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The Shanghai share index fell the most since early 2007 yesterday as Chinese stocks suffered a renewed sell-off despite government efforts to calm the market. The Shanghai Composite Index closed down
For Hong Kong, it’s been one thing after another when it comes to China. A series of anti-China and pro-democracy protests last year prompted stores to close and mainland tour groups
Sunday’s horrific accident in the central city of Jingzhou was caught on surveillance camera footage that circulated heavily on the Internet in China. The woman — identified in media reports as
China’s state media are pouring cold water on President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa, saying U.S. attention to the continent is largely due to concern over China’s booming influence there. The
A Chinese court says it has accepted a case brought by a social organization against oil giants ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil Corp. over oil spills in northern
China is lifting its ban on sales of video game consoles to promote the industry and a new manufacturing zone in Shanghai. Consoles produced in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone will automatically
Prominent exiled Chinese dissident Wu’er Kaixi announced his candidacy Friday for a seat in Taiwan’s parliament, saying he wants to serve as a check on the ruling Nationalist Party and
It was the latest in a rash of dangerous incidents aboard Chinese flights, including passengers opening emergency exits and fights between flyers and crew members. The attempted arson occurred at around
The head of a major Chinese province and former aide to disgraced official Zhou Yongkang has been placed under investigation as part of a widening probe into alleged corruption. Hebei province
Bearded, bald and burly ex-soldier Wu Gan calls himself The Ultra Vulgar Butcher. He poses for online portraits brandishing knives in both hands that he says he’ll use to “slaughter
A salad store paraded dozens of half-naked Western men dressed as Spartans through China’s capital as a publicity stunt, causing a stir and drawing a crackdown by police who were
The number of China’s online population, the world’s largest, hit 668 million in June, with 594 million of those using mobile devices to go online. Figures from China Internet Network
Since China took control of Hong Kong from Britain in 1997, the city’s billionaires have played a leading role in hewing the Asian financial center to Beijing’s priorities. So too have a
A Chinese envoy yesterday warned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe not to shirk responsibility for Japan’s wartime aggression in his statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the hostilities. Cheng
The UK has called on the Hong Kong and Chinese governments to restart talks over constitutional reform in the former British colony, in a rebuke of their policy of prioritizing
A court in northern Myanmar sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison yesterday after convicting them of illegal logging in a case that has already strained relations with Beijing. Two
Japan’s foreign ministry unveiled a map and photographs of what it said were 16 Chinese marine platforms close to Japan’s side of the disputed East China Sea. The platforms are on
Ai Weiwei announced on Instagram that he got his passport back yesterday, four years after it was confiscated by Chinese authorities. The artist and government critic posted a photo of himself
The Chinese ambassador in Manila said yesterday that trade between China and the Philippines grew last year despite their protracted territorial conflicts, providing hope their relations could flourish even as
Former President Hu Jintao’s top aide has been arrested on corruption charges, stripped of his party membership and removed from all government positions, China’s state media said. The ruling by the Communist Party’s
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