Katell Abiven

As I finally made it to Beijing, I can say it : I am now #AFP bureau chief for China! After four years in Cuba, I’m happy to take up this new challenge, with a great team around me

#UPDATE A Pakistani court on Friday convicted former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a landmark graft case, sentencing Khan to 14 years in prison ➡️ u.afp.com/5vvg

#BREAKING First Pakistan International Airlines flight departs for Paris after EU ban lifted

Crowds throng as Jesus statue parades through Philippine capital. The procession to the Quiapo Church, which started before dawn, is expected to swell to more than two million participants from across the heavily Catholic country, church officials say u.afp.com/5tCu

What you need to know about HMPV. Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears that the situation is comparable to the beginnings of Covid-19 five years ago u.afp.com/5tyo

🥃 La Chine va imposer à partir de vendredi aux importateurs de cognac européen de déposer une caution auprès des douanes chinoises. Une annonce qui fait suite à la décision de l'UE d'imposer des surtaxes supplémentaires sur les véhicules fabriqués en Chine #AFP

FT columnist: "Chatter broke out about whether corporate leaders might be competitively devaluing their own stock prices to avoid the widening crackdown on excessive wealth…'Nobody wants to be the richest man in China.'" ft.com/content/0675c5…

VIDEO: A growing number of Chinese fathers are becoming stay-at-home dads, bucking deep-rooted social norms of men as breadwinners.

[EPISODE 6] "They called me at 5 am, and asked me to go to Cuba" - AFP reporter Katell Abiven (@tellka) describes how she covered the death of Fidel Castro in Cuba, as part of our interview series to mark AFP's 80th anniversary. #AFP80Years 📲 Celia CAZALE #AFPVertical

[ÉPISODE 6] "On m'appelle vers 5 heures du matin, et on me demande de partir à Cuba" : Katell Abiven @tellka, reporter, raconte comment elle a couvert la mort de Fidel Castro à Cuba, à l’occasion des 80 ans de l’AFP #AFP80Ans 📲 @CeliaCzl

🇨🇳 Premier émetteur mondial de gaz à effet de serre, la Chine vient d'inaugurer à Shanghai la plus grande piste de ski intérieure au monde, après avoir connu son mois d'août le plus chaud depuis 60 ans #AFPVertical ⤵️

[ÉPISODE 1] "Si vous n'avez pas peur en allant sur une zone de conflit, alors c'est un problème" : @collinsdyl, journaliste reporter d'images, raconte son expérience sur des terrains de guerre à l’occasion des 80 ans de l’#AFP 1/2

World's largest indoor ski resort opens in Shanghai as China logs hottest month u.afp.com/5bQt

Interesting @AFP story from Shanghai on 'cos commissioning' where women hire other women to play their dream men from video games straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

Australia tackles poor Great Barrier Reef water quality. Multi-million dollar effort is launched to stop pesticide runoff and other water quality issues on the Reef, the latest effort to save the ailing natural wonder u.afp.com/5uDB

Yangtze flood. An aerial view of Guanyin temple partially submerged in the swollen Yangtze River, in Ezhou, in central China's Hubei province. The temple - believed to have been built in 1345 - incorporates elements of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. Nearly a quarter of a million people were evacuated last week in eastern China as rainstorms caused the Yangtze and other rivers to swell, according to state media

Shanghai fair shows China's AI sector is confident of overcoming restrictions imposed by the West. The country's generative AI industry has had explosive growth, with the UN reporting China has recently been the top filer of patents for AI software u.afp.com/57Fh

Venez travailler avec nous à l’#AFP en Chine!

"Nowadays there are fewer and fewer young people, and more and more old people." China's elder care industry is hoping smart gadgets will provide the solution to an ageing population and a shrinking workforce u.afp.com/5ndd

Veteran China correspondent Ben Lim passed away this morning at 5am due to severe acute pancreatitis. A towering figure in China reporting, his tenure with Reuters was marked by numerous groundbreaking stories on Chinese politics. His legacy endures. #RIPBenLim