The “nine-in-one” elections, staged every four years, will be held on Saturday to choose nine levels of officers, including municipal mayors, councillors, and county magistrates. It is the first local election test for Tsai and the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party since she came to office in May 2016. Whether her party – or her opponents […] Read more

China is ready to work with other countries to boost East Asia’s security and development by safeguarding the rules-based international order and free trade, and promoting sustainable development and political dialogue, Premier Li Keqiang told the 13th East Asia Summit on Thursday in Singapore. Regional free trade mechanisms are being accelerated, with the Regional Comprehensive […] Read more

China will take into consideration sincere and constructive advice on the issue of human rights, but firmly opposes vicious and groundless criticism from a tiny minority of people with a political bias, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday. Her remarks came after the United Nations reviewed China’s human rights record on Tuesday. The […] Read more

Free trade should be promoted for a stable, law-based environment, he says Premier Li Keqiang called for increased East Asia regional integration on Thursday and for building up the East Asian Economic Community, while accelerating negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the China-Japan-Republic of Korea free trade zone. He made the statement at […] Read more

EOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader publicly inspected a new weapon for the first time in nearly a year, state media reported on Friday, while it also decided to release a U.S. prisoner, sending conflicting signals at a time of sensitive negotiations. Kim Jong Un’s visit to the test site of a new “tactical weapon” […] Read more

Hands on deck: crew of the warship Zhiyuan CREDIT: PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY More than seven decades after their deaths, 31 Chinese sailors who died during World War II were remembered at a ceremony in Liverpool in northwestern England on Monday. The sailors served on Dutch merchant vessels and died in Britain between 1942 and 1945. The […] Read more

Maybe, though, they’re starting to look a little weak. The main appeal of dictators, for a certain sort of British person, has been that at least they make things happen. In the 1930s, it was autobahns and trains running on time. In the 1930s, dictators like Benito Mussolini were admired by some for making trains […] Read more

The driver of the articulated truck lost control on a downhill stretch of motorway in the city of Lanzhou and crashed into the line of 31 vehicles. As well as those killed, authorities said 44 people were hurt including 10 who suffered serious injuries. The lorry crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a […] Read more

A dog walker in Shanghai. Wenshan has banned dog walking in daylight hours A city in China has banned pet owners from walking their dogs in daylight hours. Pet owners in Wenshan will no longer be able to take their dogs out for a walk between the hours of 7am and 10pm, and they can’t […] Read more