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

Rural China banks with USD4 trillion assets facing debt test

Bond investors are weighing rising risks that smaller Chinese banks will fail against growing signs the government will do anything to avoid a financial meltdown. A lender called Guiyang

The Buzz | Car accidents in Zhuhai caused 82 deaths from January to October

From January to October, car accidents in Zhuhai caused a total of 82 deaths in the city. Some 332 people were injured from the accidents, according to a

iQIYI and Sony to produce online series in Mandarin

A Chinese online video site announced yesterday it will be working with Sony Pictures Television to produce a Mandarin-language action thriller series for online viewers. Chinese and foreign producers have

Beijing hikes tax on imported luxury cars

Chinese buyers of eye-poppingly expensive luxury cars will have to pay extra under Beijing’s latest effort to rein in ostentatious spending. The communist government has added a 10

Managers questioned as 22 Chinese coal miners trapped

The managers of an apparently unregistered coal mine in northeast China are under questioning as rescuers tried yesterday to reach 22 workers trapped for a third day. State

Gov’t says families of 74 workers killed to receive payments

The Chinese engineering firm responsible for building a cooling tower where 74 workers were killed has offered about USD175,000 in compensation to each of the victims’ families, state media

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