Accounts of wartime sex slavery in confidential Japanese documents released by ChinaInvasion of Nanjing chronicled in some of 111,000 documents from second World War releasedMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
China’s ‘People’s Daily’ in a flap over satirical tweetsSatirical Twitter account mocks bombastic, formulaic style of state media and officialsSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Japanese ship freed in Shanghai after wartime compensation paidCourt releases freight vessel after owner pays 2.9 billion Japanese yen in delayed rent and losses to Chinese firmSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Chinese human rights lawyer blocked from meeting German vice-chancellorLawyer Mo Shaoping not allowed to meet Merkel deputy Sigmar GabrielThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:01
Beijing auto show: Car firms pin hopes on ChinaCar makers are looking to China’s biggest auto show to help boost sales in this vast marketWed Apr 23 2014 - 01:00
Death toll in South Korean ferry disaster reaches 113Divers establish five underwater routes into wreck of ‘Sewol’ to search for bodiesTue Apr 22 2014 - 20:59
Fergie hopes for Asian interest in wine collectionChristie’s will handle sales in Hong Kong, London and onlineTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:08
Chinese gold demand to rise by 25% by 2017Strong rise in demand in China is driven by buyers getting ever wealthierTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:04
South Korea president says actions of ferry crew akin to murderOf 476 people on board the Sewol, only 174 passengers, including the ferry’s captain Lee Joon-seok and most of its crew, were rescuedTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:01
Electric cars centre stage at Beijing show as China tries to curb emissionsDaimler’s Denza eligible for local subsidies in ChinaTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
China’s crackdown on corruption continues to take some significant scalpsInvestigating very senior political figures is nothing short of dynamiteTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Transcript reveals indecision among Korean ferry crewCaptain among first to escape, recording shows, as 240 people still missingMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Thousands throng to Chinese car showBy end of year VW expects for first time to deliver 3.5 million cars to Chinese customersSun Apr 20 2014 - 17:53
Captain in Korean ferry disaster arrestedSchool vice-principal takes own life as hope fades of finding students aliveSat Apr 19 2014 - 08:57
Oliver Stone urges Chinese film-makers to address Mao eraDirector tells Beijing Film Festival that controversial historical issues such as the Cultural Revolution should be depictedFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Nearly 300 feared dead in South Korean ferry disaster325 of 459 people on board sailing to southern island of Jeju were high-school studentsThu Apr 17 2014 - 06:38
Record bear rescue from Chinese bile extraction farmAnimals Asia to transform farm into sanctuary, saving 130 bearsWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
Details of Chinese whistleblowers leaked onlineLeaked files included names, addresses, phone numbers and letters sent to police chiefTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Chinese artist sells jar of French air for €600Containers filled with air from Provence village of ForcalquierSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Communist Party expels senior figureGuo Yongxiang, a former deputy governor of Sichuan province, faces prosecutionFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Democracy not for China, says Xi JinpingPolitical systems of other countries would not suit Chinese, president says on Belgium visitWed Apr 02 2014 - 20:54
Chinese military latest target in growing crackdown on corruptionFormer general Gu Junshan charged with embezzlement, bribery and misuse of state fundsTue Apr 01 2014 - 19:27
China banks on rise of ‘redback’By the end of 2013, the yuan had risen to become the second-most-used trade financing currency and ninth-most-used currency for payments globallyTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:08
Analyst rules out ‘Lehman moment’China experienced its first ever corporate debt default this monthTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Land reform key to urban growth, says World BankMore needs to be done to enforce environmental regulations and reduce pollution-related health issuesTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Parallels drawn between Okinawa and IrelandIsland is also trying to come up with ways to position itself for the future as the 21st century unfoldsTue Apr 01 2014 - 01:00
Family of dead Galway man due in ChinaPolice in Jiaxing want to inform relatives before releasing details of Robert McHale’s deathSun Mar 30 2014 - 11:07
Irish man (23) dies in eastern ChinaFamily had sought assistance finding Robert McHale who went missing on MondaySat Mar 29 2014 - 12:31
China furious with Malaysia over way it handled missing plane crisisRelatives of MH370 passengers protest at Malaysian embassy in BeijingWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:01
Urbanisation seen as key to growthChina's economy is still likely to keep expanding, despite slowing expansion.Tue Mar 25 2014 - 01:10
China’s defence industry growsMilitary might, what it costs and what that means for security around the region is the subject of much debate right nowTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:06
Galway company Aerogen wins award for productMed tech firmchosen as Best Company for Innovation and Leadership at the 2014 IAIR Global Awards in Hong KongTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:03
Alibaba to steal a march with US debutE-commerce giant is expected to rank among the largest ever initial public offerings, raising as much as $15 billionTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Culture to feature ahead of controversy for Michelle Obama’s China visitAs US first lady meets counterpart Peng Liyuan, she is expected to steer clear of issues such as human rightsWed Mar 19 2014 - 17:34
Pressure grows on Malaysia as search for flight MH370 goes onAustralia alone searching area of 600,000 sq km for missing aircraftTue Mar 18 2014 - 22:12
Asia Briefing: Congress is not all old-school deputies stuck in the pastPremier Li Keqiang says growth target flexible in the face of choking pollutionTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:10
Asia Briefing: Where there’s muck, there’s brass – mostly in the East‘Junkyard Planet’ lifts the dustbin lid on China and the global trash tradeTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:05
Asia Briefing: Food safety scandals lift overseas brandsIreland still not in top 10 in terms of consumers’ awareness as a source, study showsTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:04
Asia Briefing: Asia high on agenda for Irish exportersIndia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia following closely behind ChinaTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:02
Underground Catholic bishop Joseph Fan dies at age of 97Shanghai bishop had suffered decades of imprisonment and house arrestTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
St Patrick’s Day festivities help Irish make a mark in AsiaMinisters on hand as national holiday is celebrated in China, South Korea, SingaporeMon Mar 17 2014 - 16:07
Search for Malaysia plane expanded significantly as mystery deepensFocus of investigation switches to passengers and crewMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:06
Great Wall goes green as relations with China growParades and other ritualistic celebrations of St Patrick’s Day in China point to strengthening links with IrelandMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:01
China’s annual rubber stamp parliament closes with reform pledgeNational People’s Congress overshadowed by Malaysia Airlines crashFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Search for missing jetliner widens to west Malaysian coastAuthorities play down possibility of terrorist attackWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Asia Briefing: PM Group wins Mandalay projectPM Group to co-operate with Asia Development BankTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:08
Asia Briefing: Tycoons gather at Communist Party congress in Beijing24-year-old Hong Konger is world’s youngest billionaireTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:05
Asia Briefing: China finance chiefs at Congress warn against obsession with growth targetsFlexibile goals in order once labour market stays stableTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:04
