Indonesia has refused Chinese demands that it release eight fishermen arrested for illegal fishing in a growing confrontation that analysts say dispels the idea that Indonesia has no stake in
Indonesia says one of its patrol ships fired shots at two Taiwanese vessels suspected of illegal fishing only after they ignored repeated warnings to leave Indonesian waters in the Strait
A late-night coal mine accident in northern China has killed 19 miners, Chinese state media reported yesterday. The accident happened on Wednesday night on an underground platform in a mine in
A top Chinese university may have been duped by a man who received gifts and attended fundraisers by posing as a scion of the Rothschild banking family, a school official
Rapid wage gains in China that began after the 2009 global financial crisis have begun to fade as the economy slows, and that could create problems for officials trying to
PetroChina Co. profit tumbled to the lowest since 1999 as falling crude prices crimped earnings at the country’s biggest oil and gas producer. Net income at the Beijing-based explorer dropped 67
Although China’s claim to the area of about 3.5 million square kilometers (1.4 million square miles) is based on historical records and geographic proximity, the nine-dash line is a modern
Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea yesterday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed and increasingly tense region. Deputy
Dong Junming was detained several times in his Chinese homeland before he and his family fled to Bangkok in February 2015. A year later, he was preparing to make a
After inking a surprise joint venture deal with the world’s top iron ore producer, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. is setting its long-term sights beyond China, its biggest customer and the
China’s Food and Drug Administration has ordered local governments to track the whereabouts of poorly refrigerated and probably ineffective vaccines after police detained a woman thought to have sold nearly
China’s benchmark stock index rallied above the 3,000 level for the first time in two months and turnover surged after policy makers loosened controls on margin lending. The Shanghai Composite Index
The yuan traded offshore fell for a second day after China’s central bank weakened the daily reference rate by the most since January as a gain in the dollar drove
China is preparing to launch a Mars probe in 2020, and it is expected to arrive on the red planet in 2021, aerospace expert Ye Peijian has said. “Although we are
Police in south China’s Guangdong Province have seized about 450 kilograms of smuggled ivory it was announced yesterday. The haul is worth an estimated 18 million yuan (USD2.78 million), according to
China plans to increase total wind power capacity by 22 percent in 2016, underscoring the government’s effort to develop clean energy at about the same pace as last year’s record
The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile called yesterday for China to engage in dialogue on autonomy for his people’s homeland, as tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world
China’s top planner tried to reassure foreign companies they are welcome in its slowing, state-dominated economy in a speech yesterday aimed at dispelling growing anxiety Beijing is squeezing them out
A Chinese governor’s rare admission of having given a misleading account about the plight of coal miners has prompted new laments among the public about pervasive deception practiced by China’s
According to an article published in the Global Times, National People’s Congress deputy Zhu Lieyu has said that he believes China should pursue stricter punishments on foreigners that illegally enter
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