Asia China The government denied a report indicating a ban on iPhones and other foreign-branded devices among government officials, while noting that government officials had identified possible security problems with Apple devices
Asia China The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, the highest court in China's Special Administrative Region, has asked the Hong Kong government to pass a law making it possible for same-sex civil unions to be recognised
Asia China The number of criminal cases for domestic violence-related injuries has declined steadily in the seven years since the implementation of the Law Against Domestic Violence, marking -5,2 % since 2010
Asia China Amid the rise in youth unemployment rate, which reached an unprecedented level of 21,3% in June, China's National Bureau of Statistics announced it will suspend disclosure of the figure citing the need to re-evaluate its methodology
Asia China Duan Weihong, one of the richest women in China who apparently disappeared six years ago, reappeared in public recently; word goes it is a sign that authorities may have closed an investigation against her for links to a former Politburo member
Asia China The Party’s Central Committee and the State Council released a 31-point action plan aimed at improving the business environment and treating private companies the same as the state's firms; Chinese big entrepreneurs welcomed and are backing the pla
Asia China China's Long March rocket launch opportunity will be auctioned for the first time on Thursday, in a move that experts say will reduce the cost of commercial access to space and stimulate high demand for commercial space applications
Asia China Six people have been killed in an early morning knife attack outside a kindergarten, said Lianjiang city police and Chinese state-run media; other mass stabbings have been reported in recent years, often targeting children in or outside schools
Asia China According to the China Tourism Academy, there will be more than 100 million young-old travellers in China by the end of 2025 and the silver tourism market is expected to reach one trillion yuan ($138,18 billion) by then
Asia China The country has announced the excavation of a vast 10.000 metre deep hole, with the idea of reaching the Cretaceous system of the Earth's crust, with stones over 145 million years old
Asia China China's economy posted a drop in exports for the first time since February, raising global concerns about growth in the world's second-largest economy
Asia China After 15 years of activity, the Beijing LGBT+ Centre, one of the most important institutions against sexual and gender discrimination, closed
Asia China The country said it will fully implement the priority policy for youth employment and explore market-based employment channels, ensuring that the number of graduates accepted by central and state-owned enterprises is not lower than last year