China
Chinese New Year fireworks spark a return to hazardous Beijing pollution
BEIJING Residents of China's capital awoke on Saturday to dense, choking smog after many set off a barrage of fireworks overnight to ring in the Lunar New Year, despite limits and public admonitions against such displays in the congested city. | Video
Beijing smog inspectors on frontlines of war on pollution
BEIJING Tougher law enforcement has reduced the number of environmental offenders in Beijing in recent years, but more companies need to adapt to the emissions standards in China's capital, its environmental inspection squad says.
As regulators waver, Apple takes on Qualcomm in courts
SAN FRANCISCO Apple Inc's new legal assault on Qualcomm in the United States and China reflects its conclusion that regulators are unlikely to put an end to what it considers the chip maker's unfair business practices, analysts said.
China girlfriend rental app gets leg up from Lunar New Year demand
BEIJING As millions in China head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with their families, 24-year-old Luoluo is busy answering messages on a mobile app from desperate men looking to hire an instant girlfriend whom they can present to mom and dad.
Chinese-owned Club Med to open 15 new resorts by 2019
PARIS Holiday company Club Med, owned by Chinese group Fosun , plans to open 15 new resorts worldwide in the next three years, including one in China and one in Japan in 2017, and to upgrade nine of its existing sites.
Japan hotel chain could remove books denying Nanjing Massacre from some hotels
TOKYO A Japanese hotel chain at the center of a furor over books its president wrote denying the Nanjing Massacre in wartime China is prepared to consider removing the books from at least some hotels if it receives a formal written request to do so.
Cancer, hepatitis treatments set for boost as China overhauls drugs list
SHANGHAI China is set to add more than 300 new and traditional drugs to its list of medicines the state will help patients pay for, the first change in more than seven years that will boost treatments for cancer, kidney disease, hepatitis and haemophilia.
China may be developing new long-range air-to-air missile
BEIJING China may be testing a new, long-range air-to-air missile that could take out early warning aircraft and aerial refueling aircraft, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, after pictures of the new missile surfaced online.
China to target around 6.5 percent growth in 2017: sources
(Story filed on Jan 16, corrects total 2016 loans to 12.65 trln yuan, not 12.56 trln) | Video
Trump nominates businessman with Asia background as Navy secretary
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Philip Bilden, a former military intelligence officer and private equity executive with broad experience of Asia, particularly China, as the civilian head of the U.S. Navy.