China News

Building for '08 on track

2007-10-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

The China Post - With less than one year to go until the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, organizers say construction work on the sports facilities in China's capital are proceeding according to plan. Full Story

China triathlete banned after positive doping test

2007-10-12T00:59:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China's top female triathlete Wang Hongni has been banned for two years for doping, which will keep her out of next year's Beijing Olympics. Full Story

China suspends two soccer players for lewd question

2007-10-12T00:58:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China has suspended two members of its Olympic soccer squad for posing a "lewd question" to an army officer during a military-style boot camp, the Soccer News paper reported on Thursday. Full Story

Myanmar rulers lash out at West, foreign media for stoking protests

2007-10-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Myanmar's ruling military angrily accused Western powers and foreign media Thursday of inciting recent protests that were crushed by soldiers, and China urged the world to back U.N. mediation efforts to reconcile the junta and the pro democracy movement. Full Story

United States: Warfare tech being smuggled to China, Iran

2007-10-12T00:56:00.002-07:00

The China Post - U.S. missile technology, fighter jet parts and other wartime equipment increasingly are being illegally smuggled to China and Iran, the federal government said Thursday. Full Story

Corruption threatens China's stability: report

2007-10-12T00:56:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Corruption costs China more every year than it spends on education and is one of the most serious threats to the country's political stability, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Full Story

Shanghai official quits congress amid graft probe

2007-10-12T00:55:00.001-07:00

The China Post - A former top official for Shanghai's stunning new financial district has quit the city's local congress and is facing investigation for alleged corruption, state media reports said. Full Story

Beijing police brawl over pastor; 5 injured

2007-10-12T00:54:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Police from two districts in China's capital brawled Thursday over a Christian activist, leaving four officers and the dissident injured, witnesses said, in an incident that highlights pressures police face in tamping down on dissent. Full Story

China decries United States award for Dalai Lama

2007-10-12T00:53:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China has complained to the United States over a decision to award exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Full Story

China defends police in arrest of North Koreans

2007-10-12T00:52:00.001-07:00

The China Post - China on Thursday defended the actions of police who physically restrained South Korean diplomats trying to stop the arrest of North Korean refugees in Beijing. Full Story

China willing to hold talks on yuan, ministry says

2007-10-12T00:51:00.001-07:00

The China Post - China's foreign ministry said it's willing to discuss the yuan with European Union officials, who have complained the currency is too weak. Full Story

Raffles Education buys Chinese university

2007-10-12T00:49:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Raffles Education Corp., a Singapore- based private education provider with 26 schools in Asia, will buy China's Oriental University City Development Co. for S$392 million (US$267 million). Full Story

Hong Kong's Tsang says growth is city's priority

2007-10-11T02:15:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang insisted on Wednesday that economic development would remain the city's top priority in an annual address that skirted the thorny issues of pollution and democracy. Full Story

China detains activist before Communist Party meet: son

2007-10-11T02:14:00.001-07:00

The China Post - A well-known Chinese human rights campaigner has disappeared and is probably in secret detention, his son said on Wednesday, as the government imposes strict controls on dissidents ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. Full Story

Bush to attend award ceremony for Dalai Lama

2007-10-11T02:13:00.001-07:00

The China Post - U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife will attend a ceremony next week to award a Congress medal to the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, despite the risk of angering China, the White House said Wednesday. Full Story

Bush to attend award ceremony for Dalai Lama

2007-10-11T02:13:00.000-07:00

Tibetans infiltrate Chinese embassy

2007-10-11T02:12:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Some 30 Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese religious policies stormed the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday, with several breaching the front gate and chaining themselves to the flag pole inside, police and witnesses said. Full Story

Officials defend new Beijing theater

2007-10-11T02:11:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Beijing's National Grand Theatre, which opens in December, has sparked a torrent of criticism for its futuristic oval shape but officials insist it will become a popular landmark. Full Story

China float in Rose Parade protested

2007-10-11T02:09:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A handful of Chinese Americans on Monday protested the Rose Parade's decision to include a float honoring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, arguing that China should not be represented in the New Year's Day procession because of its human rights record. Full Story

Leadership on agenda at China meet

2007-10-11T02:08:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China's ruling Communist Party met behind closed doors on Tuesday for a final gathering that will decide the fate of Shanghai's sacked Party boss and hammer out a new leadership line-up ahead of a critical five yearly congress. Full Story

Cold War secret: United States envisioned radiological weapons

2007-10-11T02:07:00.000-07:00

The China Post - In one of the longest-held secrets of the Cold War, the U.S. Army explored the potential for using radioactive poisons to assassinate "important individuals" such as military or civilian leaders, according to newly declassified documents obtained by The Associated Press. Full Story

Japan to deploy F-15s amid concern over China

2007-10-11T02:06:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Japan said Tuesday it would deploy F-15 fighter jets on the southern island of Okinawa for the first time amid growing concern about China's military presence in the region. Full Story

Chinese nab North Koreans seeking refuge: report

2007-10-11T02:05:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese security forces took into custody four apparent North Korean defectors trying to seek refuge at a South Korean-run school in Beijing, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. Full Story

China city bans cars over holiday, lauds results

2007-10-11T02:04:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A Chinese city saved almost US$160,000 and its residents had a respite from polluted air during a week-long ban on private cars over the recent National Day holiday, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Full Story

India-China joint army exercises delayed

2007-10-11T02:03:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The first ever joint India-China army exercise, scheduled for November, has been delayed because the giant Asian rivals cannot decide on a date or venue, an Indian official said Tuesday. Full Story

Chinese rights activist tortured in prison: sister

2007-10-09T00:43:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A Chinese land rights activist who was imprisoned after circulating a letter rejecting the Olympics has been chained for days in the same position and forced to clean up the waste of other inmates, his sister said Monday. Full Story

United States, Japan at odds over sharing rising costs of military bases

2007-10-09T00:41:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The United States and Japan are locked in a dispute over Washington's demand that Tokyo shoulder more costs for water supplies and utilities at U.S. military bases in Japan, media reports said on Monday. Full Story

3,000 evacuated after China landslide blocks river

2007-10-09T00:40:00.000-07:00

The China Post - More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southwestern China after a huge landslide dammed a river, creating a menacing lake that threatened to burst, state media reported Monday. Full Story

China intern finds error in New York budget document

2007-10-09T00:39:00.000-07:00

The China Post - An official from China who came to New York to learn about local government has discovered a US$282.6 million error in a local budget document. Full Story

Massa could hold key to F1 championship in Brazil GP

2007-10-09T00:38:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Ferrari's Felipe Massa could hold the key to the Formula One championship in his home Brazilian Grand Prix on Oct. 21, despite being out of the reckoning himself. Full Story

Yue's 'Massacre' keeps Chinese art prices buoyant

2007-10-09T00:36:00.000-07:00

The China Post -Yue Minjun's painting of 11 sardonic, laughing men sold for HK$31.7 million (US$4.1 million) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong, more than double its top estimate and just short of the auction record for Chinese contemporary art. Full Story

Thousands rally for full democracy in Hong Kong

2007-10-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a mass rally to demand full democracy by 2012. Full Story

China's Hu Jintao: cautious, efficient, and still a mystery

2007-10-08T01:23:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Cautious and efficient are words often used to describe Hu Jintao, the 64-year-old leader of China's Communist Party, but beyond generic adjectives like these, surprisingly little is known about him. Full Story

China key to negotiating end of Korean War: South Korea

2007-10-08T01:22:00.000-07:00

The China Post - South Korea on Sunday reiterated that China could be invited to international peace talks aimed at putting a formal end to the Korean War. Full Story

Typhoon hits China, 1.4 million evacuated

2007-10-08T01:21:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Typhoon Krosa crashed into the Chinese coast on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 1.4 million people, after killing five in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy rain and high winds. Full Story

Raikkonen wins Chinese GP, Hamilton drops out

2007-10-08T01:20:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari won the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren's Lewis Hamilton missed his chance to clinch the drivers' title by running off the track while entering the pits. Full Story

Intrigue, power plays as communist Congress nears

2007-10-08T01:19:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Amid much intrigue, China is gearing up for the ruling Communist Party's five-yearly gathering at which President Hu Jintao is expected to make bold power plays and cement his own agenda for the nation. Full Story

Mona Lisas by the dozen at China's fake art village

2007-10-08T01:18:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Coveting a Van Gogh but unwilling to break the bank or into a museum? Head to Shenzhen in southern China where thousands of artists churn out reproductions of masterpieces by the dozen. Full Story

Beijing opens new subway ahead of 2008 Olympics

2007-10-08T01:17:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Beijing on Sunday opened the first of a series of new train services to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for the Olympic Games next August. Full Story

Beijing Olympic Rose parade float in California draws fire

2007-10-08T01:16:00.000-07:00

The China Post - When the Tournament of Roses announced earlier this year that the parade would include a float celebrating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, many people hailed it as a historic moment for the 119-year-old parade and a sign of China's rise on the world stage. Full Story

China's road death toll hits 1,171 over holidays

2007-10-08T01:15:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Traffic accidents killed 1,171 people during China's week-long National Day holiday that ended on Sunday, a drop of 43 percent from last year, Xinhua news agency reported. Full Story

Rights activists aim for world awareness of wartime sex slaves

2007-10-08T01:13:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Energized by a recent House resolution urging the Japanese government to apologize formally for its wartime sexual enslavement of 200,000 Asian girls and women, human rights activists meeting in Los Angeles this week said their next goal is to get similar action through parliaments around the world. Full Story

Chinese doctors agree not to take organs from prisoners

2007-10-08T01:11:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese medical officials agreed Friday not to transplant organs from prisoners or other individuals in custody, except into members of their immediate families. Full Story

China's Hu lends support to Shanghai Party

2007-10-08T01:09:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese President Hu Jintao sent guidance to the Shanghai party boss ahead of a leadership meeting in the financial hub, the latest sign of his support for a figure tipped as a dark horse for promotion. Full Story

Raikkonen quickest in 2nd Shanghai practice

2007-10-08T01:07:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time for Ferrari in Friday's practice, indicating he will not give up on his title hopes without a fight in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. Full Story

Iraq orders US$100 mil. in light arms from China

2007-10-05T00:52:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Iraq has ordered US$100 million worth of light military equipment from China for its police force, contending that the United States was unable to provide the materiel and is too slow to deliver arms shipments, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday. Full Story

Japan urges 'concrete action' from North Korea

2007-10-05T00:51:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Japan on Thursday urged North Korea to take "concrete action" on nuclear disarmament following a landmark deal, but refused to lift economic sanctions against its communist neighbor. Full Story

Philippine Senate calls in Arroyo's husband to inquiry

2007-10-05T00:50:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The Philippine Senate on Thursday called President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband to a hearing later this month as part of its investigation into kickbacks in a government telecoms deal with a Chinese firm. Full Story

Abandoned New Zealand toddler to live in China

2007-10-05T00:49:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A New Zealand toddler allegedly abandoned by her fugitive father as he fled her mother's murder will live in China after a court Thursday granted custody to her grandmother. Full Story

Tourism promo group opens branch in KL

2007-10-05T00:48:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The Taiwan Visitors Association (TVA) -- a non-profit group dedicated to advancing Taiwan's tourism -- opened an office in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday to help court a larger number of Malaysian tourists to visit Taiwan. Full Story

As China opens up, United States lobbyists move in

2007-10-04T00:40:00.000-07:00

The China Post - It's almost 8 a.m., and former U.S. commerce secretary Donald L. Evans and his team are standing in front of the St. Regis Hotel, preparing for their day of meetings with Chinese finance officials. Full Story

Philippines says it has China's support on cancelled deal

2007-10-04T00:39:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said Wednesday she had Beijing's support after canceling a telecoms deal with China after a flurry of corruption charges. Full Story

Four teenagers detained for 'Free Tibet' graffiti in China

2007-10-04T00:38:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Authorities in western China have detained four teenagers for about a month on suspicion of scribbling graffiti calling for Tibet's independence and the return of the Dalai Lama, a rights group said Wednesday. Full Story

China lawyer abducted and tortured, rights group says

2007-10-02T23:47:00.001-07:00

The China Post - A Chinese lawyer who represented as online dissident, an imprisoned environmentalist and the leader of a Christian sect was abducted and badly beaten by men he believes worked for Beijing's police, a rights group said. Full Story

Hong Kong's Regina Ip charts political comeback after 4 years

2007-10-02T23:46:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Since resigning four years ago as one of Hong Kong's most unpopular officials, former security chief Regina Ip is on a crest again, contesting a closely watched December by-election with broad political and business backing. Full Story

Chinese farmers grew rice 7,700 years ago: researchers

2007-10-02T23:45:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese farmers cultivated rice along the eastern coast as far back as 7,700 years ago and used fire and flood control measures to manage their fields, researchers said, citing new evidence. Full Story

Holiday name given to 400,000 patriotic Chinese

2007-10-02T23:44:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Patriotic Chinese parents have named more than 400,000 children in honor of national day celebrations, state media said. Full Story

Beijing cabs declared smoke-free zone

2007-10-02T23:43:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Beijing has banned smoking in taxis, as it tries to clean up the capital and its citizens' habits ahead of next year's Olympic Games, state media said on Tuesday. Full Story

Bus fire kills 27 in China; 11 hospitalized

2007-10-02T23:42:00.000-07:00

The China Post - At least 27 people were burned to death Tuesday in a bus fire in Chongqing city in southwest China, state media reported. Full Story

Workers in Macau protest against illegal labor

2007-10-02T00:47:00.000-07:00

The China Post - About 900 people converged on government offices in southern China's gambling enclave of Macau on Monday -- China's National Day -- to protest an alleged influx of illegal workers, police said. Full Story

China arrests 'subversive' activist writer

2007-10-02T00:46:00.002-07:00

The China Post - China has formally arrested a writer and activist for inciting subversion, after over a month of detention and ahead of a sensitive top-level Communist Party meeting, his wife and rights activists said on Monday. Full Story

Chinese man arrested for Olympic Internet fraud

2007-10-02T00:46:00.001-07:00

The China Post - A Chinese man who cloned an Olympics Web site and made around US$50,000 from fake prize draws has been arrested by police in the island province of Hainan, state media reported. Full Story

China hosts biggest ever Special Olympics

2007-10-02T00:45:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Shanghai kicks off the Special Olympics World Summer Games on Tuesday with a rousing opening ceremony to welcome a record 7,300 mentally disabled athletes to China's financial capital. Full Story

Ex-Mao aide issues bold call for democracy

2007-10-01T01:16:00.000-07:00

The China Post - In a bold jab before a key meeting of China's Communists, a 90-year-old former secretary to Mao Zedong has urged the Party to embrace democracy, saying that only political freedom can end instability and corruption. Full Story

Tentative plan drafted for North Korea nuclear program: envoys

2007-10-01T01:15:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Negotiators at North Korea's disarmament talks tentatively agreed to a draft plan on disabling the North's nuclear facilities by year's end, though they said the detailed blueprint required further consideration by their governments. Full Story

Japan to extend North Korea sanctions 6 months

2007-10-01T01:14:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The Japanese government plans to extend its economic sanctions against North Korea for another six months because of little progress in the issue of Japanese nationals kidnapped by the communist state, a media report said Sunday. Full Story

China probes United States steroid claims

2007-10-01T01:13:00.001-07:00

The China Post - China says it is investigating charges that makers of illegal steroids in the U.S. obtained raw ingredients from Chinese factories, state media said. Full Story

Test case for art-house movies struggles

2007-10-01T01:11:00.000-07:00

The China Post - While director Jiang Wen's new movie "The Sun Also Rises" has broken new artistic ground with a magical story set in 1970s China, it is struggling to find success at Chinese box offices. Full Story

Man arrested for fake Beijing 2008 Web site

2007-10-01T01:10:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Police in southern China have arrested a man for running a phony Beijing 2008 Olympics Web site that bilked fans by running bogus contests, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday. Full Story

Bush seeks to change U.S. image on global warming

2007-09-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

The China Post - President George W. Bush called on the world's worst polluters Friday to come together to set a goal for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the climate to heat up. He did not exempt the United States from the list. Full Story

North Korea edging closer towards giving up nukes: U.S. envoy

2007-09-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

The China Post - North Korea has agreed to take further steps towards ending its nuclear weapons programmes but more needs to be done in pushing forward a landmark deal, the U.S. envoy to disarmament talks said Friday. Full Story

China commutes life sentence of Hong Kong spy

2007-09-28T20:26:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A Hong Kong resident and naturalized British citizen jailed in China for life as a spy has had his sentence commuted to 19 and a half years, a human rights watchdog said on Friday. Full Story

3 more jailed in Shanghai finance scandal

2007-09-28T00:30:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China has jailed three more people, including a relative of disgraced Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Liangyu, for their parts in a financial scandal that rocked the country, Hong Kong media said on Thursday. Full Story

Ally of Arroyo may face impeachment

2007-09-28T00:29:00.002-07:00

The China Post - An ally of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faces impeachment over allegations he offered bribes to seal a US$330 million telecoms deal with a Chinese firm. Full Story

Australia, United States in talks on military satellite deal

2007-09-28T00:29:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Australia may join an advanced U.S. military communications satellite network and foot part of the bill for expanding it, said an executive of Boeing Co. which is building the system. Full Story

Beijing detains five illegal foreigners after bar raid

2007-09-28T00:28:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Beijing police detained five foreigners during a raid on a fashionable bar area last week for being in China illegally, police said on Thursday. Full Story

Chinese lover to die for kiss-and-kill pill

2007-09-28T00:27:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A Chinese woman who killed her lover with a rat poison-laced kiss when she suspected him of being unfaithful has been sentenced to death, a newspaper said on Thursday. Full Story

Hong Kong pop star fired '21 maids in three years'

2007-09-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Hong Kong Canto-pop star Jacky Cheung has been banned from hiring any more maids from the Philippines after firing 21 in three years, a newspaper said on Thursday. Full Story

Hong Kong's 'Dragon Lady' to run in support of democracy

2007-09-28T00:24:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Hong Kong's former security chief, once dubbed the "Dragon Lady" for her fierce temper, said Thursday she would stand in a direct election to show her support for full democracy. Full Story

China's communists to set new Taiwan policy at party congress

2007-09-27T01:19:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Delegates to the 17th Congress of the Communist Party of China will come up with a new policy to prevent Taiwan from declaring independence, a senior party official said. Full Story

Philippines senator accuses China of 'inventing corruption'

2007-09-27T01:17:00.000-07:00

The China Post - A Philippine senator publicly berated China during a hearing Wednesday into an allegedly overpriced broadband project with the Philippines, accusing it of "inventing corruption." Full Story

Abandoned girl may live with family in China

2007-09-27T01:16:00.000-07:00

The China Post - The future of the New Zealand toddler found abandoned this month in an Australian train station became clearer Wednesday when a close relative supported a plan for the child to live in China with her grandmother. Full Story

35% of Malays have sex three times a week

2007-09-27T01:15:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Some 35 percent of Malaysians have sex at least three times a week compared to a global average of 10 percent of people, a report said Wednesday. Full Story

Chinese nightclub fire kills 12 people, injures six: report

2007-09-27T01:14:00.002-07:00

The China Post - A nightclub fire in southeastern China killed 12 people and left six others injured, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. Full Story

China bans 'sexual sounds' on airwaves

2007-09-27T01:14:00.001-07:00

The China Post - China has banned "sexually provocative sounds" on television and pulled the plug on a show reconstructing infamous crimes by women ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month. Full Story

'Petitioners' houses in Beijing knocked down

2007-09-27T01:13:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese authorities knocked down part of a rundown neighborhood in Beijing on Wednesday where people live, sometimes for months, while petitioning the central government for help fighting grievances in their hometowns. Full Story

Freedom House: Russia, China like their authoritarian ways

2007-09-26T02:06:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Russia and China, regional powers trying to restore Cold War-size importance to their roles in the world, are having a difficult time leaving the path of authoritarian government, a Freedom House analysis says. Full Story

China names new air force commander

2007-09-26T02:05:00.000-07:00

The China Post - China has named a new air force commander, a military spokesman said Tuesday, as part of the country's major personnel reshuffles ahead of a crucial political meeting next month. Full Story

Shanghai Party boss tipped for higher position

2007-09-26T02:04:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Shanghai Communist Party boss Xi Jinping has emerged as a dark horse to join China's top echelon of power, sources with ties to the leadership said, as jockeying intensifies ahead of next month's key Party meeting. Full Story

Ethiopia inks US$208 million loan accord with China

2007-09-26T01:59:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Ethiopia on Tuesday signed a US$208 million loan agreement with China, to finance new power generation and expand a cement factory, the Horn of Africa country's finance minister said. Full Story

New system for protection of whistle-blowers

2007-09-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Whistle-blowers who report crimes and corruption in China will be better protected as the country establishes a new Internet and phone reporting system, state media said Tuesday. Full Story

China discovers 'new' glaciers on roof of world

2007-09-26T01:56:00.002-07:00

The China Post - China has discovered 42 glaciers on the roof of the world, the Qinghai-Tibet plateau where ice is shrinking due to global warming, and the group could be the biggest of them all, state media said on Tuesday. Full Story

Producer denies Oscar-winner fired from new John Woo epic

2007-09-26T01:56:00.001-07:00

The China Post - John Woo's producer denied Tuesday a magazine report that Oscar-winning art director Tim Yip had been fired from the director's Chinese historical epic "Red Cliff" on the orders of insurance executives who monitor the movie's budget. Full Story

Leehom Wang says role stirs interest in acting

2007-09-26T01:55:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Chinese-American pop star Leehom Wang said he caught the acting bug after appearing in Ang Lee's award-winning spy thriller "Lust, Caution," news reports said Tuesday. Full Story

Johnnie To's 'Exiled' is HK Oscar entry

2007-09-26T01:54:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Johnnie To's gangster thriller "Exiled" is Hong Kong's choice for the best foreign movie Oscar submission for next year, an industry official said Tuesday. Full Story

Arroyo nixes telecom deal, blames politics

2007-09-26T01:52:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo blamed political concerns on Monday for her decision to suspend a US$330 million telecommunications deal with Chinese group ZTE. Full Story

China denies being source of blue ear disease outbreaks

2007-09-26T01:51:00.002-07:00

The China Post - China is not the source of blue ear disease outbreaks among pigs in Vietnam and Myanmar, Ministry of Agriculture officials said Monday, adding that the disease in China closely resembles that found in the United States. Full Story

Chinese artwork set to break new record at auction

2007-09-26T01:51:00.001-07:00

The China Post - Prices for work by contemporary Chinese artists are likely to set a new record at auction in October, as the booming mainland art market shows no sign of slowing despite fears of a bubble and rampant fakes. Full Story

Batman to film first scenes out of Gotham in Hong Kong

2007-09-26T01:49:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Hollywood's Caped Crusader is to film his first scenes outside Gotham City in Hong Kong with the International Finance Center and the Peninsula Hotel used for key scenes, a newspaper said Monday. Full Story

Dalai Lama offers his support to Myanmar monks

2007-09-26T01:48:00.000-07:00

The China Post - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offered his support to protesting Myanmar Buddhist monks Monday and urged the military government not to react with violence. Full Story