China has surpassed Canadians to become the biggest foreign buyers of real estate in the US by both sales and dollar volume, accounting for more… Read More »Chinese become biggest foreign buyers of US real estate
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland will remove entry permit requirements for Taiwan residents from July 1, according to a revised regulation made public Thursday. With… Read More »Mainland removes entry permit requirements for Taiwan residents
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Thursday rejected an electoral reform plan with 28 of 37 lawmakers present voting against it after a lengthy debate ended Thursday.… Read More »HK lawmakers reject election reform motion
BEIJING – A crucial tie at the women’s World Cup and a belated scoring binge by Chinese men in a Russia 2018 qualifier have raised… Read More »‘World Cup Day’ raises expectations for Chinese soccer
The US decision to send more troops to Iraq to help fight the Islamic State is not a strategic but a tactical shift, which is… Read More »US is duty-bound to help Iraq wipe out the IS
China is developing electrically propelled satellites and plans to send the first one into space around 2020, according to a senior satellite designer at the… Read More »Electrically propelled satellite being planned
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc has partnered with Russia’s biggest online retailer Ulmart, it said on Tuesday, in preparation for a push into its first… Read More »China’s JD.com forges Russian tie-up to begin global expansion
Chinese investors who sank about $1.2 billion into companies in Switzerland that did not have trading licenses have staged protests in Geneva to demand their… Read More »Investors stage protests over missing $1.2b
The Bank of China will join seven others on the electronic platform that sets the gold price benchmark, the London Bullion Market Association said on… Read More »Bank of China first Chinese bank to join gold price benchmark
The Hong Kong legislature is set to debate the single largest democratic reform in the city’s history on Wednesday as a handful of lawmakers hold… Read More »Vote to begin on Hong Kong’s election reform