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On Eid, Xinjiang imams defend China against US criticism

Muslim leaders from the Xinjiang region rejected Western allegations that China is suppressing religious freedom, speaking ...

Alibaba records first quarterly operating loss since IPO

Alibaba had its first quarterly operating loss since it went public in 2014 after Beijing slapped a record $2.8 billion fine ...

China says Xiaomi removal from U.S. blacklist "beneficial"

China’s commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the ...

Death of student in China triggers questions, protests

It was a call no parent wants to receive. On Mother's Day, around 9 p.m., a woman in Chengdu in southwestern China was told ...

West and rights groups accuse China of massive Uyghur crimes

Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain and Germany accused China of massive crimes against ...

US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom

The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as ...

Drop in Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: report

Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent ...

Kerry: US weighs sanctions on China solar over forced labor

The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China’s alleged use of forced labor in production of solar panels and ...

Asian stocks mixed after Wall St falls on inflation fears

Asian stock markets retreated Wednesday as investors looked ahead to U.S. data they worry will show inflation is picking up.

AP source: Biden to tap Rahm Emanuel for ambassador to Japan

President Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, ...

China issues total ban on synthetic cannabinoids

China on Tuesday said it will add all synthetic cannabinoids to its list of banned drugs, in what it described as a first in ...

Meituan's stock price plunges after CEO posts Chinese poem

Shares in Meituan, China’s largest food delivery platform, have tumbled after its CEO posted —and then deleted — an ancient ...

Australia plans big defense and security investments

The Australian government released a big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year on Tuesday that includes hefty ...

China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age

The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed ...

Business group warns China boycotts spooking investors

An American business group warned Tuesday that government-instigated consumer boycotts of foreign shoe, clothing and other ...

1.4B but no more? China's population growth closer to zero

China’s weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, ...

Asian shares slide after tech sell-off on Wall Street

Shares dropped Tuesday in Asia after selling of several Big Tech companies pulled U.S. benchmarks lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 ...

2 on trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic

Two amateur computer coders taken by police from their Beijing homes last year were standing trial Tuesday in a case that ...

China to draw 'separation line' on peak of Mount Everest

China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending ...

Bob Dylan artwork to go on display in the U.S. this year

The largest collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever seen will go on display later this year in the U.S. “Retrospectrum” spans ...