Hong Kong | Police arrest defiant Tiananmen vigil leaders

Hong Kong police yesterday arrested four leaders of the group that organized the city’s annual Tiananmen Square commemorations after they refused to cooperate in a national security investigation, the group

China chases ‘rejuvenation’ with control of tycoons, society

An avalanche of changes launched by China’s ruling Communist Party has jolted everyone from tech billionaires to school kids. Behind them: President Xi Jinping’s vision of making a more powerful,

Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics

Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Winter

#MeToo | Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager

Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused by a female colleague of sexual assault, weeks after the case caused a backlash against the e-commerce firm

Hong Kong scraps quarantine for arrivals from Macau, mainland

Travelers arriving in Hong Kong from China and Macau will no longer need to quarantine, Hong Kong's top official said today, easing curbs imposed after summer outbreaks of the coronavirus

Weibo bans BTS fan account for illegal fundraising

Chinese social media platform Weibo banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days, saying it had raised funds illegally, days after photographs

Chinese star cuts ties with Swiss watch brand over Taiwan

Chinese singer and actor Lu Han, a former member of popular K-pop boy band EXO, said last weekend he would cut ties with Swiss luxury watch brand Audemars Piguet after

Hong Kong | Group behind Tiananmen vigil denies foreign ties

The group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong said yesterday it will not cooperate with police conducting a national security investigation into the group’s activities, calling

Xi attends 6th Eastern Economic Forum opening ceremony

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the plenary session of the sixth Eastern Economic Forum on Friday via video link in Beijing and called on

Xi unveils new measures to facilitate trade in services

President Xi Jinping yesterday unveiled a slew of new measures to facilitate trade in services in the country’s latest efforts to share its development opportunities and boost global economic recovery. China

Tech | Regulators order ride-hailing firms to correct unfair tactics

Chinese regulators have ordered ride-hailing platforms to correct unfair market tactics amid a broad crackdown on the internet sector that has spooked investors and shaved billions off the valuations of

US envoy Kerry says China crucial to handling climate crisis

China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to help hold back the rise in global temperatures, U.S. envoy John Kerry said yesterday. Kerry, a former secretary of state,

Taiwan | Island gets first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines after long delay

Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines yesterday after a prolonged purchasing process that gave rise to a political blame game with Beijing. Taiwan had been unable to buy the

STATEMENT | US origins tracing of Covid-19 by intelligence community harmful

Firstly, origins tracing by the US intelligence community of COVID-19 sets a bad precedent of politicizing virus origins tracing. Origins tracing of COVID-19 is a complex issue of science. It

US envoy Kerry due to talk on climate with Chinese officials

Chinese and U.S. officials plan to talk this week about reducing pollution by the world’s two largest economies — an area of potential cooperation between two governments whose relations are

Top Hong Kong singer loses concert venue amid crackdown

A popular Hong Kong singer and pro-democracy activist will not be allowed to perform at one of the city’s top theaters later this month, in an indication that a crackdown

Japan ministry seeks 2.6% defense hike amid China worries

Japan’s Defense Ministry yesterday asked for a 2.6% increase over this year’s record budget as it seeks to further strengthen the country’s military in the face of China’s growing assertiveness

PMI | Manufacturing sector slows as export demand weakens

China’s factory activity decelerated in August as export demand weakened, a survey showed yesterday. The monthly purchasing managers’ index of the Chinese statistics bureau and an official industry group declined to

China limits children to three hours of online gaming a week

China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down

Millennia-old tombs, artifacts unearthed in Guangzhou

Fifty-eight tombs and artifacts from the pre-Qin period (before 221 B.C.) have been unearthed from a site in Guangzhou, capital of the Guangdong Province. According to the Guangzhou Municipal Institute of

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