Belgium seeks Uighur family in Xinjiang after police took them from its Beijing embassy
A Belgian diplomat was expected to travel to China's restive Xinjiang region on Tuesday to confirm the whereabouts of a Uighur family that was escorted from Belgium's embassy in Beijing by police last month. The disappearance of the woman and her four children has alarmed ...
Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong scores hit with Tiananmen commemoration song
Thirty years after it was crushed by China's army, the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement is being commemorated in art, literature, public rallies and even synth pop. Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong's latest release, "Is It a Crime," recorded with longtime musical partner Tats Lau, is ...
Tiananmen Square 'tank man' photographer urges China to open up on what happened in June 1989
The American photographer who shot the iconic image of a man standing in front of tanks at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing says it is time for the Chinese government to come clean about the bloody events of 30 years ago. Jeff Widener ...
After rare Tibet visit, U.S. ambassador urges China to have talks with Dalai Lama
Terry Branstad, the U.S. ambassador to China, urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past week. An embassy news release Saturday said Branstad also expressed concerns about ...
All the rage: Chinese vent their stress in Beijing 'anger room'
It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin. All three paid 158 yuan ($23) to ...
A 49-year-old man injured 20 children with a hammer Tuesday inside a primary school in China's capital, officials said. Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account, adding that the attack took place at ...
Australia seeing surge in theft of company secrets by China: report
China has sharply escalated cyberattacks on Australian companies this year in a "constant, significant effort" to steal, according to a report published Tuesday. The investigation by Fairfax Media and commercial broadcaster Channel Nine comes just days after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused Beijing, at ...
Sign of easing tensions, U.S. and China to hold top-level security talks
The United States and China will hold top-level security talks on Friday, the State Department announced, in a sign of easing tensions after months of escalation over trade and regional disputes. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will host their ...
Panasonic teams up with Chinese hot pot chain Haidilao to open robot restaurants
In Haidilao International Holding Ltd.'s hot pot restaurants, robots are replacing chefs and waiters. Asia's biggest listed restaurant chain by market value is partnering with Panasonic Corp. to open what the two companies say is the world's first eatery with a fully automated kitchen on ...
China says it can't hold U.S. trade talks with 'knife to the throat'
China said on Tuesday it was impossible to hold trade talks with the United States while Washington is imposing tariffs that are like "holding a knife to someone's throat." Speaking a day after Washington activated tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, vice commerce minister ...
Beijing basks in bluest skies in a decade as campaign against smog pays off
Beijing residents have been breathing some of the cleanest air in a decade as they begin to reap the benefits of China's anti-smog push. Of the seven lowest monthly pollution readings in the capital city since 2008, five have been recorded since the beginning of ...
