectiveness of China’s zero-COVID policy in nation’s most populous city as daily case counts hit record highs

Taiwanese Rejecting China's Attempts Woo Them Into Reunification

Beijing's bait of economic benefits from improved trade, tourism meets scorn from democratically minded Taiwanese

China's Tech Titans Funding Beijing's Effort to Close Income Gap

Their donations support President Xi Jinping's push for 'common prosperity,' a state-controlled plan to benefit all by redistributing wealth through approved NGOs

One Year In, Critics Say China’s National Security Law Has Undermined Hong Kong's Core Values 

Three Hong Kongers reflect on legacy of legal crackdown in conversation with VOA

China Youth 'Lie Flat' as Good Life Seems Unattainable

With a diploma from a good college no longer the ticket to the 'Chinese dream,' Beijing worries as frustrated youth embrace a minimalist lifestyle

China Renews Crackdown on Online Feminist Groups

Beijing blocks groups rejecting marriage, child-rearing, heterosexual sex and products unfriendly to women, such as body-shaping underwear