Thailand gets first female Prime Minster

Yingluck Shinawatra became politically turbulent Thailand's first female prime minister yesterday after parliament endorsed her crushing election victory.

China mulls new regulator for state financial sector

China is considering a proposal to create a ministerial-level body to manage its state-owned banks and non-bank financial enterprises, two sources with knowledge of the plan said, a move that would strengthen Beijing’s grip on its lenders.

Wenzhou crash response exposes rot in political system

Calls grow for overhaul to restrict unlimited power and prevent its abuse after accident reveals flaws

Made for China

Chinese faces are different from Westerners and most sunglasses are created according to Western facial features. But help is at hand, Gan Tian finds out.

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Skyscraper boom in China

China is in the midst of a skyscraper boom.

Taxi driver protests hit two Chinese cities

Thousands of taxi drivers in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou went on strike Monday over high petrol prices and traffic congestion, while drivers in Shanghai also protested over benefits.

Critics denounce ban on rail disaster reports

Decision by propaganda authorities’ to restrict unfavourable coverage shows that a ‘decades-long habit of muzzling’ is still in force, say analysts

Families may sue railways ministry

Frustrated by the handling of their demands, relatives of victims of the Wenzhou disaster say they may have to resort to court action for justice

18 killed in 2 attacks in troubled NW China

A city government said Monday that six more civilians died and five “terrorist” suspects were killed by police in one of China’s most troubled ethnic regions, raising the death toll from weekend violence to 18.

Aquanauts take one giant step for China

The captain of the Sea Dragon submersible compares his job to an astronaut’s as he and his crew test the limits of Chinese technology in the dark ocean depths

Press points finger at greedy and callous railways officials

Ministry faces barrage of questions about its overconfident attitude to the high-speed-train crash that took 40 lives

10 days’ training, long hours for drivers in focus

Many drew attention to a state media report late last year about a driver who was given just 10 days to learn how to drive the first Chinese high-speed train. His German instructor had expected a training period of several months.

Censors slap ban on crash coverage

Newspapers forced to ditch pages of reports at last minute after propaganda chiefs issue sudden order, despite premier’s pledge of transparency

China lawyers told not to take train crash cases

Chinese authorities have apologized after lawyers were told not to help victims of a deadly train crash file lawsuits without permission, state media said.

Knife attack in China’s Xinjiang leaves seven dead

Seven people were killed and 28 others wounded by two knife-wielding assailants in China’s ethnically-tense Xinjiang region, authorities said Sunday, in the latest bout of unrest to hit the area.

China ‘forced papers’ to scrap rail crash coverage

China imposed a widespread ban on coverage of last week’s high-speed train crash, forcing newspapers across the country to scrap pages of stories, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.

China forced papers to scrap rail crash coverage

China imposed a widespread ban on coverage of last week’s high-speed train crash, forcing newspapers across the country to scrap pages of stories, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.