October 18, 2012
BEIJING--China's economy grew 7.4 percent in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Oct. 18, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2009 as the global financial crisis raged.
October 17, 2012
BEIJING--A glance at history suggests it's easier for a Chinese woman to orbit Earth than to land a spot on the highest rung of Chinese politics.
October 17, 2012
Editor's note: This is the 16th in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
October 17, 2012
SHANGHAI--China will have to spend around 80 billion yuan ($12.74 billion) by 2015 to upgrade the security of its nuclear facilities and radioactive contamination control to international standards, a report issued on Oct. 17 by the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.
October 17, 2012
BEIJING--The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said on Oct. 17 he is suing the police and the local government that oversees his village in northeastern China for barging into his house unlawfully after his brother's escape.
October 17, 2012
BEIJING--Weeks before China unveils its next generation of leaders, a new survey has found that growing numbers of its people worry about corruption, inequality and food safety, while ties with the United States are increasingly viewed with suspicion.
October 17, 2012
TAIPEI--Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker, has acknowledged hiring teenagers as young as 14 in a Chinese factory, in breach of national law, in a case that raises further questions over its student intern program.
October 17, 2012
HONG KONG--Chinese corporate profits show no sign of a second-half recovery as analysts cut earnings estimates in September by the most in 2-1/2 years, a red flag for investors who expect the world's second biggest economy to start picking up soon.
October 16, 2012
BEIJING--Public opinion in China is not as monolithic as many foreign reports suggest, says a journalist renowned for his popularity and long-time research of the Chinese Twitter community.
October 16, 2012
SHANGHAI--A group of drunken Chinese diners attacked four Japanese businessmen and their Chinese colleague after confirming their nationalities, sources said.
October 16, 2012
HONG KONG--Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines is offering free tickets to Japan to boost demand after a bilateral territorial dispute over islands in the East China Sea led to scores of travelers cancelling or postponing trips.
October 16, 2012
Toyota Motor Corp. will likely become the first Japanese automaker to suspend production at one of its Chinese plants following the wave of violent anti-Japan protests in the country over an isle dispute.
October 16, 2012
BEIJING--China's beloved national symbol -- the panda -- may have been seen quite differently by ancient humans: as food.
October 16, 2012
Japan asked China to refrain from further straining relations on Oct. 16 after seven Chinese warships were spotted about 200 kilometers from the Senkaku Islands, the source of recent tensions between the neighbors.
October 16, 2012
GENEVA--Mexico has accused China of breaking World Trade Organization rules by giving tax breaks and other favorable deals to its own clothing and textile businesses, the global trade body said on Oct. 15.
October 16, 2012
WASHINGTON--Asia's top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows.
October 15, 2012
Editor's note: This is the 15th in a series of articles on the children of high-ranking Communist Party leaders. This series will appear on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
October 15, 2012
BEIJING--The wife of a long-imprisoned ethnic Mongolian activist in China said on Oct. 15 that she has spent nearly two years in detention and house arrest on a fabricated charge to silence her family, and that her husband is suffering from depression.
October 15, 2012
China's currency has reached its equilibrium rate and its value is mainly determined by the market, rather than intervention, Beijing's central bank chief said on Oct. 14, signaling there is little likelihood of major movement in the yuan's value in the near future.
October 14, 2012
YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told his navy on Oct. 14 that Japan's security environment was tougher than ever, underscoring tension with China over a territorial dispute and the threat of North Korea's weapons program.