Analysis | Hong Kong gets chance to heal division as leader steps aside

The surprise decision by Hong Kong’s top leader to not seek a second term in office opened the way for a chief executive who might bridge some

China conducts flyover of waterways near Japan, Taiwan

China patrolled the waters of a series of hotly contested islands yesterday, a day after staging a flyover of two strategically important waterways near Taiwan and Japan.

Heritage | Diggers find ancient tombs in Beijing suburb

The Chinese capital’s future administrative hub was already bustling 2,000 years ago. Government agencies excavating a site in the far southeastern Beijing suburbs say they have found

Cargo train hits workers, killing six

Six workers are dead in China after being hit by an express cargo train on the railway line connecting Beijing and the southern city of Guangzhou.

Volleyballers vs. bulldozers: A Chinatown’s history at stake

On the streets, alleyways and parking lots of Boston’s Chinatown, immigrants developed a unique style of volleyball now played in Chinatowns across the country. Now, an asphalt court where

British pub visited by Xi Jinping bought by Chinese

A Chinese firm is buying the landmark British pub where former Prime Minister David Cameron shared a pint with China’s leader last year. The Christie & Co. real estate firm

US warned over Taiwan leader’s planned transit

China yesterday accused Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of seeking to use a planned transit stop in the U.S. to score diplomatic points, amid Chinese rancor over an unprecedented

Hong Kong | Shareholders lose 99pct as rights offerings go wrong

No one can fault the managers of Eminence Enterprise Ltd. for lacking chutzpah. After saddling investors with a 99.99 percent loss over the past five years, the Hong Kong-listed

Seven dead in latest mine blast

Seven coal miners are dead and another four still missing after a gas explosion in a central province in the latest deadly accident to strike China’s mining industry, authorities

ADB: China-championed Asia Trade Pact should wrap up fast

The death knell sounding for a U.S.-led Pacific trade pact creates a vacuum that a separate Asia deal being championed by China should quickly fill, according to the Asian

USD2.6b currency swap signed with Egypt

Egypt and China signed a currency-swap deal for about USD2.6 billion, allowing the North African nation to shore up foreign reserves after floating its currency last month. The countries’

Star Chinese investor pleads guilty in stock case

A celebrity Chinese stock trader who was arrested after last year's market collapse has pleaded guilty to insider trading and manipulating share prices, a court announced yesterday. Xu Xiang

Human Rights Watch | Mainland’s opaque anti-graft probes rife with abuse

Torture, solitary confinement and coerced confessions are rife in investigations of Chinese Communist Party officials detained on suspicion of corruption, according to a report issued yesterday by Human Rights

South Sudan | Another 120 peacekeepers deployed

The first 120 troops of a 700-member Chinese U.N. peacekeeping force have departed for South Sudan, deepening China's commitment to the troubled East African nation, where two of its

Hong Kong-Shenzhen | New cross-border stock link widens access to China

Trading began yesterday on a new cross-border stock link between Hong Kong and the neighboring Chinese city of Shenzhen, widening access to China’s markets for global investors. The long-awaited

Regulator slams stock acquirers as ‘robbers’

China’s top securities regulator resorted to unusually harsh language to denounce leveraged acquisitions of shares in listed companies, as officials move to rein in financial risks associated

US urged to stop disrupting acquisitions

China urged Washington yesterday to stop disrupting its foreign corporate acquisitions after President Barack Obama blocked the purchase of a German maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment as a security

Beijing faces decision on how to respond to Trump’s tweets

Chinese leaders face a challenge: How to deal with Donald Trump. Weeks before taking office, the incoming American president is riling Beijing with confrontation and online statements

Death toll in country’s second  coal mine blast rises to 32

Thirty-two miners were confirmed dead yesterday in the second coal mine explosion in a week in China, state- run media reported. The gas explosion hit the mine in

Hong Kong | Lawmaker purge risks tipping balance in Beijing’s favor

Hong Kong moved to oust four more pro-democracy lawmakers, an escalation of a weeks-long oath-taking controversy that threatens to tip the balance of power in China’s favor in

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