China’s maternity matrons gird for mini-baby boom

Now that China has abandoned its decades-long one-child policy, demand for maternity services is expected to grow as women take advantage of the chance to have a second child. Some

Human rights | State TV airs confession from detained Swede

Chinese state television has aired a confession made in detention by a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group, who said he had trained and funded unlicensed lawyers in China

Greenpeace | Air 10 percent less polluted last year

Average concentrations of air particulates in 189 Chinese cities fell by 10 percent in 2015, according to a new Greenpeace report, a sign that pollution overall was decreasing even as

Taiwan party that won election wants US help with China

  Taiwan’s new government will carefully manage relations with mainland China and it wants Washington to keep encouraging reconciliation, a senior official of the victorious party said yesterday (Macau time). Joseph Wu

Jiangxi | Fireworks factory blast kills three, injures fifty-three

Chinese state media say three people have been killed and 53 injured in an explosion at a fireworks plant in the southern province of Jiangxi. The official Xinhua News Agency said

Beijing’s Taiwan office deputy head under investigation

A deputy head of the Chinese Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office has been placed under investigation for apparent corruption as Beijing’s policies toward the island come under renewed scrutiny. The ruling Communist

Xi asserts China’s Middle East role as Iran sanctions lifted

President Xi Jinping will wade into the feud between Iran and Saudi Arabia as he begins a Middle East tour that shows a new willingness by China to flex its

Beijing confirms missing HK publisher in mainland

Hong Kong authorities say Chinese officials have confirmed the whereabouts of the chief editor of a publisher specializing in books banned in mainland China three weeks after he went missing

Economic growth wanes to 25-year low in 2015

China's economy cooled further in the latest quarter, dragging 2015's full-year growth to a quarter-century low and deepening a slowdown that has fueled anxiety over its impact on the global

China accuses detained Swede of endangering state security

Chinese state media say a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group in China was detained because he is suspected of funding activities that endanger state security. The official Xinhua News

Dalai Lama travels to US for medical checkup

The Dalai Lama left his home in India yesterday to travel to the United States for a medical checkup, although the Tibetan spiritual leader said he has no specific health

Foreign jurists call for release of detained Chinese lawyers

Twenty prominent lawyers and jurists from Europe, North America, Australia and Pakistan yesterday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to release a dozen Chinese lawyers and legal assistants held in detention

Tata Steel UK announces layoffs amid cheap Chinese imports

Manufacturer Tata Steel will cut 1,050 jobs in Britain as part of cost-­savings to compete against cheap Chinese imports. The layoffs, largely in Wales, come just months after an earlier round

South China Sea | Philippine plane warned by ‘Chinese navy’ in disputed waters

Philippine officials said yesterday they received two intimidating radio warnings identified as from the Chinese navy when they flew a Cessna plane close to a Chinese-constructed island in the South

Shenzhen | 3 more arrested for fatal landslide

The suspects, who were not identified, were accused of failing to ensure safety management, which eventually led to the major accident, according to a statement from Bao’an District Procuratorate. So far

Offshore yuan gains as Beijing steps up defense of its currency

The central bank said it will impose reserve-­requirement ratios on yuan deposited onshore by overseas financial institutions from Jan. 25, without saying what level would be used. The ratios will

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

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