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China – People's Daily Online » Chinese Defense Ministry introduces new spokesman to media
China's Ministry of National Defense (MOD) unveiled its new spokesman, Senior Colonel Geng Yansheng, to domestic and foreign media on Friday during a press tour to an engineering regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). &$&$Source:Xinhua&$&~ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China launches campaign to stop maltreatment of zoo and circus animals
China is to launch a campaign to stop maltreatment of animals being held for public display, according to a government statement released Thursday. Some companies staging animal shows have been paying excessive attention to profit-making, resulting in maltreatment and early death of animals, said a statement of the State Forestry Administration (SFA). The statement comes one week after a 21 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China police handle 7,010 firearms cases in first half year
Chinese police nationwide have dealt with 7,101 cases involving illicitly manufacture, sales and possession of firearms over the first half of this year, police said in Kunming Thursday. The period also saw offenses involving explosives and firearms down 9.8 and 31.4 percent respectively, the Public Security Ministry said at a meeting held here. The police also broke up 50 gangs, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's "shame parade" ban reflects better protection of rights, dignity: expert
China's recent ban on "prostitute parades" may showcase the country's growing respect for human rights and dignity during law enforcement, especially for criminal suspects, a political advisor said in Beijing Thursday. The "shame parades" had not only been humiliating, but also were in violation of Chinese laws and regulations, said Cao Yisun, a professor with the China University of Political … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chemical fears trigger run on bottled water in northeast China
Residents in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are rushing to buy bottled water after thousands of barrels of chemicals were swept into the upper reaches of the Songhuajiang River in Jilin Province. The incident has revived memories of the contamination of the Songhuajiang River in 2005 after an explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin Province left 3.8 million people in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Three confirmed dead, seven missing after NW China rock-mud flow
Rescuers have recovered bodies of three people who went missing after a rain-triggered rock-mud flow Thursday morning hit a village in northwest China's Gansu Province, said local authorities. The accident occurred around 2 a.m. in Guanshan Village of Yugur Autonomous County of Sunan, burying 10 members of a family, said a spokesman with the county's publicity department of the Communist … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China cooks up a heatwave to suit all tastes — metaphorically speaking
How will you remember China's summer of 2010 — roasting, grilling or frying? Apart from the sweat, the heat and the humidity, the sweltering weather is likely to be remembered for one other thing — the barrage of on-line metaphors to describe the discomfort. And in time-honored Chinese style, most people are turning to their culinary traditions. "I feel like … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China leads the world in urbanization: blue paper
As China's urban population reached 46 percent of the total population last year, Chinese urban dwellers became the largest such population in the world, according to a 'blue paper' released on Thursday. By the end of 2009, China's urban population reached 620 million as both the annual birth rate and the total urban population became the world's largest, according to … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Cantonese set to carry on as officials quash rumors
A senior city official in the southern city of Guangzhou has reaffirmed that no action will be taken to scrap Cantonese in favor of Mandarin, and warned those who spread rumors or try to organize illegal rallies will be punished according to the law. Local residents, visitors and tourists alike are fully able to speak both Cantonese and Mandarin in … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Water of Songhua River declared safe to drink
&$ &$Workers carry barrels of explosive chemicals to safety on Thursday in Yushu city, Jilin province. Some 7,000 barrels, including 3,000 containing chemicals, surfaced on the Songhua River after having been swept away in a recent flood. [Agencies]&$&$ Workers on Thursday raced to retrieve some 3,000 chemical-filled barrels swept by floods into the Songhua River in Northeast China's Jilin … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese military told to keep close eye on situation
A top military officer has warned the Chinese military to keep a close eye on the changing situation amid a large-scale naval exercise in the South China Sea, held at the same time as a joint Washington-Seoul drill, State media reported on Thursday. According to China Central Television, Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army Chen Bingde, as … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 500,000 free Expo tickets unused
Half a million complimentary Expo tickets, which expire in three days, remain unused despite the public's relentless fervor toward the extravagant fair. Statistics show that about 500,000 free tickets with the visiting period slated for July, or nearly one fifth of the free passes distributed to Shanghai households in the month under a package gift scheme, will become invalid on … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China probes judges for bribery over mine blast that kills 44
At least six Chinese judges are being investigated for corruption which was thought to have led to the loss of over 40 lives in a mine blast in central China's Henan Province, local authorities said Thursday. Zhang Guoqing, president of the Yichuan County People's Court in Henan, and five other judges, were in police custody to face a charge of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Urbanization expected to fuel China's economy
&$&$ Accelerated urbanization can keep the country's economy on the fast track for another 15 to 20 years, as more than half of its population will live in cities and towns by 2015, a top Chinese think tank said on Thursday. The country's urbanization rate will hit 52 percent in 2015 and grow to 65 percent by 2030, the annual … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China vows stronger support for education for ethnic minority groups
The Chinese government will offer greater financial support to education for ethnic minority groups in the next decade, says a national education plan released Thursday. The Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) says allocation of public educational resources shall favor minority-inhabited areas. "Speeding up educational development for ethnic minority groups is of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's drug watchdog gives teeth to expert panels on cosmetics, tonic food
China's food and drug watchdog Thursday said it will establish two national panels of experts who will give advice before new tonic food and cosmetic products are approved. The State Food and Drug Administration published two regulations concerning the management of expert panels, one for tonic food and another for cosmetic products, on its website. The two panels, composed of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Police cancel warrant for journalist in east China
The police of Suichang County in east China's Zhejiang Province canceled a detention warrant for a journalist who was accused by a public company of defamation Thursday morning. Police of Lishui City, which administers Suichang, ordered the county's public security bureau to cancel the detention warrant for Qiu Ziming, a reporter of Economic Observer News, a Chinese economic newspaper, according … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China extends helping hands abroad
&$ &$Huang Dahui (in white shirt), a hybrid rice scientist, is seen with his students at the Booker Washington Institute in Liberia in October 2005. Huang was chief of the Chinese agriculture assistance team to Liberia, teaching locals how to grow hybrid rice. (Photo: China Daily)&$&$ China has provided aid to more than 160 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Villages to be enclosed in security move
The national capital's Changping district is all set to erect walls around its 44 villages, with security guards manning the entrances at all times, a district government official said. Villagers will be able to pass through no more than two or three entrances, depending on the size of the villages, the official said, adding that the gates to the villages … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese govt approves Geely's purchase of Volvo
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co is expected to complete its takeover of Swedish luxury car brand Volvo from US automaker Ford Motor Co on Monday after getting government approval for the deal. Ministry of Commerce officials told China Daily on Thursday that the government cleared the Volvo deal on Monday 26, after the National Development and Reform Commission cleared the … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Ministry of Education pledges to raise rate of literacy
Universal preschool education and a pledge to eliminate illiteracy are among the reforms of China's education system published in the country's national education plan for the next decade. The pledges are among a host of promises listed in the Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development (2010-20), which was published in full on Thursday. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » National publicity film to boost Chinese image
The country will start shooting its first national publicity film in the capital as part of latest efforts to boost its image worldwide. The Shanghai Lowe & Partners advertising company has been assigned to shoot the film, Wang Lijun, assistant to the company's president, told China Daily in an interview. The film will consist of two parts: A 15-minute feature … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Nation's 10-year education plan unveiled
Universal preschool education and a pledge to eliminate illiteracy are among the reforms of China's education system published in the country's national education plan for the next decade. The pledges are among a host of promises listed in the "Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020)," which was published in full on Thursday. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Workers rush to retrieve 3,000 chemical-filled barrels in NE China river
&$ &$Workers retrieve a chemical container from the Songhua River at the Wukeshu Dock in Yushu City, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 29, 2010. More than 7,000 chemical containers were washed into the Songhua River by rain-triggered floods in Yongji County on Wednesday. About 3,000 of the barrels contained 170 kilograms of chemicals each and the rest were empty. About … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Flood kills 29, brings fear of water contamination in northeast China province
At least 29 people were killed and 7 missing in a flood that hit northeast China's Jilin Province from Sunday to Wednesday, according to the latest death toll updated by the provincial authorities Thursday night. In addition, more than 254,000 people were evacuated and 21,875 buildings collapsed in the flood, according to a statement from Jilin's civil affairs department. &$&$27 … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » PLA Navy conducts live-ammunition training in South China Sea
&$ &$A missile mosquito craft moves during a live-ammunition military drill held by the South China Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea July 26, 2010. (Xinhua/Zha Chunming)&$&$ The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy had conducted a large scale of live-ammunition training exercise in the South China Sea, according to a front-page report … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China leads the world in urbanization: blue paper
As China's urban population reached 46 percent of the total population last year, Chinese urban dwellers became the largest such population in the world, according to a 'blue paper' released on Thursday. By the end of 2009, China's urban population reached 620 million as both the annual birth rate and the total urban population became the world' s largest, according … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China rejects Western standards on human rights, Vice FM says
China is gradually learning and absorbing ideas on human rights that can grow on its soil, and remains opposed to attempts by the West to impose its standards on China, says Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying. In a recent interview with the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit, Fu said it seems "controversial and illogical" that Western countries acknowledge China's … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » U.N. official hails China's role in protecting ozone layer
An official with the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) on Thursday hailed China's role in phasing out ozone depleting chemicals while launching a joint initiative with the European Commission to protect the ozone layer. Rajendra Shende, head of the UNEP OzonAction Branch, told Xinhua that China has just completed preparing a national strategy to phase down and phase out the use … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Hamburg attracts about 30 Chinese firms every year
Hamburg's participation in Expo 2010 Shanghai and its warming relationship with China will help the German city shake off the shadow of the global economic downturn, city officials and scholars said. Hamburg, the third largest port in Europe and the ninth largest worldwide, has displayed its achievements in energy efficiency at the Expo's innovative Urban Best Practices Area (UBPA). The … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese DM stresses China-Japan people-to-people friendship
&$&$ Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (5th L, Front) poses for a group photo with members of a delegation of Japanese veterans who once fought along with Chinese soldiers during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2010. (Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng) Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie on Th … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Singapore holds ASEAN-China friendship conference
The 5th Conference on ASEAN- China People-to-People Friendship Organizations (CACPPFO) opened here on Thursday. More than 300 government officials, political leaders and business delegates from ASEAN member countries and China gathered to discuss opportunities to further strengthen efforts in the five pillars of cooperation in economy, culture, education, health and sports. Themed "ASEAN-China Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges", the conference aims … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese vice president calls for more efforts to recruit global experts
&$ &$Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with specialists at the seaside resort of Beidaihe in north China's Hebei Province July 29, 2010. The specialists are representatives of a Chinese recruitment program of global experts. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)&$&$ Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Thursday said more efforts should be put into a program for recruiting global experts, which was … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » PLA Navy conducts live-ammunition training in South China Sea
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy had conducted a large scale of live-ammunition training exercise in the South China Sea, according to a front-page report on Thursday's PLA Daily newspaper. The exercise, which was carried out on July 26, brought together a large group of warships, submarines and combat aircraft. During the exercise, warships and submarines from the Navy's South … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China appoints acting governor of northwest province
Liu Weiping, deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was appointed acting governor of the province on Thursday. Liu, 57, was appointed at the 16th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th Gansu Provincial People's Congress held in Lanzhou, the provincial capital. The session also accepted the resignation of Xu Shousheng, former … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Senior CPC leader calls for more care for disciplinary cadres
A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for greater care to be offered to cadres in disciplinary work in grassroots and under-developed areas. He Guoqiang, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting discipline officials from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region, who … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » US-China Tensions Flare Over South China Sea Dispute
Pentagon Official: China Showing New Assertiveness in Asia Tensions are growing between the United States and China after Washington weighed in on territorial disputes between China and Southeast Asia… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » USA Men Rebound With 13-6 Win Over China To Reach Fifth-Place Match at FINA Water Polo World League
NIS, Serbia, July 17. THE USA Men's National Team earned a shot at fifth place at the FINA World League Super Final following a 13-6 defeat of China, their second win over the Chinese this week. T… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Toxic chemical into the Songhua River leads to environmental emergency
In Jilin, floods wash 3,000 barrels of a toxic chemical compound into a river, causing long moments of fear. Alarm ends a day later. In Nanjing, a propylene pipeline explodes during building demolitio… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Xiwanzi underground priest arrested again after three years in prison
Fr Peter Wang, an underground priest of the Diocese of Xiwanzi, was only able to take a few steps as a free man. The police arrested him again immediately after his release. He had been originally arr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Vatican: Bishops and priests in China, be united with the pope and each other, even in persecution
A letter from Cardinal Dias at the end of the Year for Priests, reiterates that loyalty to the pope is a "guarantee of freedom." At the same time he asks bishops and priests to rebuild unity in the Ch… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » CPC Uncorks Gas in Taiwan
CPC said Thursday it has made a "large" natural gas discovery at well No. 145 in Miaoli, northwestern Taiwan, estimating the well to be able to produce over 1 billion cubic meters of gas ove… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Crescent to Present Developing Milestones and PPS Performance Triggers
CCTR ) has scheduled a Webcast for tomorrow, July 30 to present an overview of potential milestone developments and price per share (PPS) performance triggers. The Webcast presentation will also revie… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan TSMC's quarterly profits jump nearly 65 per cent
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, said Thursday its profits jumped 64.8 per cent on surging sales.TSMC said net income in the quarter reached 40…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China flood and oil spill response improves. Prevention Not so much.
A China flood, oil spill, and chemical factory explosion highlighted the country's improved crisis response. But China still faces challenges as it tries to strike a balance between economic growth an… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China’s Sashimi Appetite Boosts Cathay Pacific
July 29 (Bloomberg) — Xin Jing spends about 200 yuan ($30) on Japanese sashimi each time she visits City’super’s grocery store in Shanghai. Her appetite is helping fill cargo planes bound… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Stephon Marbury agrees to 3 more years with Chinese team
Stephon Marbury has agreed to three more years with a Chinese basketball team, whose owners will set up a company to produce and sell his line of athletic apparel and shoes, the team said Thursday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » A Popular Chinese Blogger Finds a Place to Speak Openly
HONG KONG — Han Han, considered China’s most popular blogger, faced about 200 members of the news media and 1,800 fans at the recent book fair here. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Standard & Poor's Sees Positive Growth Prospects for China's Economic and Financial Markets, But Risks Remain
today, Standard & Poor's global experts shared their economic and financial market outlooks for the rest of 2010, including the expectation that [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Panel urges $4.4M for Chinese automaker coming to L.A.
A city panel recommended Wednesday awarding $2 million in federal grants and authorizing $2.4 million in loan guarantees to a Chinese automaker that is locating its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Teck Resources profit drops with currency fluctuation
Teck Resources Limited, the Canadian base metal producer which received a 1.5-billion- U.S.- dollar-investment from China's Sovereign Wealth Fund last year, reported a 54 percent drop in second-quarte… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China flood and oil spill response improves. Prevention Not so much.
A China oil spill, flood, and chemical factory explosion highlighted the country's improved crisis response. But China still faces challenges as it tries to strike a balance between economic growth an… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese Steelmaker Signs Contract with Siemens for Double Strand Wire Rod Mill
"); } The new plant will enable the steelmaker to enter markets for higher quality products. Delivery is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011. This is the second Siemens project for a subsi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Dissident Wuer Kaixi promises new attempt to enter China+
TAIPEI, July 29 (AP) – (Kyodo)A month after being detained by the Japanese authorities for illegally entering the Chinese diplomatic compound in Tokyo, former Chinese democracy movement leader… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan Banks' End-June Average NPL Ratio 0.91% Vs 0.96% End-May
-(Dow Jones)- The average nonperforming loan ratio of Taiwan's banks fell to 0.91% at the end of June from 0.96% at the end of May, the Financial Supervisory Commission said Thursday. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chemical fears trigger run on bottled water in northeast China
HARBIN, July 29 (Xinhua) — Residents in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are rushing to buy bottled water after thousands of barrels of chemicals were swept into the upper reaches of the Songh… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tinet Adds a Low Latency Route Between Hong Kong and Europe
Tinet , formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, the only global carrier exclusively committed to the IP and Ethernet wholesale market, announces today the addition of a new terrestrial route to its… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Malware openly available in China, researchers say
Computerworld – LAS VEGAS — China's rapid emergence as a hotspot for criminal hacking activities is enabled by the open and unfettered availability of sophisticated hacking tools, according to securi… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China conducts two military drills to test long-range striking ability
Chinese military conducted two exercises near the Yellow Sea on Sunday to test the troop's long-range striking precision. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese seek 600-year-old shipwreck off Kenyan coast
In 2005, as part of an event in the run-up to the 600th anniversary of Zheng's first voyage, the Chinese paid a visit to Lamu to undertake DNA tests on a Swahili family, who were found to have ha… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Police drops reporter arrest warrant
Wang Shengzhong, Vice Editor-in- Chief of the Beijing-based Economic Observer, confirmed that the Suichang Public Security Bureau, Zhejiang Province, has been mandated to remove a reporter's name from the list of criminals wanted. Meanwhile, Wang told&$&$ People’s Daily Oline &$&$that Suichang Police Bureau canceled a visit plan to negotiate with the newspaper without explaining any reason. Suichang Police Bureau issued … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tokyo drops as Shanghai rises
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian stocks ended mixed Thursday as doubts over the U.S. economic recovery hurt Japanese shares, though optimism over China's economy helped push Shanghai-listed shares as … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese police remove journalist from 'most wanted' status
Chinese journalist on 'most wanted' list , it now appears that senior police chiefs have decided that the local police department was wrong to place reporter [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » ThoughtWorks' 5th Annual 'Agile China 2010' Call for Speakers and Conference Topics
hosting this conference with CSDN, providing media and Logistical services, and InfoQ providing the ticketing services for this conference. As the largest cutting-edge technology and Agile practic… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Shanghai shares hit 2-mth high
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks rose to a two-month high on Thursday as steel companies rallied on expectations that China's government will maintain its loose monetary policy through the rest … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » SMEs need to have more than courage
US-trained chemist Wang Xiaochuan's Sundia MediTech Company Ltd – a private, Shanghai-based clinical research firm – enjoys brisk business even during tough times, thanks to a continuous flow of contr… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Henan province's coalmine consolidation moves ahead
Central China's Henan province will consolidate most of its small coalmines to update the scattered industry base and eliminate outdated capacity.Among 466 small coalmines with an annual output capaci… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Tangshan mourns quake victims on 34th anniversary amid "Aftershock"
Tangshan, a Chinese city that lost 240,000 lives to a devastating earthquake 34 years ago, relived the pain and sorrow once again Wednesday on another anniversary.Not only Tangshan, the whole nation's… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Toyota To Recall 1,123 Imported Lexus Vehicles
It wasn't immediately clear whether the move is part of a global recall. The vehicles in the recall are LX470 models produced between 2002 and 2007, according to a statement posted on the website of … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Death toll in east China plant explosion rises to 13
NANJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — The death toll in a powerful explosion at a factory in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing Wednesday has risen to 13 after three more bodies were found under the debris, l… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's top aluminum producer, Rio Tinto sign agreement on iron ore mine JV
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — The Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), the country's top producer of the metal, signed a binding agreement with the world's mining giant Rio Tinto Thursday to… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's stocks hit two-month high, led by steel, cement makers
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese shares continued to advance Thursday, sending the benchmark index to the highest level in two months, led by strong steel and cement makers. The benchmark Shangha… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Signal system failure delays Beijing Subway Line 4 this morning
Beijing Subway Line 4 was shortly delayed this morning. The running interval time of Subway Line 4 from Haidian Huangzhuang station to the Yuanmingyuan station increased significantly at about 6:55 p…. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Test shows river water chemical-free after barrels swept into NE China river
Photo taken on July 28, 2010 shows barrels containing explosive chemicals in the water of the Songhua River in Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Chen Guoman) [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Workers rush to retrieve 3,000 chemical-filled barrels in major northeast China river
Photo taken on July 28, 2010 shows barrels containing explosive chemicals in the water of the Songhua River in Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Chen Guoman) [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » In war we trust
By Jens Kastner TAIPEI – Recently in Taipei, as yet another delegation from mainland China cut the ribbon to an investment fair and Taiwan's hotel industry anticipated ever-rising numbers of ma… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Signal system failure delays Beijing Subway Line 4 this morning
Beijing Subway Line 4 was shortly delayed this morning. The running interval time of Subway Line 4 from Haidian Huangzhuang station to the Yuanmingyuan station increased significantly at about 6:55 p.m. The initial reports blame signal instability, which caused trains to run slowly, and the running interval time of following trains increased, according to the Beijing MTR Corporation (BJMTR). Yang … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China trains foxes to hunt rats
China is no longer relying on poison to kill rats – it is training a group of foxes to hunt down the disease-infested rodents. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China Armco Metals Commenced Shipments of Metal From Its Recycling Facility in June of 2010
CNAM ), a distributor of imported metal ore and a metal recycler with a new state-of-the-art scrap metal recycling facility in China, today announced that Armet Renewable Resourced Co., Ltd., the Comp… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Taiwan man sentenced to life imprisonment in Philippines
Taiwan national to two terms of life imprisonment for illegal drug possession.Judge Alejandro Bijasa also ordered Hsieh Chang to pay a fine of 1 million pesos (21,700 dollars) after finding him guilty… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Fujitsu to rely more heavily on Taiwan partners in the future
As Fujitsu plans to push US$400-600 notebooks in North America and Asia Pacific markets, and increased its outsourcing proportion to Taiwan makers from only 30% in 2009 to close to 50% in 2010, source… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Foxconn to postpone investments worth NT$146 billion in Taiwan, says report
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is planning to halt or postpone most of its investments in Taiwan due to negative press, which a Chinese-language [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Woo joins cast of Chinese propaganda blockbuster
A-List filmmaker John Woo is the first celebrity to join the cast of the second major film in the leading Chinese state film studio's campaign to reform the propaganda genre with a heavy dose of star … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Camera catches men writing anti-Chinese graffiti
Two men were caught on camera writing racially inflammatory graffiti aimed at people of Chinese origin and derogatory comments toward police on the wall of the Empire Centre parkade in Richmond. [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Volkswagen Second-Quarter Net Income Quadruples on China, U.S.
July 29 (Bloomberg) — Volkswagen AG, Europe’s largest carmaker, reported the biggest quarterly profit in 2 years on higher demand in China and the U.S. for the Golf compact and Audi A5 coupe. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Construction of more nuclear generators kicks-off in NE China
Construction of two more nuclear power generators has started at a nuclear power station in China's northeast. Construction of the two generators at Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Station began Wednesday with an investment of 25 billion yuan (3.7 billion U. S. dollars) in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. The station will have six generators once completed and will be the first nuclear … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Death toll in east China plant explosion rises to 13
The death toll in a powerful explosion at a factory in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing Wednesday has risen to 13 after three more bodies were found under the debris, local authorities said Thursday. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$&$ … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Water supplies resume in northeast China city
Water supplies resumed in homes around in Jilin City, northeast China, Thursday, a day after 3,000 chemical-filled barrels were washed into a major river, causing contamination fears, according to the local water company. A spokesman for the city's water affairs group denied the suspension, which began around Wednesday noon, was due to fears of chemical contamination. He said supplies were … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Tangshan mourns on 34th anniversary of earthquake
&$ &$Local citizens present bouquets of flowers before the Tangshan earthquake memorial wall On July 28.(Photo by Yang Shiyao/Xinhua)&$&$ On July 28, the 34th anniversary of the Tangshan Earthquake, people from all walks of life in Tangshan city in China’s Hebei Province, rallied at the Tangshan earthquake memorial ruins to mourn victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred in 1976 … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 12 killed in China's latest industrial accident
Reporting from Beijing — A powerful explosion caused by a broken gas pipeline killed at least 12 people Wednesday, injured about 300 and flattened hundreds of buildings in eastern [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Business reporter on China's most wanted list
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China – People's Daily Online » Mexico sees huge potential in cooperation with China: FM
Mexico and China have great potential to expand the scope of cooperation, Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said Wednesday. After rapid growth of bilateral ties over recent years, plenty of room remains for the two countries to get closer, she told Xinhua on Wednesday in an interview ahead of the fourth meeting of the Mexico-China Permanent Binational Commission. At the meeting, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese envoy to attend Colombia's presidential handover
Justice Minister Wu Aiying will attend, as a special envoy of the Chinese government, the presidential handover ceremony in Colombia on Aug. 7. Wu would attend at the invitation of the Colombian government, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday. Juan Manuel Santos, candidate for the ruling Social Party of National Unity, was elected as new president of … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Standard Chartered keen on Shanghai listing
Britain's Standard Chartered Bank would be interested in listing on the Shanghai stock exchange once Chinese authorities have set out rules for such listings, Chief Executive Peter Sands said on Thurs… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Heat likely to plague northern China through July
The National Meteorological Center upgraded the heat alert from blue to yellow on July 28 and predicted that the high temperatures will further spread out to more than 15 provinces, regions and cities on July 29. In addition, the temperature in areas of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Gansu will exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Compared with … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Minimum wage must factor in CPI
The local Consumer Price Index (CPI) should be used to help set the minimum wage for workers, according to a new plan expected to be finalized by the end of this year.Yang Yongqi, legal expert at the … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Vigil held at dikes as rivers set to peak
More than 30,000 soldiers, emergency workers and residents have stood watch over dikes on Wednesday near Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, as the city braced itself for floodwaters to … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Going against the slippery slope of a pyramid scheme
Last month, a Beijing woman surnamed Liu was promised 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) within three years if she joined a scheme that involved enrolling her friends and family. She thought it was a joke… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » More than 300 killed in rainstorms and floods across China
Beijing, July 29 (BNA) The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs says more than 300 people have been killed in rainstorms and floods across China since July 14th while 300 others are still missing. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Investigative journalist on the run
A Beijing-based business newspaper pledged Wednesday to stand firm in defending one of its journalists who became a fugitive from the law following his whistle-blowing investigative report of insider trading by a Shenzhen-listed battery manufacturer in east Zhejiang Province. Qiu Ziming, a reporter with the Shanghai bureau of the Economic Observer, found himself appearing on an online na-tional list of … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Grads' frequent job-hopping raises concerns
To prevent constant job-hopping, some enterprises in South China's Guangdong province have actually started holding on to their employees' graduation certificates and certificates for change of addres… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chalco invests $1.35b in Rio's Simandou project
/enpproperty–> Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, the nation's biggest producer of the metal, agreed to pay $1.35 billion for a stake in Rio Tinto Group's Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, making its fir… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Chinalco, Chalco formalise Africa JV with Rio Tinto
Submit your comment The state-run parent of Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) on Thursday formalised a joint venture with Rio Tinto to develop iron ore in Africa, bringing the listed Chalco into the pro… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China starts project to ensure enough power supply for Tibet by 2012
China initiated a project Thursday to integrate the electricity network in the Tibet Autonomous Region with that in the neighboring northwestern Qinghai Province, a power official told Xinhua.The proj… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's high savings rate not cause for financial crisis
It is neither reasonable nor fair to hold China's high savings rate as the main cause of the global financial crisis, said Zhang Jianhua, an official with the People's Bank of China, the country's cen… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Agricultural Bank of China announces full exercise of over-allotment option
China's Agricultural Bank (ABC) announced Thursday the over-allotment option for its global offering has been exercised in full by the joint bookrunners on behalf of the international underwriters on … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's ranks first in high-speed railway mileage
The Chinese mainland's length of high-speed railways in operation has now reached 6,900 kilometers, ranking first in the world, and the length of high-speed railways under construction has reached 10,… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 88% of Chinese college graduates engage in 'job-hopping'
The recent "2010 Graduate Employment Report" pointed out that more than 20 percent of 2009 college graduates quit their jobs within six months, each of the 2006 college graduates has changed… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » Chinese envoy to attend Colombia's presidential handover
Justice Minister Wu Aiying will attend, as a special envoy of the Chinese government, the presidential handover ceremony in Colombia on Aug. 7.Wu would attend at the invitation of the Colombian govern… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » China's Chongqing starts household registration reform
The southwest Chinese municipality of Chongqing Wednesday launched the "hukou", or household registration reform, with the goal of turning 10 million farmers into urbanities by 2020.In a pre… [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 'Aftershock' rakes in 200 million yuan in first 5 days
As of July 26, the box office of "Aftershock," a film about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, has pulled in more than 200 million yuan (about 29.5 million U.S. dollars) at the Chinese box office… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's ranks first in high-speed railway mileage
The Chinese mainland's length of high-speed railways in operation has now reached 6,900 kilometers, ranking first in the world, and the length of high-speed railways under construction has reached 10,000-plus kilometers, according to the "Seventh World High-speed Railway Conference" held by the Ministry of Railways on July 28. The high-speed railway lines, including the Beijing-Tianjin, Wuhan-Guangzhou, Zhengzhou-Xi'an and Shanghai-Nanjing lines, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Senior political advisor sacked in east China province
The provincial political advisory body in east China's Jiangxi has decided to sack its vice chairman Song Chenguang, who is under investigation for discipline violations. Song, vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has also been deprived of his CPPCC membership, the standing committee of the provincial advisory body said on Thursday. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Water supply resumed in northeast China city after one-day cut
Water supply was resumed Thursday after a day's suspension in Jilin City, northeast China, where 3,000 chemical-filled barrels were washed into a major river, causing contamination fears, said a source with the local water company. The sources said the suspension was caused by "repair of water supply facilities", while tests showed the water in the Songhua River was free of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 88% of Chinese college graduates engage in 'job-hopping'
The recent "2010 Graduate Employment Report" pointed out that more than 20 percent of 2009 college graduates quit their jobs within six months, each of the 2006 college graduates has changed jobs twice within three years and 88 percent of college graduates have quit their jobs on their own, also known as "job-hopping," according to China Youth Daily. A survey … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 10,000 Guangdong Residents March to Safeguard Cantonese Language
More than 10,000 residents in China’s Southern Province of Guangzhou protested on July 25 against an initiative by the Chinese regime to clamp down on their native Cantonese language. Witnesses… [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Three Gorges Dam withstands flood peak test again
&$ &$Water sluices down at a maximum flow rate of 56,000 cubic meters per second at 8 a.m at Three Gorges Dam in the Yichang city, Hubei Province, on July 28, 2010.&$&$ The Three Gorges Dam successfully proved itself again by holding back the flood peak in the Yangtze River on July 28. The Three Gorges Dam, which is located … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Test shows river water chemical-free after barrels swept into NE China river
&$ &$Photo taken on July 28, 2010 shows barrels containing explosive chemicals in the water of the Songhua River in Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Chen Guoman)&$&$ The water in a river in northeast China's Jilin Province tested free of chemicals Thursday, a day after floods swept thousands of chemical-filled barrels into the waterway. A Ministry of Environmental … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Workers rush to retrieve 3,000 chemical-filled barrels in major northeast China river
&$ &$Photo taken on July 28, 2010 shows barrels containing explosive chemicals in the water of the Songhua River in Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Chen Guoman)&$&$ Workers were racing Thursday to retrieve the 3,000 chemical-filled barrels that were swept by floods into the Songhua River in northeast China's Jilin Province. Each barrel contained 170 kilograms of chemicals, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Chinese envoy to attend Colombia's presidential handover
Justice Minister Wu Aiying will attend, as a special envoy of the Chinese government, the presidential handover ceremony in Colombia on Aug. 7. Wu would attend at the invitation of the Colombian government, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday. Juan Manuel Santos, candidate for the ruling Social Party of National Unity, was elected as new president of … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Mexico sees huge potential in cooperation with China: FM
Mexico and China have great potential to expand the scope of cooperation, Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said Wednesday. After rapid growth of bilateral ties over recent years, plenty of room remains for the two countries to get closer, she told Xinhua on Wednesday in an interview ahead of the fourth meeting of the Mexico-China Permanent Binational Commission. At the meeting, … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 1,000 evacuated as fire burns at natural gas well in NW China
A gas leak caused a fire at a state-owned natural gas well in northwest China's Shaanxi Province last Friday, and the fire continues to burn, authorities said Thursday. The accident happened at 11:20 p.m. as workers drilled a gas field 2,750 meters underground in Yanchang County, said Wang Fujian, a county government publicity official. The well is operated by Yanchang … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » End of heatwave in sight for north China
The heatwave and humidity lingering over much of north China is likely to ease at the weekend with a cool front coming from the north, but the scorching temperatures are likely to continue in much of the south of the country, the Central Meteorological Observatory (CMO) said Thursday. More than half of China's provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions saw temperatures … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » NE China port resumes full operations after oil pipeline blast
Dalian Xingang Harbor in Dalian City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, resumed full operations Thursday, nearly two weeks after a fire and oil spill in the area. A 300,000-tonne oil tanker began unloading crude oil at about 11 a.m. Thursday, marking the full restoration of port services after two oil pipelines exploded on July 16. The tanker and oil pipelines were … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Three rescued in central China mine flooding
Rescuers lifted three miners to the ground Thursday, nine days after they were trapped in flooded mine shafts in Hunan Province. Rescuers found the three survivors at 8:14 a.m. and helped them out of the shaft at 9:05 a.m.. The three were very weak, but one of them could talk in a barely audible voice, rescuers said. The survivors have … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Water quality cleared after floods wash containers of chemicals into NE China river: ministry
The water quality of a northeast China river tested clear Thursday, a day after floods swept thousands of containers full of chemicals into the waterway, said a government spokesman. Tao Detian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said the ministry had dispatched a work team to help deal with the emergency and stepped up monitoring of water quality … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Floods kill 13 in northest China province
Thirteen people were killed and 6 others missing after floods swept through Yongji County in northeast China's Jilin Province, and disrupted life of 150,000 local residents, officials said Thursday. The overnight rainfall reached 200 mm in Yongji County by early Wednesday morning, making it the heaviest torrential rain since the county had weather record, the official said. Water supply, electricity … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » China's Chongqing starts household registration reform
The southwest Chinese municipality of Chongqing Wednesday launched the "hukou", or household registration reform, with the goal of turning 10 million farmers into urbanities by 2020. In a press release issued Wednesday, the municipal government said it aimed to turn 3.38 million farmers, mainly the new-generation migrant workers born in the 1980s and 1990s, into urban citizens within two years. … [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » 'Aftershock' rakes in 200 million yuan in first 5 days
&$&$ As of July 26, the box office of "Aftershock," a film about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, has pulled in more than 200 million yuan (about 29.5 million U.S. dollars) at the Chinese box office since it opened on July 22, according to data from the State Administration of Radio Film and Television. "Aftershock" set its first box office record … [Link]
China News latest RSS headlines – China National News.com » 'As China greys, India set to become world's growth engine'
If it was India's $35 computer that was splashed in Canadian news last week, now it is the country's relentless growth story that's making headlines here. [Link]
China – People's Daily Online » Workers rush to retrieve 3,000 chemical-filled barrels in major northeast China river
Workers were rushing Thursday to retrieve the 3,000 chemical-filled barrels that were swept by floods into a major river in northeast China's Jilin Province Wednesday. Each barrel contains 170 kilograms of chemicals, officials said at a press conference Thursday morning. Another 4,000 empty barrels also entered the Songhuajiang River. But no chemicals had been detected in the river's water, Ministry … [Link]
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