Republic of China

14 Dec 2012

When Su Chi, then the head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council coined the term "1992 consensus" in 2000 few could have expected it to become the guiding principle for Beijing's own cross-strait...

Disputed Chiang Kai-shek medal to go on sale in Hong Kong

22 Aug 2012

A medal said to have been presented to late Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and to have been buried with him is set to go on sale in Hong Kong - even though the government in Taipei has said "it...

State media warn Beijing will take action after Japanese arrests on Diaoyus

16 Aug 2012

China's state media issued a stark warning to Japan yesterday over interfering in the Diaoyus, with a Communist Party mouthpiece saying Beijing is prepared to take action to defend its sovereignty...

End China's state-led sports system

16 Aug 2012

The London Olympics have just ended and the memory of Chinese athletes giving their all to win honours is still fresh in our minds. Who can forget Liu Xiang's heart-wrenching fall in the hurdles...

Cross-strait operation smashes prostitution rings

8 Aug 2012

Taiwan and the mainland have jointly busted two people-trafficking rings that sent mainland women to the island as prostitutes.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Taipei, Beijing to boost investment protection

Taiwan and the mainland are to sign a crucial agreement tomorrow to protect the investments of mainland-based Taiwanese businessmen.

To get rich isn't glorious, it's downright dangerous

Paramount leader Deng Xiaoping is supposed to have said that 'to get rich is glorious'.

But in China today, glory comes as an extremely unwelcome adjunct to great wealth.

Out with the 'China cult'

China deserves congratulations: such a sprawling complicated country managed to publish its growth numbers for the second quarter on Friday, a mere 13 days after the end of the quarter.

Publisher rejects bias

The director of the National Education Services Centre, which published a booklet to be used for national education in schools, says calls to ban it are nothing more than political suppression and...

Islanders vote to allow Taiwan's first casino

Residents of the Matsu islands voted in favour yesterday of opening Taiwan's first legal casino.

Nearly 60 per cent of Matsu residents, a total of 1,795, voted 'yes' in a referendum...

Mainland car dealers fall up to 7.5pc

Hong Kong shares of major car dealers dropped yesterday after mainland officials played down reports that more incentives to boost the market were in the pipeline.