An offer to import more American goods as a means of defusing the trade war with China should be rejected by US officials, said the former head of trade negotiations with the mainland, who d... Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been called the face of many things over the years: tyranny, despotism, dictatorship. But for some in the South, his image seems more beauty regime than e... Read more
Skycom Tech, the Hong Kong company at the centre of Huawei Technologies’ alleged violation of US sanctions on Iran, shared the same email domain as the Chinese telecoms equipment giant, publ... Read more
Worshippers of a prominent Protestant unofficial church in southwest China have vowed to keep meeting for religious services despite an ongoing crackdown and members’ claims of abuse in poli... Read more
Members of the Chinese Communist Party are receiving “Happy Birthday” cards from their party branch, not on their actual birthday but on each anniversary of them joining the party. The pract... Read more
The rise in emergency charges at Hong Kong’s public hospitals has failed to cut queues and waiting times for urgent cases, despite a drop in the total number of patients, according to new fi... Read more
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Chinese students on Friday that “havoc” was wrought in the name of Karl Marx in Germany and eastern Europe, but the philosopher also stood for t... Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Friday that Washington and Pyongyang should address each others’ concerns and make progress to rid the... Read more
The much bigger threat to U.S. economic primacy. Photographer: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images By Noah Smith If you only scan the headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking that the U.S.-China... Read more
French authorities are bracing for the possibility of more riots and violence at planned anti-government protests this weekend. The government is deploying tens of thousands of police and se... Read more
