Gucci quits US anti-counterfeiting group after Alibaba joins

Gucci America has quit the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, the second defection since the Washington, D.C.-based group allowed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to become a member in April. Michael Kors walked out

Trade shrinks in April in troubling sign for economy

China’s trade shrank in April in a sign government stimulus is failing to jolt the world’s second-largest economy out of a prolonged slowdown. Exports contracted by 1.8 percent from a year earlier

Turbulence injures 17 on Indonesia-Hong Kong flight

Seventeen passengers and crew were injured when a Hong Kong Airlines’ flight ran into severe turbulence early Saturday on the way from Indonesia’s resort Bali island to Hong Kong. The Airbus A330-200

Disney CEO meets Chinese president ahead of park opening

The head of entertainment giant Disney had a rare official meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday, a month before the opening of its USD5.5 billion theme park in the

Beijing tightens hospital oversight following man’s death

China’s government health care regulator yesterday ordered hospitals not to outsource medical services or promote false advertising amid a public outcry over the death of a young man who received expensive

Some howl over Alibaba’s place in anti-counterfeiting group

The prospect of sitting in a Hyatt Regency ballroom in Florida and listening to Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, deliver the keynote for the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition’s

South China Sea | After ships and planes, Chinese singers assert maritime claims

China’s military has dispatched ships and planes — even constructed new islands to assert its maritime claims. Now it’s deploying a new set of tools to uphold Chinese sovereignty: Magicians,

Courts | Apple loses lawsuit over iPhone name

The court said Apple failed to prove iPhone was a “famous brand” in China before the local company applied for a trademark in 2007, an official legal newspaper reported. Such

Media pulls punches on Trump’s escalating rhetoric

While increasingly harsh attacks on China help propel Donald Trump to the Republican presidential nomination, the country’s state media has largely shown restraint, taking only the occasional swipe at the

Trade | Australia rules out sale of cattle empire to Chinese consortium

Australia’s current government will never sell its largest cattle empire to foreigners, the treasurer said yesterday after blocking a takeover by a Chinese-led consortium. Chinese-based Dakang Australia Holdings on Tuesday withdrew

North Korea says waitresses working in China tricked into going to South

North Korea stepped up its calls yesterday for South Korea to return 12 waitresses whom Pyongyang says Seoul abducted from a restaurant in China. Seoul says the waitresses willingly defected to

Dissent | Communist Party places outspoken property tycoon on probation

China’s Communist Party has placed a property mogul and outspoken government critic on probation for a year after he criticized state media for pledging absolute loyalty to the party. The punishment

Chinese police patrol in Italy to make tourists feel safer

Chinese policemen are in Italy to start patrols with Italian officers in Rome and Milan in a two-week experiment. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said that the aim is to make Chinese

Health | Blood shortages pump life into USD16 billion drugmaker

During the darkest days of China’s stock-market crash last summer, one drugmaker relentlessly defied gravity. Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., a seller of treatments made from human blood plasma, rallied to

Internet | Probe casts chill over Baidu’s advertising business

A Chinese government investigation into Baidu Inc.’s search business following the death of a cancer-stricken college student threatens one of its largest sources of advertising revenue. Health and Internet regulators launched

Hong Kong | Hundreds gather to protest editor’s dismissal

China recently denied a request from a U.S. aircraft carrier for a port visit in Hong Kong, the State Department said Friday, in an apparent sign of mounting tension in the disputed South China Sea. 

China lays out firm conditions for improved ties with Japan

China laid out firm conditions over the weekend for improved ties with Japan, telling Tokyo’s visiting foreign minister that there could be “no ambiguity or vacillation” in meeting Beijing’s demands over

Malaysia deports 32 Taiwanese suspects to Guangzhou, draws protest

Taiwanese officials have protested Malaysia’s deportation of 32 of the self-ruled island’s nationals to China this weekend to face wire fraud charges, the latest in a series of disputes that has raised

South China Sea | Philippine front-runner open to talks with Beijing on maritime dispute

Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking Davao City mayor who is leading Philippine presidential polls, said he will hold bilateral talks with China to resolve a territorial dispute in the South China

Economy | China factory stabilization shows little need for added stimulus

With new data suggesting that China’s economy stabilized in April amid a property recovery and credit surge, analysts say there is little need for stepped-up monetary easing in the immediate

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