China calls on US to bar Taiwan from Trump inauguration

China yesterday called on the U.S. to bar a Taiwanese delegation from attending Donald Trump’s inauguration tomorrow, underscoring concerns that the incoming president could seek to redefine

Coal mine caves in, killing nine workers

The partial collapse of a coal mine in northern China has left nine people dead, state media reported yesterday, reflecting the stubborn persistence of safety problems

Xi takes spotlight at Davos as US makes transition

China is taking the world’s most elite annual gathering by storm. President Xi Jinping leads a Chinese delegation of over 100 officials and scores of

Taiwan | Ex-premier heading delegation to Trump inauguration

A former premier will represent Taiwan at Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, a visit likely to be closely scrutinized by China for signs the incoming president intends

Smog-choked may fast-track green debt, top banker says

China’s top underwriter of green bonds said the government may accelerate approvals in 2017 as the nation battles a toxic wave of smog. Guotai Junan

Experts see Xi tout clean energy leadership at World Forum

Four days before climate change skeptic Donald Trump becomes president of the U.S., his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will appear at Davos. His theme is responsible

South China Sea | Philippines protests Chinese weapons installation on islands

The Philippines has filed a low-key diplomatic protest with China after a U.S. think tank reported that Beijing appears to have installed anti- aircraft and anti-missile weapons on

Japan to provide Vietnam new patrol vessels Abe says during visit

Japan will provide Vietnam new patrol vessels, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday on the last stop of his four-nation tour to boost his country’s trade and security engagements in

Hong Kong tycoon Li to buy Australian energy firm Duet

A group led by Hong Kong billionaire tycoon Li Ka-shing’s infrastructure business said yesterday it is buying Australian energy company Duet in a multibillion dollar deal. Cheung Kong

‘One China principle’ not negotiable, Beijing tells Trump

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying Responding to remarks by Donald Trump, China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday said the country’s “one-China principle” regarding Taiwan is not negotiable and any

IMF raises national growth forecast but warns on debt

The International Monetary Fund yesterday raised its growth forecast for China but warned rising debt that has prompted concern about the country’s finances increase the risk of a sharper

Critics attacked, history revised as China nationalism rises

Writer Lu Yong had merely wanted to show support for a professor who had taken flak online for criticizing Mao Zedong, the founder of the communist state

Father of Chinese Romanization, dies at 111

Zhou Youguang, a linguist considered the father of modern China’s Pinyin Romanization system, died Saturday at the age of 111. Born in 1906 during China’s last imperial dynasty, the

Paper calls Tillerson’s South Sea threat ‘foolish’

China’s state media rebuffed a suggestion by President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state that Beijing must be denied access to reclaimed reefs in the disputed

Hong Kong | No. 2 official quits, becomes favorite for top post

Hong Kong’s No. 2 official, Carrie Lam, announced plans to seek the chief executive’s post, a move buoyed by perceptions she’s the person China prefers to lead a city wracked

Taiwan protests Nigeria order to move trade mission from capital

Taiwan accused China of interference after the Nigerian government ordered the island to move its trade mission from the capital Abuja to Lagos. Nigerian Minister of

Clean energy spending drops most on record as growth slows

Global investments in renewable power dropped the most on record in 2016 as demand in China and Japan faltered. Worldwide spending on clean energy fell

Auto market has bumper year but 2017 outlook is weaker

China’s auto market had a bumper year in 2016 as sales grew by 15 percent, with drivers rushing to buy cars before a tax break expired at

Credit growth exceeds estimates

China’s broadest measure of new credit expanded faster than expected, bringing the total of new loans extended last year to roughly equal the size of Italy’s USD1.8

China says committed to peace as carrier passes near Taiwan

China said yesterday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid

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