‘Shrimp Boy’ to be sentenced to life in Chinatown crime case

Wearing dapper suits and a beaming smile, Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow presented himself as a reformed San Francisco Chinatown gangster who went from dealing drugs and running an escort service

Lawyer gets 7 years in 3rd subversion trial this week

A Chinese lawyer was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday in the third in a series of subversion trials demonstrating the ruling Communist Party’s determination to silence independent human

IPOs bring record 400%-a-month returns on supply curbs

China’s market for initial public offerings is the hottest it’s ever been, thanks to the securities regulator. The 62 new stocks that have completed their first month of trading this

2nd legal activist sentenced as government reins in critics

A Chinese legal rights activist was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison on subversion charges yesterday, in the second in a series of cases underscoring the ruling Communist Party’s

Beijing rejects accusations in Japan defense report

China’s Defense Ministry has angrily rejected accusations from Japan that the Chinese military is destabilizing the regional military balance by seeking to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas,

China Inc. has USD1 trillion in cash that it’s too scared to spend

Never before have China’s companies had so much cash and so little to spend it on. With investment opportunities sparse amid the country’s weakest economic expansion in a quarter century,

Jade Rabbit lunar rover ends mission after 31 months

China’s Jade Rabbit lunar rover, which won a large following on social media, has been retired after a record 31 months of collecting data from the moon’s surface, state media reported

Analysis | Uber’s surrender and the humbling of U.S. tech giants in China

Not so long ago, American tech giants viewed China as theirs for the taking: 1.4 billion people, a growing middle class, an affinity for American pop culture from Titanic and Friends to Michael

Chinese human rights activist gets suspended sentence

A Chinese court issued a suspended three-year prison sentence to a human rights activist charged with subversion of state power after a brief trial yesterday, the first publicly acknowledged hearing

Live-fire navy drills held in East China Sea

China’s navy has fired dozens of missiles and torpedoes during exercises in the East China Sea that come amid heightened maritime tensions in the region, underscoring Beijing’s determination to back up its sovereignty

China releases prominent human rights lawyer on bail

China released a prominent human rights lawyer on bail amid protests yesterday outside a northern city court, where supporters of other jailed lawyers and activists condemned the secrecy surrounding the

Hong Kong | Move to bar pro-independence candidates jolts election

The Hong Kong government’s decision to bar pro-independence candidates from next month’s legislative election risks giving the fringe issue more prominence in the campaign. The Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission on

HK housing rebound may be short-lived, analysts say

Hong Kong’s secondary property prices rose in the second quarter, marking a pause in a correction that analysts said may resume amid higher supply and weaker demand. Secondary property prices advanced

Surveys show Chinese manufacturing weak in July

Chinese manufacturing activity in July was weak but better than some forecasters expected, two surveys showed yesterday. A business magazine, Caixin, said yesterday its purchasing managers index rose to 50.6 from

Taiwan president apologizes to aboriginals for suffering

Taiwan’s president yesterday apologized on behalf of the government to the island’s aboriginal peoples for 400 years of conquest and colonization, saying the facing of difficult historical facts was necessary

Hong Kong bans pro-independence candidate from upcoming election

Hong Kong has banned a potential candidate from contesting legislative council elections, saying his pro-independence stance violates constitutional tenets that declare the city an inalienable part of China. Chan Ho-tin, a

Macau: Anti-independence declaration ‘unnecessary and inopportune’

Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho has reacted negatively to the possibility of a new Legislative Assembly (AL) Electoral Law, which would demand that candidates declare their abstention from any possible pro-independence movement. In

Japanese detained for ‘endangering state security’

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed media reports that authorities have detained a Japanese citizen on suspicion of endangering China’s state security. In a statement faxed to The Associated Press yesterday, the ministry

Jack Ma takes on murky China charities in first blockchain foray

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma wants to pry the lid off China’s opaque charities. Ant Financial, the affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. he controls, is using the technology behind bitcoin to

Nuclear power ambitions sailing into troubled waters

China’s ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters. Two state-owned companies plan to develop floating nuclear reactors, a technology engineers have been considering since the 1970s

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