Companies in particular expressed concern about language that would require them to cooperate with China to “protect national security.” This appears to be too-broad a phrase to be included in the final version of the…
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China trade remains weak as exports and imports keep falling
The next key reading of China’s economy will be tomorrow’s inflation figures from the National Bureau of Statistics with market economists forecasting better news. Producer prices are expected to end a four-year run of deflation,…
China bars two Hong Kong lawmakers from office
BEIJING – China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely…
China approves new law to tighten control on internet use
BEIJING — China’s legislature has approved a cybersecurity law that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might isolate Chinese industries. Chinese leaders have said the law approved Monday is…
China passes law punishing companies for box-office fraud
BEIJING — China is attempting to crack down on box office fraud in the world’s second-biggest movie market by setting out punishments for companies that fabricate ticket sales and other data under the country’s first…
The Latest: China-Backed HK Leader Says He Supports Ruling
Therefore, he said, that person is disqualified. 12:55 p.m. A top mainland Chinese official has delivered an emotional rebuke of two Hong Kong lawmakers who used a derogatory term about China, labeling them traitors to…
China censors online video streaming
the new rules also prohibit online news outlets from streaming original reporting. Instead, they must use state-sanctioned reports and sources. That censorship is the government’s primary motive for monitoring live online video is nothing new…
Hong Kong police use pepper spray in China oath-taking protest
The top legislative panel in China said Beijing must intervene in the dispute. It added that it should deter advocates of Hong Kong independence, as their actions were a threat to national security, state news…
China Premier Li says economy to maintain steady growth
BEIJING China will maintain steady growth and speed up economic transformation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday, adding that the world’s No. 2 economy would be able to overcome current challenges, official news agency…
Why did China axe Finance Minister Lou Jiwei?
and use his experience to implement new tax policies that will help put “China on a more sustainable fiscal revenue path”. But the most colourful insight into the man catapulted into the high profile job…
China effectively bars 2 Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office
BEIJING—China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to ……
Beijing bars 2 young Hong Kong legislators who 'posed a grave threat'
China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to spark…
Beijing ruling bars Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office
Beijing has intervened in Hong Kong politics to block two elected lawmakers from taking office. Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, who are pro-independence, have refused to pledge allegiance to Beijing when taking their oaths. Beijing…
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