A former PhD student has been sentenced to life in prison for the kidnap and murder of a Chinese graduate student at the University of Illinois. Brendt Christensen received the life term after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict o...
Nearly half a million people in China tuned in to watch a live stream tour of a tiny English village museum. Feixue Huangdu, a Chinese student at Nottingham Trent University, visited Ruddington's Village Museum as part of a series of heritag...
An Illinois jury has found a former PhD student guilty in the kidnap and murder of a Chinese student after abducting her at a bus stop. The court heard that Brendt Christensen, 29, beat Yingying Zhang to death with a baseball bat and decapit...
The Chinese Chang'e-4 rover may have confirmed a longstanding idea about the origin of a vast crater on the Moon's far side. The rover's landing site lies within a vast impact depression created by an asteroid strike billions of years ago. ...
The US has more than doubled tariffs on $200bn (£153.7bn) worth of Chinese products, in a sharp escalation of the countries' damaging trade war. Tariffs on affected Chinese goods have risen to 25% from 10%, and Beijing has vowed to ret...
The government has approved the supply of equipment by Chinese telecoms firm Huawei for the UK's new 5G data network despite warnings of a security risk. There is no formal confirmation but the Daily Telegraph says Huawei will buil...
Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese businesswoman nicknamed the "Ivory Queen", to 15 years in jail for smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks. Yang was accused of operating one of Africa's biggest ivory-smuggling rings, re...
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If you're selling Cadillacs in China, it helps that the US president is driven around in one. Cao Chenyi, the boss of a Cadillac dealership near Shanghai, told me that customers know that Donald Trump's presidential limousine is made by the ...
The calorie content of meals in UK restaurants is "excessive" and sit-down restaurants are unhealthier than fast-food chains, BMJ research suggests. Health experts say meals should not exceed 600 calories, but in this study th...
China has promised to further cut import tariffs and open its economy as it tries to address criticisms that its trade practices are "unfair". In a speech at a Shanghai trade expo, President Xi Jinping also made a robust defence of...
The US is imposing new tariffs on $200bn (£150bn) worth of Chinese goods as it escalates its trade war with Beijing. The higher import taxes will apply to almost 6,000 items, marking the biggest round of US tariffs so far. Handbags, rice and ...
Chinese film star Fan Bingbing has been ranked last in a report judging A-list celebrities on how \\\"socially responsible\\\" they are, fuelling further speculation about the whereabouts of the actress, who has not been seen in public for more t...
Japan's Nissan has begun producing its first electric car aimed at China, according to media reports. Working with a Chinese partner, Nissan is making a battery powered version of the popular Sylphy. It is part of a growing push by automakers to ma...
Chinese social media users are questioning the whereabouts of one of China's biggest film stars. Fan Bingbing is one of the world's highest paid actors, but media reports in the country say that she hasn't been seen in public since 1 July&...
Internet users are saying Ivanka Trump would be wise to double check online quotes after she shared an apparently fake "Chinese proverb". The daughter of the US president tweeted on Monday: "'Those who say it can not be done, should n...
China's online community has fallen hard for a loyal elderly dog, who waits patiently outside a station every day for his owner to come home from work. The popular Pear Video website shared a video of Xiongxiong - Little Bear - in ...
A baby has been born in China to a surrogate mother four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported. The couple, who died in 2013, had frozen several embryos hoping to have a child through IVF. After the accident, t...
Airbnb is to start sending the Chinese government information about customers who book accommodation in China. Data shared with the authorities will include passport details and the dates of bookings. Hosts listing accommodation in China wi...
Chinese takeaway meals from restaurants and supermarkets should carry health warnings because they are often high in salt, a campaign group says. Action on Salt analysed more than 150 dishes and found some contained half an adult's recommend...