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Macau,
For four hours every day, for 100 days, Chinese artist Wang Renzheng held up the attachment of an industrial vacuum cleaner to suck in Beijing’s notoriously polluted air at various landmarks. Passers-by were intrigued, inquiring if he was
Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments yesterday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution for the fifth
Chinese manufacturing was at its weakest in more than three years in November despite stimulus measures to bolster the world’s No. 2 economy while service industries improved, according to an
To see China’s evolving foreign policy, look to Africa, where a desire to protect economic investment is leading to a revision of the country’s hands-off approach to the internal affairs
Old foes China and Taiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies in a sign of goodwill linked to the first meeting ever between their presidents. Each side released the convicts and allowed them to
The Hong Kong government agreed to bear the costs for MTR Corp’s railway project linking the city to mainland China more than a year after a cost blowout led to
President Barack Obama yesterday touted close U.S. cooperation with China on climate change as vital to world efforts to slow global warming, even as he acknowledged persistent differences with China’s President Xi Jinping
Smog levels spiked in Beijing yesterday, highlighting the environmental challenges facing China as President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for global climate talks. The concentration of PM2.5, fine particulates that pose
A court in southern China sentenced a leading activist who organized rallies for media freedom to six years in prison Friday in what his lawyer described as an unfair trial with an
Macau Bridge (HZMB) will open, and that they must commit to a deadline shared with mainland China and Macau. The under-secretary for transport and housing, Yau Shing Mu, said initial talks
Air pollution in Beijing reached hazardous levels on Saturday as smog engulfed large parts of China despite efforts to clean up the foul air. At noon, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported the
The government should spend more on public services such as schools and hospitals in smaller cities to make them more attractive, said Zhang Liqun, an economist with the Development Research
President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China’s military to make the world’s largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country’s borders. Under the
China’s emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels such as oil and gas are forecast to stall this year as the nation installs more clean energy capacity to tackle
A 71-year-old Chinese journalist imprisoned on a conviction of leaking state secrets had her sentence reduced yesterday to five years, from seven, after admitting guilt during a closed appeal hearing,
President Xi Jinping will speak at a key climate change conference in Paris later this month, before making state visits to South Africa and Zimbabwe, officials announced yesterday. Xi will also
The chairman of the Hong Kong arm of one of China’s biggest securities companies goes missing. The head of another firm resurfaces after months incommunicado. An executive at a film
Shareholders have foiled Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s USD12.4 billion proposal to combine his infrastructure and utility companies, dealing a setback to the billionaire known as “Superman” for his business
Singapore will outpace Hong Kong in growth in the ranks of millionaires over the next five years, with about one in 30 people qualifying as high net worth by 2020,
The violence swirling out from Syria in recent weeks is pressuring China to step off the sidelines and take a more active role in international efforts to stem the conflict. The
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