Guangdong firm ZTE pleads guilty to breaking Iran sanctions

Chinese cellphone equipment maker ZTE Corp. will plead guilty and pay the United States nearly USD900 million for shipping sensitive U.S.- made technology to Iran in violation

China grants preliminary approval to 38 new Trump trademarks

China has granted preliminary approval for 38 new Trump trademarks, paving the way for President Donald Trump and his family to develop a host of branded

Economy | Exports rise in first two months of the year

China’s imports and exports grew in the first two months of this year after weakening toward the end of 2016. Exports rose 4 percent from

Chinese goods fraud through UK costs EU some USD2.1 billion

The European Union’s anti-fraud office says that customs fraud on goods from China, through Britain and into mainland Europe has cost EU states some USD2.1 billion.

Mighty forces | US military remains dominant in Asia, but China is rising

China’s announcement of a 7 percent rise in military spending for the year came shortly after President Donald Trump called for a 10 percent increase in America’s defense budget,

Government rejects accusations keeping defense budget under wraps

China’s finance minister yesterday rejected accusations that the country is keeping its defense budget under wraps after the figure was omitted from an annual report released to

War games | Beijing warns against US moving missile defense parts to S. Korea

U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up a controversial missile defense system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries

Xinjiang | Authorities offer rewards to recruit more police

Authorities in China’s western region of Xinjiang are offering high salaries and other benefits to recruit police in the restive area, which has experienced bloody attacks blamed

The Buzz | China slams Dalai Lama’s appearance with comic John Oliver

China has dismissed the Dalai Lama as “deceptive” after the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader criticized some Beijing leaders in an interview with British comedian John Oliver. Chinese

China beats stability drum as Fed outlook risks yuan decline

If China is worried about the freshly hawkish Federal Reserve rocking the yuan, it isn’t showing - yet. Leaders of the world’s second- largest economy

South China Sea | US ramps up patrols, irritating Beijing

The USS Carl Vinson, which is steaming through the South China Sea, is just one of several high-profile displays of U.S. naval power as President Donald Trump’s administration weighs

Congress meeting brings crackdown on critics

Chinese authorities have shut down activist Ye Haiyan’s blogs and forced her to move from one city to another. Left with few options, she now produces socially

NPC | China trims 2017 growth target, warns against trade controls

China’s top economic official trimmed the country’s growth target and warned yesterday of dangers from global pressure for trade controls as Beijing tries to build a consumer-driven economy

CPPCC | Senior adviser criticizes web censorship 

A senior Chinese government adviser has warned that the country’s internet censorship is hampering scientific research and economic development, in a rare public criticism of a sensitive

NPC | U.S. doesn’t understand China, parliament spokeswoman says

Americans’ lack of understanding about China fueled “old and untrue” stereotypes during the U.S. presidential campaign, the spokeswoman for the country’s legislature said, pledging to address

CPPCC | Yu urges more contacts with Taiwan politicians 

A top Chinese official called for more contacts between politicians in mainland China and Taiwan despite Beijing’s ongoing refusal to engage with the self-governing island’s president. The head

Fake news | Chinese activist’s lawyers slam purported interview with him

Lawyers for a prominent detained Chinese human rights campaigner accused authorities of abusing their powers in publishing a purported interview with him yesterday in a state-run newspaper

Greater Firewall | Beijing seeks global support for cyber sovereignty framework

China, which tightly censors the internet, called yesterday for a new model for governing the web based on rules and order rather than the unfettered access

Pollution | Lawyers sue authorities for not getting rid of smog

Lawyer Cheng Hai has an itemized list of compensation demands from Beijing authorities over the city’s smog: 65 yuan (USD9) for having to buy face masks, 100 yuan ($15) for seeing a doctor

China’s richest win, Mexican billionaires lose with Trump effect

Not even Donald Trump can put the brakes on China’s wealth-creation machine. The 36 Chinese billionaires on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index have increased their wealth

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