China

55 killed in deadly China rainstorms

17 hours 13 min ago

14 others missing as downpour triggers floods, landslides in southern China this week

China's Huawei, ZTE cited by EU for trade violations

17 hours 54 min ago

NEW YORK -- Europe's top trade official for the first time late yesterday (May 17) officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for...

Xi takes charge of reforms, shuns stimulus: Sources

18 May

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the world’s second-largest economy, sources close to the government...

More time needed for labour reforms, says Foxconn

17 May

TAIPEI — Foxconn Technology Group said today (May 17) it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple said...

China’s Xi to drive sweeping economic reform

17 May

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy...

Protest in Kunming over S$4b oil refinery

17 May

KUNMING (China) — More than 2,000 people in the south-western Chinese city of Kunming yesterday protested against plans for a petroleum refinery in one of the country’s biggest...

Beijing downplays tensions with New Delhi before visit

17 May

BEIJING — China downplayed border tensions with India yesterday, days before the new Chinese Premier visits the neighbouring country on his first foreign visit since taking...

China steps up inspection of meat trade after fake mutton scandal

17 May

BEIJING — China has begun a crackdown on the sale of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food...

New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant

16 May

BEIJING - Hundreds of people took to the streets of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming today (May 16) to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery...