China

For hackers, China is a land of opportunity

24 May

A driving force behind spread of hacking is government’s practice of keeping surveillance on anyone deemed suspicious

Greying China to tap rural elderly to care for those even older

20 May

QIANTUN (China) — Two years short of 70, Mr Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager — washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and...

On HK shelves, illicit dirt on China’s elite

20 May

HONG KONG — Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room in Hong Kong filled with forbidden delights: Shelves of scandal-packed exposes of their...

Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties

19 May

NEW DELHI — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China’s new premier headed to India today (May 19) for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up...

55 killed in deadly China rainstorms

18 May

BEIJING -- Rainstorms that battered southern China this week have killed 55 people and left 14 others missing, Chinese authorities said today (May 18.

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

18 May

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...