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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
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
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’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 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
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
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
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
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
China’s pig prices may climb to near a record after floods drowned animals and prompted concerns about possible disease outbreaks in the world’s biggest pork producer and consumer, according to
U.S. diplomats have not been granted permission by China to meet with James Wang, a jailed magazine publisher and naturalized American citizen, since his 2014 arrest in southern China, the
China’s military said yesterday it will hold joint exercises with Russian forces in the South China Sea, following a recent arbitration ruling that rejected Beijing’s claim to almost the entire strategic body of
China is asking Vietnam to investigate reports that a border agent at the Ho Chi Minh City airport defaced a Chinese passport after images in media reports show the words “f---
Daring to take on China in a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines went to an international tribunal for justice, and won big. But it turned out
China’s stock market calm has been shattered. Shares plunged yesterday, with a gauge of smaller companies sinking 5.5 percent, as people familiar with the matter said the China Banking Regulatory Commission
Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s USD4.4 billion plan to buy out his Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co. unit drew support from influential proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co., increasing the likelihood
A southern Chinese court has sentenced four people, including at least two Hong Kong journalists, to prison on charges of running an illegal business after they reportedly sent copies of
The United States, Japan and Australia have urged China not to construct military outposts and reclaim land in the disputed South China Sea, in a strong show of support for Southeast Asian nations
A survey by Hong Kong-based think tank Civic Exchange has indicated that 42 percent of Hong Kong residents are considering moving out of the region, mostly due to political dissatisfaction. From
A Chinese military court yesterday sentenced a former top general to life in prison for taking bribes, concluding China’s highest-level prosecution of a military figure in decades. Guo Boxiong was also
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