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The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota
With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the middle of the night. She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him.
Hong Kong pro-independence party formally outlawed in first such move since handover
HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities formally banned on Monday (Sep 24) a group promoting independence from China - the first outlawing of a political ...
China evacuates millions after Typhoon Mangkhut leaves Hong Kong in tatters | CNN
More than three million people have been moved to safety in southern China as Typhoon Mangkhut moved northward and continued to wreak havoc across the region.
Flights Resume as Typhoon Moves on After Battering Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and some other airlines resumed services to Hong Kong, a city that was battered over the weekend by a powerful typhoon, forcing the cancellation of almost 900 flights.
Tencent, Hillhouse Team Up for China's Offshore Trillions
Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd. are joining the throng of financial firms seeking to service the huge number of Chinese investors looking to diversify outside of the mainland.
China's Dream of a Silicon Valley Clone Needs a Reality Check
Integrating Hong Kong and mainland cities won’t be easy.
Philippines lashed by Typhoon Mangkhut, strongest storm this year | CNN
Super Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines in the early hours of Saturday, bringing ferocious gale-force winds and pounding rains, as aid agencies warned millions are at risk from rising flood waters and landslides.
How China's plan to develop rental housing backfired
When President Xi Jinping of China vowed to increase the supply of rental housing last year, millions of young Chinese expected to find homes they would finally be able to afford.
American ratings giant S&P sees major opportunity in China's $11 trillion bond market
Financial services and ratings giant S&P Global is honing in on China's $11 trillion bond market, a move which may spell good news for international investors in search of more reliable ratings for bonds.
American casinos in Macau are safe from Chinese trade war wrath, analyst says
China is unlikely to make trouble for U.S. casinos operating in Macau even if the trade war intensifies, says Jonathan Galligan, CLSA gaming analyst. That's because they have contributed to China's goal of turning the former Portuguese colony into a key tourist destination.
Tencent shuts poker platform amid widening gaming crackdown
Tencent Holdings will shut a popular Texas Hold'Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant said to its users on Monday, in a further step to comply with intensifying government scrutiny hitting the country's gaming industry.
China Says `No Way' to United's Workaround Taiwan Reference
An attempt by United Airlines to duck the sticky issue of Taiwan has invited rebuke from China’s foreign ministry.
China Ex-Billionaire Goes Missing, Sparking Rout in Casino Stock
Landing International Development Ltd. shares suffered their biggest weekly plunge ever after the casino operator said Chairman Yang Zhihui was unreachable.
Global luxury brands again chase China's young, rich and spendthrift
Global luxury brands from Prada to LVMH are investing in China for the first time since a crackdown on conspicuous spending five years ago, focusing on smaller, less developed cities even as the world's second-largest economy slows.
Bearish Bets Pile Up Against China Evergrande
China Evergrande Group looks like a company with no shortage of good news as earnings soar and the board unveiled a special dividend Monday. But bearish bets on the developer are at a two-year high.
Empty hotels, idle boats - What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
(This version of Aug. 10 story corrects name of expert in paragraph 12, fixes typographical error in paragraph 3)
Pig Stocks Slump on China's First African Swine Fever Outbreak
Chinese pig-related stocks slumped after the world’s biggest pork producer and consumer reported its first ever case of African swine fever.
Big IPOs can't save Hong Kong from trade war's 'very long shadow'
Hong Kong's stock market is welcoming a pair of new high-profile listings, but new blood this year has failed to boost investor sentiment dented by trade tensions between the United States and China.
Taiwan to Target Airlines That Say Island Belongs to China
Taiwan is looking at ways to hit back at foreign airlines that recently caved in to pressure from Beijing to refer to the island as part of China.