08.08.2014 13:21:16 (GMT+12)
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive faces test at Beidaihe party meeting
This week's gathering of the Communist Party elite in Beidaihe will test President Xi Jinping's authority to hold the party together as senior cadres and interest groups feel the heat from his sweeping anti-corruption campaign, analysts say.
GSK sleuth Peter Humphrey caught by increasing Chinese restrictions on obtaining information
Peter Humphrey was caught, literally, by the increasing restrictions on obtaining information on the mainland. The Briton and his American wife, Yu Yingzeng, will be tried for illegally obtaining personal information of Chinese citizens.
Are beards and burqas the right target in China’s battle against radical Islam?
A recent government ban on long beards and conservative Muslim attire on public buses in a Xinjiang city highlights China’s renewed – but counterproductive – effort to curb the spread of radical Islam, scholars say.
Average home prices in Hong Kong hit another record
The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price index of private housing climbed 2.6 percentage points from the previous record, set in May, to 249.8.
This week's gathering of the Communist Party elite in Beidaihe will test President Xi Jinping's authority to hold the party together as senior cadres and interest groups feel the heat from his sweeping anti-corruption campaign, analysts say.
GSK sleuth Peter Humphrey caught by increasing Chinese restrictions on obtaining information
Peter Humphrey was caught, literally, by the increasing restrictions on obtaining information on the mainland. The Briton and his American wife, Yu Yingzeng, will be tried for illegally obtaining personal information of Chinese citizens.
Are beards and burqas the right target in China’s battle against radical Islam?
A recent government ban on long beards and conservative Muslim attire on public buses in a Xinjiang city highlights China’s renewed – but counterproductive – effort to curb the spread of radical Islam, scholars say.
Average home prices in Hong Kong hit another record
The Rating and Valuation Department's monthly price index of private housing climbed 2.6 percentage points from the previous record, set in May, to 249.8.