Beijing confidential: Wanda’s Hollywood expansion blocked

Wang Jianlin, China’s second-richest man, has made no secret of his ambition to dominate Hollywood. But suddenly the billionaire chairman of Dalian Wanda Group Co. has run

China urges India withdrawal in standoff, stages drills

China yesterday renewed a call for India to immediately withdraw its troops from disputed territory high in the Himalayan mountains, following a report that Chinese forces recently held

Users report WhatsApp disruption amid censorship fears

Users of WhatsApp in China and security researchers have reported widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at least partially blocked by authorities

Markets to lure USD3 trillion as foreigners can’t resist, Citi says

China has opened a path for a transformation of its financial markets that could see them match the U.S. in size and lure more than USD3

Scholar defends Chinese-American researcher jailed in Iran 

A Chinese-American graduate student sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for allegedly “infiltrating” the country and sending confidential material abroad is innocent of all charges

Two killed, 9 hurt in cleaver attack at Shenzhen Walmart store

Two people were hacked to death and another nine injured by a man wielding a meat cleaver inside a Walmart store in China’s southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, police

Economic growth holds steady despite slowdown fears

China’s economic growth held steady in the latest quarter, boosted by unexpectedly strong trade and consumer spending, despite fears tighter lending controls aimed at cooling a surge in

China just made the most steel ever as Trump gets set to act

China’s old economy is displaying greatly renewed vigor. Output of steel and aluminum hit records last month, with mills and smelters boosting run-rates of the products used

Family scatters Chinese Nobel laureate’s ashes into the sea

Family members of Liu Xiaobo scattered the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s ashes into the sea on Saturday in funeral proceedings closely orchestrated by the Chinese government

Former China Chongqing party chief under probe, WSJ says

Sun Zhengcai, the former Communist Party chief of the Chinese city of Chongqing, is under investigation by authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing people it

Xi Backs stronger risk-reduction role for Central Bank

Chinese President Xi Jinping said the central bank will play a stronger role in defending against risks, calling for more work on safeguarding the financial system and

The Buzz | Arson suspect arrested after China house fire kills 22 

Authorities apprehended a man suspected of setting fire to a two-story house in eastern China yesterday, killing 22 people, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Investigators discovered traces of

China | Legal activist released at end of 4-year prison term

A  Chinese legal activist who founded a loose network of socially conscious citizens was released from prison Saturday at the end of a four-year sentence, his

Political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, China’s most prominent political prisoner, died yesterday at a hospital in the country’s northeast, officials said. He was 61. Liu had been transferred to

‘Cardboard grannies’ | As China neighbors got rich, working in HK left her poor

They start sometimes at dawn and work frequently into the night, an army of old workers maneuvering carts around the streets of Hong Kong. Their spines bent with

Shake Shack to open Hong Kong location

Shake Shack Inc., the burger-and-fries chain founded in New York, will open its first location in Hong Kong next year, setting the stage for a push

Beijing sends forces to first military base abroad, in Djibouti

China on Tuesday dispatched members of its People’s Liberation Army to the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti to man the rising Asian giant’s first overseas military

Warships conduct live-fire drills in Mediterranean 

In a demonstration of the Chinese navy’s expanding global reach, the country’s latest-generation warships conducted live-firing drills in the Mediterranean Sea this week while en route to

Apple to build first China data center to comply with law

Apple Inc. will establish its first data center in China to speed up services such as iCloud for local users and abide by laws that require global companies

New Silk Road encroaches on U.S. turf in East Europe

In the 19th century mansion in central Belgrade where bureaucrats plan some of Serbia’s important overseas projects, 64-year-old Ivan Mrkic is busy unpacking boxes teeming

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