Chinese police arrest 1,000 in swoop on banned cultArrests come after five members charged with killing of a woman in a McDonald’sWed Aug 20 2014 - 21:24
Chinese president calls for home-grown new-media industryNew-media groups should be strong, influential and credible, says XiWed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00
China reprimands officials for ‘indiscipline’ including practising religionFifteen officials censured in Xinjiang provinceWed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00
Few signs of a slowdown in China’s busy citiesHard to feel bearish about the world’s second biggest economy in ShanghaiTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:30
Whetting China’s growing appetite for fine wineChina is now the biggest consumer of wine in the worldTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:20
Basketball star helps to stop shark fin tradePrice and sales of shark fin, long a mainstay at banquets, are down by 50 to 70 per cent in ChinaTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:15
Hard times for China’s cement industryCement output grew 3.6 per cent in the first half of this yearTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:10
Pro-Beijing protest in Hong Kong attracts tens of thousandsRally in protest at Occupy Central activists who are seeking direct electionsTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:00
Maverick Cork ruler won place in hearts of localsHong Kong Letter: Sir John Pope Hennessy never quite adjusted to empire’s rulesTue Aug 19 2014 - 01:00
We ‘do not come as conquerors’, pope tells communist Asian statesFrancis seeking to improve relations with China during visit to regionMon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00
All TV shows must reflect president’s China Dream ideology, says directiveFocus must be on patriotic storiesFri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00
From toymaker to Asia’s richest manLi’s empire includes the property firm Cheung Kong Holdings and conglomerate Hutchison WhampoaTue Aug 12 2014 - 01:15
Thailand’s junta gives the nod to China high-speed rail projectProject to boost China’s GDP, as well as those of the other countries involved, by €280 billionTue Aug 12 2014 - 01:10
China tightens rules on instant messaging servicesTencent has closed more than 100 public WeChat accounts, official news agency Xinhua reportedTue Aug 12 2014 - 01:05
Hong Kong court says Emperor boss can sue GoogleYeung wants Google to be made to remove the “defamatory” suggestions and to pay him compensationTue Aug 12 2014 - 01:00
British investigator goes on trial in China on data collection chargePeter Humphrey and his wife say they didn’t knowingly violate Chinese lawsFri Aug 08 2014 - 16:14
China releases rights activist Gao ZhishengGao is best known for his work defending Falun Gong adherents and other persecuted social groupsFri Aug 08 2014 - 01:01
China quake death toll rises to almost 600Over 4,000 residents evacuated in case lakes burst their banksThu Aug 07 2014 - 01:00
China investigating two Canadian nationals on suspicion of espionageSon of Christian activists Kevin and Julia Dawn Garratt says allegations are absurdWed Aug 06 2014 - 01:00
China steps up investigation of foreign firmsMercedes-Benz’s Shanghai office raidedTue Aug 05 2014 - 20:28
Asia’s richest man - Ka-shing - eyes Dublin investmentProperty firm led by Chinese tycoon is seeking to buy into Dublin-based Awas Aviation CapitalTue Aug 05 2014 - 13:53
Chinese premier visits quake site as rain hampers rescueLi urges rescuers to ‘spare no effort’ in finding survivors as death toll hits 398Tue Aug 05 2014 - 08:32
Easy cross-border crossing between Hong Kong and Shenzhen fuels simmering economyIrish entrepreneur Liam Casey is a big fan of Shenzhen, feeling it has the right blend of logistics and a growing sense of innovationTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:45
Shenzhen ramps up its retail therapy spacesTen malls to open in next two years as city tries to compete with Hong KongTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:30
China’s luxury boom offers opportunities for IrelandRise in market driven by young consumersTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:15
Microsoft in antitrust investigation in ChinaOffices in four cities raided by government investigatorsTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00
Beijing offers bounty for information on Uighur separatistsRelations between Uighurs and Han Chinese migrants fraughtMon Aug 04 2014 - 19:23
Earthquake in southwest China kills over 350 and injures at least 1,800Scores injured as thousands of homes are toppled in mountainous area of Yunnan provinceMon Aug 04 2014 - 01:01
Investigation of former security chief bold move by China’s president to cement powerAnalysis: inquiry into Zhou Yongkang a watershed moment in Chinese politicsWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:00
China investigates former security chief for corruptionHigh-profile case sends out message no one is immune from scrutinyWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:00
Latest food scandal involves overseas chains‘This is a wake-up call for Chinese consumers, who have long believed that foreign fast-food brands follow higher standards than domestic ones’Tue Jul 29 2014 - 01:45
Answer to China’s woes is blowing in the windChina is the world’s biggest producer of wind powerTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:30
BRICS add kick with development bankReaching a deal last week on the bank and the reserve arrangement took five years of talksTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:15
Chinese Q2 growth shows hard landing fears overdoneBoosted from tax breaks for small businesses and government investment in rail networks and public housing constructionTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:05
Chinese officials in Ireland for government trainingThe Senior Officials Training Programme is aimed at promoting and developing avenues for Ireland’s economic interests in ShanghaiTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Home from school at 1am in South Korea where education rulesGetting good results is such an obsession in South Korea that grinds are big business and Ireland could benefitMon Jul 21 2014 - 01:00
Malaysia reeling after second air disaster in five monthsThe crash of MH17 has prompted a wave of sombre soul-searching in the southeast Asian nationSun Jul 20 2014 - 16:57
Malaysia left reeling after second air disaster in five monthsPrime minister Najib Razak says perpetrators of Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy ‘must be swiftly brought to justice’Fri Jul 18 2014 - 21:31
State TV accuses bank of money launderingCCTV ran a show accusing Bank of China of offering money laundering service to wealthy clientsTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:30
South Korea cuts growth outlookConsumer spending has been hit by national outpouring of griefTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:15
HSBC report downgrades Hong Kong over protestsDemonstration was a powerful display of opposition to China’s efforts to control who will be Hong Kong’s chief executive after 2017Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:10
Gordon Orr on China, Ireland mattersOrr noted how Ireland is one of the very few European countries which runs a trade surplus with ChinaTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:05
Ancient tensions resonate in China’s Xinjiang provinceThe region accounts for just 2% of the country’s population, but its divisions run deepSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
City struggling to keep local Uighurs in checkYining: a hotspot of opposition to Beijing ruleFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:00
China’s president warns against unresolved Sino-US tensionsConfrontation would be disastrous, Xi Jinping says in BeijingThu Jul 10 2014 - 18:16
Security presence adds to tensions between Uighurs and Han ChineseMuslim factions feel their culture is under attack as Beijing cracks the whipThu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00
