Four U.N. human rights experts are urging China to release a prominent lawyer and rights defender who may have been forced into making a televised “confession” that
With a blanket ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs), China has sidestepped an issue plaguing regulators worldwide: are such tokens securities? A cross between crowdfunding
Human Rights Watch says in a new report yesterday that China has tried to intimidate, blacklist and squelch the voices of rights advocates who operate within the
Taiwan’s president yesterday appointed a new premier seen as willing to reach out to rival China amid ongoing tense relations between the two sides. President Tsai Ing-wen named William
Chinese internet users have flooded government social media accounts this week with thousands of angry anti-Muslim comments after unverified videos surfaced online showing an apparent riot by
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed yesterday their countries need to make more efforts to improve mutual trust and that peace in
Even before North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb yet, Japan was calling for moves to cut off its oil supply. Some sort of oil
Taiwan’s premier tendered his resignation yesterday, raising the possibility of changes in the island’s troubled relationship with mainland China. The Presidential Office said on its website
The BRICS group of five major emerging economies called yesterday for reform of the United Nations and tougher measures against terrorist groups, while denouncing North Korea’s latest
The United Nations says there are 65 million forcibly displaced people around the world — a number so huge it can be overwhelming to contemplate. Artist
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for the world to reject protectionism even as American and European pressure mounts on Beijing to lower market barriers, speaking at
Brazilian President Michel Temer is visiting China as his country seeks investments to shore up its flagging economy. Temer met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in
A federal panel is recommending that President Donald Trump reject or suspend the pending USD1.3 billion sale of Portland, Oregon’s largest tech company to a Chinese-backed investment firm.
Mawar, the 16th typhoon this year, landed around 9:30 p.m. yesterday in Lufeng, Guangdong Province, bringing gales of 20 meters per second at its eye, according to
For most of the year, there’s been an oft-repeated refrain among China-watchers. Whispered in private meetings with clients or loudly spoken by confident brokers, it goes something like
Escalating efforts to repatriate one of the ruling Communist Party’s most wanted exiles, Chinese police have opened an investigation on a new allegation, rape, against
China expressed dismay yesterday after Germany’s foreign minister said Beijing should not “attempt to divide us” following complaints China uses its status as an investor to influence
A Chinese woman with no Australian medical license has been arrested for administering an anesthetic to a customer at a Sydney beauty salon who then suffered cardiac arrest,
David Tang, a flamboyant and outspoken socialite and entrepreneur who founded the Shanghai Tang fashion brand, has died. He was 63. The Financial Times newspaper,
China and India may have ended a tense border standoff for now, but their longstanding rivalry raises questions about the possibility of meaningful cooperation at an
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