China, economy tests for Taiwan presidential winner Tsai

Taiwan’s presidential election victor Tsai Ying-wen will enjoy a broad mandate from her commanding victory and her independence-leaning party’s new legislative majority, but managing the island’s delicate relations with China

One pct of China’s households own a third of its wealth

A new report from Peking University, one of China’s top higher-­education institutions, concluded that economic divisions in China are expanding: one percent of the population owns a third of the

Petrus ’81 features in Acker Hong Kong auction with Le Pin ’92

Twelve bottles of Petrus 1983 are estimated to fetch as much as HKD144,000 (USD18,500), as are 12 bottles of Le Pin 1992, New York-based Acker said in an e-mailed statement.

Beijing faces few good options in Taiwan electoral outcome

  China isn’t going to be happy with the likely victory for Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition in this weekend’s presidential election, but it has limited options to respond: Any angry reaction could

Conservationists welcome Hong Kong move to ban ivory trade

A pledge by Hong Kong to ban its ivory trade has been welcomed by conservationists who describe it as a key step toward curbing the slaughter of African elephants. Hong Kong’s leader, Leung

Scholar pleads guilty to smuggling ivory from US to China

Yiwei Zheng, a philosophy professor at St. Cloud State University, acknowledged smuggling ivory carvings of potted flowers and other items from the U.S. to China in April 2011. He also

Exclusive | National Gallery of Victoria shows: Ai Weiwei and the emergence of protest art

On face value, you might assume that artists Ai Weiwei and Andy Warhol have very little in common, save for their initials and occupations. The former has defied Chinese censors

Markets turmoil batters faith in Beijing’s management skills

Stock market and currency turmoil has battered Chinese leaders’ reputation as shrewd economic managers and fed doubts about their willingness to push through more wrenching reforms. In the stock market, a

December trade shrinks but less than November

Exports declined 1.4 percent from a year earlier to USD224.1 billion, an improvement over the previous month’s 6.8 percent contraction, customs data showed yesterday. Imports were down 7.6 percent at

Xi calls for a China in 2016 where ‘nobody dares to be corrupt’

President Xi Jinping said his signature anti- corruption campaign will not be eased and he’s determined to make China this year a place where “nobody dares to be corrupt.” The anti-graft

Factory explosion in Shanghai kills four, injures two

Chinese state media say four workers were killed in an explosion at a machinery factory in an industrial park on the outskirts of Shanghai. Xinmin Evening News says two other people

Rights group: Beijing accuses Swede of harming state security

A Swedish co-founder of a human rights group in mainland China has been detained by authorities on suspicion of endangering state security, his group said. The detention of Peter Dahlin comes

Wanda is new leisure power

Wanda Group's takeover of the U.S. studio behind hit films such as "Batman" and "Inception" is the latest in a slew of acquisitions for its billionaire chairman Wang Jianlin, who

Wanda buys Legendary Entertainment for USD3.5 billion

Wanda Group said yesterday it is buying Hollywood’s Legendary Entertainment, the maker of films such as “Batman,” for USD3.5 billion in the first Chinese acquisition of a major U.S. film

Ex Chinese vice minister jailed for 15 years for bribery

A court in northern China sentenced a former vice minister of public security to 15 years in jail yesterday for accepting bribes, state media reported. Li Dongsheng is the latest senior

South China Sea | Philippine court OKs pact allowing US troops in local camps

The Philippine Supreme Court yesterday declared as constitutional a defense pact that allows American forces, warships and planes to temporarily base in local military camps, in a boost to U.S.

Analysis | Eight reasons PRC and its president are off to a rocky 2016

Barely more than a week into 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping is having a rough time of it, with challenges ranging from a plummeting stock market to new provocations from

Beijing said to create new office coordinating finance and economy

China’s Cabinet has created a new department to coordinate financial and economic affairs, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the country’s leaders seek to restore investor confidence

Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, US seek roadmap to peace

A key gathering opened yesterday in Islamabad in which four countries — Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States — hope to lay the roadmap to peace for the war-­shattered

Media | Gillian Wong named AP’s news director for greater China

Wong, who currently covers technology at The Wall Street Journal, will be based in Beijing as the AP's greater China news director. In that role, she will oversee coverage in

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