May 17, 2013
BEIJING--China's television regulator has ordered a crackdown on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War Two and demanded they be more serious, state media said on May 17, following viewer complaints about ludicrous storylines.
May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on May 15.
May 16, 2013
BEIJING--Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals.
May 16, 2013
BEIJING--China has begun a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products after a series of scandals that have further dented public confidence in the food industry, the official Xinhua news agency said on May 16.
May 16, 2013
BEIJING--Upset about plans for a petrochemical plant near her hometown in China, a woman turned to a new method that Chinese are using to air their complaints: she posted a petition on the White House's website. Then, Chinese police asked her to take it down.
May 16, 2013
KIRUNA, Sweden--The Arctic Council agreed on May 15 to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet's Far North.
May 15, 2013
BEIJING--China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance.
May 15, 2013
BEIJING--The top U.S. envoy on North Korea says China has indicated it will continue to implement sanctions against Pyongyang.
May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--China launched a large missile that reached 6,200 miles (10,000 km) above the earth, its highest suborbital launch since 1976, according to a U.S. scientist at Harvard University.
May 15, 2013
SHANGHAI—China has more Wangs than the Philippines has people.
May 15, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial “black jails,” underlining the determination of the country’s new leadership to control dissent even as it vows to root out corruption.
May 14, 2013
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has decided to postpone sending special delegates to Beijing for a meeting scheduled May 26-30 because of the poor state of relations between the two countries, sources said.
May 14, 2013
TAIPEI--A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers.
May 14, 2013
BRUSSELS--China's decision to ease a boycott of some $11 billion in Airbus jet orders followed a high-level appeal from the plane maker urging Beijing to recognize its support over a trade row with Europe, a letter seen by Reuters shows.
May 13, 2013
BEIJING--New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in Switzerland and Germany, the Foreign Ministry announced on May 13.
May 13, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan--Some 200 Taiwanese gathered outside the Philippines representative office in Taipei on May 13 to protest the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines coast guard in disputed waters.
May 13, 2013
BEIJING--A deputy chairman of China's top planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), is under investigation for suspected "serious discipline violations," state media said on May 12, as China's new leaders tackle deep-rooted corruption.
May 12, 2013
BEIJING--In an apparent sign of declining confidence in one-party rule by the Communist Party, Chinese authorities recently banned the discussion of political reform and human rights topics in classes at universities in major cities.
May 12, 2013
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania--There's a towering presence in the foreign aid landscape in Africa, once the domain of Western donor nations and Japan: It is China.
May 12, 2013
SHANGHAI--Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on May 11 to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension over pollution.