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

HONG KONG | Protesters say bring on tear gas in vote tussle

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists say they want police to use tear gas and water cannon on them if China doesn’t meet their demands for the election of the city’s next

State targets ordinary Uighurs with beards, burkas

Outside a mosque in China’s restive west, a government-appointed Muslim cleric was dodging a foreign reporter’s question about why young men of the Uighur ethnic minority don’t have beards when one such

Beijing executes Tiananmen Square attackers on terrorism charges 

Last year’s attack, in which the driver died alongside his mother and wife as passengers as well as three bystanders, was a sign that the violence the government blames on

Gov’t defends ‘Top Gun’ jet intercepting US Navy plane

China’s Defense Ministry rejected U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet’s risky intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft in a “barrel roll” style maneuver reminiscent of the film ‘Top Gun’

Authorities shut down Beijing Independent Film Festival 

Chinese authorities blocked an annual independent film festival from opening Saturday, seizing documents and films from organizers and hauling away two event officials in a sign that Beijing is stepping

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