For the past two decades, South Korean maverick filmmaker Kim Ki-duk’s low-budget movies have given him international acclaim, highly coveted awards and many controversies. Now, one of the most accomplished and
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei found several hidden listening devices in his Beijing studio after he returned from a trip to Germany, his friend Liu Xiaoyuan confirmed yesterday. Ai could not
Mail carriers and overnight delivery services must conduct additional checks for explosives, dangerous chemicals, weapons, gunpowder and poisons, the State Post Bureau said on its website over the weekend. Closer
China will send a leading member of the Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee to Pyongyang this month for commemorations of the founding of North Korea’s ruling party. Yesterday’s announcement comes
The Dalai Lama has assured his followers that he is in excellent health upon his return over the weekend to the Tibetan government-in-exile’s headquarters in northern India. Hundreds of Tibetans, holding
A series of explosions targeting public buildings in a small city in southern China killed at least seven people and injured dozens yesterday, officials and state media said. The official Xinhua
China has arrested two Japanese citizens on spying allegations, officials said yesterday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters that the two were detained in May, one in Zhejiang province
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has defended his business strategy against accusations from China’s state media that he is abandoning investments in the world’s No. 2 economy because of its
China has emerged as the likely builder of Indonesia’s first high-speed rail line after Indonesian officials rejected Japan’s requirement for a government guarantee of loans, officials said yesterday. Regional rivals China
Call it checkbook diplomacy, Chinese style. On visits to Washington and the United Nations, President Xi Jinping has pledged billions of dollars for peacekeeping, economic development and climate change, winning audience
Protesters seeking to remind China of last year’s lost fight for free elections in Hong Kong gathered yesterday outside the city’s government headquarters, where students had battled tear gas to
The multitudes of Chinese students attending American universities are approaching college as less of a life experience and more as a transaction, educators worry, leading to measures to help them
Two Chinese activists involved in attempts to organize an independent political party pleaded not guilty in court yesterday to the charge of subverting state power, their wives and a lawyer
China’s pledge to help crack down on hackers who steal commercial secrets from the United States, even coming as it did amid a bit of arm-twisting by President Barack Obama,
China's president pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world's poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek
China’s President Xi Jinping is poised to address the U.N. General Assembly for the first time today. Here are some milestones in China’s long, convoluted relationship with the world body: 1945
With his feel-good tours of Boeing, Microsoft and a local high school complete, Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Washington state for the other Washington, where tougher discussions on cybersecurity, intellectual
The party’s internal disciplinary body announced yesterday that Xiao Tian, formerly vice minister of sports responsible for basketball, was found to have violated political disciplines and rules. The Central Commission for
A Chinese woman who served a U.S. prison term for money laundering was returned to China yesterday, authorities said, just ahead of a meeting between President Barack Obama and Chinese
Local financing networks are unravelling across China as the economic slowdown bites into one of the weakest but most enduring links in the financial system - pulling hundreds of thousands
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