A woman has revealed her late husband wrote 19 birthday cards for their young daughter before dying of cancer. Ms Chu, from Taiwan's south-western port city of Tainan, shared the touching story on Facebook . Images shared by the woman…
Read More
US blacklists 28 Chinese companies and government agencies over Uighur repression
The US Commerce Department said on Monday it was putting 28 Chinese public security bureaus and companies – including video surveillance company Hikvision – on a US trade blacklist over Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims and other predominantly Muslim ethnic…
Read More
London Stock Exchange rejects Hong Kong takeover bid
The London Stock Exchange on Friday rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from its Hong Kong counterpart, citing “fundamental concerns” about the offer. The London Stock Exchange Group said strategic and regulatory problems were among the reasons it turned down the…
Read More
Costco opened its first China flagship store — and things got crazy
It was an open-and-quickly-shut deal. China’s flagship Costco outlet opened its doors Tuesday morning in suburban Shanghai, only to close them several hours later after the store became swamped with mobs brawling over discounted items, Bloomberg reported. Clips circulating on…
Read More
Icarus Films Acquires North American Rights to Pema Tseden’s ‘Jinpa’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Icarus Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Tibetan director Pema Tseden’s new arthouse feature “Jinpa.” Following “Old Dog,” The Search” and “Tharlo,” it is the fourth title to be added to the firm’s dGenerate Collection, the largest grouping…
Read More
Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Mule,’ Liam Neeson-Starring ‘Cold Pursuit’ to Release in China
Two violent fictional American films have been granted summer releases in China, and an uplifting Chinese movie has had its local release pushed back because of real-life violence. Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” will hit theaters in the Middle Kingdom on…
Read More
China says Hong Kong protesters' storming of government building 'totally intolerable'
Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse protesters Authorities work to oust demonstrators from Hong Kong’s legislative chamber; Greg Palkot reports. China has issued a scathing condemnation of protesters who stormed the Hong Kong’s legislature on Monday, saying the…
Read More
‘Yesterday’ Gets China Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Danny Boyle’s Beatles-nostalgia film “Yesterday” has secured a theatrical release date in mainland China. The film, which premiered at the Tribeca festival in May, is a musical fairy tale about a world without the Fab Four, and an indie rocker who…
Read More
Elaine Chao canceled China trip after ethics complaints
Trump’s transportation secretary Elaine Chao canceled elaborate trip to China after ethics officials complained that she wanted family members in the shipping business to sit in on government meetings U.S. embassy officials complained about a planned Chao visit in an…
Read More
Chinese media turning up the heat as US-China trade war drags on
In the year that trade talks between the United States and China have faltered repeatedly, China’s state media has mostly played down the escalating trade war between world’s two largest economies. But that changed in mid-May, after Beijing’s top trade…
Read More
China abandons all hope of a Trump deal as Xi Jinping tells citizens to prepare for ‘long march’ in trade war with the US
CHINA has called on its citizens to begin a modern “long march” amid the trade wars with the US – a reference to the hardships endured during the country’s history. President Xi Jinping said they must prepare for difficult times…
Read More
Horrifying moment car waiting at a red light ploughs into pedestrians
Horrifying moment car waiting at a red light suddenly ploughs into pedestrians when driver grabs a water bottle from the back seat Thirteen people were injured after car slammed into people at traffic lights today Pedestrians were sent hurtling backwards…
Read More
‘The Wandering Earth’ Review: The $700 Million Grossing Chinese Blockbuster Now on Netflix Is Unwatchable
Billed as China’s first true sci-fi blockbuster, Frant Gwo’s ridiculously profitable (and borderline unwatchable) “The Wandering Earth” tells the story of a cursed future in which the sun has become unstable, and humanity’s only hope for survival are the 10,000…
Read More
‘The Secret Life of Pets 2,’ ‘Men in Black: International’ Land China Releases
“The Secret Life of Pets 2” and “Men in Black: International” will both be hitting Chinese theaters soon, though no specific release date for either has been announced yet. The former is due sometime in June, Chinese reports say. Two…
Read More