Fujian | Blast at chemical plant in Zhangzhou injures at least 6

Six people were hospitalized and hundreds of firefighters deployed to fight a hydrocarbon fire following an explosion at a plant in southern China that produces the toxic chemical paraxylene, officials

South China Sea | Xi welcomes top Vietnamese delegation to mend ties

China has welcomed a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation of Communist Party officials and Cabinet ministers on a visit to mend ties following strains over rival territorial claims in the South China

Beijing to keep track of its tourists’ unruly behavior abroad

China says it will try to convince its citizens to behave themselves while traveling abroad by requiring authorities back home to keep records of people doing anything illegal or inappropriate

Xinhua | Focus Booming city clusters, new growth engines

Newly approved measures to create more city clusters could be new engine for China’s economic growth and urbanization. The State Council, China’s cabinet, unveiled a plan to develop city clusters along

Defense secretary says US opening new phase of Asia pivot

The Obama administration is opening a new phase of its strategic "rebalance" toward Asia and the Pacific by investing in high-end weapons such as a new long-range stealth bomber, refreshing

Thailand | 4 men killed in raid in the south were not insurgents

Officials in Thailand's violence-plagued south say four men who were killed during a recent raid by government security forces were not insurgents, and that the authorities involved should be prosecuted. Police

Malaysia | Parliament revives detention without trial with new law

Malaysia revived detention without trial when lawmakers approved an anti-terror law yesterday that the government said was needed to fight Islamic militants, but critics assailed as a giant step backward

Philippines | Gunmen abduct mayor of coastal town in Zamboanga

Armed men have abducted the mayor of a southern Philippine town from her house and fled with her on motorboats, officials said yesterday. Five armed men kidnapped Mayor Gemma Adana of

Kenya Massacre | Attack victims had big plans for life

He was a soccer player with a fighting spirit, a talented keyboard player with "golden fingers" who was intent on succeeding in life, his guardian said. But Bryson Mwakuleghwa, a

USA | Dean: Rolling Stone story rife with bad journalism

Rolling Stone's "shock narrative" about a culture of sex assaults at the University of Virginia was rife with bad journalistic practice, and "Jackie," the student at the center of the story,

Africa | Kenyan airstrikes hit suspected militant camps in Somalia

  Kenyan warplanes bombed militant camps in Somalia, officials said yesterday, following a vow by President Uhuru Kenyatta to respond "in the fiercest way possible" to a massacre of college students

This Day in History: 1986 Eastwood voted mayor by landslide

The turnout was double the norm in the picturesque seaside town, 80 miles (128 kilometres) south of San Francisco. The 55-year-old Hollywood star got nearly three-quarters of the vote. He polled 2,166

Offbeat: Cambodian cinema puts brakes on ‘Furious 7’ competition

A cinema chain in the Cambodian capital has apologized for what it called a “Fast and Furious Competition,” which was criticized for encouraging participants to drive fast and post online

Olympics | Tokyo turns focus to delivering ‘sustainable’ 2020 Games

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have promised the most innovative, impeccably run and "sustainable" games ever. With just a little more than five years to go, doubts are growing

Athletics 2004 | Olympic hurdles champ Liu Xiang confirms retirement

Former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang confirmed his retirement yesterday, citing age and injuries 2 1/2 years after his last race. The 31-year-old Liu wrote in a lengthy statement on his

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 – edition no. 2286

* Little Miss Violet | The craft of fashion blogging * Authorities suggest at-home parenting * Two fires break out at residential buildings * Labor activists emerge from China’s migrant workers   DOWNLOAD

World Views: China’s shift to ‘soft power’ brings backers to investment bank

The Chinese government can scarcely believe its own luck. Heaping Asian insult upon Capitol Hill injury, last week Benjamin Netanyahu committed Israel to join Beijing’s new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. While

The Buzz: Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that he does not object to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare. The

World Briefs

CHINA Seven members of a family on a holiday outing in southern China drowned when a 17-year-old girl fell into a reservoir and several relatives dove in after her in

Prince Harry meets Australian public at start of army trip

Britain’s Prince Harry joked and chatted with an enthusiastic crowd yesterday at his only scheduled public appearance during a monthlong embedment with Australia’s army, declaring pride in his ginger hair

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