Beijing auto show at full throttle despite economic slowdownSUVs are the hottest offering on the Chinese car market where premium brands are magnets for the new middle classWed Apr 27 2016 - 15:23
Letter from Chongqing: Corpses on the Yangtze and ghosts in the cityThis vast metropolis, as big as Austria, is finally laying the spectre of Bo Xilai to restTue Apr 26 2016 - 18:33
China accused of waging ‘lawfare’ on foreign NGOsControversial Bill will give Chinese police more power to restrict overseas charitiesTue Apr 26 2016 - 18:00
Something in the water? ‘Twin town’ makes headlines in ChinaSmall village of Banshang has produced 16 sets of twins in the past half centuryMon Apr 25 2016 - 16:04
North Korea hails ‘successful’ submarine missile testKim Jong-un claims country now capable of ‘hitting heads of S Korean puppet forces’Mon Apr 25 2016 - 01:00
China plans floating nuclear plants to power sea projectsSome 20 maritime atomic facilities could be up and running by decade’s end, report saysSat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Big Daddy Xi: Chinese president assumes new military titleXi Jinping underlines strength of leadership by taking on new role in world’s largest armyThu Apr 21 2016 - 10:42
China warns against ‘Dangerous Love’ with foreign spiesAnti-espionage campaign depicts civil servant ‘Little Li’ being wooed by handsome spyWed Apr 20 2016 - 09:18
Hundreds of children seriously ill at ‘toxic school’ in ChinaDiseases including cancer widespread at Jiangsu school at site of former chemical plantsMon Apr 18 2016 - 17:24
EU-China beef trade could reopen this yearAgriculture commissioner Phil Hogan says Chinese vets are auditing Ireland and five other countriesMon Apr 18 2016 - 16:06
Enter the Shamrock: Hong Kong hosts Film Ireland showcaseJohn Carney’s Sing Street strikes a chord as part of Hong Kong and Macau Irish FestivalMon Apr 18 2016 - 15:00
China’s finance minister says Donald Trump is ‘irrational type’Lou Jiwei says rhetoric in a presidential campaign should not be taken too seriouslyMon Apr 18 2016 - 09:27
China accuses North Korea of sabre-rattling after missile testNorth Korea tried to launch Musudan ballistic missile to mark birthday of Kim Il-sungSat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Tomb raider gang leader sentenced to death in ChinaLively trade in stolen cultural artefacts driving a boom in graverobbingFri Apr 15 2016 - 16:23
China first-quarter economic growth slowest since 2009GDP expanded 6.7% in first three months of the year to 15.9 trillion yuan (€2.18 trillion)Fri Apr 15 2016 - 07:23
Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China’s Communist partyOutlawed in 2015, China now says there is ‘no right or wrong’ about the playing of golfThu Apr 14 2016 - 10:11
Corruption theme drives ‘House of Cards’ success in ChinaCommunist leadership keen on exploits of shifty US president played by Kevin SpaceyWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:46
Chinese same-sex couple lose bid to marry legallyDozens turn out in Hunan to support couple in what is first case of its kind in ChinaWed Apr 13 2016 - 11:44
Stephen Hawking receives enthusiastic welcome to WeiboPhysicist treated like a rock star on China’s Twitter-style social networkWed Apr 13 2016 - 07:38
Chinese court to hear first transgender job discrimination caseMan surnamed Liu was born a woman and is suing for compensation and apologyTue Apr 12 2016 - 16:31
China expresses anger over G7 statement on maritime disputesBeijing says G7 should focus on economy, not on tensions in East and South China SeasTue Apr 12 2016 - 15:49
Just 20 per cent of China’s groundwater fit for humansContaminants include heavy metals and toxic organic pollutionsTue Apr 12 2016 - 09:04
Young Hong Kong activists launch Demosisto political partyMove by Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow expected to ramp up campaign for democracyFri Apr 08 2016 - 14:54
China’s ‘Great Firewall’ blocks its designerMore publications banned after Panama Papers link leadership to secret offshore firmsThu Apr 07 2016 - 20:45
Panama Papers: China silent on links to political leadersOffshore account revelations go unpublished in media, online discussion bannedThu Apr 07 2016 - 11:35
Panama Papers: China describes revelations about its leaders as ‘groundless’State media still largely ignoring the investigations into families of senior party leadersWed Apr 06 2016 - 09:23
Panama Papers: dealings by relatives of party figures in ChinaChina condemns papers as western conspiracy and censors reports of offshore dealsWed Apr 06 2016 - 01:00
China condemns Panama Papers as a ‘Western conspiracy’Censors in China restrict access to coverage of the leaked cache of filesTue Apr 05 2016 - 09:21
‘Ten Years’: grim future vision of Hong Kong wins top film prizeDystopian film set in 2025, and critical of Beijing rule, angers some in mainland ChinaMon Apr 04 2016 - 15:07
Millions in China sweep graves to honour ancestorsOfferings to the dead on first day of Qingming holiday include effigies of iPhonesMon Apr 04 2016 - 01:00
Richard Barrett opens door for China’s global property investorsFormer Treasury Holdings alumni Richard Barrett and Cormac Doddy are crowdfunding a Shanghai-based online start-up that taps into Chinese demand for property abroadSat Apr 02 2016 - 08:00
Chinese rich kids go on the rampageThe children of Chinese government officials and business tycoons are flaunting their parents’ huge wealth, getting into trouble and getting away with itSat Apr 02 2016 - 01:00
China warns against April Fools’ Day jokesThe caution adds to growing fears China is planning even tougher online restrictionsFri Apr 01 2016 - 10:21
China’s manufacturing activity rebounds in MarchChina purchasing managers’ index reaches highest level since AugustFri Apr 01 2016 - 08:56
China’s first gay-themed movie to open in cinemasDirector Wang Chao plays down theme after ‘Seek McCartney’ gets censor’s approvalFri Apr 01 2016 - 01:00
Standard & Poor’s cuts outlook on China government credit to ‘negative’S&P believes rebalancing the economy will take longer than expectedThu Mar 31 2016 - 12:59
Aung San Suu Kyi’s friend sworn in as Myanmar presidentNobel Peace Prize winner has vowed to rule ‘from above’Wed Mar 30 2016 - 19:51
Chinese man wrongly jailed for 23 years sues for compensationThe painter was arrested in 1992 after his landlord was found dead in a burned down houseWed Mar 30 2016 - 14:28
Growth forecasts cut for developing Asian economiesAsian Development Bank says India slowing but still a bright spot as China growth stallsWed Mar 30 2016 - 12:32
Chinese government plans census of ‘left-behind’ childrenOver 60 million migrant workers left offspring at home in urbanisation waveTue Mar 29 2016 - 19:12
Taiwan in shock after girl (4) beheaded in cleaver attackSuspect was attacked and beaten by an angry crowd as police led him awayTue Mar 29 2016 - 13:09
Red faces at Chinese university that booked wrong RothschildTsinghua University mistook Oliver Rothschild for a member of the banking dynastyTue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00
China cracks down on private earnings in the armyEnd sought to paid work from military hospitals and hotels in anti-corruption driveMon Mar 28 2016 - 16:51
China’s new hardware innovation hub – a magnet for Irish start-upsThis boomtown in southern China is fulfilling the state’s goal of transforming China into an innovative centreMon Mar 28 2016 - 07:00
China detains 20 over online letter calling for Xi Jinping to resignPost on state-backed website accused president of building a cult of personalityFri Mar 25 2016 - 13:57
Missing Hong Kong bookseller resurfaces, praises ChinaLee Bo insists he was not abducted after his wife reported him missing in recent monthsFri Mar 25 2016 - 10:35
Gone in 18 seconds: online store sells out million-yuan MaseratisItalian car-maker launches flagship store on Tmall with 100 Maserati SUV Levante vehiclesThu Mar 24 2016 - 09:28
German president slams communism during China visitFormer East German rights activist says people can never be happy in a dictatorshipThu Mar 24 2016 - 08:03
China to banish “bizarre” foreign place-namesIn China you can meet friends at ‘Manhattan Plaza’ and walk past ‘Venice’ and ‘Milan’Thu Mar 24 2016 - 06:44
Chinese police arrest 37 in illegal vaccine sales scandalSale of improperly stored or expired vaccines sparks widespread anger and fearWed Mar 23 2016 - 13:25
