Beijing city gov’t to move part of its functions to a suburb 

Beijing’s city government said yesterday that it is going to move part of its administrative functions out of the city center as part of a plan to better integrate the

Security agency to investigate ‘malicious’ short sales

The Public Security Ministry will help the China Securities Regulatory Commission investigate evidence of “malicious” short selling of stocks and indexes, the official Xinhua News Agency said on its microblog.

Wave of firms halt stock trading to avoid turmoil 

Faced with a stomach-turning slide in share prices, many Chinese companies are taking matters into their own hands with a tactic that experts say is bound to backfire: they’re pressing

NPC mulls privacy protection, further curbs on Internet 

Chinese authorities have proposed a sweeping but vaguely worded Internet security law that would strengthen protection of private information, ban hacking activities and also allow authorities to restrict Internet access

Typhoon season | Tropical threats stretch from Shanghai to Hawaii as storms develop

The tropical Pacific has come alive, and the threats extend from China to Hawaii. Typhoon Chan-hom is forecast to sweep China’s coast south of Shanghai on Saturday as a Category 1

Gov’t unveils new measures to prop up stocks 

In a flurry of new moves to halt a stock market slide, China›s government yesterday told state companies and corporate executives to buy shares, raised the amount of equities insurance companies can hold

Beijing opens exhibition to mark the war victory over Japan

China opened yesterday an exhibition of guns and photos of massacres to commemorate the World War II victory over Japan, part of a propaganda push to stir up nationalism by observing

Xi rushes to boost market before plunge loosens Party grip

For Chinese President Xi Jinping, mission No. 1 has been preserving Communist Party rule. That now means stabilizing the stock market. Xi’s government rushed out an unprecedented series of measures in

Briefs | PBOC, South Africa agree on yuan clearing arrangement

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the South African central bank to establish a yuan-clearing center in South Africa.

Small investors look for way out of stocks

Shares in big state companies soared yesterday after promises of government action to halt a slide in Chinese stock prices but many others sank as jittery small investors tried to

Beijing to snub arbitration hearing on feud with Philippines 


China is standing pat on its decision to reject arbitration by an international tribunal that will begin formal hearings this week to resolve a long-seething feud with the Philippines over

CHINA | Air pollution better in first half of 2015

Air quality in Beijing, notorious for its smoggy sky, improved during the first six months of 2015, the city government said. The concentration of PM 2.5 — tiny airborne particles

UNESCO recognition of Tusi sites cheered

The Tusi sites, which offer a glimpse into the ancient chieftain system that governed ethnic minorities in southwest China for eight centuries, have entered UNESCO’s world heritage list. Three Tusi sites

Hillary Clinton accuses Beijing of hacking

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of stealing commercial secrets and “huge amounts of government information,” and of trying to “hack into everything that doesn’t move

Korean institute chief falls to death after deadly bus trip

Choi Doo Yeong had traveled to China to deal with the aftermath of Wednesday’s accident in which a bus plunged from a highway bridge with 28 people aboard, killing the Chinese driver

Companies to create USD19b fund to support plunging stock market

More than two dozen companies in China are postponing initial public offerings and security companies are pledging more than USD19 billion for a fund to stabilize the country’s free-falling stock market. The 28

Taiwan | Taipei stands up to Beijing with World War II military parade

Taiwan marched out thousands of troops and displayed its most modern military hardware Saturday to spotlight an old but often forgotten claim that its forces, not the Chinese Communists, led

Gay couple holds informal marriage to push for union 

A prominent Chinese lesbian couple held a simple ceremony yesterday to announce their informal marriage, in their latest effort to push for the legalization of same-sex unions in China. The union

Monsters mix with the Great Wall in Matt Damon film

Matt Damon, one of China’s favorite Hollywood stars, said yesterday he was overwhelmed at the fans turning up at his hotel in China — not for him but for an ex-boy band singer who

Taiwan | Pilot in February TransAsia crash described as hasty

A pilot described by colleagues as nervous and hasty mistakenly throttled down a still-running engine following a glitch with the other engine in an airline crash that killed 43 people

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