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

Reports | Bo Xilai released on medical parole

  Bo Xilai, a former Chongqing party chief, who was serving a life sentence for corruption and abuse of power has been granted medical parole following a

Premier Li says economy to meet growth goals, vows free trade support

Premier Li Keqiang said China remains on track to meet its main economic goals for this year while warning of rising geopolitical risk and threats to the global

State Dep’t Report today | Beijing hits back at US on human trafficking downgrade

China has pre-emptively hit back at the United States for speaking “irresponsibly” ahead of an expected Trump administration move to name China among the world’s worst human trafficking offenders.

Questions raised about Liu Xiaobo’s prison medical treatment

As recently as February, Liu Xiaobo’s brother dismissed reports that the imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace laureate might be ill. Then came the bombshell on Monday that Liu has been

Liu Xiaobo | Jailed Nobel Peace laureate given medical parole

Imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo has been transferred to a hospital after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, his former lawyer said yesterday.

Sichuan | Landslide site evacuated over concerns of second slide

Rescue crews were ordered yesterday to evacuate the site of a deadly landslide in southwestern China over concerns of a second landslide, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Vatican worries about ‘forcibly removed’ bishop in Wenzhou

The Vatican is expressing “grave concern” for a Chinese bishop who it says was “forcibly removed” from his office several weeks ago. The Holy See in a

Coal on the rise in China, US, India after major 2016 drop

The world’s biggest coal users — China, the United States and India — have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s

10 bodies found, scores missing in massive landslide

Rescuers recovered 10 bodies and were still searching for 93 other people yesterday, a day after a massive landslide buried a picturesque mountain village in southwestern

HKSAR 20th anniversary | Hong Kong needs close China ties to prosper, next leader says

Hong Kong’s importance to the global economy will increase due to integration with China, Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam said, dismissing concerns that Beijing was undermining the

Billionaire says Lotus car may be domestic-produced

Chinese billionaire Li Shufu said his Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will consider producing Lotus sports cars in China after agreeing to purchase stakes in Malaysian carmaker Proton

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