China’s Comac delivers first homegrown ARJ-21 jet to Chengdu AirlinesAircraft has domestic approval but lacks international certificationTue Jan 05 2016 - 04:00
Uproar in Hong Kong as dissident booksellers go missingDemocracy activist Agnes Chow slams ‘political suppression’ by Beijing in viral videoMon Jan 04 2016 - 16:28
Macau gambling paradise on bad streak as corruption targetedBeijing crackdown seeks to transform casino hub into place with wider appealFri Jan 01 2016 - 01:00
China expels French journalist over report on UighursUrsula Gauthier to return to Paris after Chinese government refuses to renew her visaTue Dec 29 2015 - 11:58
Year marked by robust tactics in South China SeaWorld review of the year: Fears of more US tension in 2016 on maritime ambitionsTue Dec 29 2015 - 05:00
Crackdown on corruption causes tremorsChinese authorities are on a mission to clean up financial marketsTue Dec 22 2015 - 04:00
China has biggest number of female billionaires in the worldEight of the top 10 richest self-made women in the world are from ChinaTue Dec 22 2015 - 04:00
Beijing smog proves a boon for electric carsChina set to overtake US as biggest electric car marketTue Dec 15 2015 - 04:00
Kim Jong-un’s Moranbong Band cancels Beijing showChina snubs North Korean pop group’s show after Kim’s hydrogen bomb boastMon Dec 14 2015 - 18:10
Scuffles at trial of China rights lawyer Pu ZhiqiangDiplomats also jostled as they try to gain entry to the three-hour trial in BeijingMon Dec 14 2015 - 17:55
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang set for trialAttorney who has represented dissidents faces eight years for ‘provoking trouble’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Chinese tycoon Guo Guangchang reported missingHead of China’s biggest investment describes himself as the ‘Chinese Warren Buffet’Fri Dec 11 2015 - 11:42
US ambassador to China urges end to crackdown on rights lawyersMax Baucus urges Beijing to see rights lawyers as partners, not enemiesFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:02
State Street sets up R&D programme with UCC and Chinese universityResearchers will study crypto-currencies and future investor technologiesThu Dec 10 2015 - 12:09
Isis seeks to boost recruitment in China with new songChinese-language war chant urges Muslims to pick up arms and sacrifice themselvesTue Dec 08 2015 - 12:45
Beijing issues first pollution red alert as smog engulfs capitalSchools closed until Thursday and measures put in place to improve air qualityTue Dec 08 2015 - 12:29
PwC survey shows number of ‘very confident’ CEOs is fallingAsia-Pacific CEOs less confident after financial market volatilityTue Dec 08 2015 - 04:00
Yuan gets stamp of approval from IMFChina loosens its tight grip on management of its own currencyTue Dec 08 2015 - 04:00
Ally of disgraced Chinese Communist Party leader dies in prisonBo Xilai’s associate, tycoon Xu Ming, was key witness in his high-profile trialSun Dec 06 2015 - 15:30
China says their commitments to cut emissions are ‘pragmatic’China aims to cut emissions in the power sector by 60 per cent within five yearsThu Dec 03 2015 - 10:05
Qinghai letter: following the steps of Bond author’s brotherThe Qinghai lake area is crucial to keeping China’s ecology aliveWed Dec 02 2015 - 05:00
IMF to add yuan to basket of reserve currenciesMove is seen as supporting China’s financial reformsTue Dec 01 2015 - 10:35
Smog casts a shadow over our family life in BeijingCOP21: The climate and me: An Irishman in China on face-masks, no-drive days and cancelled football matchesTue Dec 01 2015 - 06:00
Billionaire Ma may bid for ‘South China Morning Post’Hong Kong newspaper confirms offer from unnamed buyerTue Dec 01 2015 - 04:00
Northern Ireland looks for its own ‘golden age’ in relations with ChinaNI seeks to build on UK’s growing influence in China following Xi visitTue Dec 01 2015 - 04:00
Chinese turn their backs on once-coveted civil service jobsAppeal of ‘Iron Rice Bowl’ may be waning as lure of private sector growsMon Nov 30 2015 - 11:57
China introduces major reform to People’s Liberation ArmyDemobilisation of 300,000 troops comes as disputes continue in South China SeaFri Nov 27 2015 - 16:06
Scientists warn of melting Tibetan glaciers on roof of worldTibet plateau will be high on climate conference agenda as it is the source of Asia’s waterFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Chinese journalist jailed for ‘leaking state secrets’ given paroleGao Yu (71), winner of Press Freedom award, earlier had sentence reduced to five yearsThu Nov 26 2015 - 14:29
China’s anti-corruption drive targets top university officialsCollege leaders ‘named and shamed’ for hedonism and fancy carsWed Nov 25 2015 - 09:57
China’s investment in Africa down 43%Falling commodity prices and weak global demand hit Chinese spendingTue Nov 24 2015 - 04:00
China’s economic outlook uncertain but consumption should riseReport by Conference Board and Nielsen is downright dark in its assessmentTue Nov 24 2015 - 04:00
Beijing vows to seek justice after IS kills first Chinese hostageIslamist terror group also executes Norwegian citizen Ole Johan Grimsgaard-OfstadThu Nov 19 2015 - 15:37
Chinese security forces ‘kill 17’ linked to Xinjiang attackSuspects killed in raid following manhunt after attack on colliery in which 50 diedWed Nov 18 2015 - 15:18
China marks centenary of leader whose death sparked Tiananmen protestAny commemoration to be low-key as Hu Yaobang remains divisive figureTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:52
Could Singles Day be Ireland’s new Web Summit?The sales event created by Alibaba’s Jack Ma could become a global phemonenonTue Nov 17 2015 - 04:00
Emerging markets may be hitting a Bric wallThe closure of fund by Goldman Sachs is a sign fortunes could be changingTue Nov 17 2015 - 04:00
Beijing condemns Paris attacks and calls for Uighur policy supportXi wants end of West’s ‘double standards’ on China’s fight against terrorism in XinjiangTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Legal reform in China has not stopped torture, says AmnestyForced confessions remain a key part of the criminal justice system, rights group saysMon Nov 16 2015 - 17:21
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Burma’s electionsTest will be how the generals who run the country react to Aung San Suu Kyi’s victorySat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
As coal use falls, China still issues permits for coal-fired power plantsBlamed for dire pollution, coal makes up two-thirds of China’s energy consumptionWed Nov 11 2015 - 15:18
Alibaba breaks own record in ‘Singles Day’ shopping frenzyJames Bond and Frank Underwood help sell the event, an invention of Jack MaWed Nov 11 2015 - 13:44
Analysis: Aung San Suu Kyi’s future rule in Burma depends on militaryNo guarantees junta will hand over power despite landslide win for oppositionTue Nov 10 2015 - 17:24
Miss Canada says China is blocking her from Miss WorldAnastasia Lin alleges Beijing is delaying her visa for pageant for views on Falun GongTue Nov 10 2015 - 15:38
Irish launch big whiskey push in Hong KongHong Kong residents love their whiskey, offering opportunity for Irish distillersTue Nov 10 2015 - 04:00
Singapore is richest country in the world, says LegatumProsperity Index shows Norway wins in overall rankings,with Ireland 10thTue Nov 10 2015 - 04:00
Analysis: Burma election landslide for Aung San Suu KyiNobel laureate faces difficult task in balancing expectations following emphatic victoryTue Nov 10 2015 - 00:11
China shows support for Taiwan’s leader with 90-second handshakeTalks in Singapore, the first between the states in seven decades, could signal new eraMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
China-Taiwan talks to further normalise relationsTaiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou denies aim of meeting is to improve his election chancesFri Nov 06 2015 - 19:19
Taiwan, China leaders to hold historic meeting in SingaporeSaturday’s encounter will be the first meeting of leaders from both countries since the Chinese civil war ended in 1949Wed Nov 04 2015 - 09:57