'Comfort woman', 90, dies at home A Chinese woman forced into front-line brothels for Japanese troops during World War II died at the age of 90 on Saturday, bringing the number of surviving "comfort women", a euphemism for sex slaves, to 14 on the Chinese mainland.
'Four new inventions' we should be proud of True, online shopping poses a challenge to brick-and-mortar stores, but it has also prompted them to improve their services and cut their costs. And the result could be an overall improvement in business.
'Fuxing' bullet train to be put into operation in N China China's next-generation bullet train, the "Fuxing," will be put into operation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area on August 21, China Railway Corp., the train's operator, said Wednesday.
'Golden decade' envisioned for BRICS nations It is important for BRICS countries to exchange governance experiences as the bloc, consisting of emerging and developing nations, strives to usher in its second "golden decade", a senior publicity official said on Thursday.
'Lake-jumping' festival brings coolness in Wuhan A BMX (Bicycle Motocross) rider jumps into the East Lake as the annual "lake-jumping" festival takes place in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Aug 19, 2017.
'Olympics of photography' wraps up in Qingdao With upbeat and joyful music and performances, the Fifth International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Photo Meeting came to an end on August 14 in Qingdao West Coast New Area of East China's Shandong province.
12-year-old gives birth, abandons baby The police in Yibin, Sichuan province, are investigating the case of a 12-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby girl, and are pledging to hold the father accountable.
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Bangladesh faces serious hunger as floods ruin farmlands: UN As food aid rolls out to more than 200,000 people in flood-hit Bangladesh, the United Nations said on Wednesday that long-term food supplies were at risk with so much farmland now ruined.
Flooding, which submerged more than a third of the low-lying and densely populated country in the last two weeks, has killed at least 132 people and affected more than 7.5 million people, disaster ministry officials in Bangladesh said on Wednesday.
“Many flood survivors have lost everything: their homes...
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 01:22:55 +0800 Theatre director who annoys Russian establishment given house arrest A theatre director whose edgy work angered traditionalists in the Russian establishment was placed under house arrest on Wednesday in a fraud case his supporters say is part of a government crackdown on artistic freedoms.
Ignoring character witness statements in his favour from high-profile figures in the arts world and an offer from one to pay any amount of bail, a Moscow court ruled award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov should be placed under house arrest until October 19 ahead of...
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:30:00 +0800 Is the baby step in Unicom’s mixed-ownership trial anything to cheer about? Groundbreaking! Aggressive! Bold!
Several heroic adjectives have been used by the Chinese state media to describe the “mixed-ownership” restructuring of China Unicom, a step in President Xi Jinping’s reform of the country’s state enterprises.
It is billed as the fulfilment of his 2012 pledge, made when he became head of the government, to introduce private-sector capital and entrepreneurship into state firms and motivate their staff with share incentives.
The reality,...
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:01:54 +0800 Trump urged to abandon China strategy and start formal talks with North Korea Top US experts on North Korea have urged President Donald Trump to start formal talks with Pyongyang, saying the strategy of heaping pressure on China to solve the situation won’t work.
Joseph DeTrani, former special envoy for the six-party talks with North Korea, said it was time to consider formal negotiations with Pyongyang to “get North Korea to halt all nuclear tests and missile launches and return to unconditional nuclear discussions and negotiations”.
“I’m...
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:01:54 +0800 Battered Hong Kong cleans up after killer Typhoon Hato pounds region Hong Kong was left picking up the pieces on Wednesday after a battering by the biggest storm in five years, which killed five people in neighbouring Macau and paralysed cities along mainland China’s southern coast.
Typhoon Hato triggered the No 10 signal – the highest in Hong Kong’s storm warning system – for the first time since 2012, forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights to and from the city and around the region, and caused a power blackout in Asia’s...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:45:15 +0800 Dutch farmers count cost of contaminated eggs scandal, which spread all the way to Hong Kong Europe’s contaminated egg scare has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least €33 million (US$39 million), according to a preliminary estimate by the government.
The scare, triggered by the presence of the insecticide fipronil in eggs, has spread to 18 European countries and even reached as far away as Hong Kong.
“Direct costs to the [Dutch] poultry sector where fipronil was used is estimated at €33 million,” Health Minister Edith Schippers and deputy economy minister...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:58:27 +0800 China to appoint new air force commander, sources say China is expected to appoint a new air force commander as part of a People’s Liberation Army leadership reshuffle ahead of the national congress in autumn, sources said.
The front runner to lead the country’s 420,000-strong air force is Lieutenant General Ding Laihang, three separate sources told the South China Morning Post.
Ding, who will turn 60 next month, has held the top air force job in the Northern Theatre Command since last year. He is tipped to succeed Ma Xiaotian, 68, who...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:52:38 +0800 China’s buzzing sharing economy may not be real, but the money sure is Inspired by the huge success of companies that make a business out of sharing cars and housing, China is going through a bout of a sharing boom, with increasing number of seemingly shareable products and services, from bicycles to power banks, to baby strollers.
As many as 600 million people were involved in activities related to China’s sharing economy last year, with transactions estimated at US$500 billion, according to the State Information Centre. Economic activity around sharing...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:51:16 +0800 Palestinians insist US President Donald Trump must commit to two-state solution before peace process can resume US President Donald Trump’s team must commit to the two-state solution and opposing settlement construction before the US president’s peace push will move forward, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday.
Trump’s envoys, including special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt and his son-in-law and Middle East envoy Jared Kushner, have been ferrying between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in recent months in attempts to restart direct talks between the...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:45:44 +0800 Flooded homes, shattered windows, a submerged car park and deadly bamboo ... Hato’s wrath in Hong Kong On the southeastern coast of Hong Kong, Li Kwok-ping and four other family members – armed only with plastic buckets and a dustpan – watched on helplessly as one wave after another crashed through their door for hours, flooding their home while Typhoon Hato wreaked havoc throughout the city on Wednesday.
Li’s family was just one of hundreds in rural areas that struggled to grapple with the biggest storm in five years, as Hato left destruction in its wake, flooding villages and...
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 06:38:34 +0000 The great Japanese bounce-back? Japan's economy grew thanks to a lower yen and strong exports but tensions with North Korea could prove a setback.
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:28:26 -0500 New Balance Wins $1.5 Million in Landmark China Trademark Case Lawyers say the money that the American company won in legal costs and damages is the largest trademark infringement award ever granted to a foreign company in China.
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:18:17 -0500 Naval Collision Adds to Fears About U.S. Decline in Asia Images of a damaged U.S. Navy destroyer come as America’s allies have grown concerned that the Trump administration’s actions provide an opening for China.
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:29:48 -0500 Activist Confesses to Subversion in Chinese Show Trial After spending months in secret detention, a prominent human rights attorney confessed to trying to overthrow the government of China.
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:01:43 -0500 After Criticism, Publisher Reverses Decision to Bow to China’s Censors Cambridge University Press said it will reinstate immediately all 315 papers it had cut from the version of its journal China Quarterly that can be read on its website in China.
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:45:23 -0500 Great Wall Motor of China Sets Its Sights on Jeep A deal would give the Chinese auto industry a foothold abroad and help it become an industry force. But Fiat Chrysler said there had been no overtures.
