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
Investment bank China International Capital Corp. and brokerage China Investment Securities Co., firms with 186 billion yuan (USD28 billion) of assets last year, are in talks on a possible merger,
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers took to the southern Chinese city’s streets for an annual pro-democracy protest march Friday, as tensions persisted over the high-profile case of a bookseller secretly detained
A crackdown by Italian authorities on the increasingly powerful Chinese community in Tuscany resulted in new searches Friday in Italy’s Chinatown and clashes this week that drew the ire of China’s Foreign
Three days of heavy rain in southern China have left 50 people dead and another 12 missing and destroyed thousands of homes, authorities said yesterday, as areas along the Yangtze
A protest yesterday against an incinerator in a southern Chinese town turned violent as some people attempted to break into government offices and police were injured, residents and authorities said. The
For markets, Brexit is not just a story of European disintegration. The financial market stresses that could emanate from the results of the U.K. referendum bear a close resemblance to what
The new Philippine foreign secretary has made sensitive remarks about territorial disputes in the South China Sea that were broadcast live by the state-run TV network before it abruptly cut
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