Xinhua: Guangdong officials ‘buy corpses to meet cremation quota’

Two officials in Guangdong province have been arrested after they allegedly bought corpses from grave robbers to have them cremated, Chinese media say. They said they were trying to ensure government

Hong Kong | Protests promise political game change

Like thousands of young people from all over Hong Kong, secondary school teacher Li Hiu Fung had come out to the streets of this anxious city every night to demand

Experimental moon orbiter returns

China on Saturday successfully recovered an experimental spacecraft that flew around the moon and back in a test run for the country’s first unmanned return trip to the lunar surface. The eight-day

Hong Kong | British banker charged in double killing

Hong Kong police charged a British banker yesterday with killing two women, including an Indonesian whose body was found in a suitcase on the balcony of the man’s upscale apartment,

Beijing’s efficiency drive targets mahjong

According to an article by Patti Waldmeir, the move is the latest in a series of austerity measures implemented by President Xi Jinping to tackle corruption and improve efficiency in

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

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