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Charges dropped against schoolboys accused of hidden-cam recordings

Charges dropped against schoolboys accused of hidden-cam recordings

Two boys from a leading Hong Kong secondary school who pleaded not guilty to using hidden cameras to record girls changing had charges against them dropped on Friday, while a third schoolmate who pleaded guilty was given a one-year protection order.

2018-08-12 11:00

67-year-old pregnant with twins, becomes China's oldest to give birth

67-year-old pregnant with twins, becomes China's oldest to give birth

A 67-year-old Chinese woman who became pregnant with twins has insisted she will defy doctors' advice to have an abortion despite their fears for her health, according to a local newspaper.

2018-08-09 10:56

Airbnb rejected promotional bid offering lodging at Great Wall of China

Airbnb rejected promotional bid offering lodging at Great Wall of China

Airbnb has been forced to cancel a promotion that offered competition winners the chance to spend a night on Great Wall of China after an official heritage body said it had not approved the plan.

2018-08-09 10:33

Chinese twin girls, 8, drown on day trip to beach with their mother

Chinese twin girls, 8, drown on day trip to beach with their mother

Police on Monday recovered the bodies of twin eight-year-old girls who are believed to have drowned while swimming in the sea off the east China coast. Pei Yuanjin and Pei Yuantong had been on a trip to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, with their mother on Sunday when the tragedy happened, a local television company reported.

2018-08-08 10:53

China's two largest surveillance camera makers take a beating from US ban

China's two largest surveillance camera makers take a beating from US ban

Investors on Friday dumped shares of the world’s top two security camera makers - Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejian Dahua Technology - after they warned that a move to ban the use of Chinese made surveillance equipment by the US federal government could have wider ramifications on their business.

2018-08-03 15:49

Chinese girl fighting for life after she falls into pool at first birthday celebrations

Chinese girl fighting for life after she falls into pool at first birthday celebrations

A toddler in southeastern China has been left in a critical condition after nearly drowning when her mother turned her back for a moment at a swimming pool, local media reported.

2018-08-03 11:43

China won't concede an inch, Xi Jinping tells Mattis on South China Sea and Taiwan

China won't concede an inch, Xi Jinping tells Mattis on South China Sea and Taiwan

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told visiting US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis that China will make no concession on its core interests, despite calling for stronger ties between the countries’ militaries. “Our attitude is firm and clear in terms of Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, that we would not lose a single inch of the lands we inherited from our ancestors...

2018-08-03 11:37

Trade war may spur relocation of Chinese textile factories to other Asian nations

Trade war may spur relocation of Chinese textile factories to other Asian nations

Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs on US cotton will accelerate the offshoring of cotton spinning and lower-end textile and apparel manufacturing to South and Southeast Asia, and Chinese businesses are bracing for possible US tariffs on their finished goods if the trade war intensifies, industry executives have said.

2018-08-01 14:38

Why the US trade war is not the only cause for concern over China's economy

Why the US trade war is not the only cause for concern over China's economy

A close look at China’s regional economic performance suggests that the economy is in worse shape than its headline figures imply even before the full impact of the trade war with the US has been felt.

2018-08-01 10:16

Top Chinese official in charge of immunization 'in critical condition' after suicide attempt

Top Chinese official in charge of immunization 'in critical condition' after suicide attempt

A senior official in charge of the immunisation programme in Shandong has attempted suicide amid a public outcry after 210,000 children in the province were given faulty vaccines, local media reported on Tuesday.

2018-08-01 09:45

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