Education | Head teacher tries alternative education for left-behind children

Chinese schools are inclined to focus on the discipline and obedience of students, less so on individual autonomy, but a village school in eastern China is trying

Big-city renters feel 20 percent inflation

Project manager Yuan Fang says she’s cutting spending and working overtime after a 20 percent surge in the cost of both her Beijing room rent and

Beijing delegation open to meeting Trump’s team at Davos

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s delegation to next week’s World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos is open to meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s team,

Environment | Clean air bid scares rivals in duel over dirty fuel

China’s recent push to clean up its air is leaving some of its neighbors feeling threatened. The Asian country’s road to cleaner air has

Xinjiang tightening border amid terrorist threats

China is tightening border controls in its northwestern Xinjiang region amid rising terrorism threats, the regional governor was quoted as saying yesterday. State media reported Shohrat Zakir

Jack Ma bets USD2.6b he can revamp China’s retail industry

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pioneered shopping on the internet in China. Now it thinks it can teach old-school retailers a thing or two about real-world

Xi to be first Chinese president to attend Davos forum 

China’s President Xi Jinping will attend the World Economic Forum next week, becoming the first Chinese head of state to do so. As part of an official

Xi’s graft busters pledge loyalty as reshuffle year begins

Xi Jinping’s top graft-busters vowed political loyalty Sunday as the Chinese president marshals resources ahead of a pivotal Communist Party reshuffle later this year. China’s top

Warnings after Cruz, Abbot, meet Taiwan’s president 

China has reiterated its opposition to any contacts between U.S. officials and Taiwan’s government following a meeting between Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott and the

China’s poorest, trying to stay warm, add greatly to smog 

An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting

Pollution | Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police

Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city, the latest government response to the widespread public anger

Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb

Lobster lovers are used to adjusting to high prices, but this winter, they’re shelling out even more for the cherished crustaceans because of a lack of catch

Taiwan leader in Houston, en route to Central America

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in Houston for a brief transit stop in the U.S. during her trip to Central America. Dozens of supporters stood outside in near

PRC ready to retaliate if Trump raises trade barriers

China is prepared to retaliate should President-elect Donald Trump take punitive measures against Chinese goods and trigger a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, according

Taiwan | Hong Kong pro-democracy activist narrowly avoids assault

Hong Kong  activist, Joshua Wong, has had his police protection heightened during his visit to Taiwan after a pro-China demonstrator attempted to assault him as he

Immigrant kids in Japan continue to sharpen their mother tongue

For Chinese immigrants and their offspring in Japan, while they learn the Japanese language and try to fit in there, many of them are still making great

Frigid Harbin hosts snow and ice sculpture festival

The city of Harbin in China’s frigid northeast is hosting one of the world’s largest festivals featuring ice sculptures of animals, cartoon characters and famous landmarks. The festival,

Taiwan protests Vietnam deporting fraud suspects

Taiwan has protested to Vietnam after the country deported four Taiwanese accused of fraud to its rival, China, alleging that this was done under pressure from Beijing. Scores

First China-U.K. freight train departs as Xi seeks to lift trade

China initiated a rail-freight service to Britain as part of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to strengthen trade ties with Europe. The first train departed Yiwu in

Ugandans at Chinese company strike over alleged harassment

At least 400 Ugandan workers at      a Chinese-owned construction company went on strike Tuesday to protest alleged sexual harassment by managers and poor pay.

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