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Top ranked Chinese official to ‘listen’ to HK demands as independence calls grow
World
May 17, 2016
Top ranked Chinese official to ‘listen’ to HK demands as independence calls grow
A top ranked Chinese official began a rare visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday vowing to listen to residents' political…
Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing
Business
May 13, 2016
Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Thursday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, a move that…
No big bang, but quiet reforms reshaping China’s oil and gas sector
Business
May 12, 2016
No big bang, but quiet reforms reshaping China’s oil and gas sector
Expect no radical "big bang" in China's shake-up of its giant state-run energy firms, but a series of experimental and…
China to relocate 2 million people in struggle to banish poverty
World
May 10, 2016
China to relocate 2 million people in struggle to banish poverty
China, fighting to stamp out poverty, will this year move more than two million of its poorest citizens from remote,…
Vietnamese girls smuggled into China as child brides
Life & Style
May 9, 2016
Vietnamese girls smuggled into China as child brides
"When I woke up I didn't know that I was in China."Lan remembers the night that changed her whole life.…
China trains ‘fishing militia’ to sail into disputed waters
World
May 1, 2016
China trains ‘fishing militia’ to sail into disputed waters
The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan island is getting everything from military training and subsidies…
China passes law tightening controls on foreign nonprofits
World
April 28, 2016
China passes law tightening controls on foreign nonprofits
China passed a law Thursday tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations by subjecting them to close police supervision, a move…
China and Turkey vow greater anti-terrorism cooperation
World
April 27, 2016
China and Turkey vow greater anti-terrorism cooperation
Turkey will not allow its soil to be used for activities that damage China's security, the two countries' foreign ministers…
India cancels visa to exiled Uighur leader, draws opposition rebuke
World
April 25, 2016
India cancels visa to exiled Uighur leader, draws opposition rebuke
India said on Monday it had withdrawn a visa to an exiled Uighur leader whom China has long branded a…
Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island
World
April 18, 2016
Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island
A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has…