Benjamin Kang Lim

Chinese elite push for release of jailed Nobel laureate

August 25, 2021 at 4:52 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of "princelings", children of China's political elite, has quietly urged the Communist Party leadership to release jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on parole to improve...

Chinese elite push for release of jailed Nobel laureate

May 14, 2019 at 6:02 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of "princelings", children of China's political elite, has quietly urged the Communist Party leadership to release jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on parole to improve...

China audits State Grid as corruption crackdown seen widening

August 25, 2021 at 4:46 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is auditing the State Grid Corp of China, the utility said in the wake of a magazine report that one of the most senior executives in...

China firm plans $1 billion distressed asset fund for foreigners

August 25, 2021 at 4:09 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A unit of one of China's biggest bad-debt banks plans to woo foreign investors with a $1 billion fund for soured property loans and distressed real-estate assets,...

China’s Xi purging corrupt officials to put own men in place: sources

August 25, 2021 at 4:02 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of senior officials suspected of corruption to put his own men and reform-minded bureaucrats into key positions across...

Former China mining boss, linked to ex-security chief’s son, on trial for murder

November 4, 2021 at 1:36 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Chinese mining magnate with links to the eldest son of retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang went on trial on Monday over charges including murder after...

Former China mining boss, linked to ex-security chief’s son, on trial for murder

December 23, 2018 at 11:20 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Chinese mining magnate with links to the eldest son of retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang went on trial on Monday over charges including murder after...

Tibetan Communist who urged reconciliation with Dalai Lama dies

August 25, 2021 at 3:32 a.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Phuntso Wangye, a veteran Tibetan Communist leader who became an outspoken critic of Beijing's hardline policies towards the Himalayan region, died on Sunday, his son said. He...

Exclusive: China seizes $14.5 billion assets from family, associates of ex-security chief – sources

December 23, 2018 at 11:15 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and associates of retired domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who is...

China premier warns on economic slowdown as data fans stimulus talk

December 23, 2018 at 10:47 p.m.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned on Thursday that the economy faces "severe challenges" in 2014 - comments that came as weak data fanned speculation the central bank...

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