Bars, Pride and dating apps: How China is closing down its LGBT+ spaces
Pacific Asia • Nov 14, 2025, 1:18 PM
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Apple this week confirmed it has removed two popular LGBT+ dating apps from its app store in China, at the authorities’ request. The decision is the latest in a series of policies that are shutting out China’s gay community.
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China's toilet revolution: World toilet day aims to promote clean sanitation for all
Pacific Asia • 10:54 AM
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Today marks World Toilet Day, a day that seeks to inspire actions to tackle what the UN refers to as a global sanitation crisis, with some 3.4 billion people living without safe sanitation. In China this year also marks 10 years since Chinese President X
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China says 'no market' for Japan seafood imports amid Taiwan spat
Pacific Asia • 10:47 AM
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China will suspend Japanese seafood imports, media in Tokyo reported Wednesday as a row sparked by comments about Taiwan deepens, although neither government confirmed the move. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Beijing, Jan Camenzind Broomby.
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