Lighthouse Winmore | Taiwan investigates man over illegal North Korean oil sales

Prosecutors in Taiwan said they’re investigating a man suspected of involvement in illegal oil sales to North Korea. In a statement, prosecutors said they questioned a man surnamed Chen

Diplomacy | Macron heading to China to strengthen economic ties

French President Emmanuel Macron will head to China next week to strengthen commercial ties with the world’s second-largest economy. It will be Macron’s first state visit

China is boosting ties in Latin America. Trump should be worried

China’s emergence as a global economic rival to the U.S. is perhaps most obvious in Latin America. The U.S. in recent years has lost its status

Sino-Malay prostitution ring | Three people accused of operating US brothel sent to prison

Two Chinese women and a Malaysian man whom prosecutors say operated a brothel near Atlanta that lured women from around the U.S. to work as prostitutes

Climber who died in South Africa said to be from Hong Kong

Authorities in Hong Kong say a climber who died after falling on South Africa’s Table Mountain is from the southern Chinese city. The statement yesterday by

Off-shore deals | Trafigura denies involvement  in North Korea oil transfer

Trafigura Group denied it was involved in the illicit transfer of fuel to North Korea after the South Korean government said the world’s third-biggest independent oil trader

Beijing welcomes Koreas ‘positive’ moves to talk

China has welcomed moves by North and South Korea to use next month’s Winter Olympics in the South as an opportunity for talks, saying it hopes the

AP Exclusive | China’s Uighurs work to fend off pull of jihad

Iminjin Qari felt upbeat as he drove to Istanbul’s airport with three empty buses and a simple task: pick up about 200 fellow Uighurs who had fled

Briefs | 2017 movie ticket sales rise 13.5 percent

China’s total domestic movie ticket sales rose 13.5 percent in 2017 to 55.9 billion yuan (USD8.6 billion), state news agency Xinhua said this week. The top-grossing title was

Xi had a great 2017 | Five key challenges that await next year

China’s President Xi Jinping had a better-than- expected 2017, quietly strengthening his hand both at home and abroad. Next year will put those gains

Foreign office criticizes embassies for ‘interference’

CHINA’S foreign ministry accused the American and German embassies yesterday of interfering in its affairs after they objected to the prosecutions of an activist and a lawyer

Beijing: US should not blame China for opioids

The United States should look within to cut down demand for opioids which are fueling its deadly drug crisis rather than stressing unsubstantiated claims that China is

Beijing to discuss first revisions to constitution since 2004

China’s leading policy makers plan to discuss next month a proposal to amend the national constitution for the first time since 2004, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Hong Kong | Spot among top 5 container ports in jeopardy

Hong Kong is poised to lose its ranking as the world’s fifth-busiest container port if cargo-handling trends continue. Sea freight processed in the city

Contrarian who got yuan right says rally has further to go

The yuan’s climb against the dollar has further to go, even after China’s currency closes out its steepest annual gain since 2008. That’s according

Baha Mar developer claims to be victim of fraud

China Construction America Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of ripping off the original developer of the long-delayed USD3.9 billion Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas by

Huawei’s China consumer sales head detained in corruption probe

Huawei Technologies Co., China’s biggest maker of smartphones, said the head of sales for its domestic consumer business has been detained in a corruption investigation. Police

Abused Indonesian: HK needs more safeguards for maids

An Indonesian maid who won a civil case this week against her former Hong Kong employer for shocking physical abuse said Friday she’s happy with

Lam Tsuen holds once-a-decade festival

In a rural community far from Hong Kong’s hustle and bustle and towering skyscrapers, villagers hold one of the southern Chinese city’s rare and colorful local festivals.

China sentences ‘Vulgar Butcher’ activist to eight years in prison

A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he mocked and pressured Chinese officials was given an eight-year prison sentence yesterday for subversion, the harshest

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