Work starts on second railway to Tibet

Work is underway on China’s second railway line to Tibet that will wind through some of the world’s most mountainous and inhospitable territory and likely take the better

Offbeat | A fifth of divorces in Taiwan are transnational couples

As of May this year, the proportion of total divorces in Taiwan that involved one Taiwanese partner and a foreigner has continued to fall as in the previous six

China, Germany step up as U.S. retires from world leadership

The U.S. traditionally takes point in the search for common approaches to the big global issues of the day at G-20 summits. Not this time.

Rocket failure likely to set back next space missions

The failure of China’s Long March 5 rocket deals a rare setback to China’s highly successful space program that could delay plans to bring back moon samples and offer rival

Man wins lawsuit over gay conversion therapy

A  gay man in central China has successfully sued a mental hospital over forced conversion therapy, in what activists are hailing as the first such victory in a country where the

China | Heavy rain causes floods, killing 56

At least 56 people have been killed and another 22 reported missing as heavy rains continue to pummel southern China, flooding towns, cutting off power and halting traffic, China’s Ministry of

China warns against ‘negative’ U.S. turn as Trump raises heat

President Xi Jinping’s complaint about a “negative” turn in China’s relationship with the U.S. showed the challenge facing Donald Trump when the two leaders meet in

Hong Kong bond link gets underway to muted reaction

Trading on China’s new bond link to the rest of the world started yesterday, with little in the way of a market reaction. First-day turnover on

Doubts arise over Nobel Peace winner’s inability to travel 

A friend of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said yesterday that he doubts the government’s claims that the ailing dissident is too sick to leave the

Iran signs USD5b gas deal with France’s Total, Chinese firm

Iran yesterday signed a USD5 billion agreement with France’s Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first

Offbeat | Launch fails for Chinese heavy-lift carrier rocket 

A Chinese rocket launch failed on Sunday evening due to abnormality during the flight following what appeared to be a successful liftoff, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

HKSAR 20 years | Xi Jinping: No tolerance for subversion in Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China’s sovereignty and stability would be “absolutely impermissible,” employing some of his harshest

Man held in Chinese scholar’s kidnapping was grad student 

The 28-year-old Illinois man charged with kidnapping a Chinese scholar now believed to be dead was among a select few admitted to the University of Illinois’

Analysis | China dismissal of U.K. treaty renews doubts about its word

China’s dismissive critique of the U.K. treaty governing the return of Hong Kong raised new doubts about its commitment to the city’s autonomy and

HKSAR 20 YEARS | Xi Jinping in Hong Kong for anniversary as protests planned

Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Hong Kong yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of Beijing taking control of the former British colony, accompanied by a formidable layer of security as authorities showed

Beijing defends prison care of ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu

In the midst of a growing outcry, China appears to be responding to criticism that prison authorities failed to provide sufficient care to ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo,

Ivanka shoes | Activists who probed supplier freed in China

After a month behind bars, three Chinese investigators who went undercover at a factory that made Ivanka Trump shoes walked freely out of the local police station this

Handover anniversary | One Hong Kong, two sentiments after 20 years of Chinese rule

  Hong Kong is planning a big party as it marks 20 years under Chinese rule. But many people in the former British colony are not in the

Terry Branstad | ‘Farm boy’ from Iowa tasked with bridging US-China divisions

A self-described “farm boy from Iowa” who befriended China’s president three decades ago is tasked with smoothing relations between the world’s two largest economies amid increased unpredictability

FBI locates car related to missing scholar case 

The FBI has located the car that a missing Chinese scholar studying at the University of Illinois was last seen getting into earlier this month, the FBI said

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