Human rights | US tells Party it isn’t following its own laws in detentions

Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for human rights, democracy and labor, led a U.S. delegation that met in Beijing with representatives from the ministries of public security, justice and

On eve of Xi’s visit, Beijing, UK poised for deal on world’s costliest nuclear plant

The U.K. and China are set to announce an accord that will give the mainland a stake in Electricite de France SA’s Hinkley Point project, Britain’s first nuclear plant in

Authorities detain 16 protesters over marina project

Chinese authorities detained 16 fishermen after hundreds of people protested the construction of a sea marina in a southern Chinese port city over the weekend. Police in the city of Beihai

Offbeat | Chinese police detain 3 for stealing body for ghost wedding

Police in northern China have detained three people suspected of stealing a corpse to sell as a bride in the ancient Chinese rite of ghost weddings, which join single people

Media: Rights lawyer’s son used by anti-Beijing forces

China worked with police in neighboring Myanmar to nab the 16-year-old son of a detained rights lawyer and send him back home because he had been coerced into a plot

South China Sea | Military reaches out amid tensions

As expectations grow that the U.S. Navy will directly challenge Beijing’s South China Sea claims, China is engaging in some serious image-building for its own military by hosting two international security forums this

HONG KONG | 7 police charged over protester’s filmed beating 

Hong Kong police yesterday charged seven officers with harming an activist who was beaten in a filmed confrontation that stirred outrage among city residents at the height of the pro-democracy

Ex-public security official Li Dongsheng on trial for bribery

A former vice minister of public security went on trial in northern China yesterday for alleged bribery, the latest senior figure linked to the country’s former security czar to be prosecuted in

South China Sea | Beijing’s island moves draw neighbors closer to US, Carter says

China’s island-building in the South China Sea is driving Asian nations to seek closer cooperation with the U.S., Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. The American defense chief made the comment Tuesday

Hong Kong | British banker Rurik Jutting’s murder trial set for next year

A Hong Kong court yesterday set an October 2016 trial date for a British banker accused in the gruesome murders last year of two Indonesian women, including one whose body

Cathay Pacific avoids flying over Iran after missile warning

The airline’s decision to reroute flights comes after Russia stepped up its military campaign against Islamic State group fighters in Syria. It started firing cruise missiles from its military warships

Briefs | Inflation eases, leaving room for stimulus

Chinese inflation eased in September, giving Beijing more room to stimulate slowing economic growth if needed. Consumer prices rose 1.6 percent over a year earlier, driven by a 2.7 percent

Party jails former oil executive for 20 years for corruption

A Chinese court has sentenced a former senior executive of a state oil company to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption. The sentencing of Wang Yongchun,

FT: Asset management executive stabbed by disgruntled investor

A disgruntled Chinese investor stabbed the chief executive of an asset management company, the latest sign of escalating tension in the country’s financial system amid rising defaults, the Financial Times

Blast rocks Tianjin 2 months after fatal explosions 

The port city of Tianjin in northern China was rocked by a warehouse blast, police said yesterday, two months after massive explosions in the city left 173 people dead or missing. The blast

Beijing says Russia, US must avoid fighting proxy war in Syria 

The U.S. and Russia must not allow the conflict in Syria to develop into a full-blown proxy war, China’s ruling Communist Party said yesterday, chiding both Moscow and Washington for having

September imports plunge in new sign of weakness 

China’s imports fell by an unexpectedly wide margin in September in a new sign of weakness in the world’s second-­largest economy. Imports plunged 20.4 percent from a year earlier to USD145.2 billion,

VW diesel cars recalled in China, sales halted in Singapore

Volkswagen said yesterday it is recalling 1,950 diesel vehicles in China to change engine software it has admitted cheats on emissions tests and Singapore suspended sales of the company’s diesel

Ford to invest USD1.8 billion in research

The American automaker said yesterday it will expand its research and development center in the eastern city of Nanjing and work on autonomous driving, smartphone connectivity, more efficient powertrains and

Police seize 804kg of ivory along with rhino horn, bear paws

Authorities announced yesterday the arrests of 16 suspected members of a smuggling ring and the seizure of hundreds of kilograms of ivory along with rhino horns and bear paws. Police in

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
MACAU DAILY TIMES