Tencent working to make WeChat remote control for your oven

Asia’s second-largest Internet company is working with appliance manufacturers and third-party developers to allow users to control home hardware from their phones and tablets, Chief Operating Officer Mark Ren said

Golf | France’s Levy leads BMW Masters in China

France’s Alexander Levy had five straight birdies in the middle of his round and finished with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the BMW Masters yesterday. Levy began the

‘Big Brother’ reality TV show to get mainland debut

A Chinese online video site says it is bringing the “Big Brother” reality TV show to China. Youku Tudou Inc. said a Chinese version of the program will run for

Renren, the mainland’s Facebook, suddenly has a Myspace feel to it

Renren was touted the Facebook of China when it debuted in New York in 2011. Today it’s looking more like online flameout Myspace. The stock has lost more than three quarters

Hong Kong | Beijing expels HK tycoon from CPPCC for criticism

A Hong Kong tycoon was expelled from China’s top government advisory body yesterday after he voiced doubts about the city’s Beijing-backed leader, who is struggling to end monthlong democracy protests. James

Report: Ports fail to regulate pollution 

China’s busy ports fail to regulate heavy emissions of sulfur oxide and other pollutants mostly from cargo ships although they’re the biggest source of air pollution in port cities such as Hong

Blogger’s sketchy anti-US facts draw mainland fans

So, dear Chinese reader, you still think the American Dream eclipses the Chinese one? Well, take a look at Zhou Xiaoping’s blogs and learn that in the U.S. you would have

Prosecutors indict former general on bribery charges

  Chinese prosecutors have indicted a former top military leader on bribery charges, state media said yesterday. Xu Caihou, former deputy chairman of the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Military Commission,

Hong Kong | Democracy protesters mark month as they face impasse

  Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters yesterday evening were marking a month since police used tear gas in a failed attempt to disperse them, as leaders debate whether to reopen discussions with

Beijing considers ending death penalty for 9 crimes 

China executes more people every year than the rest of the world combined, according to Dui Hua, a U.S.-based rights group that focuses on legal justice. The proposal to end the death

Top diplomat visits Vietnam to repair ties

China’s top diplomat was greeted warmly as he arrived in Vietnam yesterday to repair ties ruptured by disputes over the South China Sea. Relations between the two communist neighbors plunged to the lowest point

NPC supports citizens suing gov’t over land compensation

Courts will launch administrative proceedings if the government is sued for violating agreements on land and house compensation and commercial operations franchised by the government, according to a draft amendment

Lawmakers review first ever anti-terror law

China’s lawmakers yesterday began reviewing draft legislation to create the country’s first anti-terrorism law, after a series of attacks that authorities blamed on Muslim separatists in the Xinjiang region. The draft

New Afghan president to head to Beijing

The new Afghan president travels to China this week, signaling the pivotal role he hopes Beijing will play in Afghanistan’s future, not only in the economic reconstruction of the war-ravaged country after

World Views: Summers adds wrinkle to China’s Hong Kong crisis

Hopes that Hong Kong would one day transform China in its own image now seem foolish and futile. Beijing appears intent on making the former British colony look more like

Hong Kong | Protesters delay referendum amid differences

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, who have blocked major thoroughfares, snarled traffic and disrupted businesses in the city for more than a month, have delayed a planned referendum because of differences

Beijing, 20 other countries initiate new Asian bank

Twenty-one Asian nations have signed on to a China-driven initiative to create a new development bank for Asia that’s aimed at boosting infrastructure investment of all kinds. Beijing sees that as a

16 killed in Xinjiang coal mine collapse

A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, an official said Saturday, highlighting the persistence of safety problems in the industry despite a leveling off of demand. Another 11

Hong Kong | Exclusive election body at heart of protests 

It’s among the most powerful clubs in this city of enormous wealth and influence. Only 1,200 people are allowed in, and they decide who leads Hong Kong every five years. As

Zuckerberg speaks Mandarin, Beijing students cheer 

China may ban Facebook, but not its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who delighted an audience of students in Beijing with a 30-minute chat in his recently learned Mandarin Chinese. There was

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