All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2014 // The death toll in southern China’s earthquake jumped from 410 to 589 on Wednesday as search and rescue teams found scores more bodies while pushing into isolated mountain communities to clear debris from collapsed...
Aug 5 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide the Mw6.1 earthquake that struck south-central China’s Yunnan Province “was the strongest to strike the area in 14 years. The epicenter was near the township...
Aug 4 2014 // A strong earthquake in southern China’s Yunnan province toppled houses on Sunday, killing dozens of people and injuring more than 100, officials and state media reported.Yunnan’s seismological bureau said 24...
Aug 4 2014 // A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media reported Sunday.It was...
Aug 4 2014 // Taiwan authorities are preparing to inspect thousands of miles of pipeline after the government blamed the island’s deadliest industrial accident on a chemicals company. Shares of petrochemicals declined.Preliminary...
Aug 4 2014 // The expansion of shale resource extraction encompasses several interrelated elements, including exploration risk, infrastructure project risk, and the risks associated with new or enlarged trade flows and the significant...
Aug 4 2014 // A federal judge in New Orleans has ordered a China-based maker of drywall to pay $55,000 in penalties and attorney fees – and to stop doing business in the United States – as punishment for refusing to take part in...
Aug 1 2014 // Lawyers for people who say their homes were wrecked by defective drywall made in China have filed a new lawsuit against the manufacturers and a new defendant — the Chinese Cabinet agency that oversees the country’s...
Jul 28 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s and Lloyd’s Insurance Company (China) Limited (LICCL)...
Jul 25 2014 // AIA Group Ltd., the second-largest Asia-based insurer, posted a 23 percent increase in new business value in the first half, beating analyst estimates and exceeding the full-year figure for 2010 when it went public.The...
Jul 24 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Matmo, the third typhoon in the western Pacific Basin in less than three weeks, “made landfall in Taiwan around midnight, local time, Tuesday night with...
Jul 23 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Matmo (called Henry in the Philippines) formed in the Philippines Sea and became a tropical storm on July 17. It is the third typhoon to form in the northwest...
Jul 22 2014 // A federal judge has ordered a China-based maker of drywall to pay $55,000 in penalties and attorney fees – and to stop doing business in the United States – as punishment for refusing to take part in court proceedings...
Jul 21 2014 // The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in four decades has killed 18 people, the government said Sunday, while in the Philippines the death toll from the storm’s earlier destruction rose to 94.Typhoon Rammasun...
Jul 21 2014 // The expansion of shale resource extraction encompasses several interrelated elements, including exploration risk, infrastructure project risk, and the risks associated with new or enlarged trade flows and the significant...
Jul 18 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, after striking the Philippines with high winds and floods, “a strengthening Typhoon Rammasun is set to make landfall in China between 6 and 12 UTC on July 18,...
Jul 17 2014 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Rammasun weakened as it crossed the Philippine island of Luzon and passed to the south of Manila, where wind speeds of 60-140 km/hr (37-87 mph) were observed,...
Jul 17 2014 // Starr Companies has announced the completion of its majority ownership of Shanghai based Dazhong Insurance Company Limited of China. The company will be renamed as Starr Property & Casualty Insurance (China) Company,...
Jul 17 2014 // A.M. Best has assigned the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Starr Property & Casualty Insurance (China) Company, Limited (Starr China), formerly...
Jul 16 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported that Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in the Philippine province of Sorsogon with sustained winds of 157 km/h (98 mph) on Tuesday, July 15, in late afternoon local time. The...