Chinese production and export of police equipment primarily used for torture, such as electric shock wands and neck-and-wrist cuffs connected by a chain, has grown dramatically, enabling human rights violations
The findings led by scientists at two British universities show the scale of the challenge of reining in emissions damaging the climate. They estimate that humans already have spewed into
Thousands of Hong Kong college and university students boycotted classes yesterday to protest Beijing’s decision to restrict voting reforms, the start of a weeklong strike that marks the latest phase
Three police officers and four other people have been convicted of torturing suspects to obtain confessions, China’s official state news agency reported, in a rare instance of prosecution of the practice. One of
A U.S. meat supplier said yesterday it is laying off most of the workforce of a Chinese subsidiary accused of selling expired beef and chicken to McDonald’s, KFC and other
At least two people were killed and dozens injured by a series of blasts in China’s Xinjiang province, state media reported, ahead of a verdict in the trial of Ilham
Two days after announcing the end of her momentous tennis career in an open letter to friends and fans, Li Na entered her farewell news conference with the appearance of
Taiwan evacuated more than 2,700 people from endangered areas as Typhoon Fung-Wong, which left at least 10 dead in the Philippines and caused Manila’s worst flooding in two years, approached
Liu Min stands a few feet from an Apple store in Beijing hawking something that can’t be bought inside: the new iPhone 6. While the device debuted yesterday in the U.S.,
The Dalai Lama praised Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday for being “more realistic” and principled than his predecessors, a day after Xi’s three-day visit to India ended. The Tibetan Buddhist
Residents of a town in southern China who oppose a planned trash incinerator have protested for a second weekend and the local government promised not to proceed without public approval. People “illegally gathered”
China’s police ministry yesterday said 88 fugitives wanted on charges of corruption and other economic offenses have been extradited or returned on their own from the United States and other countries
A Muslim Uighur scholar accused of separatism sought to show yesterday that his writings and classroom lectures, including rhetoric saying Chinese are dragons and Uighurs are wolves, were not a
The total length of railways in Hong Kong will increase by about 38 percent to more than 300 kilometers when the new lines are completed in 2031, the government said
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in the Indian prime minister’s home state of Gujarat yesterday for a three-day visit expected to focus on India’s need to improve worn out infrastructure
A high-profile Muslim Uighur scholar and government critic denied allegations that he engaged in separatism as he went on trial yesterday in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, where authorities say terrorists
Police in Beijing have formally arrested the son of Hong Kong martial arts film star Jackie Chan on suspicion of allowing other people to consume drugs, a charge that carries
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Sri Lanka yesterday to forge closer ties and help launch a USD1.4 billion port city project funded by his government. Xi, the first Chinese leader to
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to India this week highlights subtle shifts in the regional power dynamic that are bringing warmer ties between the two Asian giants, challenging China’s traditional relationship with
The Chinese exploration rig at the center of a tense maritime standoff with Vietnam earlier this year has made its first deep sea gas discovery in the politically volatile South
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