$300M for China’s football academy
Wanda, which is owned by one of China’s richest men, Wang Jianlin, announced a 23-pitch facility capable of accommodating 500 ...
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Beijing protests US warship operation in S. China Sea
China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South ...
Manila eyes joint SCS exploration with China
The government said yesterday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource ...
China criticizes US for nuclear adversary claims
China yesterday criticized a US government report that cast Beijing as a potential nuclear adversary and called on Washington to ...
Trump touts trade gains in 5-nation Asian swing
US President Donald Trump yesterday lauded his trade achievements during a five-nation tour of Asia, promising he would reveal “far ...
Trump offers to ‘mediate’ in sea dispute
US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart yesterday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich ...
China bans Winnie the Pooh
Has Winnie the Pooh done something to anger China’s censors? Some mentions of the lovable but dimwitted bear with a ...
Turkey, Mongolia drawn to ASEAN
On his return from his trip to Beijing, China, where he attended the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, ...
Xi urges ‘peaceful’ NoKor solution
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged Donald Trump to peacefully resolve surging tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program, as the ...
New HK leader elected
Beijing favorite Carrie Lam was selected as Hong Kong’s new leader by a mainly pro-China committee yesterday in an election ...
‘China not militarizing South China Sea’
China is not militarizing the disputed South China Sea, the country’s premier insisted in Australia on Friday, claiming defense equipment ...
North Korean says arrest over Kim was a plot
Ri Jong-chol, a suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, said in Beijing that he ...
Barack cautions Trump
US President Barack Obama warned his successor Donald Trump on Friday against provoking a ‘’very significant’’ response from China by ...
Power plant accident death toll rises to 74
The death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China rose to 74, state media ...
China court clarifies maritime jurisdiction
China’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday that people caught illegally fishing in Chinese waters could be jailed for up to ...
‘Give them a bloody nose’
China’s leadership is resisting pressure from elements within the military for a more forceful response to an international court ruling ...