Politics

Cash Strapped Network ATV Devises New Scheme To Alleviate Financial Burdens

Cybelle Go   | Feb 20, 2015 11:05 AM EST

Cash strapped Hong Kong Broadcasting Company ATV recently devised a new crowd funding scheme in order to unload its financial burdens. read more

China Claims Seventh Reef to Be Used for Greater Grip on Power in South China Sea

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 20, 2015 10:40 AM EST

Notwithstanding the protest by smaller Asian nations over the swift pace that China has been constructing facilities in disputed islands in the South China Sea, Beijing again flexed its military muscle by claiming a seventh reef. read more

Of Big Bosoms and Glib ‘National Husband’: China State Mouthpiece Not Amused

Raymond Legaspi   | Feb 20, 2015 09:15 AM EST

Quipping how outsized breasts are a requirement for a date, China's outspoken so-called "national husband" earned disapproval from the state news outlet, Xinhua. read more

State Department's Psaki is Obama's New Communications Chief

Geann Pineda   | Feb 20, 2015 08:23 AM EST

US State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki is President Barack Obama's new communications director. read more

Kobe Bryant Jersey is Best-Selling NBA Jersey In China

Geann Pineda   | Feb 20, 2015 06:04 AM EST

Kobe Bryant has the best-selling jersey in China this season, outselling Cleveland Cavaliers' forward LeBron James, who took the top spot in the most number of NBA jerseys sold worldwide. read more

Dog Saved From Being Butchered For Meat Trade In China

Geann Pineda   | Feb 20, 2015 05:58 AM EST

A dog named "Duo Duo" was a day away from being butchered when she was saved by a woman from the Bay Area. read more

Siberian Tigers Might Be Making Their Way Back To China

Kat De Guzman   | Feb 20, 2015 09:59 AM EST

A Siberian tiger family was seen in a video where the mother tiger and her cubs are possibly making their way back to China and it is seen as a sign of the endangered species trying to make their way back to the area where they have been wiped out from for almost 65 years now. read more

Does Giving Hillary Clinton An Award Disqualify Jeb Bush From 2016 Presidential Race?

Kat De Guzman   | Feb 20, 2015 12:44 AM EST

Jeb Bush's act of presenting Hillary Clinton an award for public service could discredit him and make him "unelectable" in the 2016 Presidential Race, a conservative group suggested on Wednesday in a video ad. read more

Air China To Increase Number Of Flights Between Beijing And Los Angeles

Arlene Lim   | Feb 20, 2015 10:08 AM EST

Air China is set to increase its number of daily non-stop flights between Beijing to Los Angeles. read more

Turkey Eyes New Missile Defense Deal With China

Arlene Lim   | Feb 22, 2015 10:59 PM EST

Turkey plans to award its US$3.4-billion long-range surface-to-air missile defense contract to China. read more

Why Rich First-time Chinese Travelers Behave The Way They Do

Arlene Lim   | Feb 22, 2015 06:24 AM EST

A media professor analyses why new rich first-time Chinese travelers engage in embarrassing behaviors abroad. He also explains why this should not worry the Chinese government. read more

China To Build Its Own ExxonMobil

Geann Pineda   | Feb 19, 2015 09:02 PM EST

China is planning to merge its biggest state-owned oil companies in a bid to become globally competitive amid sliding crude oil prices. read more

New Satellite Images of Disputed Hughes Reef in South China Sea Confirm China’s Expansion

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 19, 2015 08:41 PM EST

Fresh satellite images confirm that China continues its expansion on Hughes Reef in South China Sea, one of the disputed islands that several Asian nations are claiming. read more

Widows in Small City in China’s Hunan Province Blame Air Pollution for Deaths of Husbands

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 19, 2015 11:20 AM EST

It is not just the capital city of Beijing which is reeling from the impact of air pollution. Across many towns and cities in other Chinese provinces, residents too are blaming the bad air caused by excessive industrialization as the reason why men are dying earlier. read more

'President Obama Does Not Love America' - Former NYC Mayor Giuliani Says

Marcel Woo   | Feb 19, 2015 10:51 AM EST

President Barack Obama does not love America and was not brought up the way Americans were brought up, said former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani. read more

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