Source: BBC Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China. In her victory speech, she […]
Just add sage The regime is trying to preserve a cuisine few people have heard of Jan 16th 2016 | BEIJING | From the print edition Great brain, great prawns […]
Source: The New York Times LONDON — Global markets sank sharply on Friday, as crude dipped below$30 a barrel on concerns about China’s health and a potential flood of new oil […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal BEIJING— General Electric Co. agreed to sell its appliance unit for $5.4 billion to Chinese manufacturer Haier Group, which is looking to expand its products […]
Source: The New York Times KASHGAR, China — Families sundered by a wave of detentions. Mosques barred from broadcasting the call to prayer. Restrictions on the movements of laborers that […]
Source: Huffington Post When early Catholic and Protestant missionaries came to China in the 16th through the 19th centuries, they found that something called the “Mandate of Heaven” (天命) was […]
Source: BBC The chairman of one of China’s largest state-owned mobile operators, China Telecom, is being investigated by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Chang Xiaobing is “suspected of serious violation of […]
Source: Time Expecting the move, Ursula Gauthier, a longtime journalist for the French news magazine L’Obs, said late Friday night that she was prepared to leave China. Once she departs […]
Source: Time BEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world’s biggest animal cloning factory has vowed not to use the technology on people — for […]
Source: BBC Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been released from detention after receiving a suspended jail sentence. Mr Pu was found guilty by a Beijing court earlier […]
Source: BBC Some 22 buildings have collapsed in a landslide at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people […]
Source: BBC China has accused the US of “serious provocation” after it flew B-52 bombers near one of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Chinese military personnel […]
Source: BBC China has summoned a senior US envoy in protest after Washington announced it would sell two warships to Taiwan. Vice-Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang made “solemn representations” with Kaye […]
Source: BBC Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by “state-sponsored actors”. It is the first time that the social media […]
Source: BBC Guo Guangchang, the high-profile Chinese tycoon detained by police last week, has made an appearance at his company’s annual meeting in Shanghai. The Fosun International chairman was first […]
Source: BBC Chinese tech giant Baidu has successfully tested its driverless car on roads near the company’s headquarters in Beijing. The 30km (18.6 miles) test route required a modified BMW […]
Source: BBC One of China’s richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police. His company, Fosun International, confirmed on Friday that he was assisting authorities with an investigation. The […]
Source: China Daily Chinese archeologists excavated fossils of dinosaurs which lived 180 million years ago in Lufeng county in Southwest China’s Yunnan province. The bones belonged to Lufengosaurus Huenei and […]
Source: BBC The United States has deployed a P-8 Poseidon spy plane to Singapore for the first time. It is the latest in a series of US military actions seen […]
© Sputnik/ Pavel Lisitsy 17:22 05.12.2015Get short URL 27153031392 A gold-backed ruble and gold-backed yuan could start a ‘snowball exit’ from dollar F. William Engdahl notes, adding that it will diminish America’s ability to use the reserve dollar role to finance Washington’s perpetual overseas wars. © FLICKR/ BULLION VAULT Plunge […]