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China Rights Lawyer Charged With Subversion
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who disappeared late last year has been officially charged with "subversion of...
China’s Ex-Statistics Chief Jailed For Life For Graft
China's ex-statistics chief was jailed for life on Wednesday for accepting 153 million yuan ($22.4 million) worth of...
Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on...
US Fears Nuclear Arms Race In Asia-Pacific
Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North...
From Coal Miner To Writer of China’s Hit TV Show
In the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, a 14-year-old coal miner bought a yellowing, torn copy of Honore de...
China Gasps At Airy Speech By Grad Student In US
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics...
How A Bollywood Movie Wrestled Its Way Into Chinese Moviegoers’ Hearts
A Bollywood film about a father who trains his daughters to become world-class wrestlers has broken a box office record...
‘Dangal’ Wrestles Its Way Into Chinese Moviegoers’ Hearts
A Bollywood film about a father who trains his daughters to become world-class wrestlers has broken a box office record...
Game Over? Taiwan’s Struggling Kuomintang
The Kuomintang party dominated Taiwan for decades with its wealth and an iron fist -- but now it is battling to keep a...
Nepal Signs Up To China’s New Silk Road Plan
Nepal on Friday signed up to China's new Silk Road drive, a massive infrastructure project spanning some 65 countries...
Chopstick Tips As Aussie Rules Takes On China
Australia's biggest spectator sport, Aussie rules football, will attempt to win fans in China this weekend when Port...
China Champions Globalisation With New Silk Road Summit
China hosts on Sunday a summit showcasing its ambitious drive to revive ancient Silk Road trade routes and lead a new...
More Trouble Ahead For Taiwan’s Tsai After Rocky Year
It has been a turbulent first year in power for Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen as relations with Beijing have soured...
Seven Anti-Corruption Activists Kidnapped In Baghdad
Armed men have kidnapped seven young Iraqi anti-corruption activists in central Baghdad, security sources and a civil...
Prominent Rights Lawyer’s Delayed Trial Opens In China
The trial of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer began on Monday without prior public notice, following delayed...
Young Couple Break 300-Year Chinese Village Curse
A stream little more than a metre wide separates them, but for at least three centuries a bitter rivalry pitted two...
China Targets Debt Risks, But Does It Mean Business?
China has launched perhaps its most concerted push yet to clean up a toxic brew of unregulated and risky lending...
World’s Only Tiananmen Museum Returns To Hong Kong
The world's first museum dedicated to China's Tiananmen Square crackdown will once again open its doors in Hong Kong...
Trial of China Human Rights Lawyer Delayed
A Chinese court indefinitely postponed the trial of a prominent human rights lawyer on Tuesday, his supporters said, in...