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Palestinian prisoners launch boycott of Israeli military courts (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Palestinian prisoners held without trial or charge have launched a boycott of Israel’s military courts in the occupied West Bank, as prisoner groups warn...

Jailed activist Ramy Shaath to be freed from Egypt detention (Al Jazeera)

Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the release of Egyptian-Palestinian political activist Ramy Shaath, after almost 30 months in detention, according to reports citing judicial...

Mystery surrounds end-of-year windfall for Turkey’s central bank (Cagan Koc, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkey’s central bank posted an extraordinary daily profit of around $10 billion on the final day of 2021, sparking questions on what caused this...

Beijing meets national air quality standards for first time (Al Jazeera)

China’s capital city, Beijing, met national air quality standards for the first time last year, according to officials, following a concerted effort to cut...

Chinese govt requests online platforms with more than 1 mln users’ info undergo security checks before listing overseas (Global Times)

Online platforms in China with more than one million users' personal information must undergo cybersecurity checks when they go public abroad, according to a...

Chinese authorities further regulate algorithm recommendation (Global Times)

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market...

China constructs the world’s largest ro-ro ship (Global Times)

China started the construction of the world's largest and most advanced green roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, marking the country's...

Easing border tensions would be great news for India’s economic recovery (Song Lin, Global Times)

A positive signal recently emerged from the sustained border dispute between China and India, as Indian media reported that the armies of the two...

China leads in five-state joint statement on preventing nuclear war, arms race (Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

For the first time, the leaders of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US on Monday issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear...

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