HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Beijing-backed civil servant, Carrie Lam, was chosen to be Hong Kong’s next leader on Sunday amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the financial hub a more populist leader…
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Hong Kong leader's race pits Beijing's pick vs 'Uncle Chips'
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong’s next leader will be chosen Sunday by an election committee stacked with pro-Beijing elites who heed the wishes of China’s communist leaders rather than the semiautonomous region’s voters. The…
China, South Korea Meet in World Cup Qualifier Amid Tensions
“Even if North Korea collapses, missile defencs would not go away,” a former U.S. national security adviser told NBC News. “The worry [for China] is that THAAD is a basis for a collective security system……
Beijing pressing for full access to Canada's economy in trade talks
China’s new envoy says Beijing is seeking unfettered access for Chinese state-owned firms to all key sectors of the Canadian economy during free-trade talks now under way with Ottawa – including an end to restrictions…
Why Apple's red iPhones are not 'Red' in China
These are external links and will open in a new window Image caption Apple’s special-edition red iPhone 7 and 7plus launch in over 40 countries, including China, on Friday Apple’s latest iPhone might be red,…
Australian prime minister won't choose between China and US
Australia does not have to choose between the United States and China, the Australian prime minister said Friday as he announced a new beef export deal with the Chinese. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Chinese…
Smog-hit Beijing plans 'green necklace' to block pollution
BEIJING Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei will plant trees, establish green belts and make use of rivers and wetlands to create a “green necklace” to protect China’s smog-hit capital from pollution, the Hebei…
Why is Spain in the middle of a spat between China and Taiwan?
These are external links and will open in a new window Spain could soon become the first European Union country to extradite Taiwanese criminal suspects to China, instead of their home island. In December, a…
Trade mission to China part of goal to quadruple P.E.I. sales
A trade mission from P.E.I. to China covering the end of March is a big part of a strategy to quadruple sales from the Island by 2025, says Premier Wade MacLauchlan. Food is currently the…
China rebuffs South Korea WTO complaint, says respects rules
… said that China pays great attention to developing economic and trade relations between China and South Korea,” Sun told a regular news briefing. China has noted comments from a South Korean minister that there…
Facial recognition software targets toilet paper thieves in China
But until recently, the bathrooms of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven, a complex of religious buildings constructed in 1420, carried rolls upon rolls of the white stuff. Unfortunately, toilet paper thieves, who had long frustrated Beijing…
Beijing park unrolls high-tech plan to thwart toilet paper thieves
Beijing’s Temple of Heaven park is using facial recognition software to bring its bathrooms into the 21 st Century and thwart thieves with a penchant for swiping its toilet paper stash. The system, which has…
China offers tourist packages to disputed South China Sea in a bid to show its authority over the region following threat from US to block access
China has plans to build holiday resorts that the government has compared to the Maldives. On March 3, state-run news agency Xinhua announced that a new cruise ship had embarked on its maiden voyage to…
