From censorship expansion to turning up heat on Taiwan, here’s how China has changed under Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping emerged from the 20th Communist Party Congress with a precedent-breaking third leadership term and a Politburo Standing Committee made up entirely of loyalists, cementing his place as China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. Under Xi’s decade in power, China has undergone profound change,…

Trains derail, stores collapse as earthquake hits Taiwan

On Sunday  a  6.8 magnitude earthquake had hit Taiwan .  It was in thinly populated Southeastern part of Taiwan , bureau said.  Many  train carriages derailed , stores collapsed and hundreds were trapped on mountain roads. In Taitung county was the epicentre and  followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor. There were no…