China announced yesterday that users of blogs and chat rooms will be required to register their names with operators and promise in writing to avoid challenging the communist political system, further
China yesterday cut the minimum level of reserves its banks are required to hold in a new move to reverse a deepening economic slowdown. The reduction will make more money available for
Rescuers used a crane to hoist a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital late yesterday as they searched into the night for 18 people missing in
French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, who fell out of favor in China after portraying Chinese troops invading Tibet, said he had “incredible freedom” to turn best-selling book “Wolf Totem” into a movie at
The worst-performing cities were in the country’s north adjacent to Beijing, with the Hebei province industrial center of Baoding just to the southwest coming in dead last, according to a
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. resolved its problems with China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce “at the first stage,” billionaire founder Jack Ma said during a speech in Hong Kong. The SAIC’s
When street sweeper Ding Quan, 58, paused to warm himself at a roadside fire after putting in a hard shift in driving snow, little did he suspect that it would
Alibaba Group is planning to pump HKD1 billion into a not-for-profit foundation aimed at boosting entrepreneurship among Hong Kong’s younger population, international IT website ZDNet reported yesterday. According to an article
China says its annual Lunar New Year gala TV show is all set to go international. State broadcaster China Central Television says it’s making rights available to foreign broadcasters for the first time, and
China Minsheng Banking Corp. shares fell after President Mao Xiaofeng resigned and a magazine reported that he’s being investigated by Chinese authorities. Mao stepped down for “personal reasons,” the bank said
China and India reaffirmed their warming ties Friday following U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi that underscored Beijing’s complicated relationship with both countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed India’s External
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marched through Hong Kong’s streets yesterday in the first major rally since mass protests ended last year. Chanting “No fake universal suffrage. I want genuine universal suffrage,”
China’s education minister has issued a stern warning against threats to communist ideological purity in higher education, saying Western values must never be permitted to infiltrate the classroom. Yuan Guiren reiterated the
Chinese authorities are offering up to 300,000 yuan (USD50,000) for tips on terrorism activities in the Himalayan region of Tibet, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. China’s recent efforts to fight
“There will be much more downside for pure Hong Kong plays because people are buying China on a potential rate cut and a more stable economic outlook,” said Steven Leung,
Apple, which posted 70 percent revenue growth in China last quarter, may get another boost from the shopping season tied to the Chinese New Year in February. The holiday, which falls
Fan Hua of Shanghai’s family planning commission said this week that far fewer people than expected had taken advantage of a recent rule change that lets more households bear a
The First Circuit Court of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), inaugurated in Shenzhen City in Guangdong province, will mainly handle major administrative, civil and commercial cases which should be heard
Investigators have found that 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters or participated in activities deemed harmful
The yuan passed the Canadian and Australian dollars in popularity in December, according to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which provides communications between financial institutions and companies. It
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