Xiaohua Xia

3 weeks ago | rfa.org | Xiaohua Xia

A young Uyghur rapper and singer-songwriter not seen since his arrest 20 months ago is imprisoned in China, serving a three-year sentence for composing lyrics that “promoted extremism,” according to the Chinese rights advocacy group Weiquanwang. Yashar Shohret, 26, who previously participated in the 2022 “White Paper” protests in China, has been missing since his arrest on Aug. 9, 2023, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, where he had been going to university.

Dec 9, 2024 | journals.plos.org | Guang Zhao |Yuting Gu |Yuyang Chen |Xiaohua Xia

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Zhao G, Gu Y, Chen Y, Xia X (2024) Association of serum potassium levels with mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis during hospitalization. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0314872. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314872Editor: Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye, Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, NIGERIAReceived: August 1, 2024; Accepted: November 11, 2024; Published: December 9, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Zhao et al.

Feb 8, 2024 | rfa.org | Xiaohua Xia

The Chinese cabinet has appointed a former Shanghai vice mayor and markets veteran Wu Qing as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, replacing Yi Huiman, in an apparent attempt to bring the stock markets out of a downturn as public outrage grows. Wu, known as the “broker butcher” in the industry for his crackdowns on traders, was previously chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange between 2016 and 2017 until he was elevated to vice mayor of Shanghai.

Jan 30, 2024 | rfa.org | Xiaohua Xia

Three Chinese nationals who fled to Thailand in November and arrived at Taipei’s airport on Tuesday told Radio Free Asia they fear arrest if they return to Beijing and are planning to seek assistance from the Taiwanese government to move to a third country. Tian Yongde, Wei Yani and Huang Xingxing all obtained United Nations temporary refugee cards in Bangkok after traveling there in November.