Beijing | says Japan defense bills upset regional security balance

China said Japan’s approval of “unprecedented” legislation to expand its military role risked unsettling the region’s security. Japan’s lower house of parliament yesterday approved legislation that would allow an expanded role

Chinese, Japanese diplomats meet in Beijing

China’s top diplomat met yesterday with the head of Japan’s National Security Council for talks expected to touch on a possible summit between the leaders of the countries later this

2Q economic growth steady at 7 percent

China’s economic growth in the latest quarter held steady at 7 percent, its weakest performance since the global crisis, but better retail sales and factory output in June suggested efforts to

Hong Kong | Regulator orders Hanergy stock to remain frozen 

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog took the unusual step yesterday of ordering a stock trading suspension to remain in place for a Chinese solar panel maker it’s investigating after a plunge

Authorities detain 20 foreigners from South Africa, UK, India

A group of 20 travelers from Britain, South Africa and India were detained in northern China, a relative said yesterday. A South African aid group said some of them are accused

Tibet | Family fails to get lama’s body after prison death

Chinese authorities have refused to release the body of a Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison, prompting a sit- in outside the prison by more than 100 Tibetans, a

Reform politician Wan Li dies at 99

Wan Li, a Chinese politician known for his reform policies, died yesterday at the age of 99, state media said. The state-run digital publication The Paper, citing Wan’s son, said he

Police say they fatally shot 3 Uighur terror suspects

Police in northeastern China said yesterday that they fatally shot three minority Muslim Uighurs in a confrontation with suspects they described as terrorists who were using knives to resist arrest. Police also injured

College kid’s secret stock trade shows mainland’s moral hazard

Lu Tao can’t sleep. He gets bouts of panic at night. And he’s too afraid to tell his parents why. The 23-year-old university student in Hangzhou has a stock-­market problem. He

State media slams human rights lawyers as rabble-rousers

China’s state media yesterday accused more than two dozen human rights attorneys rounded up in recent days of being troublemakers intent on illegal activism as foreign governments and rights groups expressed

Beijing urges Philippines to ditch its South China Sea case

China urged the Philippines yesterday to ditch its attempt to solve South China Sea territorial disputes with an international tribunal and instead negotiate with Beijing directly, following the arbitration panel’s latest request for

U.S. calls on Party to free detained human rights lawyers

The U.S. State Department urged China to release human rights advocates detained by Communist Party authorities in recent days and accused of conspiring to “create social chaos.” State Department spokesman John

Tibetan lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche dies in prison 

Tibetan lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche has died in prison 13 years into serving a sentence for what human rights groups say were false charges that he was involved in a

Gov’t accuses trading firms of manipulating stocks

Authorities accused securities firms of manipulating stock prices during China’s market plunge and launched a crackdown yesterday against unlicensed companies that financed speculative trading. The moves appeared to be aimed at

3 Uighurs get 6 years over terrorism in Indonesia 

An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced three members of China’s ethnic Uighur minority community to six years in prison after finding them guilty of conspiring with Indonesian militants, including a fugitive

David Chow’s Cape Verde project green lighted

The Minister of Tourism, Investment and Business Development of Cape Verde is due to visit China later this month to sign a contract for tourism investment with Macau businessman David

After evading lawsuits, counterfeiter gets US green card 

The Chinese woman has a history of selling counterfeit luxury goods. She has been sued in the U.S. by eight luxury brands. She owes Chanel Inc. USD6.9 million for selling

Typhoon pounds Shanghai with heavy rains; 1.1 million evacuated 

A typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people. Typhoon Chan-hom

Uighurs deported from Thailand wanted to join jihad, Xinhua says

China’s official news agency said that 109 ethnic Uighurs who Thailand deported to China amid international criticism that the refugees could face persecution had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq

Beijing city gov’t to move part of its functions to a suburb 

Beijing’s city government said yesterday that it is going to move part of its administrative functions out of the city center as part of a plan to better integrate the

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