Massive typhoon hits eastern China, Taiwan, killing five

A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China yesterday, a day after killing four and injuring more than 600 in Taiwan, where authorities remained on alert for the

Strong winds from typhoon hit Taiwan, killing at least 4

Strong winds knocked down people and scattered debris as a massive typhoon crossed over Taiwan yesterday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 260, officials said. Typhoon Megi’s bands

Shanghai ranks as top pick to become next major financial hub

Shanghai ranks as the top pick among the world’s cities expected to become significant global financial centers in the next few years, according to a survey of finance professionals. Qingdao, Shenzhen,

Beijing sentences three to suspended terms over labor activism

A court in southern China’s industrial heartland yesterday passed down suspended sentences to three labor organizers who led strikes to demand better working conditions, in the latest move by ruling

Hong Kong’s hated market tricksters are a hot topic in China

The notorious “Lo Tsin” of Hong Kong’s equity market are suddenly in the spotlight. Slang for “tricksters” in Cantonese, the phrase has long been used in the former British colony

Poachers target rare bird’s ‘ivory’ beak in SE Asia for Chinese buyers

Some call it “ivory on wings,” part of the bill of a critically endangered bird in Southeast Asia that is sought by poachers and carved into ornaments for illegal sale

Beijing investigating North Korean bank, report says

Chinese authorities are investigating a North Korean bank suspected of financing its government’s imports of goods that might be used by the North’s nuclear weapons program, a South Korean newspaper

Japan vows to watch Chinese warplane activity closely

Japan’s top government spokesman warned China yesterday against expanding its military activity to the skies over disputed East China Sea islands after eight Chinese warplanes flew near the area over

Japan’s leader vows to accelerate Abenomics on China slowdown

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to accelerate his mix of policies to prop up Japan’s economic recovery and speed up parliamentary approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. In his

China begins operating world’s largest radio telescope

The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life yesterday in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space and its pursuit

Leung pledges more land for cheaper Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying pledged to provide more land to build apartments for low-income people in a bid to lower housing prices in the world’s least-affordable city. Less than

Li Keqiang arrives in Cuba for official visit

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Cuba’s capital for an official visit designed to deepen commercial and political ties between the two countries. Li was greeted at Jose Marti International

World Heritage | Section of Great Wall marred in name of restoration

Chinese officials are being pilloried over the smoothing-over of a crumbling but much-loved 700-year-old section of the Great Wall of China — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — in the

Court sentences activist lawyer to 12 years on fraud charges

A Chinese lawyer who defended activists and others involved in politically sensitive cases was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday on fraud charges, his lawyers said, in what is

MH370 | Investigators cast doubt on catastrophic fire evidence

Accident investigators yesterday cast doubt on the possibility that blackened debris found on Madagascar is evidence of a catastrophic fire aboard the missing Malaysian airliner that went down more than

Taiwan protests exclusion from UN fisheries conference

Taiwan has protested its exclusion from a United Nations conference on the global fishing industry, allegedly at the behest of chief rival China, the official Central News Agency reported. CNA said

Samsung suffers backlash in China over smartphone response

Liu Jingtang was a Samsung loyalist. The Shanghai technology consultant traded up steadily through its smartphones to the new Note 7. But Liu’s devotion was shaken by the Korean tech

Cambodia deports 63 Chinese, Taiwanese over alleged web scam

Cambodia has deported 50 Chinese and 13 Taiwanese citizens to China over an alleged internet scam, complying with demands from Beijing, a senior police official said yesterday. The suspects were flown

Hong Kong | Outsider lawmaker vows shakeup of vested interests

The death threats began arriving soon after pro-democracy candidate and environmentalist Eddie Chu won a stunning Hong Kong legislative election victory earlier this month. Middlemen, Chu won’t name them so as to

Beijing film festival pushes for end to gender inequality

In films, women and girls are much more likely to take off their clothes than male actors and to be scantily clad in the first place, studies show. Less than

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