China seals off remote area after three plague deathsTHREE TIBETAN herdsmen have died of pneumonic plague, one of the deadliest diseases known to man, in a remote part of northwest…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Steel workers clash with riot policeCHINA HAS seen several serious disturbances this weekend as people take to the streets to express their anger at perceived corruption…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
First panda cub born using frozen spermSUMMER IS panda baby time, and the Chinese media is full of feel-good stories about the birth of cubs at various zoos and research…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
China admits that police killed 12 in Urumqi riotsCHINESE SECURITY officials have admitted that police officers killed 12 people during rioting in Urumqi, the first acknowledgment…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Chinese authorities put death toll from ethnic clashes at 184CHINESE AUTHORITIES have raised the tally of dead in last week’s ethnic clashes in Xinjiang province to 184, as the number of…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Warning of more deaths from Chinese ethnic riotsBEIJING’S TOP Communist Party cadre in the restive province of Xinjiang has warned that the death toll from ethnic violence in…Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Climate change hitting poor ChineseCLIMATE CHANGE in the world’s most populous nation is making some of the poorest people in China even more impoverished and could…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Great Leap Forward in time is hours too fast for China's UighursLETTER FROM KASHGAR : Mao Zedong’s order that China adopt a single time zone is emblematic of totalitarian governmentMon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Beijing says 17 released Guantánamo Uighurs are terrorists who US should hand back to ChinaCHINA SAYS 17 Uighurs from Xinjiang province, released from custody in Guantánamo and now being sent by the United States to …Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
China plans to censor personal computersCHINA IS planning to introduce new rules which would require all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1st to be …Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
North Korea's 'Dear Leader' chooses third son as heirNORTH KOREA’S mysterious leader Kim Jong-il has named his youngest son, a Swiss-educated skiing and basketball fan, as his successor…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
China captivated by tale of a young waitress who fought backBEIJING LETTER : Chinese citizens, tired of endless abuses, have championed the victim of an attempted rapeFri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Thailand promises summit will not end in disasterTHAILAND’S GOVERNMENT has promised that a meeting next month of Asian leaders on the tourist island of Phuket will not end in…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Amnesty calls on China to stop harassing quake familiesHUMAN RIGHTS group Amnesty International has called on the Chinese government to stop intimidating the parents and relatives …Mon May 04 2009 - 01:00
China rolls out 'patriotic education' campaign to beat downturnBEIJING LETTER: After almost 60 years in power, the Communist Party knows how to keep public opinion on trackWed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Aso visit to shrine for Japan's war dead angers ChinaCHINA HAS expressed its anger over Japanese prime minister Taro Aso’s offering of a potted tree to the controversial Yasukuni…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Democracy now the bad guy for martial arts star Jackie ChanHONG KONG kung fu supremo Jackie Chan is famous worldwide for beating up the bad guys, but the action star is unlikely to use…Mon Apr 20 2009 - 01:00
Satirising of Chinese patriotism is no laughing matterBEIJING LETTER: There are some who take satirical articles a little too literally, missing the irony completelyFri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
Power PlayGREEN ENERGY: The head of one of the world's biggest photovoltaic companies describes how alternative energy is transforming…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
China's superpower ambition will be fully on view at summitG20 SUMMIT: THE CHINA the world will see at the G20 summit is going to give people a shock – the most populous country on earth…Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Taiwan coalition efforts rocked by senior government official's slur on 'primitive' island populationA SENIOR Taiwanese government official has caused a major embarrassment for President Ma Ying-jeou’s efforts to build a diverse…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Sensitivities over Tibet keep parade off capital's streetsBEIJING: WITH SENSITIVITIES high over the first anniversary of the Tibetan riots, mid-March is not a good time to hold a parade…Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Chinese leader rejects calls for electoral reformCHINA WILL never become a Western-style multiparty democracy, and will stick to the principles of socialism with Chinese characteristics…Tue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
US envoy to talks urges North Korea to tone down rhetoricWASHINGTON’S SPECIAL envoy to talks aimed at resolving the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula has urged North Korea to…Tue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
Buyer will not pay for Chinese antiquesIN THE latest twist in the increasingly bizarre tale of two bronze antiques claimed by China, a Chinese collector announced yesterday…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Chinese internet surveillance tsar arrested for graftCHINA’S TOP surveillance tsar has been has been arrested for taking bribes and framing a business rival, a move that has inspired…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Chinese internet surveillance tsar arrested for graftCHINA’S TOP surveillance tsar has been has been arrested for taking bribes and framing a business rival, a move that has inspired…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Gridlock nightmare - Beijing hits 3.6m carsBEIJING TRAFFIC OVERLOAD: THERE IS no end in sight for gridlock nightmare, dire congestion and terrible pollution in Beijing…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Singapore's swift recoverySINGAPORE: A SMALL country facing the biggest recession in its short post-colonial history, one which threatens newfound wealth…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
The urban jungle takes on new meaning in architectureSINGAPORE: The island nation of Singapore will soon host an ambitious effort to make urban centres environmentally sustainable…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
China launches plug-in carBEIJING: Chinese battery firm turned carmaker BYD leapfrogged its international rivals with the launch of China's first homegrown…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
New evidence of wartime sex slavery set to heighten tensions with JapanRELATIONS BETWEEN Beijing and Tokyo are warmer than they have been for years, but the publication of new evidence about women…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Democrat Party economist faces challenge as new Thailand PMABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, the leader of Thailand’s Democrat Party, became prime minister yesterday and there were hopes that the 44-…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Thailand's Democrat Party set to governTHAILAND'S DEMOCRAT Party looks likely to form a government today, with opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva tipped to become …Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
German journal's Chinese strip club gaffeCHINESE CHARACTERS look dramatic and beautiful, and have a powerful visual impact, but make sure you get the meaning of the characters…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Thai king's illness casts pall of uncertaintyTHAIS LIT candles to celebrate their beloved king's birthday yesterday, after weeks of unrest in the southeast Asian country, …Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
China decries Dalai Lama call for autonomyCHINA HAS issued its latest strong rebuke to calls for more autonomy by the Dalai Lama, saying the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Chinese police told to keep a lid on economic protestsTHE CHINESE government has urged police and local authorities to keep a lid on social unrest and safeguard stability after a …Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Thousands of China earthquake parents apply for permission to have another childSIX MONTHS after the Sichuan earthquake that left 88,000 people dead or missing, thousands of people are applying for government…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Relations between China and Taiwan take historic turnWARMER RELATIONS between self-ruled Taiwan and mainland China took a historic turn yesterday when President Ma Ying-jeou became…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
You're never too old to find love onlineINTERNET DATING is not the exclusive preserve of the youngTue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Signs of global slowdown affecting ChinaTHE GLOBAL economic slowdown is starting to make an impact on China, the world's biggest industrial production centre.Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
China extends Olympic freedoms for foreign reportersCHINA HAS extended rules introduced for the Olympic Games allowing foreign reporters to move and interview people freely throughout…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Fiery Chinese dragons buck slowing art market trendsA TREASURE trove of rare imperial objets d'art from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), including an emperor's seal and a scroll painting…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
A beeline for prosperityPHILIPPINES: INNOVATION IN the Philippines is for the bees. Honeybees to be exactMon Oct 06 2008 - 01:00
It's 'necessary' for China to land a man on the moonBEIJING: COLONEL ZHAI Zhigang had barely closed the hatch inside the capsule after his historic 13-minute space walk high above…Mon Oct 06 2008 - 01:00
Pledge to improve Chinese food safetyCHINA: PREMIER WEN Jiabao promised to improve Chinese food safety as the impact of a scandal over toxic milk that has killed…Mon Sept 29 2008 - 01:00
Chávez to bolster oil links with ChinaVENEZUELA / CHINA: PRESIDENT HUGO Chávez arrived in Beijing yesterday on a visit to cement ties between Venezuela and China, …Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Shelly lifts the gloom with victory over local favourite WangIT WAS raining in Beijing but there were no clouds to mar the view inside the Fencing Centre yesterday as Team Ireland pocketed…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
'Cash for corpses' gang arrested in ChinaCHINA: POLICE IN the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have arrested members of a "cash for corpses" gang suspected of …Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
