China is criticizing India for allowing the Dalai Lama to visit a disputed border region, saying it did not consider the incident a purely internal Indian affair. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Wednesday…
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North Korean missile fired ahead of US-China summit
The launch comes on the eve of a visit by China’s President Xi Jinping to the US to meet President Donald Trump. The two will discuss how to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile…
Beijing's 'shock' measures seize property market, other cities follow suit
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ji Wei, a recently married photographer in her 20s, fears her plans to sell her Beijing apartment and upgrade to one costing 6.15 million yuan (716,381 pounds) will collapse because of new…
U.S. businesses want help with China, not a trade war
BEIJING/WASHINGTON – Although worried about the prospect of a trade war, American businesses operating in China nonetheless want President Donald Trump to wring some concessions on market access from China’s leader Xi Jingping when the…
China plans to build new city nearly three times the size of New York
Official news agency Xinhua said Xiongan’s creation would reduce pressure on China’s car-clogged, 22 million-resident capital, and “usher in a new chapter in the country’s historic transitioning to coordinated, inclusive and sustainable growth”. ( read…
Beijing slaps real estate ownership restrictions on residents
Beijing: Young Australians aren’t the only ones feeling locked out of a red-hot housing market that seems unfairly skewed towards their parents’ generation. Beijing median housing prices, which outstrip those in Sydney and Melbourne, have…
Canada ‘a long, long’ way from China extradition deal: McCallum
Canada remains far from formally discussing, much less concluding, an extradition treaty with China, the new ambassador to Beijing says. “We are a long, long way from negotiations, let alone agreeing to such an agreement,”…
China introduces facial recognition technology to dispense toilet paper
Fed up with the theft of toilet paper from public bathrooms, tourist authorities in China’s capital have begun using facial recognition technology to limit how much paper a person can take. The unusual move —…
Trump and Xi: Little in common besides the need to improve relations
Saša Petricic is the CBC’s Asia correspondent, based in Beijing. He previously covered the Middle East, from Jerusalem, through the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war. He has filed stories from every continent for…
Canada deports hundreds to China each year with no treatment guarantee
The Canadian government is deporting hundreds of people to China each year without receiving any assurances that they will not be tortured or otherwise mistreated, statistics provided to The Globe and Mail reveal. Canada and…
Trump ready to address North Korea nuclear program with or without China
And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone.” However, Trump also made clear again that he won’t preview his foreign policy strategy…
US will act alone on North Korea if China fails to help, Trump says
President tells FT: ‘If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will’ Ahead of Xi Jinping visit, UN ambassador Haley steps up call for help President tells FT: ‘If China is not going…
Chongyi Feng's detention in China a blunt warning to Chinese Australians
“It’s great news that he has been released and we don’t know what was discussed — we may never know what was discussed — but that’s understandable,” he adds. Dr Feng was finally allowed to…
