May 11, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan--Yang Jingtao did what many young, brave Chinese did--he left his home as a teenager to fight the invading Japanese in World War II.
May 11, 2013
There's a certain irony to the fishing pact that Japan signed with Taiwan last month on the joint management of fishing operations in waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
May 11, 2013
For the first time in two years, educators from China are getting their passports ready for travel as a suspended exchange program between Japan and China is being restarted. About 100 teachers from China will visit Japan in September.
May 11, 2013
BANGKOK--Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.
May 10, 2013
BEIJING--China’s four largest state-owned commercial banks have suspended money transfers to North Korea as part of sanctions against Pyongyang’s missile launch and nuclear test.
May 10, 2013
BEIJING--Noted democracy activist Liu Ping has been arrested in the latest sign of China’s intensifying crackdown on those who demand the disclosure of senior party and government officials’ assets.
May 09, 2013
BEIJING--As if the dispute between Beijing and Tokyo over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands was not enough controversy, the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper has raised questions about Japan's rights to the island of Okinawa.
May 09, 2013
BEIJING--Chinese authorities have begun investigating reports that Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known movie directors, has seven children in violation of strict family planning rules, which could result in a fine of 160 million yuan ($26.05 million), state media said on May 9.
May 09, 2013
BEIJING--The oldest brother of a Chinese activist who fled house arrest and later settled in the U.S. said he was beaten up on May 9 by unidentified men, part of an uptick in harassment possibly linked to the activist's plans to visit Taiwan.
May 09, 2013
BRUSSELS--The European Commission agreed to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China in a move to guard against what it sees as dumping of cheap goods in Europe, prompting a cautious response from Beijing which called for further dialogue.
May 09, 2013
BEIJING--An industry group says China's auto sales rose 13 percent in April despite concern about a weak economic recovery while Japanese brands suffered less severe declines.
May 08, 2013
BEIJING--President Xi Jinping's crackdown on Chinese government extravagance has emptied top-end restaurants and dented the sale of expensive food and drink, putting downward pressure on the world's second largest economy.
May 08, 2013
BEIJING--While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield.
May 08, 2013
BEIJING--Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue.
May 08, 2013
BEIJING—When Liu Hua heard about a fellow inmate strapped down and force-fed for nearly two months, she knew she had to tell the outside world what was really happening in China's notorious "re-education camps."
May 08, 2013
The Bank of China's decision to shut down the account of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and halt all transactions will deal a heavy blow to a reclusive nation that depends on China for a large portion of its trade.
May 08, 2013
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s “improperly” drawn baselines aimed at strengthening its sovereignty claims over waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands are part of a series of Chinese maritime actions inconsistent with international law, a Pentagon report said.
May 07, 2013
BEIJING--Bank of China Ltd. has shut the account of North Korea's main foreign exchange bank, which was hit with U.S. sanctions in March after Washington accused it of helping finance Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
May 07, 2013
BEIJING--China's new batch of leaders may quicken the process of making the yuan fully convertible over the next few years to boost the currency's global clout and support wider financial reforms, but the pace of market opening could disappoint as caution remains.
May 07, 2013
BEIJING--China's military on May 7 denied renewed U.S. accusations of sponsoring cyber-attacks and said the sides should cooperate against the global threat of computer crime.