Canadian man released by China treated ‘based on law’

China said Friday that a Canadian citizen it detained for two years over spying allegations was allowed to leave the country after a local court issued a verdict in his case,

BIS warning indicator for China banking stress climbs to record

A warning indicator for banking stress rose to a record in China in the first quarter, underscoring risks to the nation and the world from a rapid build-up of Chinese

28 dead, 15 missing after typhoon lashes eastern China

The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has left 28 people dead and 15 others missing in the east of the country. Typhoon Meranti made landfall last week in Fujian province after

Local officials punished after grisly village killings

China has punished six local officials for failing to take care of a family whose grisly murder-suicide case prompted heated national discussion about the plight of the poor. The government of Gansu

Plans to make China a football superpower underway in Guangzhou

China has charted a hopeful plan to rise to the top of the world’s most played and most popular sport – football, and the plan starts right here in the

Tesla’s Autopilot system under scrutiny in fatal crash

Tesla faces new scrutiny in China about its vehicle Autopilot system after state television broadcast allegations that a man killed in a crash had activated the driver-assist feature of his

Wukan | China expels journalists from fishing village under siege

Journalists were attacked and forced out of the fishing village where China has suppressed new protests five years after the village received international attention for demonstrations against land seizures. Wukan remains

Meranti | Two dead after powerful typhoon sweeps through China, Taiwan

A powerful typhoon swept into southeastern China yesterday after hitting Taiwan, leaving a total of two dead and dozens injured. Weather officials in both China and Taiwan said Meranti was the

Divided America | How China fueled pain and Trump support

Crushed by Chinese competition and feeling betrayed by mainstream politicians, workers in the hills of eastern Ohio are embracing Donald Trump and his tough talk on trade. For decades, they and

US voices concern over Chinese money in Australian politics

The American ambassador to Australia has voiced U.S. concerns over China’s impact on Australian politics, saying the United States wants the system reformed to remove the influence of Chinese political

Severe weather | China on top alert as Typhoon Meranti approaches

Eastern and southern Chinese provinces are bracing for high ocean waves brought by Typhoon Meranti, which is expected to make landfall today. China’s National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) upgraded its

Protests in fishing village suppressed, 13 arrested

Chinese police fired rubber bullets at villagers and arrested 13 people yesterday in an overnight crackdown to suppress demonstrations in a southern fishing village that became internationally known five years

Boeing boosts China demand outlook as middle class expands

Boeing Co. lifted its forecast for aircraft demand in China in the next two decades, saying a rising middle class would spur leisure and business travel. The planemaker projects demand in

China’s Postal Savings Bank seeks up to USD8.1b in IPO

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. is seeking as much as USD8.1 billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering, which could become the world’s biggest share sale this year. The

Legislature expels 45 deputies over fraud

China’s national legislature expelled 45 deputies representing the northeastern province of Liaoning over allegations of electoral fraud yesterday, in the latest effort to root out corruption and the buying of offices

Demand for pricey international schools ‘insatiable’

The school year at Haileybury College’s campus outside Beijing began with three People’s Liberation Army soldiers marching on a running track as the Chinese national anthem played over loudspeakers. Seven

South China Sea China, Russia launch naval war games

The Chinese and Russian navies launched eight days of war games in the South China Sea yesterday, in a sign of growing cooperation between their armed forces against the backdrop

Taiwan tourism workers call for help as Chinese numbers fall

Hundreds of Taiwanese workers in tourism-related businesses rallied in the capital yesterday to draw attention to a sharp decline in Chinese visitors that is putting their industry under heavy strain. Workers

Beijing says executes ‘very small number’ of criminals

China, which is believed to execute more convicted people than the rest of the world combined, said that it uses the death penalty only on “a very small number of

Graft probe snares Tianjin mayor, a former Xi associate

The highest-ranking Chinese Communist Party official investigated in more than than a year is a former subordinate of President Xi Jinping’s. Huang Xingguo - mayor and acting party chief of northern

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