Turkey becomes partner of China, Russia-led security bloc

NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a "dialogue partner" of a security bloc dominated by China and Russia, and declared that its destiny is in Asia.

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Pinault Family Gives China $40 Million Disputed Bronzes

The 18th-century dynasty bronze rabbit and rat heads had been part of the decoration of a water clock at the Summer Palace in Beijing, which was looted by French and British troops in 1860.

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Son of Chinese official jailed for trying to bribe professor

The son of a Chinese official studying in Britain has been jailed for a year for trying to bribe a university professor to help him pass his degree.

Wanting 曲婉婷 - Drenched

China soil survey reveals century-old heavy metals, banned pesticides

Soil samples across China have revealed remnants of heavy metals dating back at least a century and traces of a pesticide banned in the 1980s, an environmental official said on Wednesday, revealing the extent of the country’s pollution problems.

Why ‘no win, no fee’ is no go for Hong Kong lawyers

A medieval law punishes lawyers for taking a financial interest in cases, even though other jurisdictions allow such conditional or contingent fees

Capture of drug lord Naw Kham shows China’s clout in region

The hunt for Naw Kham highlights how China’s influence reaches far beyond its borders and into the nations that make up the Golden Triangle

Marine Corps Sgt Goes Ballistic Over a Civilian Driver

Long-standing myth of double standards haunts multinationals

Onus is on big foreign firms to work together to clear up misconceptions among mainlanders about compromises in production-line quality

No stamp duty relief for singles switching homes

A single person who buys a home to live in will be hit with the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) if he does not dispose of his existing residence first.

Officials go underground to defeat moves to curb their lavish feasting

Officials dodge Xi Jinping's curbs on luxury by turning canteens into five-star restaurants and meeting businessmen away from public gaze

Curbs on 2nd home purchases in Beijing

Single-person households cannot buy second home, minimum down payment raised for buyers

Chinese visitors to Paris hit by mass muggings

France vows to find the perpetrators; attacks may affect tourist numbers

Big cities announce capital gains tax on second-hand properties

Beijing, Chongqing and Shanghai will levy a 20 per cent capital-gains tax on second-hand property transactions, officials in the three cities said yesterday.

Outrage at photo of Danish tourists urinating on Shanghai highway

Chinese internet users expressed their anger after six Danish tourists were witnessed urinating in the middle of a busy overpass in Shanghai.

Singapore's old order ready for fall, says candidate Tan Jee Say

Opposition candidate says ruling People's Action Party may lose the 2016 elections in a backlash against influx of foreign workers

New study reveals how lack of sleep leads to weight gain

People whose slumber was limited to five hours ate far more than those allowed nine hours in bed, gaining an average of about 1kg in a week

US hasn't learnt lesson on danger of groupthink

Ten years ago, America invaded Iraq; somehow, our political class decided that we should respond to a terrorist attack by making war on a regime that, however vile, had nothing to do with that attack.

LTA to install CCTVs at 30 locations to deter illegal parking

China's Cabinet