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The sinking of a cruise ship carrying more than 400 people on China’s Yangtze River highlighted concerns about safety in the world’s most populous nation. The country has witnessed a
Eastern Star, the cruise ship that capsized in the Yangtze river with more than 450 people aboard, was cited for safety violations two years ago, records from a Chinese maritime
At the height of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, 24-year-old Alex Chow told a 100,000-strong crowd the demonstrations’ student leaders would fight until China dropped plans to curb democracy in the
Divers yesterday pulled three people alive from inside a capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with
China’s military will hold live-firing exercises this week along its volatile border with Myanmar near where Chinese civilians were killed by stray bombs from fighting between rebels and Myanmar’s government. The Defense
While many Chinese parents chose to take their children to parks or museums to mark yesterday’s annual Children’s Day celebrations, one group of youngsters in south China was treated to
A downtown hotpot restaurant was the first business to get an official warning for breaking Beijing’s toughened smoking ban, as inspectors swooped to enforce the new regulation yesterday. On the first
The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing’s manufacturing index, which is based on a survey of factory purchasing managers, edged up to 50.2 in May from 50.1 the month before. The index, based
Wealthy Chinese who made their country into the world’s second-biggest market for diamonds are now increasingly traveling abroad to buy the stones, at a time when ostentatious purchases are frowned
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other officials sharply condemned the artificial island building, but provided no details on what steps the U.S. may take to press China into diplomatic talks. Carter said China’s land
Hundreds of people took to the streets and marched downtown yesterday to mark the 26th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square on June 4, ahead of a much
Starting today in Beijing a blanket ban will be imposed on smoking in public places, after the city’s Municipal People’s Congress passed the tough new law in November. Affected will
In the wee hours of a March morning, a Chinese hotelier wrote a 5,000-word open letter to his country’s premier and posted it on social media. The delicate topic: how
A preliminary investigation into a nursing home fire that killed 38 people in central China has blamed poor building construction and lax safety checks, Chinese authorities reported. The State Administration of Work Safety
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 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,
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
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
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
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
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