Thailand tycoons see wealth rise 46%DESPITE A storm of political protest that played havoc with normal economic life in Bangkok this year, the combined wealth of…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
China halts shipping through Yangtze dam as water level risesAUTHORITIES HAVE stopped shipping through China’s massive Three Gorges Dam on the upper reaches of the country’s longest river…Wed Aug 25 2010 - 01:00
Quarter of a million evacuated as river floods in northern ChinaFLOODING HAS forced more than 250,000 people out of their homes in northern China, near the North Korean border, as the Yalu …Tue Aug 24 2010 - 01:00
Heavy rain deepens misery for ChineseWEATHER-BORNE misery continues in China and heavy rains have killed at least another 51 people, adding to the more than 2,000…Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Golf out of bounds for mere party apparatchiksCHINA’S NEW rich have taken to golf with gusto, but as 20 officials discovered to their cost, the Communist Party still has not…Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Internal call to shake up backward Chinese armyA LEADING Chinese army figure said the country’s military thinking was old-fashioned, and the world’s biggest army needed to …Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
The smoking dragonBIOGRAPHY : When A Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind – Or Destroy It, by Jonathan Watts, Faber and Faber, 483pp…Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Irishman enjoying slice of the high life in ChinaWILD GEESE/Aidan Duffy General manager, the Chang’an Club, Beijing: THE ATMOSPHERE is hushed in the dining room of China’s most…Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
EU firms upbeat over China's growthEUROPEAN COMPANIES are upbeat about the broader outlook for China’s growth, and say the country has become a major part of their…Wed Jun 30 2010 - 01:00
The dynamics behind the rise of a China striving to become a colossus of its ownBOOK OF THE DAY: The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers By Richard McGregor Allen Lane, pp302, £25Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Irish Expo pavilion holds up well against awesome 'giants'SHANGHAI LETTER: Those gathered for Ireland’s national day at the Expo seemed to get caught up the self-belief and chutzpah …Wed Jun 23 2010 - 01:00
China reforms Mao statue productionTHE ROAD to Chairman Mao’s birthplace in Shaoshan City is lined with stalls selling statues and busts of the “Great Helmsman” …Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
South China devastated by rain and landslidesHEAVY RAIN and deadly landslides have left 132 people dead and scores missing in southern China, authorities said yesterday, …Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
China defends control of web while praising freedom of speechCHINA HAS staunchly defended its right to censor online content, saying it will continue to block anything considered subversive…Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Sabre-rattling continues in row between two KoreasTHE WAR of words between the two Koreas continued to escalate yesterday, with North Korea saying it would tear up military agreements…Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
N Korea responds aggressively to sinking chargesTENSIONS BETWEEN North and South Korea over a torpedo attack on a South Korean warship worsened significantly yesterday after…Wed May 26 2010 - 01:00
Mop-up operation in Bangkok under wayAS TROOPS hunted down the remaining anti-government protesters, Bangkok’s citizens came out of their homes, where they had hidden…Fri May 21 2010 - 01:00
Protesters ignore call to quit barricadesTHE BATTLE of Bangkok raged for a fifth day yesterday, as red-shirted anti-government protesters ignored a government ultimatum…Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
Gunfire rings out in Bangkok as army plans to storm Red Shirt zoneTHE LIGHTS have gone down at the razor wire-strewn Silom intersection in downtown Bangkok and volleys of gunfire ring out in …Mon May 17 2010 - 01:00
Thai troops in deadly clashes with demonstratorsTHAI TROOPS opened fire on rioting anti-government demonstrators yesterday as they tried to cordon off the protest site in Bangkok…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Red Shirt general shot in Bangkok unrestLONG-SIMMERING UNREST in Bangkok flared up yet again yesterday when a 25-year-old anti-government protester was killed during…Fri May 14 2010 - 01:00
Aquino on verge of poll triumph in PhilippinesBENIGNO “NOYNOY” Aquino looked set yesterday to secure a solid mandate after a hard-fought election in the Philippines.Wed May 12 2010 - 01:00
Philippines poll tallies show Aquino ahead with 40% of voteEARLY COUNTS showed Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino set to win the presidential election in the Philippines, as three-quarters of voters…Tue May 11 2010 - 01:00
Aquino favourite in Philippines pollVOTERS IN the Philippines go to the polls today with Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the son of the revered pro-democracy dynasty…Mon May 10 2010 - 01:00
Man slashes 28 children in Chinese kindergarten attackA MAN with a knife attacked a kindergarten class in China yesterday, slashing 28 children, two teachers and a security guard …Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Series of explosions reported at hydroelectric project in BurmaJUST DAYS after downtown Rangoon was rocked by bombs that killed eight and wounded 170 during a new year celebration, a series…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Silk Road back on map as China extends bullet train networkHIGH SPEED RAIL: CHINA IS IN negotiations to extend its new high-speed rail network to 17 nations, building a new Silk Road …Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Rescuers in frantic hunt for quake survivorsCHINA poured rescue crews and equipment into Qinghai yesterday in a frantic search for survivors in the mountainous Tibetan region…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
China earthquake toll reaches 617The death toll from the earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county, Qinghai province, has risen to 617, Xinhua…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
At least 600 killed as earthquakes hit ChinaAT LEAST 600 people are dead and thousands injured after a series of powerful earthquakes shook a remote Tibetan region in western…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
'Red Shirts' defy riot police to storm Thai TV stationTHOUSANDS of Thai opposition protesters faced down volleys of tear gas and water cannon yesterday to storm a television station…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Thai army on streets as emergency is declaredMILITARY CHECKPOINTS went up outside Bangkok yesterday, a day after prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
PM declares state of emergency in BangkokTHAILAND’S PRIME Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok yesterday and gave the army wide-ranging…Thu Apr 08 2010 - 01:00
Pyongyang executes finance officials over economic crisisNORTH KOREA executed two senior finance officials last month after the impoverished communist country redenominated its won currency…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Signs of life from flooded mineTHERE WERE signs of life from the flooded Chinese coal mine yesterday where 153 workers have been trapped since Sunday afternoon…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
Hospital accused of dumping 21 bodiesTHERE WAS public horror in China yesterday after hospital mortuary workers in the city of Jining were accused of dumping 21 dead…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Thai prime minister meets protestersTHAI PRIME minister Abhisit Vejjajiva failed to reach agreement with anti-government protest leaders on resolving the southeast…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
Man slashes 28 children in Chinese kindergarten attackA MAN with a knife attacked a kindergarten class in China yesterday, slashing 28 children, two teachers and a security guard …Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Thai prime minister meets protestersTHAI PRIME minister Abhisit Vejjajiva failed to reach agreement with anti-government protest leaders on resolving the southeast…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Irish celebrate across regionASIA: ASIA’S IRISH matched the region’s tiger ambitions with green celebrations as they celebrated St Patrick’s Day with dragons…Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Tensions escalate in Bangkok as protests continueTENSIONS remained high in Bangkok yesterday after grenade explosions wounded two soldiers at a Thai military base as thousands…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Thai protests expected to escalate over weekendPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY is fast becoming the norm in Thailand, where thousands of Irish go on holiday each year.Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Indonesia says its forces shot dead Bali bombings suspectINDONESIAN SECURITY forces have shot and killed the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings during a police raid near Jakarta…Thu Mar 11 2010 - 00:00
Assets of deposed PM of Thailand seized by courtA SPOTLIGHT has been turned on political stability in Thailand once again after the country’s Supreme Court yesterday decided…Sat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
Beijing fury over US arms sales to TaiwanBEIJING HAS reacted with fury to Washington’s decision to approve the sale of weapons to self-ruled Taiwan, which the Chinese…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Chinese throng trains and buses as year of tiger sparks annual migrationMILLIONS of Chinese boarded buses, trains and planes at the weekend for the world’s largest annual human migration, as they went…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Tensions rise as N Korea fires on S Korean islandTENSIONS on the Korean peninsula remain high, despite tentative signs of an easing in recent months, after the North again fired…Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
Tensions rise as N Korea fires on S Korean islandTENSIONS on the Korean peninsula remain high, despite tentative signs of an easing in recent months, after the North again fired…Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
Mountain renamed 'Avatar' after look-alike peaks in filmA SPECTACULAR mountain peak in China’s Hunan province which locals insist was the inspiration for the blockbuster film Avatar…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Mountain renamed 'Avatar' after look-alike peaks in filmA SPECTACULAR mountain peak in China’s Hunan province which locals insist was the inspiration for the blockbuster film Avatar…Tue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
