Hong Kong | Patten warns against calls for former British colony independence

Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, said yesterday that calls for the city’s independence from China dilute support for democracy, and residents should engage in dialogue

Economy | EU Chamber warns China: Open faster or risk backlash

A business group urged China yesterday to carry out promises to open its economy and warned that inaction might fuel a backlash against free trade amid mounting U.S. and

Beijing is said to weigh opening up to foreign electric carmakers

China is discussing a plan to allow foreign carmakers to set up wholly owned electric-vehicle businesses in its free-trade zones in a major revision of a fundamental principle

Belt & Road | China quickens work on Pakistan utility in area claimed by India

China is racing to finish one of the biggest hydro-power projects in Pakistan ahead of schedule, yet its location in the long-contested region of Kashmir will draw

Race to make robots for China spurs manufacturer to double capacity

ABB Ltd. is accelerating expansion in China with a plan to double robot production capacity as part of a bid to become the biggest provider worldwide of

Trump’s top trade negotiator calls China ‘unprecedented’ threat

China’s economic model represents an “unprecedented” threat to the world trading system that can’t be addressed under current global rules, President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator said. “There

Hard to spot | Criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns to China, SE Asia

International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha statues, stashing horn pieces in lobster heads kept in

Beijing detains man for service to evade internet firewall

Chinese authorities have detained a software developer for selling computer services that allow internet users to evade China’s “Great Firewall,” which blocks access to thousands of websites,

Mandarin Oriental receives proposals for Excelsior Hong Kong

Mandarin Oriental International Ltd. has received interest from potential buyers of the Excelsior hotel in Hong Kong in what would be a test of the resilience

Beijing rebuffs Washington demand to cut off oil exports to N.Korea

China rebuffed U.S. demands to cut off oil exports to North Korea as a way to dissuade Kim Jong-Un’s regime from pursuing nuclear weapons, saying instead it

Australia, China seek to boost economic ties as US pulls back

Australian and Chinese officials held talks in Beijing this weekend aimed at tightening trade and economic ties between the two countries, just as the Trump administration increases

China charges nine people for dumping toxic waste

Chinese authorities have charged nine people from a waste treatment facility with the dumping tens of thousands of tons of toxic waste into a section of the

Government punishes 31 for deadly construction accident

China has ordered 31 people to be placed under “coercive measures” for a collapse last year at a construction site that killed 73 people, the state news

Economy | Foreign investment plunges after official curbs

China’s investment in other countries has plunged since Beijing tightened controls to cool surging spending on British soccer teams, Manhattan real estate and other assets deemed unneeded

Stanley’s daughter | Hong Kong singer and actress Josie Ho is making new music

To say that Josie Ho has been busy is an understatement. The Hong Kong singer and actress is putting out new music, touring Asia and has

China mourns death of oldest panda

China is mourning the death of the world’s oldest panda, Basi, who attracted millions of visitors during a visit to the United States 30 years ago. Caretakers in the

Chinese navy ships depart for joint drills with Russia

Four Chinese navy ships have departed for joint drills with Russia in the latest sign of growing cooperation between the two militaries that could challenge the U.S. armed forces’

The Buzz | Reports: China orders bitcoin exchanges to shut down

Regulators have ordered Chinese bitcoin exchanges to close, two business newspapers reported yesterday, after uncertainty about the digital currency’s future in China caused its price to plunge.

Courts | Founder of online lender Ezubo sentenced to life for fraud

The founder of a Chinese online peer-to-peer lender has been sentenced to life in prison on charges he defrauded investors of USD7.7 billion in one of China’s

Analysis | China isn’t the only reason to question free trade

Economists have lately been rethinking free trade. They’re right to do so - and not just because China’s emergence came as such a big shock to

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