China will meet air pollution goals by 2035, says ministerCost of China’s economic expansion has been a stark rise in environmental degradationMon Oct 23 2017 - 19:23
China’s Xi Jinping may omit key cadres from top leadershipReports say leading candidates unlikely to win promotion at Communist Party congressMon Oct 23 2017 - 02:04
China hails progress in legal reform at Communist Party congressHuman rights activists say rule of law has deteriorated during Xi Jinping eraFri Oct 20 2017 - 15:15
South Korea outlines strategy to destroy North’s defencesArmy claims it is developing missile capable of destroying North Korea’s command centreFri Oct 20 2017 - 14:26
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ edges China’s leader towards great powerPresident’s political philosophy looks set for inclusion in the country’s constitutionThu Oct 19 2017 - 10:34
China’s GDP rises 6.8% as fears about property bubble recedeCommunist Party congress focuses on ‘moderately prosperous’ futureThu Oct 19 2017 - 09:29
Comrades in synch as Xi lays out bold vision for ChinaImpeccable stage management projects message of Communist Party firmly in controlWed Oct 18 2017 - 12:05
Xi Jinping hails new era of Chinese power at Communist Party congress‘Hold high the banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics,’ leader urges in epic speechWed Oct 18 2017 - 10:48
China criticises western democracy on eve of communist congress‘Crises and chaos’ of West pointed out as Xi Jinping ideas set to find place in constitutionTue Oct 17 2017 - 18:00
China gears up for Xi Jinping's power play at communist congressCommunist Party gathering set to consolidate Xi Jinping political strongman statusMon Oct 16 2017 - 18:31
Chinese capital pulls out stops for ‘serious atmosphere’ at congressBeijing Letter: Activists detained amid high security as Xi Jinping set for second termMon Oct 16 2017 - 01:19
Kim Yo-jong: North Korea’s most powerful womanAppointment of Kim Jong-un’s sister shows leader is keen to copper-fasten family’s positionSat Oct 14 2017 - 05:00
China’s WeChat app uses N-word to translate ‘black foreigner’Artificial intelligence glitch blamed for error, the latest in series of racial incidents in ChinaFri Oct 13 2017 - 14:10
Chinese communists must be wary of religion, party newspaper warnsSuperstition breeds corruption, the People’s Daily saysThu Oct 12 2017 - 20:51
US air force flies two strategic bombers over Korean PeninsulaB-1B bombers conduct live firing drill with South Korean fighter jetsWed Oct 11 2017 - 16:15
North Korean hackers stole vital war plans, says Seoul lawmakerNorth Korea to use paragliders as part of invasion plans, military officials believeTue Oct 10 2017 - 11:28
China’s anti-graft campaign nets 1.34 million ‘flies’ in five yearsPresident Xi Jinping’s campaign against corrupt communists are a key plank of policyMon Oct 09 2017 - 20:26
Kim Jong-un promotes his sister to North Korea’s top tier of powerReshuffle comes as Trump says ‘only one thing’ would work in dealing with PyongyangSun Oct 08 2017 - 16:15
Hong Kong football fans risk Beijing's ire after booing anthemFirst-time Hong Kong fans have mocked the anthem since new rules criminalising the actFri Oct 06 2017 - 15:49
Tough, strong, generous: Xi Jinping’s reputation gets a polish ahead of key congressAn exhibition lays out the achievements of the Chinese president’s five years in powerThu Oct 05 2017 - 12:22
South Korea urges restart of visits for families split by borderSeoul makes plea in overture towards better relations with volatile neighbourWed Oct 04 2017 - 18:52
Chinese media lauds Xi as green giant ahead of party congressPresident’s anti-pollution measures are a big boost to China, state media saysWed Oct 04 2017 - 18:34
Hundreds of millions travelling for ‘Golden Week’ in ChinaTourism hotspots packed with 710m trips expected over eight-day holiday periodTue Oct 03 2017 - 18:02
Hong Kong leader calls for unity after thousands join protestsEvents in Beijing mark 68th anniversary of founding of People’s Republic of ChinaMon Oct 02 2017 - 15:13
China orders all North Korean companies in country to closeBeijing steps up pressure after UN sanctions over nuclear crisisFri Sept 29 2017 - 14:14
Irish companies expanding horizons in Far EastFinancial crisis and impending Brexit pushes firms to seize opportunities in AsiaFri Sept 29 2017 - 06:00
Kingspan opens office in SingaporeCavan building products groups aims to double sales in Asia Pacific to €20m this yearTue Sept 26 2017 - 10:26
Bridges of Dandong show strains in China and North Korea's friendshipDandong Letter: UN sanctions are slowing traffic on the Sino-Korean Friendship BridgeTue Sept 26 2017 - 01:00
Tensions rise between ‘Rocket Man’ Kim and ‘deranged’ TrumpPyongyang’s proposed test of H-bomb in the Pacific likely to cross China’s ‘red line’Fri Sept 22 2017 - 16:08
North Korea ridicules Trump’s threat as ‘sound of a dog barking’Foreign minister says he ‘feels sorry’ for US president’s aides after fiery UN speechThu Sept 21 2017 - 12:14
‘Strong hands’ needed for stability, says China’s Xi JinpingPresident lays down tough message ahead of key Communist Party meetingWed Sept 20 2017 - 17:08
European business group calls on China to open economyForthcoming Communist Party meeting unlikely to yield meaningful reformTue Sept 19 2017 - 19:03
Chinese police close shared sex-doll rental service‘Shared girlfriend’ raises ire as subscription schemes grow ever more popular in BeijingTue Sept 19 2017 - 16:43
Trump and Kim ‘can understand each other’, says leading expertFrançois Godement believes solution will be difficult and sanctions an imperfect responseMon Sept 18 2017 - 18:31
Fishing boats and tourists meet at heart of North Korean nuclear crisisPoor North Koreans on the Chinese border contrast with leadership’s powerful imageMon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00
Q&A: What can China do to resolve the North Korean missile crisis?Pragmatism has driven China’s approach so far, but it may have to reconsider its strategyFri Sept 15 2017 - 16:24
China court releases video of Taiwanese activist confessing to subversionLee Ming-che used chatrooms to promote democratic messageMon Sept 11 2017 - 16:45
China again urges talks on North Korea after Trump, Merkel callsXi’s talks with German chancellor the latest effort to act as honest broker in disputeFri Sept 08 2017 - 12:50
China outraged over latest North Korean atomic testChina wary of cutting off oil supply for fear of provoking direct conflict with neighbourSun Sept 03 2017 - 19:08
The Souls of China and Shanghai Faithful reviewsIan Johnson and Jennifer Lin sensitively explore formal belief in post-Mao ChinaSat Aug 26 2017 - 06:00
Smash hit war movie ‘Wolf Warriors 2’ flies flag for a resurgent ChinaBeijing Letter: China’s most successful movie ever pushes the patriotic buttonsSat Aug 19 2017 - 02:00
Tens of thousands sign petition to release late Chinese dissident's wifeLiu Xiaobo's wife Liu Xia has not been seen since his funeral a month agoSun Aug 13 2017 - 18:44
Kim Jong-un: ‘He’s rational, not crazy’North Korea’s leader is an easy target for jokes but calling him mad underestimates himSat Aug 12 2017 - 06:00
China says North Korea on its own if it strikes first against USHowever, Beijing will back North if US opens hostilities, according to newspaper editorialFri Aug 11 2017 - 18:11
China warns against inflammatory rhetoric on North KoreaBeijing calls for dialogue on ‘complex’ situation after Donald Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ threatWed Aug 09 2017 - 16:11
China ‘to bear burden’ of enforcing North Korea sanctionsSummit meeting between Vietnam and China cancelled over South China Sea rowTue Aug 08 2017 - 13:09
High-tech forces gather to reinforce Great Firewall of ChinaBeijing Letter: Party congress and death of Nobel peace laureate catalysts for censorshipTue Aug 08 2017 - 01:00
North Korea says it is ready to teach US ‘severe lesson’Statement says missile tests in July proved entire United States was in its firing rangeMon Aug 07 2017 - 13:47
China says North Korean nuclear threat reaching 'critical juncture'China’s foreign minister Wang Yi urges more international dialogue over missile crisisSun Aug 06 2017 - 17:06
Asian tensions rise over China’s maritime ambitionsAerial encounters and events in South China Sea creating strainTue Jul 25 2017 - 18:09
