Tens of thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work abroad in conditions that amount to forced labor to circumvent U.N. sanctions and earn foreign currency for the country, amounting to
China summoned the American ambassador to protest the U.S. Navy’s sailing of a warship close to one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea, in an act that challenged Chinese sovereignty claims. China’s Foreign Ministry
Beijing reacted harshly to a U.S. warship sailing near one of its newly created islands in a disputed area of the South China Sea. The action did not spark a
Liu Jintao, vice marketing manager of Shuanghui, China’s largest pork producer, said the WHO IARC’s report was “deeply regrettable.” “The report, though claiming to be published for human health, is in
China won’t get involved in Taiwan’s upcoming elections, a government spokesman said yesterday, underscoring the sensitivity surrounding polls in which the island’s pro-independence opposition is expected to make a strong showing. An
The People’s Bank of China, the nation’s five biggest lenders, sovereign-wealth fund China Investment Corp. and the banking, securities and insurance regulators are among 31 entities that will be inspected
A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea yesterday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from
Toy company Lego has been attacked by Ai Weiwei, the controversial Chinese artist, in a spat over the Danish group’s refusal to provide a bulk order of its plastic building
In the sometimes-testy rivalry between Washington and Beijing, good manners count. A recent amendment to a U.S.-China accord on safe encounters between their military pilots calls for keeping a secure
Facing pressure to pep up a cooling economy, Chinese leaders met yesterday to craft a new long-range blueprint to guide development through the end of this decade. The Communist Party’s five-year
A Chinese consular officer and her husband, who allegedly killed two other Chinese diplomats and wounded their consul-general in a Philippine city, have been taken back to China where they will be
China’s sixth interest-rate cut in a year shows how hard it is to keep the world’s second-biggest economy growing vigorously while attempting one of history’s most audacious economic transformations. The country’s central
Veteran Chinese pro-democracy campaigners have protested Britain’s treatment of an activist detained during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pageant-filled visit to the country, saying London was putting economic ties over rights
Before the Red Devils of United took on the Sky Blues of City in a crucial match yesterday, Xi’s British roadshow headed to Manchester as Prime Minister David Cameron took
British Prime Minister David Cameron planned to discuss the fight against extremism with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday on a state visit hailed as a landmark by both China and Britain. Xi and
Britain will be China’s “partner of choice” in the West, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Wednesday, as China demonstrated its commitment by putting down a 6 billion-pound (USD9.3 billion) stake in the U.K.’s first
Beijing has claimed diplomatic immunity for a Chinese couple suspected in the shooting deaths of two Chinese diplomats and the wounding of the country’s consul-general in the central Philippines, and
Now there’s an answer to a sad, strange and common question in China: How can someone be a good Samaritan to an elderly person in need without getting scammed? China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba
China’s official data show economic growth slowing but skeptics say the downturn is much deeper than Beijing admits. The latest data yesterday showed growth in the world’s No. 2 economy eased
Chinese President Xi Jinping prepared to address Britain’s Parliament and dine with Queen Elizabeth II yesterday as he began a state visit that is intended to cement close economic ties
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