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Death toll from south China floods jumps to 159: state media
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The death toll from devastating floods in southern China last month jumped to 159 on Friday, state media reported, with ten people still missing.
The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in national security trial
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organised annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of "incitement to subversion" ...
Hong Kong convicts Tiananmen vigil activists of inciting subversion
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A Hong Kong court convicted two activists who organised annual vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown of "incitement to subversion" on Friday, with r...
China mulls bid to host 2028 UN climate talks: sources
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
China is mulling a bid to host UN climate talks in 2028, two sources familiar with the matter told AFP Friday, as it seeks to burnish its reputation as a leader...
Germany, France, EU hit out at Hong Kong conviction of Tiananmen activist
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
France, Germany and the European Union on Friday slammed the conviction of Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung, who had organised annual vigils marking China's de...
China mulls bid to host 2028 UN climate talks: sources
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
China is mulling a bid to host UN climate talks in 2028, two sources familiar with the matter told AFP Friday, as it seeks to burnish its reputation as a leader...
China jails founder, fines disgraced property giant Evergrande
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than $2 billion on Thursday for offences including...
US designates citizen held in China as 'wrongfully detained'
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday said it has designated a US citizen held in China on accusation of espionage as "wrongfully detained" and called for his release -...
Evergrande's Xu Jiayin: from real-estate tycoon to life in prison
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Once China's richest man, disgraced property tycoon Xu Jiayin looked worn as a court in China handed the now white-haired Evergrande founder a life sentence on ...
China jails founder, fines disgraced property giant Evergrande
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than $2 billion on Thursday for offences including...
China jails Evergrande founder for life, fines firm more than US$2 bn
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
China on Thursday sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the company and an affiliate more than US$2 billion a...
CK Hutchison seeks over US$1.5 billion from Panama over port takover
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Thursday it has filed international arbitration proceedings against Panama over its cancellation of a concession to ...
Chna jails Evergrande founder for life, fines firm more than US$2 bn
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
China on Thursday sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the company and an affiliate more than US$2 billion a...
What property giant Evergrande's sentence means for China's economy
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
For property giant Evergrande, the face of China's real estate woes, an excruciating saga that has dragged on for years culminated on Thursday with court ruling...
Chinese tech giant Alibaba posts AI-fueled revenue bump
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Chinese tech giant Alibaba saw increased revenue in its most recent quarter, results published on Thursday showed, boosted by the global artificial intelligence...
'Green dilemma': China's solar boom hurt birds, says study
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The global push for solar energy expansion could carry hidden biodiversity costs, according to a study on China published in the journal Science on Thursday.
Hong Kong Tiananmen activists to receive national security verdict
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
A Hong Kong court will deliver a verdict in the national security trial of two pro-democracy Tiananmen activists on Friday, in a case widely criticised as exemp...
China's rapid solar expansion hurt bird diversity: study
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
The global push for solar energy expansion could carry hidden biodiversity costs, according to a study across China published in the journal Science on Thursday...
Bangladesh elects ruling party's Alamgir as president
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Lawmakers in Bangladesh elected ruling party veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the country's president on Thursday, a largely ceremonial post left vacant a...
China says 'firmly opposes' Trump drone tariffs
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
China said on Thursday it "firmly opposes" new US tariffs on imports of unmanned drones and their components, after Donald Trump announced duties of up to 100 p...
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