The ruling party candidate in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election hinted Friday that there’s an increased risk of war with China if his main opponent wins. Eric Chu’s remarks in a Washington Times commentary,
A Chinese national was slightly injured in the Paris attacks Friday night, the Chinese Embassy in France confirmed yesterday to Xinhua. After verification with the French authorities, “we confirmed there
Lawyer Wu Congsi has asthma and keeps air purifiers whirring away in his office, home and car to counter Beijing’s hazardous smog. He prefers to stay inside unless the sky
His arms were forcibly bent backward behind the back of a chair, and his wrists were so tightly cuffed that his hands grew swollen. For 99 days in police detention, Beijing-based
Purchases of sedans, SUVs and minivans in the biggest market by number of vehicles sold rose 13.3 percent to 1.9 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That was up from
China’s factory output and investment weakened in October while retail sales growth edged up, suggesting economic growth has stabilized but has yet to revive despite repeated interest rate cuts and other
It only took Jack Ma half the time yesterday to sell the same amount of stuff as he did a year ago with his online channels. Transactions through Alibaba Group Holding
A Communist Party official in Beijing and a deputy mayor of Shanghai have joined the rapidly growing list of prominent political figures ensnared in an anti-corruption crackdown. The ruling party’s anti-graft
China’s top diplomat asked the Philippines yesterday not to raise contentious issues — an obvious reference to the Asian neighbors’ territorial spats — in an annual economic summit of Asia-Pacific
A total of 254 Chinese citizens arrested in Cambodia and Indonesia for running telephone and Internet scams targeting Chinese victims were repatriated yesterday to face charges in China, the Public
China’s inflation eased in October, leaving room for Beijing to stimulate its slowing economy if necessary. Consumer prices rose 1.3 percent over a year earlier, down from September’s 1.6 percent, government
Ai Baojun was being probed on suspicion of “serious violations of discipline,” the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on its website yesterday. The phrase almost always refers to
Chinese authorities expect that easing the country’s one-child policy will add more than 30 million people to the country’s labor force by 2050, a senior official said yesterday. Wang Pei’an, spokesman
While China’s Communist Party rolled back its long-standing one-child policy last month, economists are expecting another equally powerful deterrent to kick in: the soaring cost of raising kids. Their projections are
China has changed course and emerged as a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions six years after it was accused of obstructing the last high-level climate talks in Copenhagen. Heading into this
Many thought it might never happen: The presidents of China and Taiwan — inheritors to the Communist and Nationalist regimes that fought a civil war and remained bitter rivals for decades —
The leaders of China and Taiwan met Saturday for the first time since the formerly bitter Cold War foes split amid civil war 66 years ago, and though no concrete agreement resulted,
SINGAPORE (AP) — The latest on the historic meeting between the presidents of Chinaand Taiwan in Singapore. All times local. ___ 3 p.m. The leaders of Taiwan and
When President Xi Jinping lays a wreath at the hulking Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi this week, he’ll be reminding Vietnam of the country’s shared communist lineage and Cold War
Taiwan’s president said yesterday he hopes this weekend’s historic meeting with China’s leader can ease Beijing’s hardline stance on diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which is now recognized by just 22 countries. President
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