An investment in bitcoin promising a 150 percent yield. That’s what was being offered to more than 2,000 people last August in the grand ballroom of the Sheraton Macao Hotel,
The former chairman of the stated-owned parent of PetroChina Ltd., Asia’s biggest oil producer, was indicted yesterday in a spreading anti-corruption crackdown. Jiang Jiemin was charged with abusing his position at China National
Yahoo! Inc. is shutting down its office in China, a move that will eliminate 200 to 300 jobs, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Web portal, which
Days after Indonesia arrested four Uighur terrorism suspects in September in the country’s east, China dispatched three intelligence officers to ask authorities to hand them over. While Indonesia initially demurred, China
Youth groups in Taiwan are marking the anniversary of a movement that occupied the island’s parliament and scuttled the ratification of a trade pact with China, Taiwan’s biggest trading partner and
The Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest banks, oil producers and other government companies has announced plans to have outside auditors examine their foreign assets in a new move to tighten control
From March 2014 to February 2015, Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department detected a total of 4,986 cases of illegal export of powdered formula, involving the arrest of 5,000 people,
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday afternoon held a press conference telling the city’s media there was no domestic violence in his family home following allegations made by his
Germany, France and Italy followed Britain yesterday in announcing that they plan to join a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank, swinging Europe’s biggest economic powers behind a project that is
The Harvard president told students at one of China’s most prestigious universities yesterday that academic institutions must be unfettered places where every topic can be raised and every question asked to help
The vice chairman of China’s biggest state-owned energy company has become the latest prominent executive targeted by Communist Party investigators in a spreading anti-corruption campaign. Liao Yongyuan, vice chairman of PetroChina Ltd., is
The Hong Kong government gave final approval yesterday for a third runway at the Asian financial center’s airport, aiming to meet surging growth in passengers and air cargo. Officials said the
China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a
The Chinese military’s former second-highest ranking officer, Xu Caihou, who was being investigated on suspicion of taking bribes and brokering promotions, has died in a hospital of cancer, the state
China’s state-run television reported that Tata Motors Ltd.’s Jaguar Land Rover hasn’t handled an alleged fault properly, car dealerships inflate repair costs and China Mobile Ltd. enables fraudsters. Jaguar Land Rover’s
People in China who want to take industries to task for fouling their surroundings have been rushing to file complaints and lawsuits this year in a test of legal reforms that toughen
Li Keqiang expressed determination yesterday to press ahead with reforms meant to reduce the Chinese government’s role in the economy in hopes of spurring growth despite what he acknowledged would
Hong Kong’s residents shouldn’t fear that China is tightening its grip on the former British colony, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, adding that the government is committed to granting the
This city in China’s northern coal country hardly looks like it is in trouble. After three decades fueling China’s industrial boom, its wide, tree-lined avenues are filled with late model cars. Markets are crowded
It’s China’s biggest public political event of the year, but with little in the way of debate to report, local media have resorted to issuing photo galleries of attractive journalists or delegates
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