Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng , whose flight to the US embassy in Beijing last month caused a diplomatic crisis, will leave for the United States within a few days, according to ...
MARITIME DISPUTE Philippine President Benigno Aquino has intervened to stop a flotilla of fishing boats heading to a disputed South China Sea shoal as the Philippines and China discuss easing a ...
Lai Changxing , once the mainland's most-wanted fugitive, has been jailed for life by a court in Fujian for running a huge smuggling operation and leading a bribery ring.
Legco president Tsang Yok-sing was wrong to put the brakes on a filibuster during a debate on a controversial election bill on Thursday, the High Court was told yesterday.
A secondary school in Sichuan that was rebuilt using about HK$4 million in Hong Kong donations after the 2008 earthquake is to be demolished, reportedly to make way for a luxury residential complex.
Chinese makers of solar power equipment saws their share prices tumble after Washington imposed tough new duties on panel parts exported to the US. The decision to introduce duties of more than 31 per ...
Three retired party officials - including the daughter of a revolutionary - have called for top communist leaders to disclose their finances in the latest sign of mounting pressure for reform ahead of ...
Lanxin Xiang disagrees with the forecast of rocky Sino-French ties under the newly elected president, Francois Hollande. Instead, he says, Nicolas Sarkozy's exit could pave the way for ...
12:37pmA growing chorus of world leaders on Friday pushed for a shift toward more pro-growth policies to help ease a European crisis that threatens to oust Greece from the euro zone and reverberate ...
CANNES – DAY 3Endless screenings, interviews and lunch meetings take their toll on Clarence Choi on his third day at Cannes, which has taken on an distinctly 80s flavour.
12:21pmThe Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.
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