China
Chengdu gov’t quashes protest against petro plant
After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered ... Full story
HK prosecutor outlines Yeung laundering case
The money-laundering trial against Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung began Friday with allegations of vast sums of money flowing through the businessman’s bank accounts despite ... Full story
HONG KONG: Striking dockers reject offer as contractors end talks
Striking dock workers at billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Hongkong International Terminals Ltd. rejected a wage offer by contractors as the employers said they will no longer ... Full story
EDITORIAL ROUNDUP: South China Morning Post on accountability for the HK ferry tragedy
A government’s job is to protect its people. The finding of the commission of inquiry into the Lamma ferry tragedy that “serious systemic failings” within ... Full story
5 samples test positive for H7N9
Five samples taken from poultry and the environment in three east China provinces have tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus, the Ministry of ... Full story
Investigators say no foreign link in Xinjiang violence
Investigators found no foreign links to extremist violence in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region last week in which 25 people died, state media said yesterday, diverging ... Full story
Shanghai bishop funeral held amid successor crisis
Funeral services were held yesterday for Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, while the whereabouts of his anointed successor remained unclear amid a struggle for control ... Full story
PLA incursion leaves India on verge of crisis
A platoon of Chinese soldiers slipped across the boundary into India and pitched a tent in the barren Depsang Valley in the Ladakh region, a ... Full story
China career boost can come with health risks
Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several ... Full story
HK to improve marine safety after ferry crash probe
Hong Kong will rectify marine safety rules after an investigation into the city’s deadliest ferry collision in four decades found “serious problems” with the control ... Full story
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