The county has a population of around 33,000, and is notable for being a stop on the Karakoram Highway, built along the ancient Silk Road connecting China’s far western city of Kashgar to the Pakistani…
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China's 'Silk Road' stirs unease over its strategic goals
The initiative is in many ways natural for China, the world’s biggest trader. But governments from Washington to Moscow to New Delhi worry Beijing also is trying to build its own political influence and erode…
Beijing's battle against pollution takes toll on truck drivers at coal port
TIANJIN, China/BEIJING On a recent visit to the area around Tianjin Port Co Ltd, there were more than one hundred empty trucks parked at the coal storage center run by Ningdong Logistic Co. Once one…
China says it successfully tests new type of missile
BEIJING — China’s defence ministry said Wednesday that the military successfully test-fired a new type of missile into waters near the Korean Peninsula, an announcement that comes amid Chinese anger over the deployment in South…
Canadian softwood lumber could find a home in China, says Canadian ambassador
So news of the approval of TransMountain (pipeline) was very, very welcome. Asia is hungry for secure sources of energy,” he said. But in speaking about energy, both Bilous and McCallum mentioned the interest they…
China's Xi says willing to work with SKorea to improve ties
The official Xinhua News Agency says Xi said that China and South Korea’s cooperation and exchanges over the past 25 years have brought tangible benefits to the two peoples and positive contributions to regional peace…
China's big road is going to be awfully bumpy
By Michael Schuman As they’ve guided China’s remarkable economic ascent over the last four decades, the country’s leaders have largely been content to focus on raising incomes and building factories. They’ve steered clear of messy…
School bus crash in China kills 12
Twelve people, including several South Korean schoolchildren, were killed Tuesday when their bus was involved in an accident and caught fire inside a tunnel in eastern China, the local government and a South Korean diplomat…
China's Alipay takes on Apple in US expansion
But there are also signs of US firms in the same industry looking for opportunities in China. In February, Apple teamed up with China’s state-owned bankcard association, China Union Pay, allowing the lender’s cardholders to…
China human rights lawyer Xie Yang 'admits being brainwashed'
It released transcripts in which he says he was trained in Hong Kong and South Korea to “develop Western constitutionalism in China”. In a video … media and independent media to hype sensitive news events,…
China forces lawyer on 3,000-kilometre road trip, raising new questions about justice
Read more: Shuanggui: The harsh, hidden side of China’s war on graft … coerced into a confession nor had he been subjected to torture,” the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Mr. Xie acknowledged being “brainwashed”…
AP Exclusive: China lawyer's family says US helped them flee
Their journey reveals the lengths that China’s government has been increasingly willing to … In Texas, Fu was dumbfounded by news of Chen’s arrest. He sprang into action to alert the State Department, and his…
Canadian woman's sister and lawyer speak about her Beijing arrest
It was shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 19 when the group of men slipped into Sun Qian’s villa. A half-dozen of them barged into the bedroom of the wealthy Chinese businesswoman with a Canadian…
