Xi Jinping gets 62% pay rise to €1,580 a monthThe pay increase for civil servants is the first public hike since 2006Mon Jan 26 2015 - 22:30
Changes to ‘great firewall of China’ block censorship detourCrackdown on virtual private networks prevents users accessing full internetSun Jan 25 2015 - 20:20
Ousted Thai premier Shinawatra facing criminal charges‘Democracy is dead in Thailand, along with the rule of law’, says former leaderSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing slated in state media as unpatrioticAsia’s richest man and former ‘Superman’ portrayed negatively as ‘tiger’ speculatorSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00
Beijing aims to get commuters back on track to readingInitiative will offer subway passengers the chance to read classic books for freeThu Jan 22 2015 - 01:15
China at its slowest rate of expansion in 24 yearsEconomists speak of ‘new normal’ about getting world’s second largest economy on a more sustainable trackWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Four wheels only on this year’s models at Shanghai Auto ShowScantily clad models banished in crackdown on prurienceTue Jan 20 2015 - 00:01
China’s urban dwellers a potent draw for Irish firms seeking marketsBritish lobby group CBBC has lessons for Irish companiesTue Jan 20 2015 - 00:01
Hong Kong tries to redefine its role after democracy protestsAsia Briefing: narrow economy built on finance and property has added to city’s difficultiesMon Jan 19 2015 - 22:30
China’s anti-corruption crusade may be strategy to keep powerCommunist elite’s purges seen by some as pretext for removing rivalsMon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00
Leading figure in Chinese espionage at centre of anti-corruption investigationA clampdown on graft has been declared ‘a matter of life or death’Sat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00
Fewer applications in China than expected to have second childCouples may now have second child if either parent is an only childWed Jan 14 2015 - 01:00
Home of Beijing critic Jimmy Lai firebombedNextMedia founder has supported Hong Kong pro-democracy movementTue Jan 13 2015 - 01:00
China accelerates €950 billion worth of infrastructure projects to shore up growthAnalysts believe reform needs to accompany spending to boost world’s second biggest economyTue Jan 13 2015 - 00:01
WTO orders China to end its quota on rare earthsSystem of quotas have been in place since 1999Mon Jan 12 2015 - 22:30
BMW digs deep to compensate China dealersRetailers too confident of outlook for marketMon Jan 12 2015 - 22:30
Pro-democracy lawmakers walk out of Hong Kong council over election lawLegislators raise yellow umbrellas, a symbol of last year’s Occupy Central protests, and leaveThu Jan 08 2015 - 01:00
Nanjing’s top official investigated for corruptionCommunist Party secretary Yang Weize held during crackdownTue Jan 06 2015 - 21:02
Prediction: China’s growth will continue to slowMcKinsey’s Gordon Orr sees stagnating wages, less consumder demand, but innovation finally triumphingTue Jan 06 2015 - 00:01
Yashow counterfeit market closesDemand for fakes is foreigner driven, but cash-rich young Chinese want the real thingMon Jan 05 2015 - 22:30
China: Does breast size determine spending power?The larger the bust, the bigger the online spend – statisticians claim is rubbished in some quartersMon Jan 05 2015 - 22:30
Cleavage removed from ‘Empress of China’Drama was pulled for ‘technical reasons’ believed to be related to its racy costumesMon Jan 05 2015 - 01:01
North Korea responds to tighter US sanctionsNorth Korea says it had nothing to do with Sony hacking and accuses US of stirring up hostilityMon Jan 05 2015 - 01:00
Thousands gather in Shanghai to mourn 36 who died in stampedeMost of those who died were young women in Chinese city’s worst tragedy since 2010Sat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Shanghai New Year’s Eve stampede kills 36 peopleIncident happened after fake money thrown down from nightclub above the crowdThu Jan 01 2015 - 09:31
Search goes on even as hopes fade for lost AirAsia flightMissing Airbus with 162 people may have crashed into the Java Sea, rescuers sayTue Dec 30 2014 - 01:02
Search for AirAsia flight with 162 on board to resume at daybreakPilots had asked to change course to avoid bad weatherMon Dec 29 2014 - 01:00
Economic uncertainties ahead as China embraces ChristmasYuletide emerging as a part of the retail calendarTue Dec 23 2014 - 00:01
Facebook founder woos China’s internet tsarMark Zuckerberg meets Lu Wei as part of firm’s drive to break into ChinaMon Dec 22 2014 - 22:30
China leads world in illicit capital outflows, says reportMore than €1 trillion has left China illegally over 10 yearsMon Dec 22 2014 - 22:30
Cork’s Wilson Architecture wins design contract in China‘The rapidly expanding pharmaceutical sector in China offers huge potential’Tue Dec 16 2014 - 22:30
President Higgins’s visit ensures access for Irish companiesXi Jinping, Huawei and Alibaba among big names to the fore during state visitTue Dec 16 2014 - 00:01
Enterprise Ireland stresses need for local presence in ChinaCompanies warned not to come in for quick buck but to commit to marketMon Dec 15 2014 - 22:30
‘It looked like village had been picked up by some angry giant’Irish Times reporter in region recalls destruction caused by December 26th tsunamiMon Dec 15 2014 - 14:01
President Higgins meets Alibaba chief executive Jack MaIDA explores ways to attract Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to set up operations in IrelandSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
President speaks of trade as China visit reaches ShanghaiChina is Ireland’s sixth most important market for food and drink exports, Higgins saysThu Dec 11 2014 - 16:26
Higgins and Xi: meeting of minds and kindred spiritsIreland and China set stage for next chapter of especially promising relationshipTue Dec 09 2014 - 20:02
President Higgins and Xi Jinping enjoy productive talksAffinity set to form sound basis for next stage of developing Sino-Irish relationsTue Dec 09 2014 - 20:00
Michael D Higgins invites Chinese president back to IrelandXi Jinping visited Ireland in 2012, including Cliffs of Moher and Croke ParkTue Dec 09 2014 - 11:24
Occupy Central protests may be boosting tourism in Hong KongTotal visitor numbers up 12.6 per cent compared with last yearTue Dec 09 2014 - 00:01
President Higgins promotes Irish business on China tripState visit includes Beijing, Shanghai and HangzhouTue Dec 09 2014 - 00:01
China getting more corrupt despite crackdown, transparency survey findsChina falls 20 places to 100th in Transparency International annual surveyMon Dec 08 2014 - 22:30
President invokes Oscar Wilde during China addressMichael D Higgins travels to Great Wall during high-profile state visitMon Dec 08 2014 - 18:05
Higgins begins state visit to China with tour of Forbidden CityMission will include meetings with top political and business leadersSun Dec 07 2014 - 16:08
China Today: Dilemma for leadership as Hong Kong and Taiwan seek changeProtests in Hong Kong and Taiwan elections reveal resentment of mainlandFri Dec 05 2014 - 21:28
China Today: Human rights less important than prosperity to party eliteChina is giving contradictory signals, with legal reforms accompanied by crackdownsFri Dec 05 2014 - 21:25
Tighter Han-Uighur links could pave way for New Silk Road trade initiativeProject will offer investment opportunities as well as energy and resources exchangesFri Dec 05 2014 - 01:00
China Today: Xingtai, one of the world’s most polluted citiesWhile toxins belch from power plants, children in nearby Beijing compare brands of maskWed Dec 03 2014 - 19:00
China Today: Shanghai represents economic metamorphosis of world’s second largest economyTue Dec 02 2014 - 19:44
China Today: Beijing’s problematic relationshipsDispute between China and Japan over Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is but one in a long listTue Dec 02 2014 - 01:01
