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Yiwei Zheng, a philosophy professor at St. Cloud State University, acknowledged smuggling ivory carvings of potted flowers and other items from the U.S. to China in April 2011. He also
On face value, you might assume that artists Ai Weiwei and Andy Warhol have very little in common, save for their initials and occupations. The former has defied Chinese censors
Stock market and currency turmoil has battered Chinese leaders’ reputation as shrewd economic managers and fed doubts about their willingness to push through more wrenching reforms. In the stock market, a
Exports declined 1.4 percent from a year earlier to USD224.1 billion, an improvement over the previous month’s 6.8 percent contraction, customs data showed yesterday. Imports were down 7.6 percent at
President Xi Jinping said his signature anti- corruption campaign will not be eased and he’s determined to make China this year a place where “nobody dares to be corrupt.” The anti-graft
Chinese state media say four workers were killed in an explosion at a machinery factory in an industrial park on the outskirts of Shanghai. Xinmin Evening News says two other people
A Swedish co-founder of a human rights group in mainland China has been detained by authorities on suspicion of endangering state security, his group said. The detention of Peter Dahlin comes
Wanda Group's takeover of the U.S. studio behind hit films such as "Batman" and "Inception" is the latest in a slew of acquisitions for its billionaire chairman Wang Jianlin, who
Wanda Group said yesterday it is buying Hollywood’s Legendary Entertainment, the maker of films such as “Batman,” for USD3.5 billion in the first Chinese acquisition of a major U.S. film
A court in northern China sentenced a former vice minister of public security to 15 years in jail yesterday for accepting bribes, state media reported. Li Dongsheng is the latest senior
The Philippine Supreme Court yesterday declared as constitutional a defense pact that allows American forces, warships and planes to temporarily base in local military camps, in a boost to U.S.
Barely more than a week into 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping is having a rough time of it, with challenges ranging from a plummeting stock market to new provocations from
China’s Cabinet has created a new department to coordinate financial and economic affairs, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the country’s leaders seek to restore investor confidence
A key gathering opened yesterday in Islamabad in which four countries — Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States — hope to lay the roadmap to peace for the war-shattered
Wong, who currently covers technology at The Wall Street Journal, will be based in Beijing as the AP's greater China news director. In that role, she will oversee coverage in
A village in central China has abruptly demolished a statue of the country’s founder, Mao Zedong, after images of the structure covered in gold paint and looming 37 meters high
The latest trigger was currency jitters, but Thursday’s plunge in Chinese stocks was just one in a series of aftershocks from last year’s boom and bust that could shake markets
China’s consumer inflation edged up 1.6 percent in December year on year as food prices rose, official data showed Saturday. The inflation rate reported by the National Bureau of Statistics was up
China has formally arrested a Guangzhou labor organizer and three other people authorities had been holding amid a crackdown on worker activism, Reuters reported, citing two lawyers. Zeng Feiyang, director of
A Hong Kong bookseller whose disappearance has inflamed concerns about growing Chinese interference in the city told his wife in a video message that he traveled to the mainland on his own
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