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China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Investigators look into suspect's sudden death
NANCHANG – Prosecutors are looking into the sudden death of a theft suspect during police investigation on July 11 in East China's Jiangxi province, local police said Friday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Illegal arms trader executed
'China Top Brand' to be phased out The government will phase out the title of "China Top Brand" starting this September, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quaranti… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » SFDA says Bawang shampoo 'safe to use'
/enpproperty–> BEIJING – China's food and drug watchdog Friday passed shampoos made by domestic firm Bawang International as safe to use, saying the levels of a potentially carcinogenic ingredient we… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Senior Chinese leader urges auto industry to boost innovation
Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun, Friday urged the Chinese automobile industry to enhance indigenous technology and foster domestic brands while visiting an auto technology show here.At the China Ac… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese vice premier urges scientific census be conducted to guarantee nation's future plans
Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang (3rd L) addresses a conference on the 6th national census in Beijing, China, on July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » HK Customs seizes 22.5-mln USD worth of methamphetamine
The Hong Kong Customs said Friday it had successfully smashed sophisticated methamphetamine ( better known as ice) manufacturing and storage centers, seizing various types of methamphetamine with a ma… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » PLA troops urged to contribute to Xinjiang's development
A senior Chinese military leader has urged forces based in the western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to draw up detailed measures to help the region achieve rapid development and long-term stabilit… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Nokia to be awarded online map license
It is unclear if the bureau will also approve Google's application. The US search engine had its Internet Content Provider license renewed by the Chinese government last weekend.That, industry experts… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Regulation boosts SOEs transparency
/enpproperty–> Beijing – The government's new requirement of collective decision-making in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will play a significant role in preventing corruption, experts said on Thurs… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Despite disasters, grain harvest looks good
Beijing – The Ministry of Agriculture assured on Friday of a good harvest for the whole year despite a drop in the summer grain output due to severe floods and droughts in the south and southwest of t… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » County head suspended in wake of pollution
A farmer inspects fi sh that died due to a toxic wastewater spill from a copper plant in Shanghang county of East China's Fujian province. [China Daily] [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Trapped workers in collapsed tunnel feared dead
BINYANG, Guangxi – The 10 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed railway tunnel in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for six days were feared dead, rescuers said Saturday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Typhoon Conson hits Hainan
HAIKOU – Typhoon Conson, which killed 38 people in the Philippines earlier this week, landed in China's southern-most Hainan province on Friday night, forcing about 40,000 people to evacuate. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Recordkeeping helps track lives of left-behind kids
/enpproperty–> XI'AN – Recordkeeping on some of the 60,000 children left behind in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, has been established in order to better care for the children who live… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China, Germany sign billions of dollars in deals
BEIJING – China and Germany inked ten cooperation agreements in Beijing on Friday ranging from green energy, culture to the establishment of joint venture on truck and lorries production. Chinese Pre… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Automakers in pledge to raise standards, quality
/enpproperty–> CHANGCHUN – China's auto-makers at their first ever summit Friday united behind a declaration to support and raise innovation in technology and management. Meeting at the seventh Chin… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Sweet smell of success for Han Han
BEIJING – Controversial Chinese writer Han Han, who recently made TIME magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world, has added another notch to his belt – editor and producer of a wildly po… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Burberry to buy out franchises in China
/enpproperty–> PARIS – Burberry Group Plc, the UK's largest luxury retailer, will take control of its franchised stores in China for 70 million pounds ($108 million) in a transaction that may boost … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 11 dead in rain-triggered disasters in C China city
YICHANG – Rain-triggered disasters have left at least 11 people dead and two missing in Yichang city of Hubei province, the local government said Friday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Death toll rises to 11 in rain-triggered disasters in central China city
Rain-triggered disasters have left at least 11 people dead and two missing in Yichang City of Hubei Province, the local government said Friday.Torrential floods flushed at about 4 a.m. Friday, hitting… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Three more government officials punished over copper factory's water contamination in E. China
Three more government officials were punished on Friday after a copper plant contaminated a local river in east China's Fujian Province.Qiu Heqing, head of Shanghang County, Longyan City, was suspende… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Beijing reports 254 assaulting police incidents in first six months
At least 203 police officers were injured when assaulted in 254 cases during the first half of the year in Beijing, Beijing's Public Security Bureau said Friday.The violent attacks took place when pol… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Seven killed in flood in central China
At least seven people were killed and two others remained missing in rain-triggered mountain torrents in Hubei Province Friday, the local government said.Torrential floods flushed at about 4 a.m. Frid… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » NE China province closes six companies after shoddy rice scandal
Authorities in northeast China Friday said they have closed six grain companies following a media report saying they sold fake high-quality rice.State broadcaster CCTV reported Monday that six grain f… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » SW China City sees first panda cub born this year
Southwest China's Chengdu City, capital of Sichuan Province, has seen its first giant panda cub born this year, a spokesperson with Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said Friday.The male c… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Death toll from south China floods reaches 146
At least 146 people had been confirmed dead and 40 are missing as rainstorms and consequent floods, reportedly worst in years in some regions, continues to plague south China.By 4 p.m. Friday, more th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » German Chancellor arrives Xi'an to continue China visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Xi'an, capital of northwest China' Shaanxi Province, Friday night to continue her China visit.During Merkel'stay in Xi'an, she'll attend a forum with Chinese… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China, Qatar to advance military cooperation
China and Qatar senior military officials in talks in Beijing Friday agreed to advance military cooperation.China appreciated Qatar's positive role in regional and international affairs, and hoped to … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » UFO sightings have China, blogs abuzz
One of two recent UFO sightings in China occurred almost on the 63rd anniversary of news that a "flying disc" had been found in Roswell, New Mexico. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 200 policemen assaulted in Beijing in 2010
Over 200 police officers were assaulted while on duty in Beijing in 2010, and most of the attackers were 'jobless and undereducated' people. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Striking workers hand over their list of demands
Striking workers at a plant that supplies parts for Honda Motors' China operations have issued a long list of demands, with hopes of winning better salaries and working conditions commensurate with the country's growing economic clout. Stoppages at foreign-run factories across China by workers demanding pay increases disrupted operations for several weeks in May and June, but the wave of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Octopus Paul gets big stamp of approval
&$ &$"Soccer oracle" Octopus Paul swims above a FIFA World Cup "trophy" in his aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany, on July 12. Roland Weihrauch / AFP&$&$ Paul, the German octopus who gained global fame after accurate predictions of eight World Cup matches, has become the symbol of luck and generated an "octopus fever" in Shanghai. Crowds have been lining up … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Raging oil pipeline fires in Dalian extinguished after 15 hours
&$ &$Firefighters arrive at the oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 16, 2010. Blasts hit two oil pipelines in Dalian on Friday. (Xinhua/Cai Yongjun)&$&$ Raging fires after a series of explosions hit oil pipelines in Dalian, Liaoning Provinces, were put out after 15 hours of battling by fire fighters, Xinhua reporters … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Green Dam supplier refutes "closure" rumors
A technical supplier to an Internet pornography-filtering software Green Dam-Youth Escort said Friday that the company remains in normal operation. Zhao Huiqin, President of Jinhui Computer System Engineering Corporation, told Xinhua that the company's services, including Green Dam software online support, technical trouble shooting and 24-hour custom services had never ceased and would not cease in the future. Zhao made … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Death toll rises to 11 in rain-triggered disasters in central China city
Rain-triggered disasters have left at least 11 people dead and two missing in Yichang City of Hubei Province, the local government said Friday. Torrential floods flushed at about 4 a.m. Friday, hitting a section of a highway under construction in Yichang and leaving seven dead and two others missing. Rescuers have relocated 60 people stranded by the floods and are … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Three more government officials punished over copper factory's water contamination in E. China
Three more government officials were punished on Friday after a copper plant contaminated a local river in east China's Fujian Province. Qiu Heqing, head of Shanghang County, Longyan City, was suspended his post. Lan Fuyan, deputy head of the county, and Lin Lianjin, director of Longyan City's environmental protection bureau, were sacked, the county-level and municipal governments said late Friday. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Copper factory executives detained, county official resigns following water contamination
Three managers at a copper plant have been detained and a county official has resigned after the plant contaminated a local river in Shanghang County, located in east China's Fujian Province. Lin Wenxian and Wang Yong, head and deputy head of the plant owned by Zijin Mining Group Co., a leading Chinese gold producer and also a listed company, as … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Beijing reports 254 assaulting police incidents in first six months
At least 203 police officers were injured when assaulted in 254 cases during the first half of the year in Beijing, Beijing's Public Security Bureau said Friday. The violent attacks took place when police officers were on duty, with most attackers being jobless and undereducated, the bureau said in a statement. About 89 percent of the attackers are male and … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Seven killed in flood in central China
At least seven people were killed and two others remained missing in rain-triggered mountain torrents in Hubei Province Friday, the local government said. Torrential floods flushed at about 4 a.m. Friday, hitting a section of a highway under construction in Yichang City and leaving seven dead and two missing. Rescuers have relocated 60 people stranded by the flood and are … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » NE China province closes six companies after shoddy rice scandal
Authorities in northeast China Friday said they have closed six grain companies following a media report saying they sold fake high-quality rice. State broadcaster CCTV reported Monday that six grain firms in Wuchang and six more in the northwest city of Xi'an added artificial essences to make common rice look like Wuchang rice, a popular brand grown in the northeastern … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Microsoft settles software piracy dispute against CITIC-Kington
Microsoft Corporation settled its software piracy dispute with CITIC-Kington, who agreed to purchase 3.23 million yuan (476,753 U.S. dollars) worth of software from Microsoft Thursday, said local court officials on Friday. Microsoft sued CITIC-Kington Securities Co., Ltd. for operating nine types of 958 copies of unlicensed Microsoft software worth over 2 million yuan at Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in October … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » SW China City sees first panda cub born this year
Southwest China's Chengdu City, capital of Sichuan Province, has seen its first giant panda cub born this year, a spokesperson with Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said Friday. The male cub was born about 7:57 p.m. Thursday, weighing 108 grams, at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Jiaozi, the cub's mother, is 15 years old and is … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Death toll from south China floods reaches 146
At least 146 people had been confirmed dead and 40 are missing as rainstorms and consequent floods, reportedly worst in years in some regions, continues to plague south China. By 4 p.m. Friday, more than 38.2 million people in 10 southern provinces and Chongqing Municipality had been affected by continuous rainstorms and floods since July 1, the Civil Affairs Ministry … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Blast hit oil pipeline in NE China
&$ &$Firefighters arrive at the oil pipeline blast site in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 16, 2010. Blasts hit two oil pipelines in Dalian on Friday. (Xinhua/Cai Yongjun)&$&$ Blasts hit two oil pipelines in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Friday. An explosion first hit a 0.9 meter-diameter oil pipeline at about … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Worker strike continues in Honda China parts supplier plant
Workers continued strike Friday in a Honda parts supplier in south China's Guangdong Province as the second negotiation between the management and employees failed on the fifth day of the workers' striking for higher pay. The talk between the management of the fully Japan-funded Atsumitec Auto Parts (Foshan) Co. Ltd. in Foshan City and 16 representatives of the striking workers … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Despite natural disasters, grain harvest looks good
The Ministry of Agriculture assured on Friday of a good harvest for the whole year despite a drop in the summer grain output due to severe floods and droughts in the south and southwest of the country. The output of grain harvested this summer fell for the first time in seven years, hitting 123.1 million tons, which is 390,000 tons … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Typhoon Conson hits China, causing casualties
&$ &$Fishermen family are evacuated in Lingshui County, south China's Hainan Province, on July 16, 2010. Typhoon Conson is to land in south China's island province of Hainan before Friday night, said the National Meteorological Center (NMC) Friday. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)&$&$ Typhoon Conson landed at Yalong Bay of Sanya City, in south China's island province of Hainan, late Friday, causing casualties. … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » US rejects Taiwan's giant 'A Whale' skimmer
Washington – The US government Friday rejected the giant Taiwanese-owned skimming vessel "A Whale"for clean-up work in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it had recovered a "negligible" amount of BP oil durin… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese vice premier urges scientific census be conducted to guarantee nation's future plans
&$ &$Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang (3rd L) addresses a conference on the 6th national census in Beijing, China, on July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) &$&$ Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for a scientific nationwide census to ensure accurate results as a basis of planning for the country's social and economic development. "National census is a significant … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Senior Chinese leader urges auto industry to boost innovation
Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun, Friday urged the Chinese automobile industry to enhance indigenous technology and foster domestic brands while visiting an auto technology show here. At the China Achievements Expo for Self-innovated Auto Technology and Products, Li Changchun said boosting innovative capacity was pivotal to economic restructuring and shifting the economic growth pattern. Li, a member of the Standing … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Senior Chinese leader urges public' s complaints be properly addressed
&$ &$Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the China Central Committee, speaks at a meeting to urge governments at all levels to address people's complaints and protect their immediate interests in Beijing, capital of China, on July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)&$&$ Senior Chinese Leader Zhou Yongkang urged governments at all … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese president instructs on fighting oil pipeline blaze
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have issued instructions on fire-fighting work after explosions hit oil pipelines in Dalian, port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Friday afternoon. Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang rushed to the spot Friday night to direct rescue work. The fire is still raging by press time. No casualty has been reported. &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&~ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Vietnam pledges support for Chinese companies
Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said in Hanoi Friday that Vietnam will create favorable conditions for business and investment activities of Chinese companies in Vietnam based on the principles of equality and mutually beneficial cooperation. Hoang made the commitment at the forum which attracted representatives of Vietnamese ministries and nearly 150 Chinese companies. Speaking at the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China, Qatar to advance military cooperation
China and Qatar senior military officials in talks in Beijing Friday agreed to advance military cooperation. China appreciated Qatar's positive role in regional and international affairs, and hoped to strengthen coordination with Qatar, said Chen Bingde, Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Chinese military forces were keen to further ties with Qatar for … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » German Chancellor arrives Xi'an to continue China visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Xi'an, capital of northwest China' Shaanxi Province, Friday night to continue her China visit. During Merkel'stay in Xi'an, she'll attend a forum with Chinese and German business leaders and meet with provincial leaders. The visit will also take her to some historic sites, including the Terra-cotta Warriors, the Great Mosque at Huajue Lane as … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Typhoon Slams Into China After Deadly Floods
Packing winds of up to 78mph, Conson made landfall at Yalong Bay, a tourist haven on the island province of Hainan, late on Friday. The typhoon is expected to add to weeks of devastating floods and l… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Premier Wen: China seeks trade balance, not surplus
China will continue to seek balance instead of surplus in trade and it will oppose any form of protectionism along with Germany, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday. These efforts should be praised and not criticized, particularly when compared with any major country that claims to double its exports to alleviate unemployment pressure, Wen said at a joint news … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Better red than Fed
exchange rate between the yuan and the dollar . Although the Chinese were careful not to say precisely what the new currency regime would entail or how much the yuan would be allowed to move in value … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Sino-German ties elevated to strategic track
Beijing – German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a big gift for her 56th birthday, which falls on Saturday – a communique to elevate Sino-German ties to a strategic track, besides a dozen commercial… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Regulation boosts SOEs transparency
Beijing – The government's new requirement of collective decision-making in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will play a significant role in preventing corruption, experts said on Thursday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China seeks trade balance, not surplus
BEIJING – China will continue to seek balance instead of surplus in trade and it will oppose any form of protectionism along with Germany, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Cinda planning public float on domestic bourses
/enpproperty–> BEIJING – State-owned asset management company China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd is planning to list its shares on the domestic capital market and rope in large financial institutio… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Striking workers hand over their list of demands
Striking workers rest at a plant in Foshan, Guangdong province, on Friday. The strike kicked off on Monday when the Honda Motors' parts supplier tried to fire 90 workers. [Tyrone Siu / Reuters] [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Hey, get this 'octopus stamp' at Expo!
SHANGHAI – Paul, the German octopus who gained global fame after accurate predictions of eight World Cup matches, has become the symbol of luck and generated an "octopus fever" in Shanghai. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Sky One Medical's Chief Financial Officer's Health Issues to Restrict His Availability to Investors
/PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company producing over-the-counter dr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Summer Cultural Camp gives Regina children taste of Asia
Five-year-old Jerry Chu and his group play with their skipping ropes at the Regina School of Chinese Studies Culture Camp closing ceremonies July 16, 2010. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Increasing holes in the Great Firewall of China
A bouquet of flowers lies on the Google logo outside the company's China head office in Beijing on March 23, 2010 after the US web giant said it would no longer filter results and was redirecting main… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » With Lower Garment-Industry Wages, Bangladesh Moves In on China
GAZIPUR, Bangladesh — The eight-lane highway leading from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, narrows repeatedly as it approaches this town about 30 miles north, eventually depositing cars onto a mu… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's slowing growth could hit India's exports
http://www.thehindu.com for the latest news, analysis and opinion from one of India's most respected newspapers. This site hosts the legacy archives of stories from the newspaper's print editions … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Steel plans to shut, renovate furnace
The No. 4 furnace, with an annual capacity of 2.85 million metric tons, will be closed for six months from the fourth quarter of 2012, Executive Vice President Chung Le-min said in a telephone intervi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to spend NT$300 bil. on chip plant to meet demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will spend NT$300 billion on a new factory, betting higher demand for the most advanced technology used in making components for phones and computers will offset… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Asia stocks slacken on weaker U.S., China outlooks
HONG KONG — Asia shares lost ground and the dollar fell to its lowest level against the yen this year Friday on weak U.S. and Chinese economic data and a lukewarm listing for Agricultural Bank of Chi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Burberry to buy Chinese franchise stores to raise profit by 10 percent
PARIS — Burberry Group Plc, the UK's largest luxury retailer, will take control of its franchised stores in China for 70 million pounds (US$108 million) in a transaction that may boost earnings by al… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tropical storm causes chaos in China
Southern China is braced for more heavy rain and flooding, as Tropical Storm Conson heads towards Guangdong and Hainan. Workers raced to build waterways to drain overflowing reservoirs in south-easte… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Drugs worth $22.5 mn seized in Hong Kong
Customs officials in Hong Kong have busted a narcotics racket and seized synthetic drugs worth $22.5 million in the international market. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Typhoon Conson hits China
Typhoon Conson with wind speeds of up to 126 km per hour hit China's southern Hainan province Friday. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » HK Customs seizes 22.5-mln USD worth of methamphetamine
The Hong Kong Customs said Friday it had successfully smashed sophisticated methamphetamine ( better known as ice) manufacturing and storage centers, seizing various types of methamphetamine with a market value of 175 million HK dollars (22.5 million U.S. dollars). The Hong Kong Customs said it was the largest of its kind it had ever cracked. In the case, five suspects … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Typhoon Conson hits China
&$ &$Huge wave rush to the seashore in Wanning, south China's Hainan province, July 16, 2010. Typhoon Conson is about to land on Hainan later in the day. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$ Typhoon Conson landed at Yalong Bay of Sanya City, Hainan Province, Friday evening. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Shanghai Hongqiao Airport added as point for scheduled air services between Mainland, HK
The Hong Kong government said Friday it was decided to add Shanghai Hongqiao Airport as a point for scheduled air services between China's Mainland and Hong Kong, after consultations between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and Hong Kong's Transport and Housing Bureau. Each side can operate services at 14 frequencies per week between Hong Kong and Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Singapore food festival serves dishes of main Chinese dialect groups
The Singapore Food Festival (SFF) 2010 returned for its 17th year on Friday to focus on speciality dishes of the main Chinese dialect groups in Singapore. Some of these dialect groups include the Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew communities. The ten-day event saw some 108 dishes featured along the 50-meter Clarke Quay food street along the Singapore river. This … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Thailand gives aid for flood-ravaged south China
The Thai government Friday gave 60,000 U.S. dollars to help with flood relief in south China. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue accepted the fund, which was given by Piamsak Milintachinda, Thai ambassador to China, on behalf of the Thai government. Hu thanked the Thai government on behalf of the Chinese government and said the donation would be delivered to … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Mongolia, China's Xinjiang region vow to boost ties
Prime Minister Batbold Sukhbaatar said Friday that his country wants to develop ties with China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Enhancing cooperation at the border areas of the two countries plays an important role in widening bilateral trade and economic cooperation, and Mongolia has been paying attention to developing its relations with the border areas and autonomous regions of China, the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China supports setting up of traditional Chinese medicine center in Malaysia
China fully supports the establishment of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Center for Excellence in Malaysia on a joint effort basis between China and Malaysia, a visiting Chinese official said here on Friday. Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, who is on his working visit to Malaysia from July 15 to 20, made this remark here on Friday after meeting his Malaysian … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Germany to push EU to recognize China's market economy status: communique
&$ &$Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)&$&$A communique agreed by the leaders of China and Germany Friday says Germany will actively push the European Union to recognize China's full market economy status, and China will continue talks on the issue with the EU. The joint communique was … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China, Germany pledge to push forward strategic partnership: communique
The leaders of China and Germany Friday agreed a joint communique saying the two countries will push forward their strategic partnership in a comprehensive way. The joint communique was issued after visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday morning and met with President Hu Jintao in the afternoon. The communique said the Sino-German relationship … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese VP attends CPC Party School graduation ceremony
China's Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday attended a graduation ceremony held by the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Xi, also president of the CPC's top Party school, awarded graduation certificates to some of 747 Party officials who finished the school's spring semester. Another 3,300 Party officials serving in the central government and armed … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese president meets German Chancellor
&$ &$Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)&$&$ Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday the frequent high-level meetings between China and Germany demonstrate the strength of the bilateral relationship. Hu made the remarks when meeting with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Hu said he had met with Merkel … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Why China opposes US-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea
Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary general with the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, explained the reasons why China is opposed to the U.S.-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea in a recent online discussion with netizens on People's Daily Online. &$&$Luo pointed out five reasons behind China's opposition to the joint military exercises: &$&$ First, in terms of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China concerns over US-S Korea drill
China has once again raised concerns over the upcoming joint naval drill between South Korea and the US. It will start later this month off the coast of the Korean peninsula and then move to the Yellow Sea. The exact date will be confirmed next week when Defense and Foreign Ministers from the two countries meet in Seoul. China has … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » American appeals 8-year term in China secrets case
BEIJING — An American geologist convicted this month of pilfering state secrets has appealed his eight-year prison sentence, arguing the information he collected should not be classified as secr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China reduces US Treasury debt holdings in May
WASHINGTON — China reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasury debt in May as total foreign holdings of government debt posted a slight increase. China's holdings fell by $32.5 billion to $867.7 … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Typhoon grazes China, Vietnam evacuates thousands
BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) – Southern China battened down on Friday as Typhoon Conson hit the edge of a tourist island and Vietnam deployed nearly 3,000 troops to areas in the path of the storm that gath… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Telecom Inks Reseller Deal
China's underdog mobile operator is mounting a scrappy bid to wrest market share away from longtime market leader China Mobile. In its latest coup, China Telecom is teaming up with the nation's No. 2 … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China bans plastic bags in ecologically fragile Tibet
China has banned ultra-thin plastic bags in ecologically fragile southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Flights canceled as China braces for typhoon
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, fishermen work on their boats, braces for Typhoon Conson, in Wanning, Hainan province, China, Friday, July 16, 2010. Disaster prevention teams… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » American appeals 8-year term in China secrets case
BEIJING — An American geologist convicted this month of pilfering state secrets has appealed his eight-year prison sentence, arguing the information he collected should not be classified as secret, … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Bombardier Sifang Awarded Fourth Contract for 40 Additional CRH1 High-Speed Trains in China
Bombardier Transportation announced today that its Chinese joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. (BST), has received an order for 40 additional CRH1 high-speed trainsets from … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Customs officers seize drugs, arrest five in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – Customs officers have smashed Hong Kong's largest operation making the methamphetamine drug, ice, a senior official said Friday.Officers arrested five people aged between 25 and 60 and sei… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Dominican importers say tariffs on China products unfair
Santo Domingo.- The nearly 100 importers grouped in the ANI nationwide disagree with the 200 day deadline, until next December, issued by the Commission that safeguards against unfair business practic… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Flights canceled as China braces for typhoon
A typhoon that left a trail of destruction and deaths in the Philippines hit southern China late Friday evening as emergency workers prepared for torrential rains and lashing winds, flights and ferrie… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » No fleeing euro, says China's Wen
The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, has said that China will continue to invest in European markets, despite the debt problems affecting many eurozone countries. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Salaries of China's non-private sector employees rise 12 pct in 2009
Average annual salaries in China's non-private sector rose 12 percent in 2009 to 32,736 yuan (4,835 U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. But the growth rate was 5.2 percentage points less than that in 2008, said a statement on the NBS website. The survey covered 1.56 million non-private enterprises involving 118 million employees. The non-private … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Flights, ferries halted as Typhoon Conson nears south China
&$ &$Huge wave rush to the seashore in Wanning, south China's Hainan province, July 16, 2010. Typhoon Conson is about to land on Hainan later in the day. (Xinhua Photo)&$&$More than 150 people were stranded Friday at a port in south China's Hainan Province after shipping services and flights were halted as Typhoon Conson crept toward the island. Services linking … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Gantries reach Kochi port after three-week wait
Four giant gantries onboard a Chinese vessel 'Zhenhua 10' anchored at Kochi on Friday after a three-week-long wait. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China witnesses 19,522 geologic hazards this year
China witnessed 19,522 geologic hazards in the first half of this year, up 932 percent year-on-year, leaving 464 people dead or missing, which is up 177 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese girl completes 21-hour open-water swimming without break
A 23-year-old Chinese girl successfully swam 74 kilometers without a break in the Qingjiang River on Friday. Zhang Jie, a swimming coach at the Beijing Sports University, started the adventure at 3:50 p.m. Saturday and finished swimming at 1:06 p.m. Friday. The 423-km-long Qingjiang River is a tributary of Yangtze River, the longest river in China. Zhang Jian, the first … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Tibet to ban ultra-thin plastic bags
China's two-year-old ban on ultra-thin plastic bags has arrived at the "roof of the world". Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region said Friday it would ban the manufacture, sale and use of flimsy plastic bags under 0.025 mm thick before the end of this year to curb "white pollution" in the plateau region. In a circular to local governments Friday, the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China raises compensation level for wrongful imprisonment
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Friday ordered prosecutors to compensate victims of wrongful imprisonment at a rate of 125.43 yuan (18.5 U.S. dollars) per day of incarceration, up 13.44 yuan per day from last year. Compensation for civil liberties violations are based on the previous year's average wage for workers, the State Compensation Law which took effect in 1995 says. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » PLA troops urged to contribute to Xinjiang's development
A senior Chinese military leader has urged forces based in the western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to draw up detailed measures to help the region achieve rapid development and long-term stability. "It is an important task for soldiers and armed police to ensure the overall social stability of Xinjiang and promote leapfrog development and long-term stability," said Guo Boxiong, vice … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 2,000 swim in Yangtze River
More than 2,000 swim lovers from home and abroad swam in the Yangtze River in the central Chinese city Wuhan on Friday, marking the 37th International Yangtze River Crossing Festival. Fifty-one swimmers entered the crossing race but only eight out of them successfully finished the 1,800-meter course in the longest river in China. Li Hong from southwest China's Yunnan Province … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China to produce over 115 bln kilograms of wheat in 2010: Ministry of Agriculture
China's wheat output is expected to top 115 billion kilograms in 2010, completely meeting market demand, Chen Mengshan, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, told a press briefing Friday. According to estimates, China's average wheat consumption is 105 billion kilograms per year. The nation's wheat output has grown every year since 2003, enabling the government to ensure market stability, said … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's SPC approves execution of illegal gun-maker
A man convicted of illegally making and selling firearms and ammunition was executed in east China Friday after his death sentence was approved by the Supreme People's Court (SPC). Wu Zhiqiao was convicted and sentenced to death at the Intermediate People's Court in Ningbo in east China's Zhejiang Province. It was the first death sentence involving firearms offences to be … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Approaching Typhoon Conson strands passengers, cancels flights on south China island
&$ &$Passengers wait at the Xiuying Port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, July 16, 2010. Due to Typhoon Conson, transportation services stopped across Qiongzhou Straits on July 15. (Xinhua/Zhou Huimin)&$&$More than 150 passengers were stranded Friday at a port after ship services were suspended in south China's Hainan Province where flights were also canceled as Typho … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » CVDT Anticipates Significant Revenue Growth from Strategic Business Development Initiatives in China Southern Power Grid Market
& Digital Telecom Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVDT) has signed seven contracts within the China Southern Power Grid system ("Southern Grid") since the first virtualization contract was … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China mine collapses as heavy rains persist
BEIJING – A lead and zinc mine in eastern China has caved in due to heavy rain and threatens to contaminate a popular lake, state media said Friday, in the latest of series of flooding-related disaste… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chemical additive in McNuggets within limits: Chinese food watchdog
&$ &$McDonald's iconic chicken snack is under fire after claims about the use of chemicals. (Source: China Daily/Wang Jing)&$&$ China's food safety watchdog Friday passed McDonald's chicken McNuggets as safe for human consumption, saying a petrol-based chemical additive in the fast food was within legal limits. Sample tests showed the amount of tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's Tibet, Nepal to promote Himalaya tourism
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will work closely with Nepal to boost the tourism industry in the Himalayan region, officials said Friday. "To start with, we'll jointly launch day tours along the China-Nepal border," said Wang Songping, deputy chief of Tibet's tourism administration, at "Welcome to Nepal," a briefing on Nepal tourism in Lhasa. Wang and his Nepalese counterparts are … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese VP meets German Chancellor Merkel
&$ &$Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)&$&$ Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met German Chancellor Angela Merkel here Friday. The two discussed China-Germany relations and party-to-party exchanges. Hailing the smooth development of the bilateral relations and expanded c … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China, France pledge closer agricultural co-op
China and France vowed to deepen agricultural cooperation as senior officials met in Beijing on Friday. China was ready to cement agriculture and food security cooperation with France, remarked Vice Premier Hui Liangyu when meeting with French Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Bruno Le Maire. China has guaranteed a stable supply of grain and other important agricultural products, mainly … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Top Chinese legislator arrives in Switzerland for visit
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in Zurich on Friday for an official goodwill visit to Switzerland. "The bilateral ties between China and Switzerland have achieved significant progress in recent years. The enhancing mutual political trust, continuously growing economic cooperation and expanding people-to-people exchanges have brought substantial benefits to both peoples," said Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China'a … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Germany, China sign billions of dollars in deals
Chinese and German companies signed deals worth billions of dollars to make trucks and power equipment Friday as the prime ministers declared their countries' economies had recovered from last year's … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chemical additive in McNuggets within limits
/enpproperty–> BEIJING – China's food safety watchdog Friday passed McDonald's chicken McNuggets as safe for human consumption, saying a petrol-based chemical additive in the fast food was within leg… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Flights, ferries halted as Typhoon Conson nears
/enpproperty–> HAIKOU – More than 150 people were stranded Friday at a port in south China's Hainan Province after shipping services and flights were halted as Typhoon Conson crept toward the island…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Daimler, Beiqi Foton Ink Deal On China Truck JV
in the joint venture, which will produce medium-weight and heavy trucks, a Daimler spokeswoman said. "The joint venture…represents another key milestone in implementing our [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's NDRC Sees H2 Inflation At Around 3%
(RTTNews) – China's consumer price inflation would average at around 3% in the second half of this year, slower than 2.6% in the first half, the National Development and Reform Commission said Friday… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Shanghai applies to PBOC to offer gold exchange certificates
The Shanghai Stock Exchange has submitted a proposal to China's central bank for introduction of a gold exchange certificate developed with the Shanghai Gold Exchange, said Liu Ti, an official with th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese girl completes 21-hour open-water swimming without break
A 23-year-old Chinese girl successfully swam 74 kilometers without a break in the Qingjiang River on Friday.Zhang Jie, a swimming coach at the Beijing Sports University, started the adventure at 3:50 … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China raises compensation level for wrongful imprisonment
China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Friday ordered prosecutors to compensate victims of wrongful imprisonment at a rate of 125.43 yuan (18.5 U.S. dollars) per day of incarceration, up 13.44 y… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China stock index futures down on July 16
China's stock index futures closed down Friday with the contract for July, the most actively traded, down 0.92 percent from the previous trading day to end at 2,596 points.The August contract dropped … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese equities close flat Friday on small gains of heavyweights
Chinese shares closed almost flat Friday, backed by property and financial shares.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.03 points to end at 2,424.27.The Shenzhen Stock Index rose 0.9 percent, … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's SPC approves execution of illegal gun-maker
A man convicted of illegally making and selling firearms and ammunition was executed in east China Friday after his death sentence was approved by the Supreme People's Court (SPC).Wu Zhiqiao was convi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's SOEs report 57.1 pct profit growth in H1
Profits at China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) surged 57.1 percent from a year earlier in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Finance said Friday.Combined profits at China's SOEs totalled 9… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Approaching Typhoon Conson strands passengers, cancels flights on south China island
Passengers wait at the Xiuying Port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, July 16, 2010. Due to Typhoon Conson, transportation services stopped across Qiongzhou Straits on July 15. (Xin… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Tibet, Nepal to promote Himalaya tourism
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will work closely with Nepal to boost the tourism industry in the Himalayan region, officials said Friday."To start with, we'll jointly launch day tours … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China, France pledge closer agricultural co-op
China and France vowed to deepen agricultural cooperation as senior officials met in Beijing on Friday.China was ready to cement agriculture and food security cooperation with France, remarked Vice Pr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Top Chinese legislator arrives in Switzerland for visit
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in Zurich on Friday for an official goodwill visit to Switzerland."The bilateral ties between China and Switzerland have achieved significant progress in… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Why China opposes US-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea
Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary general with the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, explained the reasons why China is opposed to the U.S.-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea in … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China bank shares jump 2 per cent in Hong Kong debut
bank continued a dual listing that could give it the world's largest ever initial public offering (IPO).The bank's H-shares began trading in Hong Kong at 3.25 Hong Kong dollars (42 US cents), up 1.6 p… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Germany, China sign deals worth billions of dollars, say trade strong despite financial crisis
BEIJING, China – Chinese and German companies signed deals worth billions of dollars to make trucks and power equipment Friday as the prime ministers declared their countries' economies had recovered … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China braces for typhoon, Vietnam evacuates thousands
BEIJING/HANOI — Southern China on Friday battened down to await the arrival of Typhoon Conson, gathering strength over the South China Sea, and Vietnam deployed nearly 3,000 troops to areas in the p… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » GE says outlook bright
A high-level executive of General Electric Co (GE) said on Thursday that the China market will outstrip the United States in the years ahead, and the company will expand its business in China through … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » U.S. wholesale prices drop 0.5 percent in June
U.S. wholesale prices declined by 0.5 percent in June, the third month in a row, the Labor Department reported Thursday.The decline in the department's Producer Price Index (PPI), a measure of inflati… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » More than 277 million Chinese have access to third-generation network
The increasing popularity of devices such as the iPhone and the expansion of the third-generation network have divulged more than 277 million people to access the internet via their phones in China by the end of June, representing more than 65 percent of China's 420 million Internet users. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China dismisses possibility of Sino-DPRK military exercise
China has dismissed the possibility of launching a joint military exercise with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a counter measure to upcoming drills by the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK). [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China & #39;s AgBank makes tepid HK debut
initial public offering price.The last of China's "Big Four" state banks to go public could raise a record 22.1 billion US dollars in its mammoth dual offering, which opened in Shanghai … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China blames economic slowdown on policy controls
A shop keeper, right, counts sale items while a customer, left, chooses clothes at a shopping mall in downtown Beijing, China, Thursday, July 15, 2010. China's rapid growth is slowing as the impact of… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » ABC to become a constituent of CSI, SSE indices
Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), the last of the "Big Four" State-owned lenders to go public, will become a constituent of the SSE 180 Index, SSE 50 Index, SSE Mega-Cap Index, CSI 300 Index and CSI 1… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Advanced carrier rocket in 2014
Zhao Zuohai, a villager from Central China's Henan province, gave his future daughter-in-law 60,000 yuan in betrothal gifts before his son's upcoming wedding on July 17, the Qianjiang Evening News rep… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Steelmakers to see new low in profits in July
/enpproperty–> Chinese steelmakers are likely to see a new low in profits in July amid rising iron ore prices and falling steel prices, the Economic Information Daily reported, citing a steel associa… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Burberry to buy out Chinese franchises
Burberry Group on Friday said it would buy out its Chinese franchises in a £70m deal that will see it take direct control of its 50 stores on the mainland.The deal came in the same week China [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Foundations In Place To Achieve 2010 CPI Rise Target Of 3%
has laid the foundation for achieving its target of 3% growth in the 2010 consumer price index, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement on its website. It said imported in… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Burberry Shares Rise On Chinese Store Acquisition
-(Dow Jones)- Shares in Burberry PLC (BRBY.LN) rose sharply Friday after the U.K.-based luxury fashion house continued its strategy to take greater control of its worldwide brand with the [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Affirms FX Investment In Europe, Macro Policy – Xinhua
remains a key market for China's investments of its foreign-exchange reserves, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday after a meeting with visiting German Chancellor [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China blames economic slowdown on policy controls
The decline was "primarily a result of active regulation and control," said Wen, the country's top economic official, at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's BoCom completes $2.6b HK rights issue
Bank of Communications, China's fifth-biggest lender, said on Thursday it had completed its rights issue of Hong Kong-listed H-shares, raising HK$17.78 billion. The bank said investors bought 99.28 p… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Pet-coloring competition held in Taiwan
A poodle is groomed before the start of a pet colouring competition at a pet show in Taipei July 16, 2010. (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang) Dyed dogs participated in a pet colouring competition at a pet show in… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese laws protect foreign enterprises' interests
Foreign-funded enterprises' production and operation enjoy national treatment in China, and the facilitation policies for trade and investment will continue, Liu Yajun, an official with China's Minist… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Eastern expects 50% net profit hike in H1
China Eastern Airlines said on Thursday it expects its first-half net profit to increase more than 50 percent due to the rapid growth of the domestic market and cost reductions after its consolidation… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Guangzhou Auto moves closer to HK IPO
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co moved closer to a listing in Hong Kong when shareholders of its Hong Kong unit Denway Motors Ltd approved a buyout offer from the Chinese automaker.A "big proportion… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China blames economic slowdown on policy controls
A shop keeper, right, counts sale items while a customer, left, chooses clothes at a shopping mall in downtown Beijing, China, Thursday, July 15, 2010. China's rapid growth is slowing as the impac… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chung-hua Institution raises forecast for Taiwan's economic growth
The Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research raised its forecast Friday for Taiwan's economic growth this year on strong export growth and the government's efforts to attract foreign investment. Th… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan shares open higher
The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened higher Friday from its previous close, moving up 12.72 points at 7,717.24 on a turnover of NT$2.78 billion (US$86.88 million). The weighted price index fe… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Agricultural Bank inches up in Hong Kong debut after tepid Shanghai response
HONG KONG – Agricultural Bank of China's shares inched up in trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange Friday, despite a tepid reception in Shanghai, as the rural lender rolled out a massive initial pu… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China steel sector nearing break-even point- CISA
China's massive steel sector, which has begun cutting production in the face of falling prices and softening demand, is nearing the break-even point, the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) said… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China blames economic slowdown on policy controls
A shop keeper, right, counts sale items while a customer, left, chooses clothes at a shopping mall in downtown Beijing, China, Thursday, July 15, 2010. China's rapid growth is slowing as the impact of… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » America is rotten and China is awesome
G.E. Anderson is a China specialist, former CFO, and PhD Candidate in Political Science at UCLA. His research focuses on state-owned enterprises, corporate governance and China's auto industry. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Will Chinese Eat 'Wild Mississippi River Fish'
Gov. Pat Quinn today signed an agreement with China to export as much as 30 million pounds of Asian carp a year from the Illinois River, a move aimed at reducing the population of the invasive species… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China-based BOE receives 7.5 billion yuan loan for 6G plant, says report
China-based BOE has received a bank loan totaling 7.5 billion yuan (US$1.11 billion) for its 6G TFT-LCD panel plant project in Hefei, eastern China, according to a Chinese-language report on [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Samsung to invest in TCL 8.5G LCD plant in China, says report
Samsung Electronics is expected to provide 2-3 billion yuan (US$295.16-442.74 million) and technological support for a 8.5G TFT-LCD panel production plant of Shenzhen China Star OptoELectronics Techno… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » TCL, Toshiba to set up JV in China
China-based TV vendor TCL and Japan-based Toshiba have announced a plan to set up a joint venture (JV), the Toshiba Visual Products (China), in Huizhou, China. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China rural subsidy program to generate 10 million FPD TV sales in 2010, says CVIA
China's rural subsidy program for electronics products is expected to generate sales of over 10 million flat-panel TVs in 2010, according to the China Video Industry Association (CVIA). [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Executive Yuan rejects green smart building program
The Executive Yuan has turned down a joint proposal from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior for information and communications technology (ICT) applications in green int… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » GE expects China market to outstrip U.S. soon
&$ &$John G. Rice, vice-chairman of GE (Photo Source: China Daily)&$&$ A high-level executive of General Electric Co (GE) said on Thursday that the China market will outstrip the United States in the years ahead, and the company will expand its business in China through partnerships with State-owned enterprises. "I think the future outlook for China is very bright. There … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Main points of U.S. financial reform bill
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a massive financial overhaul bill which President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law next week.The following are the main points of the legislation:– A 10-me… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Indonesia sees PC sales surges 76% in 2nd quarter
The sales value of personal computers on Indonesian market surged by 76 percent year on year on the second quarter this year, thanks to the popularity of netbooks, the Jakarta Globe reported on Friday… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Brazil's tax revenues all-time high in 1st half of 2010
Brazil's federal tax revenues reached an all-time high of about 216 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2010, a year-on-year increase of 12.5 percent, the government said on Thursday.That was du… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Ministry: Rise in labor costs will not hurt foreign investment
Although labor costs have risen recently, it will not hurt China's advantages in attracting foreign investment and there is no evidence showing that large amounts of foreign capital are being transferred from China to other countries or regions, said Liu Yajun, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration of Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. Liu said that China's labor … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Seven missing after boat sinks in E China river
Seven people are missing after a boat transporting sand crashed into a construction platform on an east China river and sank Friday, authorities in coastal Zhejiang Province said. The accident happened at 2:15 a.m. in Haining, a city 200 kilometers east of Shanghai. When the accident occurred. the boat was sailing against the high tide of the Qianjiang River, which … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Project Hope benefits China's students in rural areas: official
Project Hope, a Chinese charity dedicated to helping children in poverty-stricken parts of the country access education, has helped nearly 3.5 million dropouts resume their studies over 20 years, an official said Friday. The program has also financed the construction of 16,345 schools across China, Gu Xiaojin, an official with China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF), said at a conference on … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Project Hope benefits students in rural areas
/enpproperty–> YINCHUAN – Project Hope, a Chinese charity dedicated to helping children in poverty-stricken parts of the country access education, has helped nearly 3.5 million dropouts resume their … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Zoo keeper arrested for tourist's death in NW China
/enpproperty–> XI'AN – A zoo keeper in northwest China's Shaanxi province has been arrested for negligence that led to tigers mauling a zoo visitor to death last month, local authorities said Friday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Geely chairman to head board at Volvo Cars
/enpproperty–> Automaker Zhejiang Geely said board chairman Li Shufu will also be chairman of Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars, which the Chinese group is buying from Ford Motor Co for $1.8 billion. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Seven missing after boat sinks in E China
/enpproperty–> HANGZHOU – Seven people are missing after a boat transporting sand crashed into a construction platform on an east China river and sank Friday, authorities in coastal Zhejiang province… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » A third of the Chinese population uses internet
The number of Chinese people who use the internet has gone up to 420 million – about a third of the populaton – boosted by the rising number of cell phone connections. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China hospital refuses to treat woman with HIV
A Chinese hospital refused to treat a migrant worker seriously injured in a wage dispute after doctors found out the woman was HIV-positive, her co-worker said Friday. Li Na, 37, was beaten up Mond… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » John Mack joins China's CIC as advisor
Morgan Stanley , to its 14-member international advisory council.The $300bn fund’s choice of Mr Mack as an advisor will further cement its ties with the Wall Street bank, in which it holds a stake o… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Slowing Growth Unlikely To Trigger Policy Change – Credit Suisse
-(Dow Jones)- China's growth has moderated sharply, due to an inventory correction and a slowdown in fixed investment, but the situation is unlikely to trigger any real policy changes, said a senior… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China to shut down 122 blogs, pornographic sites
As part of China's crackdown on pornography, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has demanded the shutting down of 122 websites, which offer online reading and downloading services of fiction with lewd and pornographic content. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China plays key role in ITER's large-scale int'l clean energy project: ITER
China's active participation in an clean energy project of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Organization (ITER) is vital to the success of the project, said the chief of the organization on Thursday. "Like other big powers in the world, China, with full realization of the significance of clean energy, actively takes part in this ITER project, which I think is … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Logo of China's famous brands will be banned
&$&$ Starting in September, domestic famous brand products will be gradually required to phase out the use of a state logo marking them as one of China's famous brands, according to a management regulation of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) . The Chinese Famous Brand Strategy Promotion Committee announced 493 famous brands in 2005, 556 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Europe remains key investment market for China's forex reserve, Wen tells Merkel
Europe remains one of China's key investment markets of foreign exchange reserve, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing Friday. "It's well known that China has abundant foreign exchange reserve." said Wen at a press briefing after two-hour talks with Merkel. "As a responsible long-term investor, we stick to the principle of diversified portfolio, and the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China, Germany ink ten cooperation agreements amid Merkel's "historic" visit
&$ &$Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) hosts a red-carpet welcome ceremony for visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, July 16, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)&$&$ China and Germany inked ten cooperation agreements in Beijing on Friday ranging from green energy, culture to the establishment of joint venture on truck and lorries production. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting German Chancellor … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Macao considers night tour for all local World Heritage sites
Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau was considering launching the night tour program at every local UNESCO World Heritage site next year, the Macao Post Daily reported on Friday. The Cultural Affairs Bureau, which overlooks the management of local heritage sites, has already extended the opening hours of three such sites to 11 p.m. from last night till Saturday night, as part … [Link]
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