Chinese Tires Are Ordered Recalled

A U.S. tire importer disclosed that its Chinese manufacturer had stopped including a safety feature meant to prevent tread separation.

The Height of Avarice

China is about to turn Mount Everest into the first arena, and profit center, of its Olympic Games.

Murdoch’s Dealings in China: It’s Business, and It’s Personal

Many companies have tried to break into the Chinese market, but few have been as ardent and unrelenting as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

The N.B.A. and China Hope They’ve Found the Next Yao

Listening to hip-hop and growing up playing pickup basketball in Shenzhen, Yi Jianlian stands as a symbol of basketball discovery that is rippling through China.

A Diplomat Reflects on Taiwan’s Isolation

Andrew Hsia, Taiwan’s departing consul general and its shadow ambassador to the United Nations, has seen more and more nations choose to have diplomatic relations with China instead of Taiwan.

Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders

Few recent changes have affected life in Hong Kong more than the opening of the border with the mainland.

My Time as a Hostage, and I’m a Business Reporter

Detention in a toy factory says something about the new power of the Chinese marketplace.

China Firm on Torch Route

If Taiwan is to participate in the 2008 Olympic torch relay, it will be on Beijing’s terms. Beijing Olympic organizers gave no hint yesterday that they would negotiate with Taiwan over the politically sensitive issue.The route proposed by Beijing organizers has the torch arriving in Taiwan from Vietnam on April 30, 2008, and going to China-controlled Hong Kong and Macau. Many in Taiwan have pushed for a route that takes the torch through Taiwan via Asian countries other than China.

Documents proving Japanese atrocities added to China's archives

The Liaoning Provincial Archives in northeast China received the donation of a substantial number of wartime documents relating to Comfort Women, the Nanjing Massacre and other brutalities committed by Japanese troops in China during WWII.

New amendment requires mothers' OK for surnames

In Taiwan, an amendment to the Civil Law (民法) prevents fathers from passing down their surnames to offspring without mothers' permission.

More suspects hunted in slave-labor scandal

Police have detained 35 suspects for criminal investigation and are hunting for 20 others believed to be involved in the slave-labor scandal at illegal brick kilns in north China's Shanxi Province.

China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology

A provincial governor took responsibility for the failure to protect hundreds of farmers, migrant workers and children forced to work without pay.

EBay Is Preparing to Re-enter the China Auction Business

It is eBay’s second attempt to break into the Chinese market after the collapse of the company’s EachNet venture, and the first with a local partner.

NY Times Editorial - The China Puzzle

Governments and companies tend to become so seduced or intimidated by China that they won’t hold it to high standards of human rights and business ethics.

Fast-Growing China Says Little of Child Slavery’s Role

Child labor is a daily fact of life in China, experts say, and one that the government, preoccupied with economic growth, has traditionally turned a blind eye to.

2 labor officials held in kiln crime

Two labor watchdog officers in north China's Shanxi Province have been detained by police in connection with the country's growing slave-worker scandal.

Slavery scandal leads to workplace overhaul

China will launch a nationwide overhaul in employment practices, mainly targeting small brick kilns and coal mines, in the wake of the ongoing slave-worker scandal.

A Lesson That Thomas Could Teach

The toy train recall shows the realities of offshoring, but it isn’t clear that anyone involved has learned anything.

Tibet official says majority of Tibetan people against Dalai Lama's return

The chairman of China's Tibet Autonomous Region said on Wednesday that he deeply regretted Australian Prime Minister John Howard's meeting with the Dalai Lama last week.

As More Toys Are Recalled, Trail Ends in China

China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United States this year.

RC2’s Train Wreck

The company that recalled Thomas the Tank Engine wooden trains, which were contaminated with paint containing lead, is learning about crisis management.

F.D.A. Tracked Poisoned Drugs, but Trail Went Cold in China

Two poisoning cases 10 years apart illustrate what happens when nations fail to police the global pipeline of drug ingredients.

The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer

How the world of online gaming spawned a multimillion-dollar shadow economy.

Chinese in Talks to Send Pickups to Mexico

A small Chinese automaker and its New Jersey partner are negotiating with Mexican officials to import Chinese-made pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Eating Beyond Sichuan

When authentic Chinese cuisines reach our shores, we can expect a revolution in ingredients and styles that will change the way we prepare food for years to come.

4 in Senate Seek Penalty for China

Four leading Democratic and Republican senators proposed legislation aimed at penalizing China over its export practices.

A Chinese Company Fights Its French Partner

A dispute between Groupe Danone and a Chinese executive has escalated into a battle for control of China’s largest beverage maker.

China’s Growth Harms Heritage, Minister Warns

China’s rapid urbanization has devastated the country’s architectural and cultural heritage sites, state news organizations reported Monday.

Heavy Rains Set Off Flooding in Southern China

Floods have claimed at least 66 lives and forced nearly 600,000 people to be relocated, the state news media reported.

Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo

Five former prisoners have been given asylum by Albania’s government, but have received little else.

Hu, Abe agree to advance Sino-Japanese relations

President Hu Jintao said yesterday that China will make concerted efforts with Japan to advance their strategic, mutually-beneficial relationship.

Rancor Level Rises in Rift Over Danone China Venture

A dispute between Groupe Danone, the French dairy and beverage maker, and its Chinese partner, the beverage maker Wahaha, has become even stranger.

With New Law, China Reports Drop in Executions

China reinstated a requirement that every death case be reviewed and approved by the country’s highest court.

Chinese editors in Chengdu sacked over Tiananmen ad

A newspaper in southwest China has sacked three of its editors over an advertisement saluting mothers of protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Bible ministry exhibition tells China's Bible story

As thousands of German Protestants gather on Friday for the largest biennial Protestant event, the 31st German Protestant Church Day, an exhibition of China's Bible ministry tries to tell a China Bible story rarely truthfully described to the outside world.

Rise in China’s Pork Prices Signals End to Cheap Output

Rising prices are causing Chinese companies to raise prices for exports, particularly on one critical commodity: pork.

University hopefuls sit for exams

More than 9.5 million Chinese students, including 108,700 in Shanghai, sat yesterday for the national college examination - the largest of its kind in the world.

Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market

China’s auto parts exports have increased more than sixfold in the last five years, signaling a shift from basic goods to higher-value industrial goods.

China to Revise Rules on Food and Drug Safety

It is the strongest signal yet that Beijing is moving to crack down on the sale of dangerous food and drugs.

The 'toilet' replaces the 'WC' in Beijing

Beijing will polish the English used on the name tags of public facilities ahead of the 2008 Olympics, especially in toilets, where "WC" has been widely used for quite some time.

Beijing court rejects virginity compensation plea

A Beijing court today dismissed a woman's suit against her ex-boyfriend whom she was suing for about 60,000 yuan (US$7,800) as compensation for her lost virginity.

Erratic Day for China Stocks as Policies Seem to Shift

The remarkable volatility underlined the extent to which investors look to the government for cues on when to buy and when to sell.

China fears brain drain as its overseas students stay away

China suffers the worst brain drain in the world, according to a new study that found seven out of every 10 students who enroll in an overseas university never return to live in their homeland.

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigil Draws Crowd After Official’s Denial

By contrast, Tiananmen Square itself remained quiet, if under tight security, on a sunny day, with the usual tour groups and pedestrians milling about.

China Issues Plan on Global Warming, Rejecting Mandatory Caps on Greenhouse Gases

The plan served at least partly as a rebuff to separate efforts by President Bush and European nations to draw China and other developing countries into a commitment to reduce emissions.

When Fakery Turns Fatal

Food scares are the latest indications that producing fake goods is still woven into the fabric of China’s economy.

Chinese Stocks Rebound After Drop

Share prices plunged another 7 percent this morning, only to turn around in the afternoon to finish with gains.

China Stocks Extend Loss, Falling 8.3%

China’s stock markets have tumbled again, worsening one of the biggest sell-offs in years after the government’s move to impose a higher tax on stock trades.

A Runner Taking Each Hurdle as It Comes

Hurdler Liu Xiang says he takes each day as it comes, a philosophy that has put him at odds with millions of his Chinese compatriots, who have been projecting Liu’s star turn at next year’s Beijing Olympics.

Toxic Toothpaste Made in China Is Found in U.S.

There are no reports of anyone being harmed, but the U.S. is the seventh country to find a poison in toothpaste.

Gates Offers to Work With China’s Military

In a conciliatory tone, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he was hopeful about future dealings between the U.S. and China.