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POLLUTION APPEARS TO EASE IN BEIJING AMID CHINAS DRIVE TO CLEAR THE AIR
Greenpeace estimated that lower pollution levels resulted in 160,000 fewer premature deaths across China in 2017... READ MORE›
BITCOIN PRICES FALL AFTER SOUTH KOREA CRACKS DOWN ON EXCHANGES
South Korean police raided several cryptocurrency exchange businesses this week, including Coinone and Bithumb, as part of a nation-wide crackdown to weed out alleged tax evasion... READ MORE›
ASIA STOCKS TIPPED TO END WEEK ON A STRONG NOTE
The euro surged after signals from the European Central Bank the economy may be strong enough to warrant scaling back crisis-era guidance on stimulus... READ MORE›
UBER'S SECRET TOOL FOR KEEPING THE COPS IN THE DARK
The tool was developed in coordination with Uber's security and legal departments, the people say... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA PRAISES FIRE AND FURY BOOK ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
In August, Mr. Trump warned he would unleash fire and fury against North Korea if it ever endangered the United States... READ MORE›
FOREIGN BANDS ESCAPE CHARGES FOR PLAYING WITHOUT WORK VISAS
British band TTNG and US band Mylets had been invited by Hidden Agenda, an indie music venue, to perform in May last year... READ MORE›
BEIJING FLOATS IPO PLAN TO HELP TURN 'SILK ROAD' DREAM INTO REALITY
Photo iStock When it comes to twists and turns, China's grandiose Silk Road project is starting to resemble a theme park rollercoaster... READ MORE›
CHINA CONSIDERS HONG KONG IPOS IN YUAN FOR BELT AND ROAD COMPANIES
The report did not include details of how the government would facilitate fundraisings in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
ALIBABA WILL 'SERIOUSLY CONSIDER' HONG KONG LISTING, SAYS FOUNDER MA
The Alibaba spokeswoman said there were no further details available on what any Hong Kong listing plan could involve... READ MORE›
HUAWEI'S GLOBAL AMBITIONS HIT BY AT&T PHONE DISTRIBUTION DEAL'S COLLAP
Huawei's global ambitions hit by AT T phone distribution deal's collap... READ MORE›
FORMER HONG KONG OFFICIAL PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN AFRICA BRIBERY CASE
Mr. Gadio was the conduit for the offer, and was compensated by Mr. Ho with 400,000 wired through New York, the prosecutors said... READ MORE›
ASIA STOCKS SET TO BUILD ON GAINS AS JAPAN RETURNS
Futures on stock gauges in Tokyo, Sydney and Hong Kong all climbed as the S P 500 Index eked out a fresh closing high... READ MORE›
A VISA-FREE ZONE WELCOMES YOUR WALLET. BUT MAYBE NOT YOUR BEARD.
Its unusually easy to enter a special economic development zone between China and Kazakhstan, unless your garb suggests you have Islamist leanings... READ MORE›
FEDEX READIES FOR SURGE IN E-COMMERCE WITH NEW HUB IN SHANGHAI
"Absolutely that's an important part of it," David Cunningham Jr., chief executive officer of FedEx Express, the world's largest cargo airline, said in an interview in Shanghai Monday... READ MORE›
COLLISION NEAR CHINA LEAVES IRANIAN OIL TANKER IN FLAMES
That area of the East China Sea is frequently crossed by ships traveling to China, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan... READ MORE›
IRAN OIL TANKER ACCIDENT: US HELPING IN SEARCH, RESCUE OFF CHINA COAST
The Chinese-flagged cargo ship, CF Crystal, and Iranian-flagged MV Sanchi, which collided Jan. 6 evening had all the missing crew members belonging to the oil tanker... READ MORE›
ECO DISASTER LOOMS AFTER OIL TANKER COLLIDES WITH SHIP IN EAST CHINA SEA
The tanker's 32 crew members were all Iranian nationals except for two Bangladeshi nationals, the Chinese transport ministry said... READ MORE›
32 SAILORS MISSING AFTER SHIPS COLLIDE OFF CHINAS EAST COAST
China and South Korea were helping search for the sailors, including 30 Iranians, who were aboard an oil tanker that collided with a freighter on Saturday night... READ MORE›
OIL TANKER COLLIDES WITH CARGO SHIP OFF CHINA'S EAST COAST, DOZENS MISSING
32 people were reported missing after an oil tanker and a cargo ship from Hong Kong collided off China's eastern coast Saturday evening... READ MORE›
IRANIAN OIL TANKER BURNS, 32 MISSING AFTER COLLISION OFF CHINA'S COAST
Reuters ship tracking data shows Sanchi was built in 2008 and was managed by the National Iranian Tanker Co NITC ... READ MORE›
IRANIAN OIL TANKER BURNS, 32 MISSING AFTER COLLISION OFF CHINA'S COAST
Reuters ship tracking data shows Sanchi was built in 2008 and was managed by the National Iranian Tanker Co NITC ... READ MORE›
DEADLY BALLOON CRASH AT EGYPTIAN RESORT
A hot air balloon carrying tourists has crashed near the Egyptian city of Luxor, with one person killed and several injured, officials say... READ MORE›
GLOBAL DISTRESSED-DEBT FUNDS CIRCLE CHINA AGAIN, EYE $256 BILLION BAD-
Global distressed-debt funds circle China again, eye 256 billion bad-loans market... READ MORE›
'PENIS WHITENING IS NOT NECESSARY'
'Penis whitening is not necessary' Thailand's Public Health Ministry has already reacted to the sudden attention the clinic has been receiving... READ MORE›
IRAN THREATENS TO SHUT DOWN TELEGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA APP
Along with Telegram, Instagram was also temporarily banned on Sunday, with Iranian social media users purportedly uploading screen shots of the app not working... READ MORE›
FOR STARTERS, THERES NO BUTTON
Photo A military aide traveling with President Trump in December carried the so-called nuclear football as he walked toward Marine One, the president's helicopter... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAYS BANNON 'LOST HIS MIND' AFTER LEAVING WHITE HOUSE
President Donald Trump denounced his former top strategist, Steve Bannon, on Wednesday in a dramatic break from the man considered an architect of Trump's populist campaign... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT XI DELIVERS NEW YEAR SPEECH VOW
Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday delivered a New Year speech, vowing that China would resolutely carry out reform in 2018... READ MORE›
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA FELL OFF TRUMP'S RADAR LAST YEAR. HE MAY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION IN 2018.
China has unveiled Asia's largest dredging vessel, and the South China Sea may be its first base of operations... READ MORE›
AFTER TOUGH YEAR, HONG KONG DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS SOUND WARNING TO CHIN
After tough year, Hong Kong democracy protesters sound warning to China on New Year's day... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sheung Shui
SRI LANKA THE LATEST VICTIM OF CHINA'S DEBT-TRAP DIPLOMACY
Yet, as Hambantota shows, China is now establishing its own Hong Kong-style neocolonial arrangements... READ MORE›
CHINA ENTERS 2018 WITH IVORY BAN IN FORCE
We can start 2018 hopeful that elephants will be safer now that China has banned commercial ivory sales, he said... READ MORE›
HK-LISTED FIRM LINKED TO UK FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING INQUIRY
Wan Cheng listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Growth Enterprise Market in July, 2017, with the share code 8291... READ MORE›
TEAR GAS AND CLASHES AT HK PROTEST
At the scene Juliana Liu, Hong Kong correspondent After clashes with police earlier in the week, pro-democracy protesters appeared to be much better prepared on Sunday... READ MORE›
BITCOIN TUMBLES FROM RECORD IN BIGGEST SLUMP SINCE FUTURES
A short-term correction was definitely on the cards, said Thomas Glucksmann, Hong Kong-based head of marketing at cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin Ltd... READ MORE›
CHINESE BAN ON PLASTIC WASTE IMPORTS COULD SEE UK POLLUTION RISE
Chinese restrictions from January will hit UK recycling efforts and risk plastic waste being stockpiled or ending up in landfill, warn industry leaders... READ MORE›
K-POP FANS 'DEVASTATED' AFTER SHINEE SINGER JONGHYUN DIES IN POSSIBLE SUICIDE
Jonghyun, a member of South Korean band Shinee, performs during a 2012 concert in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
KIM JONG-UNS OVERTURE TO SOUTH KOREA SIGNALS POSSIBLE THAW IN NUCLEAR CRISIS
In any talks with the United States, North Korea is likely to insist on being recognized as a nuclear weapons state, analysts said... READ MORE›
SAUDI SISTERS WHO FLED TO TURKEY FEAR FORCED RETURN
They tried to flee to New Zealand on February 8 from Hong Kong, where they had arrived from Saudi Arabia via undocumented methods... READ MORE›
MYSTERY SHROUDS TETHER AND ITS LINKS TO BIGGEST BITCOIN EXCHANGE
And what is tether's connection to Bitfinex, the world's biggest bitcoin exchange?... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS TRUMP'S NEW SECURITY POLICY SHOWS 'COLD WAR MENTALITY'
A large part of the Trump-Xi relationship had been predicated on China's efforts, much touted by Trump, in solving the North Korea crisis... READ MORE›
HOW DID HALF OF THE GREAT FLORIDA CORAL REEF SYSTEM DISAPPEAR?
Together, the world's coral reefs have been valued at 1tn a year... READ MORE›
CHINA BAN ON DOMESTIC IVORY SALES COMES INTO FORCE
China, one of the world's biggest markets for African ivory, announced last year that it would outlaw all domestic trade and processing by the end of 2017... READ MORE›
'THE WORLD WANTS PEACE NOT DEATH'
US President Donald Trump said the world wants peace not death following the latest bout of UN Security Council sanctions placed on North Korea... READ MORE›
U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA START AIR FORCE DRILLS AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS
The drills will be conducted under wartime scenarios that include attacks on mock North Korean nuclear and missile targets, South Korea's military said... READ MORE›
CATHAY CREW SPOT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE EXPLODE, FALL INTO SEA
Cathay is considered one of the world's safest airlines by several aviation associations... READ MORE›
'I HAD TO EAT THE DOG'S FOOD TO SURVIVE'
In Brazil, three other Philippine maids who were recruited by the same agency as Maria also left their employment in the last year under similar circumstances... READ MORE›
THE ECO GUIDE TO NEW YEAR RECYCLING
Right now you may well be surveying the wreckage of Christmas, all that old wrapping paper... READ MORE›
JONGHYUN'S SUICIDE NOTE REVEALS DEPRESSION, PRESSURES OF K-POP FAME
Jonghyun broke onto the South Korean music scene in 2008, when he debuted as a singer in the five-member group SHINee... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN SUBMARINE MISSILE THREAT PROMPTS MILITARY DRILLS
North Korean Submarine Missile Threat Prompts U.S.-Led Military Drills... READ MORE›
HK VESSEL 'SEIZED' OVER OIL TRANSFER, BEIJING DENIES BREAKING SANCTIONS
The actions taken will be reported to the UN Security Council sanctions committee on North Korea in the future, he said... READ MORE›
BITCOIN STARTED WITH ALL MEN. NOW CRYPTO IS OPENING UP TO WOMEN
Are we going to do it with all guys again? Famous women have popped up in the blockchain world... READ MORE›
SOME OF THE WORLD'S PRICIEST REAL ESTATE FLOATS ON OPEN WATERS
Yet inch for inch, it tops the price of real estate in some of the world's most-expensive cities, including London and New York... READ MORE›
CHINA'S $189 BILLION GIANT OF FINANCE REVEALS A HUGE BET ON TECH
In the first nine months of 2017, Ping An got more than 70 percent of its earnings from insurance, with banking and asset management each contributing about 15 percent... READ MORE›
CHINA IS FURIOUS AND AUSTRALIA SHOULD EXPECT MORE BACKLASH
Most significantly, the People's Daily, China's official newspaper of record, had a special signed editorial attacking Australia's government and media... READ MORE›
SEATTLE BATTLES PLASTIC STRAWS TO SAVE THE OCEANS
In the United States we use 500 million single-use plastic straws every day, Dune Ives, executive director of Lonely Whale, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›
CATHAY PACIFIC FLIGHT CREW SAY THEY SAW NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST
Flight trackers put the plane close to Japan around the time of Pyongyang's Hwasong-15 missile test on 29 November... READ MORE›
'THERE HAS BEEN FOREIGN INTERFERENCE': PM SCHOOLS CHINA BY SPEAKING MANDARIN
Then came reports of growing anger in some sections of Australia's Chinese population to the Federal Government's stance against Beijing's activities in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAID CHINA WAS CAUGHT 'RED HANDED' SELLING OIL TO NORTH KOREA. BEIJING DENIES IT DID ANYTHING WRONG.
HONG KONG -- Did a Chinese ship deliver oil to North Korea in defiance of the U.N... READ MORE›
JAIL IN HONG KONG FOR BOOING CHINA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM
Beijing drafts legislation to imprison Hong Kong democracy activists for three years after football match outbursts... READ MORE›