We assumed (they were) local police,” Kevin told CTV News Channel. “I think someone flashed a badge … The Garratts had spent the past three decades living in China as Christian aid workers, helping orphans…
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China: Xi calls for stricter ideological control of universities
China’s President Xi Jinping has called for the country’s universities … raising fears over a further curtailing of academic freedoms. According to state news agency Xinhua, Mr Xi told a party meeting on ideology in…
Excavators unearth ancient tombs in Beijing suburb
BEIJING – The Chinese capital’s future administrative hub was already bustling 2,000 years ago. Government agencies excavating a site in the far southeastern Beijing suburbs say they have found ancient city walls and more than…
Chinese cardinal says Vatican must stand up to Beijing
HONG KONG Cardinal Joseph Zen, the most senior Chinese Catholic cleric, says the participation of an excommunicated prelate at two bishop ordinations in China was a “slap in the face” for Pope Francis just as…
China should build more nuclear arms to prepare for Trump: Chinese newspaper Global Times
On Wednesday, Trump selected Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, who has close ties to Chinese President Xi Jinping dating back to the mid-1980s, as ambassador to China — potentially welcome news for Beijing, which called him…
11 miners confirmed dead in China mine blast
BEIJING — The bodies of miners missing in an underground gas explosion in central China have been found, bringing to 11 the total who died in the latest deadly accident to strike China’s mining industry,…
China Unveils 5-Year Anti-Pollution Plan: Reduce Pollutants, Better Ecology, Coal Control in 2020
China may have unveiled its strictest environmental protection system yet. The State Council has just released a national plan set to build environmental improvements that will reduce the concentration of PM2.5 particulate pollution in cities…
China showing signs of recovery in latest trade report
China’s imports grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in November, fuelled by its strong thirst for commodities from coal to iron ore, while exports also rose unexpectedly, reflecting a pick-up in…
Terry Branstad 'old friend of China to be US ambassador'
Mr Trump has accused China of “raping” the US by devaluing its currency and … for me to be owning stock when I’m making deals for this country,” he told NBC News. Without any tax…
China PRAISES Trump's choice of ambassador days after The Donald blasts Beijing on Twitter
And now Chinese officials have praised the selection of Mr Branstad for the role, just days after White House officials hastily reassured Beijing the US agrees with the “one China” policy following Mr Trump’s meeting…
China 2016 Asian International Stamp Exhibition Closed in Nanning
In addition, an international philately seminar organized by the UPU and the State Postal Bureau of the People’s Republic of China was held during the event. The organizers also held activities like the fourth lottery-drawing…
Apple blames external damage for flaming China iPhones
Apple has blamed “external physical damage” for causing a handful of iPhones to explode or catch fire in China and insisted that its handsets posed no safety problem. Fresh on the heels of Samsung’s worldwide…
Trump picks longtime friend of Beijing as U.S. ambassador to China
“We welcome him to play a greater role in advancing the development of China-U.S. relations,” he told a daily news briefing. Xi’s ties to Iowa go back more than 30 years: he visited Iowa in…