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Confucius Institutes ban Taiwanese from expat teacher list Luo Yin-chong and Staff Reporter 2015-02-02 A woman poses among plastic Confucius dolls in Taipei, Dec. 23, 2014. (Photo/Xinhua) The Confucius Institute, China's international network of Chinese-language teaching institutions, does...

Police probe tourist assault The Nation January 30, 2015 1:00 am Police are investigating a case in which 20 employees of a go-kart course in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district assaulted four Kuwaiti tourists on Wednesday. The victims aged 18-20 sustained bruises and were sent for medical...

Chinese police officials under probe after allegedly assaulting journalists at 'secretive' luxury dinner PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:10pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:24pm Chris Luo [email protected] The diners are seen walking out of the seafood restaurant in this...

Chinese police officials under probe after allegedly assaulting journalists at 'secretive' luxury dinner PUBLISHED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:10pm UPDATED : Monday, 26 January, 2015, 4:24pm Chris Luo [email protected] The diners are seen walking out of the seafood restaurant in this...

Censors close WeChat accounts for ‘spreading distorted historical information’ Over 130 accounts on the mobile phone messaging service shut down PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 11:43am UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 10:49pm [email protected] Regulators alleged the WeChat...

Censors close WeChat accounts for ‘spreading distorted historical information’ Over 130 accounts on the mobile phone messaging service shut down PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 11:43am UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 January, 2015, 10:49pm [email protected] Regulators alleged the WeChat...

Re: Sinkie, Jap and French among more than 20 missing after tug boat capsizes in Chin Three rescued, 22 missing after boat sinks in China's Yangtze River Xinhua 2015-01-16 Rescue workers on the capsized boat, Jan. 16. (Photo/CNS) Rescuers have saved three people after a tug boat sank on...

Re: Singaporean, Jap & French among more than 20 missing after tug boat capsizes in C Three rescued, 22 missing after boat sinks in China's Yangtze River Xinhua 2015-01-16 Rescue workers on the capsized boat, Jan. 16. (Photo/CNS) Rescuers have saved three people after a tug boat sank on...

China ‘beefs up’ social media rules by forcing people to use real-name registration PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 5:32pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 13 January, 2015, 7:20pm Andrea Chen [email protected] At the moment users of websites such as Sina Weibo do not have to register using...

Interpol issues global 'wanted' notice for ex-Ukraine leader Yanukovych AFP January 13, 2015, 2:58 am Lyon (AFP) - Interpol issued a global wanted "red notice" for former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych on Monday. Yanukovych, 64, is wanted for misappropriation of funds and embezzlement...

Chinese passengers yank open moving plane's emergency doors after row with pilot PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 3:14am UPDATED : Sunday, 11 January, 2015, 12:08pm Adrian Wan [email protected] The plane's emergency exits were forced open. Passengers on a flight to Beijing yanked...

Maybe those people are Saudis :D:D Saudi blogger to be publicly flogged for insulting Islam By AYA BATRAWY Jan. 8, 2015 2:39 PM EST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi blogger who was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes will be publicly flogged for the first...

Gambia coup plotters: US citizens charged Date January 6, 2015 - 12:59PM Gambian President Yahya Jammeh greets supporters at a rally in 2011. Photo: AFP New York: A botched coup attempt in the tiny West African nation of Gambia last week reached into the American heartland with criminal...

Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief By Laila Bassam KAWTHARIET ASSIYAD, Lebanon Sat Jan 3, 2015 8:25am EST Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's Directorate of General Security (DGS), attends an urgent security meeting with leaders of government...

Chinese internet users 'should accept blocking of Gmail in China': Global Times PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 10:34am UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 1:23pm Li Jing [email protected] Almost all of Google’s services have been heavily disrupted in China since June. Photo: AP...

Film director jailed in China for making documentary about the constitution Shen Yongping convicted of illegal business activities. His lawyer has suggested the charge was politically motivated PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 2:51pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 2:51pm Agence...

Chinese Christians forced to celebrate Christmas in secret Members of illegal churches in China fear they face stronger crackdowns from the authorities as the government adopts a more nationalist tone PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 December, 2014, 1:42pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 December, 2014, 10:47am...

Gmail blocked in China By Paul Carsten BEIJING Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:52am EST (Reuters) - Google Inc's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of...

Gmail blocked in China By Paul Carsten BEIJING Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:52am EST (Reuters) - Google Inc's Gmail was blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world's biggest email service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of...

Ling Jihua's wife planned to flee to Japan but was arrested Staff Reporter 2014-12-26 Gu Liping, right. (Internet photo) Gu Liping, the wife of recently disgraced Chinese official Ling Jihua, has been arrested in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday, reports our Chinese-language...