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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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