China’s flagging economy gets a temporary boost as holiday travel returns to pre-pandemic levels

Chinese tourists jammed popular sites as travel bounced back to pre-pandemic levels during a recent eight-day national holiday, giving a temporary boost to China's flagging economy. The government said that tourism

The centuries-old card game of bridge offers a sharp contrast to esports

If you’re looking for another kind of esport to follow from the Asian Games, try the centuries-old card game of bridge. Here the “e”

Suzhou strives to attract students from Wuhan

When Wuhan University student Liu Wan started to head for the high-speed train station to travel to Suzhou, Jiangsu province, she was pleasantly surprised to find

Philippine boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in faceoff near disputed shoal

Two Philippine supply boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea this week in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some

Taiwan indicts two communist party members accused of colluding with China to influence elections

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted two leaders of the island’s tiny Taiwan People’s Communist Party on accusations they colluded with China in an effort to influence next

Lan Fo’an is new Party chief of Finance Ministry: reports

China has designated Lan Fo’an as the Communist Party chief of the Ministry of Finance, signaling his imminent promotion to the role of finance minister during

Taiwan launches first home-made submarine for testing, China condemns

Taiwan's leader launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing yesterday at a port in Kaohsiung. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will

Chinese ambassador says Australian lawmakers who visit Taiwan utilized by separatists

China's ambassador to Australia yesterday criticized Australian politicians who visit Taiwan, saying they are being utilized by separatists on the self-governing island. Ambassador Xiao Qian was

Defense minister has been MIA for a month, ministry declines to comment

A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said yesterday that he was “not aware of the situation” in the ministry’s first public comments on the disappearance of the defense minister

Giant panda Fan Xing leaves a Dutch zoo for her home country

Giant panda Fan Xing began a long journey home — to a country she has never visited. The 3-year-old was given a ceremonial send off

Xi says confidence ‘more valuable than gold’ in march toward rejuvenation

President Xi Jinping attended a grand reception held in Beijing to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and delivered an important

China accuses Taipei of using economic and trade issues to seek independence

The Chinese government yesterday accused Taiwan’s ruling party of seeking independence, a day after the self-governing island’s president lobbied for Australia’s support in joining a regional trade

China allegedly puts Evergrande’s billionaire founder in police custody: report

Hui Ka Yan, the billionaire chairman of  According to the report yesterday, Hui was “taken away by Chinese police earlier this month and is being monitored

With spying charges behind him, NYPD officer now fighting to be reinstated

A suspended New York City police officer who had been accused -- then later cleared -- of spying for China is fighting to be reinstated, but the department

China goes on charm offensive at Asian Games, but doesn’t back down from regional confrontations

A month before the Asian Games, China released a new national map, doubling down on its claims to almost the entire South China Sea and disputed border

India, US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows

India's army chief yesterday said the country was committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is

Philippine coast guard says it removed Chinese barrier in disputed shoal

The Philippine coast guard said it has complied with a presidential order to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats

Philippines vows to remove floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard at a disputed lagoon

Philippine officials vowed yesterday to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a disputed lagoon in the South

The chairman of city’s leading journalist group found guilty of obstructing a police officer

The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group was found guilty of obstructing a police officer yesterday in a court case that sparked concerns about the

Xi calls on Zhejiang to write new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization

President Xi Jinping has urged east China’s Zhejiang Province to strive toward writing a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist

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