Courts | Chinese businessman receives death sentence in Tianjin blast

A Chinese court yesterday gave the head of a logistics company a suspended death sentence over a massive explosion at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin last year that killed

China responds to US election with heavy censorship, light sarcasm

As news of Donald Trump’s shocking presidential win was reverberating around the world uesterday, media coverage in China was oddly scant - and not by accident. China’s

Chinese companies look at new opportunities in Angola

Hundreds of Chinese business executives are attending an investment forum in Angola, a major supplier of oil to China. Lusa, the Portuguese news agency, reports that Chinese entrepreneurs are looking at

October exports fall in new sign of global weakness

China’s exports fell again in October in a fresh sign of weak global demand that is complicating efforts by Beijing leaders to shore up economic growth and reduce reliance on

Billionaire cuts salary to 15 cents amid cash crunch

The billionaire chairman of China’s LeEco has admitted his technology empire is running out of cash to sustain a headlong rush into businesses from electric cars to smartphones. In a lengthy letter to

US upset over China’s Hong Kong intervention

  The U.S. is expressing disappointment over China’s intervention in a political dispute in the semiautonomous region of Hong Kong by barring two separatist lawmakers from office. State Department spokesman Mark Toner yesterday

Hong Kong | British banker guilty of murdering Indonesians, sentenced to life

A British banker was convicted of murder yesterday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that

Famous pool-cue maker sentenced in attempted ivory smuggling

A famous custom pool-cue maker has been sentenced to two years of probation for his role in trying to help export protected African elephant ivory to Taiwan. Seventy-five-year-old Cesar “Ernie” Gutierrez

The Buzz | Hong Kong lawyers march to protest against China’s legal ‘interference’

Over 1,500 lawyers dressed in black marched through the heart of Hong Kong in silence last nigh to condemn a move by China that effectively bars two elected pro-independence lawmakers

Hong Kong | In unprecedented act, China bars two lawmakers from LegCo

China’s top legislature yesterday effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to spark further turmoil in

Editorial | SAR overruled

Elected lawmakers Yau Wai-ching’s and Sixtus Leung’s mockery oaths, three weeks ago, were ruled invalid by the Legislative Council, and subsequent attempts have resulted in mayhem in LegCo’s weekly sessions.

AP Explains | Beijing’s intervention in Hong Kong legislature

DECISION TO BAR TWO LEGISLATORS China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress, issued an interpretation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini constitution, stating that two legislators could not take their seats after

Lou Jiwei | Gov’t replaces finance minister amid debt, stimulus efforts

China’s government replaced its finance minister yesterday with a veteran of its tax bureau, prompting expectations communist leaders plan changes in the tax system. A government announcement that Lou Jiwei, one

NPC approves law to tighten control on internet use

China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law yesterday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Chinese authorities say the

‘Thrilla in Manila’ in the making | Ang Lee believes new film technology is worth trying again

Ang Lee believes the new technology that made for hyper-realistic action in “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is worth trying again. So much so the two-time Oscar-winning director will use the

Thousands in HK protest central gov’t intervention

Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong yesterday, demanding that China’s central government stay out of a political dispute in the southern Chinese city after Beijing indicated that it would

Beijing announces plan to curb carbon emissions

China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. Under the plan, by 2020, the

Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for USD1b

China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying USD1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the Golden Globes and

Andre Villas-Boas replaces Eriksson as Shanghai SIPG coach

Former Chelsea and Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas will replace Sven-Goran Eriksson as coach of Shanghai SIPG, making him the latest top name to join the big-spending Chinese Super League. The 39-year-old

Beijing to intervene in Hong Kong lawmaker oath dispute, silent protest on the way

Beijing plans to intervene in a political dispute over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers being fought in the city's courts, in a rare move that is stoking fears

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