HK hosts Valentine’s Day with 25,000 LED roses

The Light Rose Garden, a public art installation featuring a sea of white roses made with light-emitting diode, or LED, is also a perfect venue for Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong. Originating

UK: Bookseller ‘removed’ in breach of China treaty

  Britain says a missing Hong Kong bookseller was likely abducted to mainland China, calling it a “serious breach” of the treaty under which Beijing took control of the city. Foreign Secretary

Spring Festival holiday retail sales spike 11.2 percent

Retail sales and restaurant receipts in the world’s second-largest economy totaled about 754 billion yuan (USD115 billion) in the week-­long holiday period that started Feb. 7, the eve of the

114 bodies pulled from toppled Taiwan building; one missing

Workers have pulled out 114 bodies from the rubble of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake in Taiwan’s oldest city, leaving only one missing, authorities said Saturday,

Hong Kong’s Tsang urges activists to ‘retreat from cliff’

  The perpetrators of violent clashes in Hong Kong last week shattered its values in one night, the city’s financial secretary said, urging those involved to “turn their horses back from the cliff.” The

Media in uproar over US move to honor dissident

A Chinese nationalist newspaper says American politicians are resorting to petty actions following a unanimous bill approval by the Senate to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese Embassy

Hong Kong | Activists face riot charges after holiday protest

Several dozen people appeared in a  Hong Kong court yesterday to face rioting charges following a violent clash earlier this week between protesters and police sparked by a clampdown on

Hong Kong to send Chinese man back to US over teen deaths

A Chinese man agreed in a Hong Kong court yesterday to be sent back to the U.S., where he is wanted by authorities in connection with the slayings of his

Energy | China turns a glut of oil into a flood of diesel swamping Asia

Fuel producers from India to South Korea are finding that rising refined products from China are cutting the profit margins they’ve enjoyed from cheap oil to the lowest in more than

Health | Beijing reports first case of imported Zika virus

China’s first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-­old man who recently traveled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said this

Governor fired for ‘disloyalty’ as Xi tightens grip

The governor of a major Chinese province has been accused of disloyalty to the ruling Communist Party and removed from his post, amid a growing consolidation of power by President Xi Jinping

China sheds more light on three missing Hong Kong booksellers

Mainland Chinese authorities confirm they’ve detained three missing Hong Kong booksellers for an investigation into unspecified criminal activity, shedding more light on a case that’s gripped residents with fear that

Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubble

With anxious families waiting nearby, rescuers yesterday painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a high-rise apartment building that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake that shook

Macau resident: Damage in Tainan restricted to a small area

The local resident said, “The earthquake went unnoticed by many, and if they had not seen it in the news, they would not have known that there was such a

CCTV | Famous Monkey King actor omitted from New Year show

China’s biggest televisual spectacle of the year, the hours-long Spring Gala show, is courting criticism because it hasn’t included the man best known for playing the Monkey King. Zhang Jinlai portrayed

Lion dance tradition thrives overseas

  The traditional art of the Chinese lion dance is nowhere near perishing in Muslim-majority Malaysia. As Lunar New Year approaches, lion dance troupes here are practicing their coordinated movements in the

Analysis | North Korea’s rocket plans seen as disrespectful of Chinese

The timing couldn’t have appeared worse. North Korea announces it will launch a long-range rocket smack in the middle of a top Chinese envoy’s visit to Pyongyang. In diplomatic terms,

Yum’s sales mixed in China, climb in US

Yum Brands yesterday reported mixed quarterly results for its troubled China unit, which the company is spinning off. The Louisville, Kentucky company said sales rose 6 percent at established KFC restaurants

Court reduces sentences for 11 Uighurs, including Canadian

  A court in western China has reduced the sentences of 11 Uighurs convicted of terrorism and endangering state security, including a naturalized Canadian preacher whose life term had been sharply

Investment | ChemChina offers USD43b for Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta

A Chinese state-owned chemical maker offered to buy Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta for USD43 billion in what would be the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Chinese company. Syngenta AG said yesterday

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