2 Uighur suspects in Bangkok bombing plead innocent

  Two Uighur Muslims from China pleaded innocent yesterday to carrying out the deadly bombing of a Bangkok landmark last year, with one man’s lawyer saying his client claims to have

EU steel workers protest against cheap Chinese imports

Steel company managers joined thousands of their employees from across the European Union to protest yesterday against the import of cheap Chinese products and to warn the 28-nation bloc not

Tianjin moves 10 chemical plants after explosion review

The Tianjin Binhai New Area suffered one of China’s worst industrial accidents in August when a warehouse storing combustible chemicals exploded less than one kilometer away from apartments — the

HSBC to keep HQ in London, decides against move to Hong Kong

Britain’s biggest bank is staying put. HSBC Holdings plc said it will keep its headquarters in London, ending a 10-month process in which one of the world’s largest financial companies considered

Economy | China’s trade tumbles in January

China’s trade tumbled in January, in a possible fresh sign of the weakness confronting the world’s No. 2 economy. Exports fell 11.2 percent to USD177.5 billion, a sharp deterioration from the

First Chinese train arrives in Tehran to revive Silk Road

Iran’s state TV says the first Chinese commercial train has arrived in Tehran to revive the Silk Road — an ancient network of trade routes running through Asia. Yesterday’s report quotes

HK hosts Valentine’s Day with 25,000 LED roses

The Light Rose Garden, a public art installation featuring a sea of white roses made with light-emitting diode, or LED, is also a perfect venue for Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong. Originating

UK: Bookseller ‘removed’ in breach of China treaty

  Britain says a missing Hong Kong bookseller was likely abducted to mainland China, calling it a “serious breach” of the treaty under which Beijing took control of the city. Foreign Secretary

Spring Festival holiday retail sales spike 11.2 percent

Retail sales and restaurant receipts in the world’s second-largest economy totaled about 754 billion yuan (USD115 billion) in the week-­long holiday period that started Feb. 7, the eve of the

114 bodies pulled from toppled Taiwan building; one missing

Workers have pulled out 114 bodies from the rubble of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake in Taiwan’s oldest city, leaving only one missing, authorities said Saturday,

Hong Kong’s Tsang urges activists to ‘retreat from cliff’

  The perpetrators of violent clashes in Hong Kong last week shattered its values in one night, the city’s financial secretary said, urging those involved to “turn their horses back from the cliff.” The

Media in uproar over US move to honor dissident

A Chinese nationalist newspaper says American politicians are resorting to petty actions following a unanimous bill approval by the Senate to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese Embassy

Hong Kong | Activists face riot charges after holiday protest

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

Hong Kong to send Chinese man back to US over teen deaths

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

Energy | China turns a glut of oil into a flood of diesel swamping Asia

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

Health | Beijing reports first case of imported Zika virus

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

Governor fired for ‘disloyalty’ as Xi tightens grip

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

China sheds more light on three missing Hong Kong booksellers

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

Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubble

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

Macau resident: Damage in Tainan restricted to a small area

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

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