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

The Buzz | China reports 35 Japanese detained on telecom fraud charges 

China says it has detained 35 Japanese citizens on suspicion of telecoms fraud. The June 30 detentions appeared to mark the largest roundup of Japanese citizens engaged in

Paraguay president’s visit throws Taiwan diplomatic lifeline

The visit by Paraguay’s president to Taiwan this week offers a diplomatic lifeline to the self-governing island democracy whose international breathing space is being steadily chipped away

Beijing controls information about ailing Nobel Prize laureate

As China’s government faces mounting international pressure to grant imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo his wish to leave the country for treatment of advanced liver cancer, it’s

Auto sales rise 2.3 percent in June

China’s auto sales rebounded in June on the strength of SUV demand but rose just 2.3 percent from a year earlier following a sales tax hike and

Don’t hold us responsible for solving North Korea, spokesperson says

China yesterday said it shouldn’t be held responsible alone for solving the North Korean nuclear standoff, and accused other countries of shirking their responsibilities in the

Opinion | China shows it can reject democracy and rise anyway

Will China ever become democratic? That question has been a staple of geopolitical discussion since the 1990s, and at times many commentators thought a democratic China was not

US has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe

The United States has apologized for mistakenly describing Chinese President Xi Jinping as the leader of Taiwan, China said yesterday. Chinese scholars said the error shows a lack of

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