Australian gaming operator Crown Resorts has been fined A$80m ($57.4m; £45.6m) for illegally accepting Chinese bank cards at its casino in Melbourne. Regulators say the transactions were falsely classified as hotel services. To deter money […]
A Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei, in a high-profile diplomatic case. Ms Cheng is accused of illegally supplying state secrets overseas. Her family maintains […]
Hong Kong police have arrested six people from an independent news website for “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. Both current and former staff members of Stand News were among those targeted. More than 200 police […]
A company that was once one of China’s biggest property developers says it has “lost contact” with a wealth manager that has $313m (£235m) of its money. China Fortune Land Development says British Virgin Islands-registered […]
China’s central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin. “Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal financial activities,” the People’s Bank of China said, warning it […]
Two Canadian nationals have been released from Chinese detention and are flying home to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were accused of espionage in 2018, shortly after Canadian […]
A Beijing court has thrown out a landmark sexual harassment case brought against one of the country’s most famous TV hosts. It ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support the case against Zhu Jun. […]
A court in China has convicted a Canadian businessman of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. Michael Spavor has been detained since 2018, after being arrested with fellow Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig. […]
A Canadian citizen has lost his appeal against a death sentence in China for drug smuggling. The court said it upheld Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s sentence because evidence against him was “sufficient”. Schellenberg was initially sentenced […]
A lengthy legal battle over the extradition of Huawei’s chief financial officer reaches a crucial stage in Canada on Wednesday. Meng Wanzhou, who is also the daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecoms company, […]
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