Irish dairy firms hope to milk some new opportunities in ChinaAs tastes change in China, and more dairy is eaten, Irish firms find their reputation helps them enter the marketMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Shortcut to becoming a Buddhist monk or nunCi’en temple in Zhejiang province offers three-month course and part-time vowsFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
China to investigate infant formula makers for possible price-fixingNestle, Danone, Mead Johnson Nutrition and Abbott Laboratories co-operating with inquiryThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Porn film shown accidentally on giant screen in ChinaTechnician’s error gives surprised public 10-minute viewing of ‘The Forbidden Legend: Sex and Chopsticks’Wed Jul 03 2013 - 17:24
Chinese law forces people to ‘visit and greet’ their ageing parentsLegislation requiring children to care for parents’ ‘spiritual needs’ criticised as too generalTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Elites behaving badly and other theories: why only some Asian states are ‘Tigers’A new book offers some plausible explanations on the patchy rate of economic success across AsiaMon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Crackdown on ‘separatists’ in western ChinaIncrease in police patrols follows unrest in heavily ethnic Uighur desert city HotanMon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
South Korean leader in Beijing for talks on North Korea’s nuclear armsPark Geun-hye and China leadership to push North Korea to rejoin nuclear disarmament talksFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
US businessman held in Chinese factory freed as pay dispute is resolvedMedical supplies plant co-owner says deal reached with workers over redundancy moneyFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Knife-wielding attackers kill 17 in XinjiangViolence takes place ahead of fourth anniversary of deadly Urumqi riotsThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
China faces controversy over wrongful executionMurderer Wang Shujin confesses to rape and murder for which Nie Shubin was executedWed Jun 26 2013 - 01:00
Activist Chen Chuangcheng arrives in TaiwanVisit to be used as platform to attack China’s human rights recordTue Jun 25 2013 - 01:00
China jails 11 Uighurs for ‘race hatred and religious extremism ’Sentencing comes ahead of fourth anniversary of Uighurs-Han Chinese riots in UrumqiFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
China targets environmental crimes by moving against serial pollutersDeath penalty could be imposedFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
North Korea and China in talks to repair frayed relationshipMeetings expected to focus on bilateral relations and tensions on the Korean peninsulaThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Asia Briefing: Boots and Walgreen players in consolidating pharma retail marketTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
China adopts measures to combat air pollutionReforms a response to concerns over industrial pollution and risk of more protests leading to undermining of social orderMon Jun 17 2013 - 01:00
North/South Korea talks collapseRow over make-up of delegations dashes hopes of an easing of tensionsThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:07
PCH to help get products to market fasterNew innovation centre to act as gateway between Silicon Valley and company’s operations in ChinaThu Jun 13 2013 - 01:00
Whistleblower Edward Snowden plans to fight any attempt to extradite himFormer spy says he will reveal further ‘explosive details on US surveillance targets’Thu Jun 13 2013 - 01:00
China launches manned space missionLong March 2F rocket carrying three astronauts blasts into orbit for country’s longest space tripWed Jun 12 2013 - 16:08
Hong Kong may not be safe haven for whistleblowerUS members of Congress call for extraditionTue Jun 11 2013 - 01:00
Brother-in-law of Nobel peace laureate sentenced to 11 years in prisonLiu Hui found guilty of fraud in property dispute and sentenced after cursory hearingMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
North Korea and South Korea hold first talks for more than two yearsAgreement reached on ministerial meetingSun Jun 09 2013 - 18:16
Slowdown in inflation and bank lending add to downbeat view of Chinese economyConsumer and central bank data indicate economy is stagnant after brief reboundSun Jun 09 2013 - 16:50
Death of mayor blamed for Tiananmen crackdownChen Xitong (82) had been on medical parole since 2006Thu Jun 06 2013 - 01:00
Tiananmen crackdown still a taboo topicYesterday marked the 24th anniversary of the massacre in ChinaWed Jun 05 2013 - 12:00
Tough times for European companies in ChinaRising labour costs and regulatory barriers are among the problems faced by foreign firmsTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:00
Shuanghui International buys world’s biggest pork producerSmithfield foods bought for €3.63 billionTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:00
Bangkok tops Asian domination of most-visited citiesThai capital edges out London by about 25,000 visitors last yearTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:00
Fire in Chinese poultry slaughterhouse kills at least 119Survivors say all exits in plant except one were lockedTue Jun 04 2013 - 01:00
Tiananmen mothers criticise Xi Jinping over lack of political reformFamilies of activists killed during 1989 protests say president is taking China ‘backwards’Mon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
