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Several dozen people appeared in a Hong Kong court yesterday to face rioting charges following a violent clash earlier this week between protesters and police sparked by a clampdown on
A Chinese man agreed in a Hong Kong court yesterday to be sent back to the U.S., where he is wanted by authorities in connection with the slayings of his
Fuel producers from India to South Korea are finding that rising refined products from China are cutting the profit margins they’ve enjoyed from cheap oil to the lowest in more than
China’s first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently traveled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said this
The governor of a major Chinese province has been accused of disloyalty to the ruling Communist Party and removed from his post, amid a growing consolidation of power by President Xi Jinping
Mainland Chinese authorities confirm they’ve detained three missing Hong Kong booksellers for an investigation into unspecified criminal activity, shedding more light on a case that’s gripped residents with fear that
With anxious families waiting nearby, rescuers yesterday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook
The local resident said, “The earthquake went unnoticed by many, and if they had not seen it in the news, they would not have known that there was such a
China’s biggest televisual spectacle of the year, the hours-long Spring Gala show, is courting criticism because it hasn’t included the man best known for playing the Monkey King. Zhang Jinlai portrayed
The traditional art of the Chinese lion dance is nowhere near perishing in Muslim-majority Malaysia. As Lunar New Year approaches, lion dance troupes here are practicing their coordinated movements in the
The timing couldn’t have appeared worse. North Korea announces it will launch a long-range rocket smack in the middle of a top Chinese envoy’s visit to Pyongyang. In diplomatic terms,
Yum Brands yesterday reported mixed quarterly results for its troubled China unit, which the company is spinning off. The Louisville, Kentucky company said sales rose 6 percent at established KFC restaurants
A court in western China has reduced the sentences of 11 Uighurs convicted of terrorism and endangering state security, including a naturalized Canadian preacher whose life term had been sharply
A Chinese state-owned chemical maker offered to buy Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta for USD43 billion in what would be the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Chinese company. Syngenta AG said yesterday
A Chinese journalist who disappeared while seeking asylum abroad turned up yesterday, telling his wife by phone he voluntarily returned to China for an investigation, in the latest case of
China's Foreign Ministry yesterday called for all sides to show restraint over North Korea's announcement that it plans to launch a rocket in defiance of U.N. sanctions. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang
A Taiwanese county has built an enormous glass shoe as a tribute to local women who suffered from a debilitating foot disease. Completed last month, the transparent 17-meter tall structure in
OSI Group of Aurora, Illinois also said that it’s considering appealing what it called an “unjust verdict” by a Shanghai court this week to fine two of its Chinese units
China has warned the nation’s top banking executives that they could lose their jobs if they fail to keep risks under control, according to people familiar with the situation. Shang Fulin,
China’s central bank said it will allow banks to cut the minimum required mortgage down payment to 20 percent from 25 percent for first-home purchases to the lowest level ever
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