Chelsea apologise to Chinese people over Kenedy postsPlayer was booed by Chinese fans after comments posted on social mediaSun Jul 23 2017 - 17:20
China stands firm as pressure grows to release late Nobel laureate’s wifeLiu Xia has been detained at home since Liu Xiaobo won the peace prize in 2010Fri Jul 21 2017 - 17:12
North Korea shrugs off sanctions to grow at fastest pace since 1999Mining and manufacturing, as well as nuclear programme, boosted economyFri Jul 21 2017 - 12:59
Sexist car ad provokes online outrage in ChinaAudi clip features a woman being examined like an animal by her future mother-in-lawWed Jul 19 2017 - 15:59
China GDP growth tops forecasts on strong investmentAsian economy grew 6.9 per cent in second quarter from year earlierMon Jul 17 2017 - 06:57
Controversy as Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s ashes scattered at seaChina says his wife Liu Xia is ‘free’ but her friends are worried for her safetySun Jul 16 2017 - 15:27
Controversy as Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s ashes scattered at seaChina says his wife Liu Xia is ‘free’ but her friends are worried for her safetySun Jul 16 2017 - 14:46
The ‘mistress hunters’ saving marriages from infidelityKeeping errant spouses from affairs with ‘little thirds’ is big business in ChinaSat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
Hong Kong court expels four pro-democracy parliamentariansLegal move to oust lawmakers changes balance of power in legislatureFri Jul 14 2017 - 19:19
Friends bid farewell to Liu Xiaobo as calls grow for wife to be allowed leaveChinese dissident’s last words to his wife Liu Xia were ‘Live on well’Fri Jul 14 2017 - 18:47
Liu Xiaobo profile: Freedom of expression a fundamental right‘To strangle freedom of speech is to trample on human rights, stifle humanity, suppress truth’Thu Jul 13 2017 - 17:16
Jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo diesNews of democracy proponent’s death prompts rage online among rights activistsThu Jul 13 2017 - 16:54
North Korean leader’s wife back on scene after long absenceKim Jong-un’s spouse spotted at celebration for promoted missile agency chiefThu Jul 13 2017 - 13:44
Xi Jinping tightens grip on power ahead of Communist Party congressAutumn gathering expected to name Xi Jinping in pantheon of great Chinese leadersThu Jul 13 2017 - 01:00
Germany rebukes China over footage of Liu Xiaobo’s treatment posted onlineOne clip of ailing Nobel winner shows doctors praising cancer care he is receivingTue Jul 11 2017 - 23:04
China and US step up co-operation over North Korean nuclear crisisPresident Xi reiterates Chinese view that dialogue is needed to resolve standoffMon Jul 10 2017 - 19:46
Chinese tech tycoon sticks to electric cars as he quits troubled LeEcoJia Yueting says he’ll pay back his debts and will survive to disrupt the auto industryFri Jul 07 2017 - 12:45
Trump tensions push China and Germany closer at G20Will champions of globalisation Xi and Merkel stay united in face of America First policy?Thu Jul 06 2017 - 16:00
China invites foreign medical experts to help treat Nobel laureate Liu XiaoboDecision to invite US and German doctors comes before G20 meeting in HamburgWed Jul 05 2017 - 13:51
‘High possibility’ North Korea will test nuclear weapons againKim Jong-un tells US it sent a ‘package of gifts on its Independence Day’ after missile testWed Jul 05 2017 - 10:04
North Korea fires rocket into Japanese waters ahead of G20Trump: ‘N Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do?’Tue Jul 04 2017 - 12:02
Twenty years on, uncertainty lingers over Hong Kong handoverHong Kong Letter: Contrasting styles then and now, but Beijing is far more assertiveTue Jul 04 2017 - 01:00
China’s Xi warns Trump of ‘negative factors’ in US relationsDonald Trump calls Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe to discuss relations with North KoreaMon Jul 03 2017 - 18:25
Alternative views on... Hong Kong 20 years after the handoverA regular Irish Times selection of challenging writing on world affairsMon Jul 03 2017 - 11:30
Hong Kong handover anniversary marked by protestsActivists demand democracy 20 years after transfer of territory from Britain to ChinaSun Jul 02 2017 - 16:59
Taiwan scrambles fighter jets over Chinese vesselAircraft carrier passes close to the island en route to anniversary events in Hong KongSun Jul 02 2017 - 15:54
Hong Kong marks 20 years since handover to ChinaThousands of protesters gather to demand more democracy despite Chinese president’s warningSun Jul 02 2017 - 12:41
Xi warns Hong Kong democrats against crossing red lineTens of thousands attend march as Carrie Lam sworn in as territory’s chief executiveSat Jul 01 2017 - 18:20
Jim McGuinness joins ‘Green Invasion’, but who are Beijing Guoan?With a new coaching team in place, the next step for Beijing Guoan is some big signingsFri Jun 30 2017 - 21:15
China puts on military display amid heightened Hong Kong tension‘Comrades, you are diligent and hard working’: Xi Jinping inspects troopsFri Jun 30 2017 - 11:02
Analysis: China seeks to ease fears as Hong Kong handover anniversary loomsGrowing fears of eroding freedom after two decades of Chinese ruleThu Jun 29 2017 - 17:18
China’s leader ‘thrilled’ to be in Hong Kong for handover anniversaryWave of protests expected as Xi Jinping arrives for first visit as Chinese presidentThu Jun 29 2017 - 11:17
China woos Hong Kong youth with rap ahead of handover anniversaryYoung people in Hong Kong remain sceptical about ‘one country, two systems’ modelWed Jun 28 2017 - 21:43
China’s Xi in first official Hong Kong visit for handover anniversaryLeader will attend events to mark 20th anniversary of reversion to Chinese ruleMon Jun 26 2017 - 19:46
Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate paroled on medical groundsLiu Xiaobo diagnosed with terminal cancer of the liver, his lawyer saysMon Jun 26 2017 - 09:40
China builds ‘glorious trustworthiness’ with new social credit systemBig Brother fears as China uses big data to make people behave themselvesMon Jun 26 2017 - 01:00
China: Hopes fade for survivors after deadly landslide hits villageAuthorities say 25 people dead with 93 still missing in Xinmo, Sichuan provinceSun Jun 25 2017 - 12:07
Lower sentence for Chinese man who stabbed loan sharkYu Huan's life sentence slashed to five years as he was defending his mother's honourFri Jun 23 2017 - 20:20
Ousted Korean president’s aide jailed for corruptionChoi Soon-sil receives three-year sentence for soliciting favours for her daughterFri Jun 23 2017 - 18:13
China’s banking regulator targets firms investing heavily overseasCompanies under scrutiny include HNA, owner of Irish leasing firm AvolonThu Jun 22 2017 - 16:44
Senior North Korean diplomat raises possibility of talks with USNorth Korea’s ambassador to India says US joint drills with South Korea must endThu Jun 22 2017 - 16:12
Trump thanks China for North Korea help but says it hasn’t workedAnger over death of US student Otto Warmbier ahead of US-China security talksWed Jun 21 2017 - 17:25
North Korea accuses US of ‘mugging’ diplomats at airportDelegation ‘literally mugged’ in ‘illegal and heinous act of provocation’ in New YorkMon Jun 19 2017 - 07:46
Changing attitudes to Ho Chi Minh City’s unpaid domestic workIrish-funded scheme in Vietnam teaches men their responsibilities at home and in kitchenMon Jun 19 2017 - 01:00
War against gender discrimination still waged in VietnamGender stereotypes consign women to doing the bulk of unpaid domestic workSat Jun 17 2017 - 05:00
HNA sues fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui over corruption allegationsChinese company that owns Irish aircraft leasing firm Avolon files defamation lawsuitFri Jun 16 2017 - 12:52
Chinese police say kindergarten blast that killed eight was a ‘criminal act’Two people died immediately in explosion that may have been caused by a gas canisterFri Jun 16 2017 - 09:56
At least seven killed in explosion outside kindergarten in ChinaReports say no children among the dead after blast blamed on cooking cylinder accidentThu Jun 15 2017 - 14:05
China-led investment bank approves €290m in projectsMultinational lender approves its first equity investment in Indian infrastructureThu Jun 15 2017 - 09:21
High fees deterring emigrants from sending kids to Irish universitiesSurvey finds Irish in Asia feel discriminated against for having to pay non-EU feesWed Jun 14 2017 - 11:15
