Xi calls for innovation as economic growth slows 

Rapturous crowds. Beaming workers. Pep talks for the troops. The TV coverage yesterday of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to an eastern province was a tour de force of Communist

Authorities detain artist who posted humorous photo of president 

Authorities have detained an obscure Chinese artist after he posted online a humorous portrait of President Xi Jinping, his wife said yesterday. Judy Zhu said police accused her husband, Dai Jianyong,

Ex-legislator on trial for organizing prostitution 

A former member of China’s national legislature who is accused of running a brothel with 100 prostitutes at a luxury hotel that he ran in southern China has gone on trial on charges of

Police catch 175 looters in biggest artifact find

Chinese police have caught 175 looters who broke into a Neolithic archaeological site in what officials are calling the country’s biggest recovery of stolen artifacts. The Ministry of Public Security

FT: Official raises prospect of South China Sea air defense zone

China has mooted the possibility of controlling the airspace over the disputed South China Sea, as it ratchets up rhetoric in response to a US over flight of an island

12 detained after fire kills 38 at seniors’ home

The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the 12 included the legal representative of the Kangleyuan Rest Home, and that police were searching for another three employees. The fire broke out

Xinjiang | Authorities tout success of crackdown in restive Muslim region

China said yesterday that it has foiled 181 terror plots since it started a crackdown a year ago on Islamic separatists in the northwestern region of Xinjiang that was prompted by

Taiwan | Ma proposes plan to ease South China Sea tensions 

Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou laid out a plan yesterday to ease tensions in a vast, resource-rich Asian ocean where China has chafed against its neighbors by expanding islets with landfill to solidify

Fire at elderly home kills 38

A fire that swept through a privately run home for the elderly in central China killed 38 people and left much of it a charred ruin, raising concerns over the safety of

Army plays down offshore island building

China’s military yesterday compared its controversial island-building in the South China Sea to ordinary construction such as road-building going on elsewhere in the country, trying to deflect criticism over an issue seen as

Mainland mega-tours draw attention abroad, critique at home

All-expenses-paid trips to reward top salespeople aren’t unusual, but direct marketing companies that are the Chinese versions of Amway, Avon and Herbalife are taking it to an extreme by sending

FT: Party uses prison visits to scare officials straight

Chinese officials are being sent on prison visits in a new, “scared-straight” approach to warn them of the perils of bribe-taking, the Financial Times reported yesterday. According to an article by

Gov’t cuts taxes for imported sneakers, diapers

Chinese shoppers may get better deals on items including sports shoes, face cream, and diapers after the government reduced import tax by half to boost consumption. Import tariffs for some clothes,

HONG KONG | Survey: over 60 pct support constitutional reform package

More than 60 percent of Hong Kong people support the government’s constitutional reform package, Hong Kong’s largest political party announced yesterday. The survey, released by the Democratic Alliance for the

Beijing-Taiwan talks seek to maintain momentum for closer ties

Negotiators from Taiwan and China met Saturday for two days of talks in an attempt to maintain momentum for the forging of closer ties in the face of a skeptical Taiwanese public. The

Gov’t readies national carbon market to fight climate change

At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing’s financial district suggest a booming market. A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same

52 dead in floods, including 2 kids on overloaded bus

The death toll in China’s latest round of flooding has risen to at least 52, including two schoolchildren aboard a bus carrying more than twice its authorized passenger load that plunged into

Video purports to show kidnapped mainland tourist in Pakistan 

A militant video released yesterday purported to show a Chinese tourist kidnapped by Taliban-allied fighters in Pakistan a year ago asking for his government to help him be released. A militant

Feature | MDT Review – Prima Donna through the Ages

The Hong Kong Arts Festival usually takes place in February and March. Yet one of its most anticipated performances, an opera recital titled Drama Queens by the world-renowned American mezzo-soprano

Equatorial Guinea hopes to join Forum Macau

Equatorial Guinea wants to join Forum Macau and “apparently it has China’s blessing,” a diplomatic source told the Times. The membership of Eq. Guinea, a Franco-Lusophone-Spanish country, “may be formalized

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