A popular Chinese internet video celebrity who goes by the moniker "Papi Jiang" promised on Monday to tone down her online videos after being admonished by State authorities.On Sunday, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television...
TOKYO - An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There was no immediate tsunami warning, or reports of damage or casualties.A series of strong quakes struck the south of Japan late...
Bangkok - Laos' new leaders took office Tuesday, according to state media, as the secretive communist nation prepares for a period of unusually frenetic diplomacy culminating in a landmark visit by a US President.One of Asia's least developed nations,...
BANGKOK - Thai police cannot find 15 suspects in connection with a bomb at a shrine in Bangkok last year that killed 20 people, an officer said on Wednesday, as two ethnic Uighur Muslims from China accused of involvement...
YANGON - Witnesses to a boat capsize that left some 20 people dead, including children, say the victims were from the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority and blamed the tragedy on restrictions that forced them to journey by sea.At least...
It's an irony when a Chinese calls another Chinese "pig", and it's even more so when both parties hail from China.Facing a barrage of criticisms, a University of Sydney business school's head tutor was forced to resign after being...
HONG KONG (REUTERS) - China suspended an international anti-corruption task force earlier this year after taking over the Group of 20 (G-20) presidency, according to six individuals in the group, who called it a setback to global efforts to...
SHANGHAI - China's homegrown regional jet should have made its first commercial flight weeks ago, but the ARJ21 has still not flown any fare-paying passengers, dealing yet another setback to the country's ambitious plans for domestically produced planes.Chengdu Airlines...
Transformers, go!In a case of life mimicking terrible movies, two competing construction companies recently brought out their bulldozers to fight each other on a street in Xingtang county in Hebei, China.According to Shanghaiist, the street brawl occurred due to...
The principal of Changzhou Foreign Languages School in Jiangsu province, where hundreds of students fell ill, dismissed reports claiming the school was responsible.The school was built next to a site where former factories reportedly dumped toxic chemicals.So far, about...
