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A pro-democracy candidate won a Hong Kong weekend by-election while a rival from a radical pro-independence group arrested on riot charges placed a surprising third in a vote seen as a measure
Chinese police are investigating a detained Hong Kong bookseller for allegedly selling books by mail illegally in mainland China, an official Chinese newspaper said yesterday, the latest twist in a case that has raised concerns over erosion
A knife-wielding man slashed 10 children outside a primary school in southern China before killing himself yesterday, police said. None of the children suffered life-threatening injuries during the attack in the southern city
China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings that actors and singers must “serve
A Chinese husband and wife who led a Christian congregation that opposed a government campaign to remove crosses atop churches have been given long prison sentences for illegal activities, including
The three directors of the opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) “Trevisa,” produced by Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi, have revealed to the Times that working
The 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) kicks off with a bang with “Trivisa,” an innovative crime drama produced by Hong Kong’s legendary Johnnie To, and mainland director Yang
The Chinese media have never had much freedom to pursue muckraking stories, or even to dutifully report the facts. Now, President Xi Jinping is going to extraordinary lengths to rein
China’s Defense Ministry says the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific smeared China while seeking additional defense funding from Congress, in the latest accusation in a war of words
Vietnam is protesting recent actions by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying they threaten peace in the region. The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris
The United States and China have reached agreement on a U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch,
Former California state senator Leland Yee is expected to be sentenced today after acknowledging in a plea deal that he accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and discussed helping an
Move over, New York City: Beijing is the new “Billionaire Capital of the World.” The Chinese capital has overtaken the Big Apple as home to the most billionaires — 100 to
Rising political turmoil in Hong Kong could hurt economic growth in the freewheeling southern Chinese business hub, the city’s finance chief said as he unveiled measures yesterday to counter the impact
The People’s Bank of China set its reference rate at the lowest level in almost three weeks after figures from the nation’s foreign-exchange regulator released Tuesday afternoon showed banks net
Building and designing a new house of your own may seem like a topsy-turvy experience. For a group of architects in Taiwan, it certainly was. On commission from Taiwan’s Culture Department,
A company that supplies the steel industry has pleaded guilty to smuggling Chinese-made graphite electrodes into the United States. An attorney for Ameri-Source International Inc. entered the plea yesterday before
Two Chinese nationals accused of accepting kickback payments while buying natural rubber for Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. have been arrested. The FBI says in a statement issued yesterday that Xin
The top diplomats of the U.S. and China met yesterday in Washington at a fraught time in relations between the two world powers. It’s been seven weeks since North Korea conducted
China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday reasserted Beijing’s right to develop its South China Sea island outposts following a U.S. think tank’s report that China has built new radar facilities in the
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