European firms facing ‘increasingly hostile’ environment in ChinaSurvey by EU Chamber regrets long-heralded reforms not coming throughTue Jun 07 2016 - 09:24
Seeing new trends at Shanghai consumer showCES Asia focused on the Chinese middle classes obsession with technology and travelMon Jun 06 2016 - 09:30
Philippine’s Rodrigo Duterte urges public to kill drug dealersPresident-elect says he ‘supports’ shooting dead of narcotics dealers who resist arrestSun Jun 05 2016 - 18:47
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen crackdown anniversaryNo public displays of commemoration in Beijing as victims’ families still seek resolutionSun Jun 05 2016 - 18:17
Activists in Hong Kong shift focus to local democracyTiananmen Square protests are no longer relevant to some in the former UK colonySat Jun 04 2016 - 02:00
West brought racism to China, says country’s state mediaEditorial in Global Times says racist washing powder ad was ‘careless mistake’Fri Jun 03 2016 - 16:06
China’s Xi Jinping stresses friendly ties with North KoreaUS treasury further restricts Pyongyang’s access to the international banking systemThu Jun 02 2016 - 16:56
Aung San Suu Kyi moves to end sectarian violence in MyanmarViolence between Buddhists and minority Muslims casts shadow over democratic reformWed Jun 01 2016 - 17:52
North Korean media backs Donald Trump for US presidencyEditorial calls billionaire ‘wise’, ‘far sighted’, says voters should not elect ‘dull Hillary’Wed Jun 01 2016 - 09:35
Xi Jinping urges China’s leaders to deal with ageing population challengeThe number of China’s over-60s has just passed 220 million peopleTue May 31 2016 - 22:14
Trials in Hong Kong revive memories of 2014 democracy protestsDemonstrator severely beaten by police jailed for resisting arrest and assaultTue May 31 2016 - 17:44
China debates nationwide smoking ban amid fears of a rollbackAnti-smokers want Beijing rules adopted nationwide but tobacco lobby is strongTue May 31 2016 - 17:19
Chinese washing powder firm apologises for racist videoFirm initially blamed foreign media after advert sparked allegations of racismSun May 29 2016 - 18:07
China promotes tourism to disputed South China Sea islandsWeddings, fishing and scuba diving will all be available on islands in geopolitical hotspotSun May 29 2016 - 17:11
China’s Cultural Revolution: 50 years on, memories are vividChairman Mao Zedong’s ideological purism shook China and scarred its peopleSat May 28 2016 - 01:00
Hong Kong activist convicted of assault on policeKen Tsang, allegedly beaten by police in 2014, faces up to two-year sentence on MondayFri May 27 2016 - 18:14
Ad where black man ‘washed whiter’ sparks race rowAdvertisement for Qiaobi washing detergent sparks multiple complaints about racismFri May 27 2016 - 13:48
Chinese media warns US not to meddle in South China Sea disputeBeijing responds sharply to Obama’s lifting of a long-standing arms ban on VietnamWed May 25 2016 - 17:10
South Korea invents ice cream-based hangover cure‘Hang in there’ bar contains raisin tree fruit juice to soothe ‘hardships of employees’Tue May 24 2016 - 17:49
Philippine president-elect rebukes Catholic ChurchRodrigo Duterte says he will allow burial of Ferdinand Marcos in heroes cemeteryTue May 24 2016 - 17:27
Irish campaign to encourage more Chinese touristsWinning a relatively small part of market will boost job creation and regional developmentMon May 23 2016 - 05:39
Tsai Ing-wen sworn in as Taiwan’s first female presidentRegion watching closely to see how relations in China will turn outFri May 20 2016 - 13:08
Chinese fighters intercept US spy plane over South China SeaChina’s media responds angrily to ‘blatant provocations against maritime interests’Thu May 19 2016 - 16:35
Hong Kong steps up security as Beijing’s man comes to callZhang Dejiang’s visit is first by a Chinese official since pro-democracy protests in 2014Tue May 17 2016 - 16:39
Chinese state media breaks silence on Cultural RevolutionFifty years on, newspaper editorials admit ‘grave mistake’ but emphasise looking aheadTue May 17 2016 - 12:59
China attacks MEPs rejection of market economy statusEU parliament says China must reform its economy and reduce state influenceTue May 17 2016 - 12:27
Irish delegation on a mission to attract more Chinese touristsNumber of Chinese visitors reached 45,000 in 2015, says Tourism Ireland’s Niall GibbonsTue May 17 2016 - 01:00
The Cultural Revolution: a storm that swept through ChinaFifty years ago, Chairman Mao sought to wipe out all traces of China’s pastMon May 16 2016 - 16:23
New Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte’s bark worse than his biteThe 71-year-old champions minorities’ rights but fears of return to bad old days remainMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Tourism Ireland leads trade delegation to China to tap outbound touristsGoal is to increase number of Chinese visitors to 50,000 next yearSun May 15 2016 - 18:01
China blames media ‘barbarians’ for Queen Elizabeth rowBeijing says relations with UK not damaged by queen’s reference to ‘rude’ officialsThu May 12 2016 - 12:22
Queen says Chinese officials were ‘very rude’ during state visitQueen overheard telling police commander about Chinese premier Xi Jinping’s visitWed May 11 2016 - 08:34
Autonomous taxis get closer to reality as tests set to beginMIT spin-out hopes to bring driverless cabs to Singapore to reduce trafficWed May 11 2016 - 01:00
Kim Jong-un oversees giant rally in Pyongyang to end congressCongress linked expansion of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to economic growthTue May 10 2016 - 12:17
Hardline Rodrigo Duterte poised for huge win in PhilippinesExit polls indicate the mayor got 13.7m votes with competitors coming in at 8m and underMon May 09 2016 - 18:12
Chinese export slump revives fears about economyDebt levels and broader global economic anxieties weigh on sentimentMon May 09 2016 - 10:19
North Korean leader plans to step up nuclear programmeKim tells Workers’ Party congress years that North Korea won’t take a strike-first attitudeMon May 09 2016 - 08:57
BBC journalists expelled from North Korea arrive in BeijingIrish producer Maria Byrne among group accused of calling leader Kim Jong-un ‘corpulent’Mon May 09 2016 - 08:00
Chinese landslide leaves 41 construction workers buriedTorrential rainfall causes landslide in Fujian province on Sunday morningMon May 09 2016 - 07:40
Rodrigo Duterte leads polls ahead of Philippines electionDivisions among opposition may hand presidency to man known as the PunisherMon May 09 2016 - 01:00
‘Kill! Kill! Kill!’ China’s army uses hip-hop to lure recruitsPeople’s Liberation Army’s macho video part of strategy in period of huge restructuringThu May 05 2016 - 14:47
Apple loses battle in China over use of iPhone trademark on leather goodsSetback highlights how hard it can be to do business in the planet’s second-largest economyThu May 05 2016 - 08:00
‘Donald Trump of the Philippines’ poised for election winRodrigo Duterte supports public executions, extra-judicial killings – and gay rightsWed May 04 2016 - 15:08
Seven arrests after China wrecking crew attacks villagersLocal government official resigns after footage emerges of baton assaults on residentsWed May 04 2016 - 09:00
China investigates search engine Baidu after student’s deathWei Zexi (21) sought treatment for rare form of cancer on China’s equivalent of GoogleTue May 03 2016 - 08:04
Older Chinese generation gets reborn as childcarersMigrant working patterns leave more than 60 million rural children without parentsFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
China passes strict new law controlling foreign NGOsPolice get sweeping powers to monitor overseas not-for-profit organisationsThu Apr 28 2016 - 16:06
China will never allow chaos and war in Korea, says Xi JinpingChinese president urges ally North Korea to rein in nuclear ambitionsThu Apr 28 2016 - 14:40
Demise of ‘Iron Rice Bowl’ brings social change in ChongqingSome 1.8 million workers in state-owned steel and coal sectors will lose jobs in ChinaThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu dies aged 79Veteran activist, who was jailed for 19 years, campaigned against ‘laogai’ labour campsWed Apr 27 2016 - 16:43
