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Taiwan’s opposition is preaching stability and harmony, but critics see policy contradictions

It is no longer enough for condominiums to boast a pool, gym, clubhouse and tennis court. Developers are adding fancy facilities such as a s...

Mainland courts may soon have the power to confiscate ill-gotten gains under a new law

China has long used access to its giant customer base and cheap labour as bargaining chips to persuade foreign companies to open factories w...

Couples fake divorce or even sacrifice marriage to obtain more property, and developers are happy to throw in extras to keep cash coming in

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The head of a Chinese railways technology firm blamed for faulty signalling gear that caused a high-speed rail crash last month died of a he...

Railways ministry complains that German ultrasonic detector used to inspect trains is too sensitive

Experts say controversy over new interpretation reveals deep sense of social and moral insecurity

The earliest recorded wills in Hong Kong show that a group of highly-successful women had one thing in common ... they were all working in t...

It may make sense from a welfare point of view but the economic argument suggests otherwise

The son of Taiwan’s jailed former president, Chen Shui-bian, has been stripped of his position as a city councillor in Kaohsiung after being...

Police in Zhejiang province have seized an undisclosed number of high-quality counterfeit yuan notes said to look more realistic than any fa...

Mainland bird’s nest merchants accused of selling fake or tainted products staged a press conference with Malaysian officials to defend thei...

A Yunnan chemical plant was exposed for disposing more than 280,000 tonnes of uncontained toxic chromium residue near the source of the Pear...

New Chinese Marriage Law Protects Men’s Assets, Angers Women

You’ve got the replica shirt, now buy the shares. That may be Manchester United’s pitch if the U.K.’s leading soccer team pursues plans to r...

Significant changes to Singapore’s employment pass (EP) framework will kick in from January 2012, further tightening the inflow of white-col...

Man U said to be raising US$1b in Q4; with Credit Suisse hired as book runner