India has the most transparent companies while Chinese firms are the most opaque, according to a global watchdog’s survey released yesterday that assesses the efforts of companies in emerging markets
China has intensified the drumbeat of its opposition to an international tribunal’s ruling expected today that could threaten its expansive claims in the South China Sea. How Beijing responds to the
Chinese warships, fighter jets and submarines held live-fire war games in the South China Sea, state media reported, just days ahead of an international tribunal’s ruling on a challenge to
China’s factory-gate deflation eased for the sixth straight month, adding to evidence that falling prices have turned a corner after more than four years of declines. The producer-price index fell 2.6
At least two people were dead and 17 others missing after Typhoon Nepartak battered China’s coast with heavy rain and strong winds that toppled homes and triggered landslides, officials in
China’s wheat may face being downgraded to feed quality and output could drop to a five-year low after persistent rain damaged crops in the world’s top producer and consumer, according
A landmark ruling on an arbitration case filed by the Philippines that seeks to strike down China’s expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea will be a test for
Wal-Mart faces protests by employees in China over what they say is a drastic change in work schedules as the company overhauls its struggling business amid an economic slowdown and
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told China’s leaders yesterday that a flourishing civil society and free media are key to China’s development, on one of his last visits to Beijing as
A powerful typhoon was approaching eastern Taiwan, churning up huge waves and wind yesterday that grounded fishing boats, commercial ships and planes. Typhoon Nepartak slowed and weakened slightly yesterday afternoon but
An assistant to a prominent Chinese rights lawyer was released on bail yesterday, just ahead of the anniversary of a national crackdown on rights defenders. Police in the northern port city
Hong Kong officials said yesterday there’s little chance a bookseller wanted in mainland China will be sent back after mainland authorities threatened him with tougher punishment if he didn’t return. Security officials
The U.S. trade deficit climbed in May as a surge in imports of Chinese-made cellphones and computers pushed the politically sensitive imbalance with China to the highest level in six
The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party yesterday warned Washington that there would be a "price" to pay if it crosses China's "bottom line" by meddling in disputes over
A U.N. panel says China has arbitrarily detained an American woman in violation of international human rights norms, bringing her case back into public attention ahead of a visit to
Japan yesterday denied an allegation by China that its fighter jets were provocative in an encounter with Chinese warplanes last month over disputed waters in the East China Sea, rejecting
Jia Yueting has all the trappings of a successful Chinese tech entrepreneur with global ambitions. A self-made billionaire who got his start as the IT guy at his local tax bureau,
Vietnam has protested against a Chinese military drill in the contested South China Sea and has demanded that China stop the actions it says are a threat to security and maritime safety. China announced that it will carry
The Philippines’ new president says Manila is ready to talk to China, not go to war, if an arbitration tribunal rules in its favor in a case it brought against Beijing’s
A former top presidential aide and consummate Chinese political insider was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abusing his power in a
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