Corporate capitulation | Mercedes chided for China apology

Two Republican lawmakers lashed out yesterday at Mercedes- Benz for apologizing in China for quoting Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in a social media post.

700 million viewers | The world’s most-watched television show airs tonight

While Lunar New Year celebrations may be best known for food, fireworks and family reunions, in China the holiday is also epitomized by a single TV

China-USA | Chinese ambassador says ‘it’s dangerous’ to confront Beijing

China’s ambassador to the U.S. warned the Trump administration against adopting a confrontational approach to the world’s second-biggest economy. “It’s certainly paranoid to

China’s former internet czar ousted in graft campaign

Lu Wei, former deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and former head of the Cyberspace Administration of China,

Spokesman says no idea why US feels ‘so insecure’

Beijing has no idea why the U.S. feels “so insecure,” a Chinese spokesman said yesterday, responding to an American government report singling out China as among

Debt-laden dealmakers eyed by restructuring firms

Chinese deal makers that racked up debts for overseas deals and are now reversing course to pay down borrowings have attracted the attention of

Subsidies to reward longer range electric cars raised

China is increasing subsidies for electric vehicles that can travel longer distances on a single charge, while also making it more difficult for battery-powered automobiles

Philippines objects to China’s naming of undersea features

The Philippine government rejects Chinese names given to some undersea features in a vast offshore region where the Philippines has undisputed sovereign rights, the presidential spokesman said

PRC appeals to Trump to avoid disrupting trade

China appealed to President Donald Trump yesterday to avoid disrupting trade and to settle steel and aluminum disputes through negotiation after Trump said he would decide whether

China to select theaters nationwide to show propaganda films

China plans to select 5,000 movie theaters to screen propaganda films and will boost their box office with group sales, discounted tickets and other financial backing. The notice

South China Sea | Britain plans to sail warship in disputed waters

Britain will sail a warship through the South China Sea to assert the right of free passage, the country’s defense chief was quoted yesterday as saying, potentially

Sun Zhengcai | Former Chongqing party boss charged with bribery

A former Politburo member once seen as a rising star in Chinese politics has been charged with bribery, becoming the highest-ranking serving official to be ensnared by President Xi

Beijing imposes anti-dumping measure amid trade tensions

China told importers of a U.S. industrial chemical to start posting deposits yesterday in preparation for possible anti-dumping duties amid rising trade tension with Washington. A

Taiwan | Memorial service honors 17 quake victims

The 17 people who died last week after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan’s east coast were honored at a memorial service yesterday, with attendees bowing

Gui Minhai | Beijing rebukes Sweden over case of detained bookseller

China said yesterday that a Hong Kong-based Swedish man who sold gossipy books about Chinese leaders is under detention on suspicion of leaking state secrets, and rebuked

China, India vie for influence as crisis unfolds in Maldives

As a political crisis plays out in the Maldives, a quiet tug of war is taking place around it, with heavyweights China and India vying for

Canada reviews takeover by Chinese firm for national security

Aecon Group. Inc. has extended the timeline of its proposed takeover by a Chinese buyer, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is reviewing the deal on

Missing bookseller hits out at Sweden in arranged interview

A detained Swedish bookseller at the center of an escalating row between Western governments and China has accused Sweden of using him as a “chess piece” in a media

Police: Man with knife kills 1, injures 12 at Beijing mall

A 35-year-old man with a personal grievance attacked 13 people with a knife in a busy shopping mall in Beijing yesterday, killing one, police said. A woman died

Court rejects UK banker’s double murder appeal

A Hong Kong court on Friday rejected a British banker’s appeal of his conviction in the gruesome murders of two Indonesian women. Three Court of Appeal

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