HONG KONG | Support for Occupy Central waning, Benny Tai says

A leader of the pro-democracy group that threatened to occupy Hong Kong’s financial district said its strategy to win concessions from China on election reform had failed and that support

Mainland manufacturing growth slows in August

The government’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (MXAP) was at 51.1 for August, missing the median 51.2 estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The final reading of a separate manufacturing gauge from HSBC

3 children killed in knife attack at primary school 

A 40-year-old man stabbed students and teachers with a fruit knife at an elementary school in central China yesterday, killing three children and injuring six other people before jumping to his death,

HONG KONG | Beijing anti-dissent playbook may fail

China’s Communist leaders have pulled out their usual playbook to suppress resistance to their plans to tightly limit the first direct election of Hong Kong’s leader, but are likely to

Gov’t widens anti-graft drive in Shanxi

Ren Runhou, a vice governor and former head of Shanxi Luan Mining Group Co., and Bai Yun, a member of the provincial Communist Party standing committee, are being investigated for

Hong Kong | Protesters vow showdown over Beijing ‘puppet’ poll plan

Protest leaders in Hong Kong have vowed an era of civil disobedience that may bring chaos to the city as they accused China of betraying its promise to deliver greater

HONG KONG | Occupy Central activists to protest Beijing poll plan

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan to rally on Sunday against China’s proposal for electing the city’s next leader that campaigners expect will fall short of their demands for a genuine

HK graft cops raid pro-democracy media boss’s home 

Wielding search warrants, officers from the Independent Commission Against Corruption paid a morning visit to the homes of Jimmy Lai and Lai’s top aide Mark Simon, Simon said. The timing raised

Beijing, Vietnam say they’ll negotiate sea disputes 

China and Vietnam said yesterday they’re committed to negotiating maritime disputes to avoid a recurrence of tensions that spiked when China deployed an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi. The statement followed talks

Bus-truck collision death toll rises to 15

The casualty figure rose overnight after two bus passengers died from their injuries, according to a statement from the Guazhou county government in Gansu province. It said another of the

Fonterra to invest in mainland infant formula company 

Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, said it plans to take a stake of up to 20 percent in Beingmate, an infant food company based in Hangzhou. Fonterra said the two

Military training brawl spurs online outrage

The situation escalated at Huangcang Middle School in Longshan County, Hunan Province, where a total of 42 people, including 40 students, were hurt in a fight that occurred around 4:30 p.m.

TAIWAN | Fighters chase mainland jets a week after US incident

Taiwan sent fighter jets to tail two Chinese military planes that entered the island’s air space, a week after a close encounter between a U.S. and Chinese jet. “We responded immediately,

Gov’t courts documentaries as it limits expression

China is wooing filmmakers at the same time as it’s cracking down on them. Authorities are handing more slots to documentaries, giving even independent filmmakers a chance to be shown on state

HONG KONG | Judicial independence not undermined, Neuberger says

Hong Kong’s judicial independence hasn’t been undermined by China’s recent policy statement about the territory, Britain’s top judge David Neuberger said. “Judges here are as independent minded as those on the

Beijing deploys armed drone to multinational drills 

The drone, which wasn’t identified by type, carried out a successful mission in which it destroyed a mock enemy command vehicle with a missile, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted

13 killed in bus-truck collision 

on with a truck in the country’s northwest, killing 13 people and injuring many others. The Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred yesterday when the bus crossed the center divider of the

Xinjiang | Authorities ID teen as mastermind of imam slaying

An 18-year-old native of China’s troubled far western region of Xinjiang used incendiary videos and other multimedia to enlist followers and then masterminded the slaying of a pro-government Muslim leader, Chinese state

Zimbabwe seeks aid as Mugabe meets Xi

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping yesterday on a visit to China hoping the long-time ally and economic giant can help the African nation’s ailing economy. Mugabe, who has

Mainland adds cold water on ice bucket challenge

As of Friday, the campaign had raised more than 8.5 million yuan (USD1.38 million) for the China-Dolls Center for Rare Disorders (CCRD), a non-profit organization. The organization only received two

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