While no militant group has claimed responsibility yet for the blast on the bus carrying Chinese engineers, surveyors and technicians, there are strong suspicions among analysts that it was a …
Hong Kong Sees Worst Year Ever for Press Freedom Amid Battle with China: ‘In Tatters’
The Hong Kong Journalists Association said it is concerned with “the erosion of freedom and the damage done to the diversified media scene.” …
WHO Asks China for ‘Transparent’ Information, Cooperation in COVID-19 Origin Investigation
The theory the coronavirus originated in a lab located in Wuhan has gained traction since it was first dismissed as “extremely unlikely” in March.
China Buys Friends With Ports and Roads. Now the U.S. Is Trying to Compete.
Rare bipartisan program dedicates $60 billion for overseas infrastructure projects including cellular networks, vaccine production and maybe even a crumbling Greek shipyard.
Parents in China reunited with their abducted son after 24 years
After 24 years of heartache and searching, a couple in China was reunited with their son who was abducted as a toddler outside their front gate. Guo Gangtang and his wife, hugged their 26-year-old son …
How China’s navy went rogue to get its first aircraft carrier
It took some enormous bribes and liquor, plus years of delays, for China to get its hands on what would become the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
Strong winds, masts caused China skyscraper to sway, experts find
Investigators said Thursday that strong winds were part of the reason a 70-story skyscraper in China swayed back and forth two months ago, prompting evacuations and concerns about the building’s …
China tunnel flood: Desperate search to find trapped workers
A rescue mission is under way to save 14 workers trapped in a flooded tunnel being built in southern China. Teams are pumping water out of the highway tunnel to find the workers who were caught when …
Asia moves: HSBC makes raft of senior hires, Barclays appoints Singapore private banking head, and more
HSBC has made a number of senior hires to its Asian business. Jackie Mau has been named as head of global private banking for mainland China, while Victor Wang becomes Europe, the Middle East & Africa …
Malaysia’s $1.8 bln mega project with China Railway falls through
An equity deal for a planned mega project near Malaysia’s capital involving the government, developer Iskandar Waterfront Holdings (IWH) and its Chinese partner will not proceed by mutual agreement, …