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

40 years after death, Mao’s mixed legacy looms over China

Friday marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and ran it virtually uncontested until his death on Sept. 9, 1976. While

Taiwan says bus driver in July crash killing 26 was suicidal

Taiwanese prosecutors have closed their investigation into a July bus crash that killed all 26 people on board, including 23 Chinese tourists, saying the driver was suicidal and that they

US tycoon’s scholarship project opens doors in Beijing

A new scholarship program intended to rival the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships and build understanding between China and the world opened its doors at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University on Saturday. The program, founded by

Air China removes mag with offensive article about London

Chinese flag-carrier Air China said yesterday that it had removed copies of its inflight magazine containing an article criticized as racist for telling visitors to take precautions when visiting areas

ASEAN Summit | Obama puts South China Sea back on agenda at summit

President Barack Obama put the long-simmering dispute in the South China Sea front and center on the agenda at a regional summit yesterday as it became clear that most of

This Day in History | 1976 – Chairman Mao Zedong dies

The chief architect of the Chinese revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong, has died at the age of 82. His death - at 10 minutes past midnight - was announced by the Central

Armenia sends 129 telecoms fraud suspects to China

Armenia has sent 129 Chinese and Taiwanese telecoms fraud suspects to China, state media reported yesterday, indicating both the growing reach of such criminal enterprises and China’s determination to shut

G-20 summit yields hopes for better China-Japan relations

Four years after they went into a nose dive, tense relations between China and Japan may finally be headed for a return to some semblance of normalcy. Those hopes rest largely

China to assist Kyrgyzstan with embassy attack investigation

China said yesterday that it would assist Kyrgyzstan in apprehending those behind a suicide car bombing on the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek last week that has been blamed on members

Philippines shows photos of Chinese ships in disputed sea

The Philippine government yesterday released what it says are surveillance pictures of Chinese coast guard ships and barges at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in an apparent

South China Sea on the agenda | Southeast Asian summit opens, overshadowed by Duterte flap

A summit of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to South China Sea tensions opened testerday, overshadowed by the Philippine president’s intemperate comments in his debut appearance at

Obama vows to work to tighten sanctions on North Korea, push Beijing

In the wake of another missile launch, President Barack Obama vowed to work with the United Nations to tighten sanctions against North Korea, but added that the U.S. was still

Globalization | British tea is booming in China, the drink’s birthplace

Ji Mengyu sinks into a soft chair with her cup of tea to the sound of tinkling teaspoons and light chatter. The opulently decorated Victorian tea salon is quintessentially British,

Trudeau sounds human-rights note as trip ends in Hong Kong

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrapped up his week-long visit to China by assuring a Hong Kong audience that his efforts to improve relations with the Asian country won’t prevent

Hong Kong | Pro-democracy candidates retain veto in key vote

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won enough seats in a pivotal legislative election to retain veto power over the southern Chinese government’s proposals, setting the stage for a new round of

G-20 Summit | China agrees on steps toward reducing steel exports

China agreed to steps toward reducing its politically volatile steel exports but avoided binding limits as leaders of major economies ended a summit yesterday with a forceful endorsement of free

Hong Kong residents-only apartments sell out on first day

A China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. project restricted to Hong Kong residents sold out all 300 apartments on the first day, the company said, while two other developers launched

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