China exhibition to mark war against Japan opens in BeijingThe key message is a warning against what China sees as Japan’s revived militarismMon Jul 13 2015 - 00:59
China targets rights lawyers as crackdown on activists widensAt least 52 lawyers and activists detained or questioned, says Amnesty InternationalSun Jul 12 2015 - 18:12
China stocks rise again after government interventionMore than $3 trillion has been wiped off the Chinese stock market in recent weeksFri Jul 10 2015 - 13:31
The great fall of China?The Chinese stock market is surprisingly parochial, and its collapse may not have the global fallout many fearFri Jul 10 2015 - 09:07
Chinese stocks rise after Beijing moves to prop up marketBenchmark Shanghai index sees biggest daily rise in six yearsFri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00
Fears for global economy as Chinese shares fall againCrisis could be worse than Greece as value of shares down by 30% since mid-JuneThu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
China’s share market continues to tumbleMarkets remain unsettled after premier Li Keqiang fails to address stock market crisisTue Jul 07 2015 - 17:16
Irish Chamber in Hong Kong introduces mentorship programmeProgramme will run for six months initiallyTue Jul 07 2015 - 00:01
Countries sign up for China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment BankAIIB is a sign of China’s growing influence in the regionMon Jul 06 2015 - 22:30
China nears completion of airstrip on disputed islandAirstrip will facilitate most Chinese military aircraft landing in Spratly archipelagoThu Jul 02 2015 - 20:31
Shrinking Great Wall of China prompts calls for preservationPoor conditions and theft of bricks for houses do more damage than Mongol hordes didThu Jul 02 2015 - 01:00
China planning megalopolis with 100m peoplePlans in place to link up capital Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province into a giant urban zoneTue Jun 30 2015 - 00:01
Chinese billionaires’ children schooled in social responsibilityChildren of the nouveau riche among the worst traffic violators and also seen as spoiledMon Jun 29 2015 - 22:30
Asia Briefing: Chinese data glitch may overstate growthGDP deflator may be giving a skewed picture of real economic pictureTue Jun 23 2015 - 00:01
Maserati showroom shutters in Beijing as austerity bites‘New Normal’ economy a tough environment for high-end luxury supercarsMon Jun 22 2015 - 22:30
Hong Kong vetoes Beijing plan for electoral reformCommunist Party embarrassed as ruling council votes against ‘fake democracy’Fri Jun 19 2015 - 01:00
EU Chamber sees members cutting jobs as China economy slowsMore than half of European companies are still optimistic about growth prospectsTue Jun 16 2015 - 00:01
Chinese rail giants merge into world’s second biggest industrial firmCRRC will be serious competition for General Electric, Siemens, Alstom and BombardierMon Jun 15 2015 - 22:30
Warren Buffett’s food for thoughtOracle of Omaha to talk investment strategy over steaks with online gaming boss, winner of eBay charity bidMon Jun 15 2015 - 22:30
Chinese rail giants merge into world’s second biggest industrial firmCRRC will be serious competition for General Electric, Siemens, Alstom and BombardierMon Jun 15 2015 - 22:30
China’s former security chief sentenced to life for corruptionZhou convicted of taking €18.5m in bribes and giving state secrets to fortune tellerFri Jun 12 2015 - 07:55
China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life in prisonYongkang is the most senior member of the Communist Party yet to be punishedThu Jun 11 2015 - 12:11
British data trafficker released early from Chinese jailConsultant Peter Humphrey’s case connected to GlaxoSmithKline corruption scandalWed Jun 10 2015 - 19:10
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi makes awkward visit to ChinaFighting with rebels on Burma’s border with China places strain on relationsWed Jun 10 2015 - 17:13
Six-winged drone raises stakes in China’s exam cheating obsessionAlmost 10 million students sit high-stakes college entrance exams known as ‘gaokao’Tue Jun 09 2015 - 19:02
Hong Kong issues travel warning over Mers virusOutbreak in South Korea puts pressure on president Park Geun-hye to postpone US visitTue Jun 09 2015 - 17:48
China’s Wuhan shifts away from steel as economy slowsThe city’s efforts to diversify and reinvent itself are an example of the ‘new normal’Tue Jun 09 2015 - 00:01
KFC sues firms over eight-legged chicken allegationsOwner Yum! is seeking €220,000 in damagesMon Jun 08 2015 - 22:30
South Korea and China ink groundbreaking trade pactPact could create more than 50,000 jobs in South KoreaMon Jun 08 2015 - 22:30
Beijing report praises human rights progressDespite crackdown on dissent, Chinese government is upbeat on its own recordMon Jun 08 2015 - 18:36
China’s greenhouse gas emissions could fall within 10 yearsEarlier fall in greenhouse gas emissions would be big boost towards protecting climateMon Jun 08 2015 - 17:53
Relatives mourn 430 who died on China’s Yangtze‘I know you will not come back, but I really hope I could see you one last time’, one of 14 survivors says of his wife as ships’ horns soundSun Jun 07 2015 - 19:18
Death toll mounts as China rights capsized shipMore than 340 passengers missing from capsized cruise ship on Yangtze RiverFri Jun 05 2015 - 16:18
Tiananmen Square massacre’s significance is undiminishedAnniversary of killing of pro-democracy protesters always a tense time in ChinaThu Jun 04 2015 - 17:48
Relatives of cruise ship victims clash with authoritiesOfficial death toll in sinking of ‘Eastern Star’ in China rises to 75, but more than 360 still unaccounted forThu Jun 04 2015 - 16:21
Relatives of missing passengers kept in dark as China steps up search operationDoubts expressed about ‘Eastern Star’ captain’s version of how ferry sankThu Jun 04 2015 - 01:00
C&F toolmakers defrauded in Chinese bank scamC&F’s representatives complain of repeated refusals over six days to open case fileWed Jun 03 2015 - 01:00
More than 400 feared dead after Chinese ferry disasterTwelve survivors brought to shore from cruise ship hit by tornado in Yangtze RiverTue Jun 02 2015 - 17:36
Dog with two Apple Watches sparks outrage in ChinaSon of country’s richest man ignites succession debate with photographsTue Jun 02 2015 - 00:01
China introduces big cuts in import tariffs to stimulate growthTariff cuts aimed at making domestic prices more comparable with overseasMon Jun 01 2015 - 22:30
China grapples with moral lessons of the ‘tacky rich’ tuhaoChina’s nouveau riche account for much of the European luxury goods marketMon Jun 01 2015 - 22:30
China’s island-building ‘justified and reasonable’, says admiralBeijing’s South China Sea ambitions have made its neighbours anxiousMon Jun 01 2015 - 17:46
No ifs or butts: China launches fresh attempt to ban smokingStrict rules initially covering Beijing include ban on lighting up in indoor public placesSun May 31 2015 - 14:48
China’s most wanted fugitive arrested in the USEx-cadre Yang Xiuzhu accused of embezzling more than €36.5mFri May 29 2015 - 20:04
More than a million super-rich in China, report findsMany of the tycoons work in IT, biotechnology and alternative energy sectorsThu May 28 2015 - 21:01
China unveils plan to expand role of navyCabinet issues policy document highlighting ‘critical security domains’Tue May 26 2015 - 20:58
Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle campsAuthorities believe at least two camps were abandoned in the last two to three weeksTue May 26 2015 - 16:49
Luxury tourism on the riseAffluent Chinese and a weak euro are both big factors in sizzling luxury travel outlookTue May 26 2015 - 00:01
China shares riding highGovernment plans 10-year ‘Made in China 2025’ incentives to give technology a liftMon May 25 2015 - 22:30
Ex-Korean Air exec freed over ‘nut rage’Jailed Heather Cho became focus for anger at ‘chaebol’ industrial groupsMon May 25 2015 - 22:30
