A second man linked to a Hong Kong publisher of books critical of Chinese leaders has returned to the city from the mainland, according to Hong Kong police. Cheung Chi Ping
China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged to contain any moves by Taiwan toward formal independence in his first public remarks on the issue since the self-governing island democracy elected a president
China’s top economic planning official yesterday said it is impossible that the Chinese economy would have a “hard landing” — or a sharp slowdown after a period of robust growth —
China’s ruling Communist Party said yesterday that it punished nearly 300,000 officials for corruption last year. The party’s official watchdog body said that 200,000 of those were given light punishments and 82,000
Chinese leaders are expected to cut their growth target to allow more flexibility in overhauling their slowing, state-dominated economy when their legislature meets this week. But they are unlikely to unveil significant new reforms. The
Each year, some 3,000 of China’s most powerful officials descend on Beijing for about 10 days of parliamentary pageantry known as the National People’s Congress (NPC). While the country’s top legislature
Major Chinese consumer-drone maker DJI has its eyes on the potentially lucrative Japanese market after regulations on drones were relaxed here three months ago. DJI Japan General Manager Allen Wu launched
Of the dozens of investments that Alibaba has made over the past few years, purchasing a stake in China’s Caixin Media could be the smartest of all. Media reports today say
A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire and died in a protest against Chinese rule, in the first such action of its kind this year, a U.S. government-funded radio
A Philippine official said yesterday that he recently spotted five suspected Chinese coast guard and navy ships at a disputed atoll in the South China Sea and fears Beijing will
China’s President Xi Jinping has collected titles ranging from National Security Council chief to good old “Uncle Xi.” Along the way, he’s used state media to make his views known
Struck by a sudden inspiration for a business plan while cooped up in a room at a southern China detention center, entrepreneur Liu Minghui turned to the only people nearby
A Hong Kong bookseller missing for two months has reappeared in an interview with Chinese media, insisting he wasn’t abducted and instead crossed illegally into mainland China to help authorities with
A leading pastor in an eastern Chinese province where authorities have been cracking down on churches has been barred from the pulpit and removed as head of the provincial state-sanctioned
A court in Guangdong province has jailed 24 people for fraudulent fund-raising of over 9.9 billion yuan (about USD1.5 billion), cheating more than 230,000 victims, mostly elderly people, from 2002
The Philippines asked China yesterday to respect an upcoming decision by an international arbitration tribunal on Beijing’s claim to most of the South China Sea to show it does not regard itself as “above
China’s premier told visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew yesterday his government is pressing ahead with painful reforms to shrink bloated coal and steel industries that are a drag on
A pro-democracy candidate won a Hong Kong weekend by-election while a rival from a radical pro-independence group arrested on riot charges placed a surprising third in a vote seen as a measure
Chinese police are investigating a detained Hong Kong bookseller for allegedly selling books by mail illegally in mainland China, an official Chinese newspaper said yesterday, the latest twist in a case that has raised concerns over erosion
A knife-wielding man slashed 10 children outside a primary school in southern China before killing himself yesterday, police said. None of the children suffered life-threatening injuries during the attack in the southern city
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