The U.K.’s first Chinese-backed offshore wind farm took a major step forward after three investors reached financial close on the 2.6 billion pound (USD3.8 billion) Beatrice project, in the Moray
A nationwide health investigation of poor people in China is underway, and the results are expected to lead to new policies to aid the country’s sickest and poorest citizens. Statistics show
Some 500 people on Sunday protested what they say is a lack of university student placements in their central China province, in the latest protest over education reform. Parents holding banners that read
China’s cash-strapped local authorities are scrambling for ways to rebuild their fiscal firepower as a tax overhaul has seen them lose out to the central government and efforts to clear
Beijing’s official media outlet, Xinhua news agency, has praised the response of some of Macau and Hong Kong’s media to the Taiwanese President’s inauguration speech on Friday. Claiming to cite Chinese-language
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said during her inauguration speech on Friday that she will seek peaceful ties with China while resisting pressure from Beijing to acknowledge the idea that they
The roof of a Hong Kong university gym collapsed Friday, leaving three people hurt and triggering temporary panic among students who thought it was an explosion. The City University of Hong Kong said the roof of one
China has arrested 135 people in 22 provinces for illegally buying and selling vaccines, in the latest scandal shaking the Chinese public’s confidence in vaccine safety. In an online statement Friday, the
At least eight people were killed and another four went missing in a strong storm that hammered a southern Chinese city, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. All deaths and
When Taiwan inaugurates Tsai Ing-wen as the self-ruled island’s first female president today, she’ll confront major challenges including navigating increasingly fractious relations with Beijing and rejuvenating the flagging economy. Beijing has
China rejected U.S. claims that its fighter jets maneuvered unsafely when they intercepted an American Navy reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea, and demanded that the U.S. end such
A top Chinese official visiting Hong Kong warned against heeding calls for independence for the semiautonomous Chinese region. Zhang Dejiang, who is the Communist Party’s No. 3 official and responsible for
Zhao Shunli’s transformation takes place several times a week in a simple bedroom filled with Mao Zedong memorabilia, its concrete walls lined with posters portraying the founder of the communist
Photos released by the zoo this week show Tuan Tuan looking at the papers laid out in front of his inner enclosure. The zoo's director said in a statement that
Hong Kong authorities stepped up security for a top Chinese government official’s appearance at a business conference yesterday, preventing pro-democracy protesters from getting anywhere close to the venue. As many as
China is staging joint war games featuring mock beach landing, helicopter assaults and tank battles along its east coast facing Taiwan, just days before the inauguration of the self-governing island’s
Chinese tech giant Huawei wants Americans to start thinking of it as a stylish smartphone brand. Huawei Technologies Ltd., which pulled out of the U.S. market for network switching gear four years ago
Hong Kong authorities rolled out a massive security operation yesterday as they braced for protests during a top Beijing official’s visit to the semiautonomous city, where tensions are rising over Chinese rule. Thousands
China’s official media reaffirmed yesterday the Communist Party’s longstanding judgment that the Cultural Revolution was a catastrophic mistake after staying silent on Monday’s 50th anniversary of the start of the decade- long upheaval. The official
A two-year old girl was rescued in central China’s Henan Province early Sunday morning, 32 hours after she was abducted, thanks to a new online platform. The girl from southwest China’s
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