Alibaba, Paytm are said in talks to invest in India’s Bigbasket

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its Indian associate Paytm E-commerce Pvt are in talks to invest about USD200 million for a stake of roughly 20

Beijing warns India of its ‘resolve’ amid border standoff 

China yesterday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing’s determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chinese territory, amid an ongoing standoff between the two

US student freed after week held over taxi dispute

An American university student is free following a weeklong detention in China for allegedly injuring a taxi driver who was roughing up his mother during a fare dispute,

Analysis – Censorship | China can’t keep Winnie the Pooh caged forever

There’s an old adage from early in the web’s history, usually attributed to civil libertarian John Gilmore, which proclaims, “The internet treats censorship as damage

Rising politician under investigation for corruption

One-time rising Chinese political star Sun Zhengcai is being investigated for violations of party discipline, the ruling Communist Party announced yesterday, making him the highest-ranking serving official

Offbeat | China opens movie theater on disputed island

China has opened a state-of-the-art movie theater on disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea’s Paracel group in an effort to improve quality of life for the

Detained student’s mother: Zhengzhou police want ‘ransom’

The mother of an American college student arrested in central China following an altercation with a taxi driver five weeks earlier said police are demanding the equivalent of a

Chelsea apologizes for Kenedy’s offensive Instagram messages

Chelsea apologized to China yesterday for social media comments by Brazilian player Kenedy which it accepted “caused great offense and hurt the feelings” of the country during

Louis Vuitton opens e-commerce store as sales rebound

Louis Vuitton has launched an e-commerce service in China, seeking to capitalize on a rebound in the world’s largest luxury-goods market, where online sales have been dominated

Goal of AI leadership by 2030 announced

China’s government has announced a goal of becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence in just over a decade, putting political muscle behind growing investment by Chinese

UN rights chief says Liu Xia must be allowed to move freely

The U.N. human rights chief said last week he intends to keep pressuring China to allow the wife of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to

Beijing would consider sending troops for Djibouti-Eritrea

China would consider sending peacekeeping troops to a disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border region after Qatar pulled out its troops last month, China’s top diplomat to the African Union said Friday, as

The Buzz | Hong Kong lowers storm signal to standby

The Hong Kong Observatory lowered its warning to standby signal No. 1 from the third-highest warning issued yesterday as Cyclone Roke weakened after entering the inland area of

Beijing clamping down on use of VPNs to evade Great Firewall

China is tightening control over foreign companies’ internet use in a move some worry might disrupt their operations or jeopardize trade secrets as part of a crackdown

Urbanization prevents 450,000 premature deaths since 1980, claims study

Rapid urbanization in China is not contributing to air pollution, but actually may have brought health benefits for the hundreds of millions of people who have

India ready for talks to end border standoff 

India said yesterday it was ready to hold talks with China with both sides pulling back their forces to end a standoff along a disputed territory high in the

Offbeat | U.S. student detained in China after dispute with cabbie 

Police in central China have arrested an American college student on charges of intentional injury following an altercation with a taxi driver. A family friend of Guthrie McLean said

Liu Xiaobo supporters mark his death amid concerns for widow

Supporters of Liu Xiaobo gathered worldwide yesterday to mark the traditional Chinese observance of the seventh day after the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s death, amid growing

Sino-US trade rifts resurface even after friendly summit

Cake and conversation, it seems, can go only so far to mend longstanding economic rifts between the United States and China. Three months after President Donald Trump

HK shares become refuge from falling mainland markets

Chinese investors may be limited from putting their cash overseas, but their link to Hong Kong’s stocks is again proving to be a source of refuge at a time

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