Faith, freedom and firebombs: Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy LaiAs one of Hong Kong's most outspoken democracy advocates, media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been on the receiving end of everything from rotten animal entrails to Molotov cocktails in the past 12 months.
22 June 2015 14:55
Protesters muzzled at Chinese dog meat festivalCampaigners protesting China's annual dog meat festival were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men as they attempted to rally outside a government office.
China 'Hogwarts' students embrace ancient tradition at graduationA Chinese university has earned comparisons with Harry Potter's Hogwarts due to its bizarre castle campus, but local traditions supplied the magic at a Confucian-style ceremony for its degree graduates.
US lawmakers knock Xi for 'persistent' China rights abusesUS lawmakers wrote Communist leader Xi Jinping on anniversary of the Tiananmen square crackdown, saying China's continued rights abuse is a "barrier" to improved bilateral ties.
Netflix stock lifts on China rumorsNetflix shares surged after news reports that the streaming television giant was in talks to begin operations in China.
Xi Jinping visits KazakhstanChina's General Secretary Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan to negotiate issues of vital importance for bilateral cooperation.
08 May 2015 22:01
Beijing raises cigarette tax to deter smokingChina will more than double the tax on tobacco to 11 percent, as authorities try to deter smoking in the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco.