The District Court has handed down jail sentences to a 48-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman from a travel agency for conspiracy to defraud.

Today is a really slow news day, at least at the China desk. Friday is usually a slow day for news, and we are now smack in the middle of the dog days of summer.
So let's turn to an issue about which I like to ponder once in a while: how editors choose stories. I've [...]

I'm not sure whether this will raise any eyebrows over here in Beijing. It's possible, as several of the statements made are direct shots at China, but all in all, the new initiatives announced by the US Trade Rep yesterday in Pennsylvania (in steel country) are a lot more PR than they are substantive policy.
If [...]

Indonesia travel advisory issued

A 22-year-old Indian man will be charged with drug trafficking after he was found to be carrying 10kg of cannabis resin worth $950,000.