More sabre rattling from Beijing? Besides Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching, 13 other legislators may lose their seats because of their improper oath-taking. That’s according to Wang Zhenmin, legal department head of Beijing’s…
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Donald Trump is a mixed blessing for Chinese leaders
BEIJING, China – Donald Trump is a mixed blessing for Chinese leaders. Trump’s threats to tear up trade deals and hike tariffs on Chinese goods look ominous. If carried out, they could chill thriving commercial…
Beijing officials’ remarks on ‘insincere oaths’ not laws but a ‘persuasive explanation’, Maria Tam says
The suggestions made by Beijing officials that certain acts, wordings or props used during the Legislative Council swearing-in ceremony could amount to an “insincere oath” are not laws but a “persuasive explanation” that could be…
Beijing Friendship Hotel Building 3
Decide Beijing friendship hotel building 3 on a very good Holiday sapling in the mart and toned it jointly. Travellers Beijing friendship hotel building 3 can catch the view of the exhilarating wonderful thing about…
Hotel Insider: The Peninsula Beijing
After arriving on a night train from Shanghai at the busy station in Beijing, it’s a relief to see my name in English on a welcome sign. Even better that the man holding it leads…
Beijing Hotels Near Forbidden City And Tiananmen Square
You Beijing hotels near forbidden city and tiananmen square can find telephone, color television system and a radio model. When you perspire, cotton apparel are certain to get wet and definitely will dry sluggish than…
Ex-police chief given death for murder of mistress in China
BEIJING — A retired Chinese police chief was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of his mistress and other crimes, amid an ongoing crackdown on official corruption and abuse of power by public…
Beijing warns residents as heavy smog returns
Beijing is warning its 20 million residents to limit outdoor activities to avoid the ill effects of heavy pollution blanketing the city. The warning comes as a thin layer of gray haze settled over the…
China's household debt a growing risk to economy
Faced with expensive medical bills to treat breast cancer, the 38-year-old nurse from Heilongjiang in northern China is struggling to repay her mortgage and relies on financial support from her wider family to pay for…
China says may relax foreign ownership controls on financial firms – statement
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China may allow foreign investors to hold controlling stakes in mainland securities, fund management and insurance companies, the Chinese and British governments said, underlining Beijing’s commitment to opening up the mainland…
China’s Super-Rocket Could Land Astronauts on the Moon
China’s heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 has successfully launched on Nov. 3 from the new Wenchang Space Launch Center carrying an experimental satellite into near-Earth orbit. The 187-foot-long Long March-5 is equaled in power with the…
China's Xi urges unity amid challenges in Taiwan, Hong Kong
BEIJING — China’s President Xi Jinping made a strong call for unity among all people of Chinese descent on Friday, amid political turmoil in Hong Kong and rising independence sentiment in self-governing Taiwan. Xi spoke…
China's Singles Day: The made-up festival
The biggest shopping day on the global calendar is now 11 November. But how did a made-up festival in China turn into such a bonanza with sales of over $14bn (£11bn) last year? ( read…
