(BEIJING) — Gunmen wearing North Korean military uniforms beat up the captain of a seized Chinese fishing boat and stole its fuel during two weeks of captivity, but eventually released the boat and crew Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded, the boat owner said.
The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North …
(BEIJING) — China’s new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.
The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced …
(BEIJING) — The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for ransom by unidentified North Koreans says the boat and its 16 crew members have been released.
Yu Xuejun wrote on a verified microblog Tuesday that his captain called him at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday to say that the North Koreans had released them. He says most of their diesel fuel …
New Delhi commuters are not among those likely to be won over by China’s new Premier during his three-day visit to the Indian capital this week. On Monday morning, rush-hour traffic ground to a sweltering halt on one of the …
(BEIJING) — China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies.
The seizure of the Liaoning-based boat adds to China’s frustration with North Korea over its …
(NEW DELHI) — The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world’s two most populous nations.
Friction has been building between the Asian giants in recent years as they vie for regional influence and …
In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering a tense three-week …
(BEIJING) — China’s top anti-graft committee is investigating the deputy chairman of the country’s economic planning agency, the latest high-level official to be ensnared by the new leadership’s anti-corruption drive.
The ruling Communist Party’s disciplinary agency said in one-sentence statement on its website Sunday that Liu …
(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — During 26 years at the helm of Chinese tech giant Huawei, founder Ren Zhengfei has never once agreed to be interviewed by a journalist.
Until Thursday.
During a visit to the company’s New Zealand operations, Ren sat down with four local journalists at a Wellington hotel. The rules were strict: no …
China’s surprising offer on Tuesday to referee peace in the Middle East offers an enticing narrative. Having emerged over the last generation as an economic colossus and budding military power, the People’s Republic might seem …
(BEIJING) — Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.
The Ministry of Public Security released results of a three-month crackdown on food safety violators, saying in a statement that authorities investigated more than …
(BEIJING) — Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China‘s security forces considered a tactic they’d never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of …
China wouldn’t be China without the officious slogans that plaster every other wall and railing, educating citizens on the latest government policy or crackdown. But the banners and billboards that began appearing in March all over Shuangfeng, a rural county in central China’s Hunan province, bore exhortations more curious than most. …
