Saturday 28th January, 2012
China denies nuclear accident reports
China has denied that it has become the latest country to experience a nuclear accident, after reports emerged that it was forced to shut down its newest nuclear reactor last year. A report from ...
Chinese men rent girlfriends to please parents
Under pressure to marry, some Chinese men have resorted to hiring a woman to please their parents-at least temporarily-during their homecoming for the Lunar New Year, which fell on Monday this ...
Chinese youth hire dates to please parents
The best gift a Chinese bachelor can take home for parents is a bride-or-bridegroom-to-be. Being pressurised to marry, many bachelors in China opted to hire women during their homecoming for the ...
China to train key professionals abroad
China News.NetTo upgrade its human resources in key sectors, China is preparing to send a considerable number of professionals for overseas training at government expense by 2015. A statement, issued by the ...
Drinking water scare in Chinese city after industrial pollution
China News.NetAuthorities in China have swooped into action to monitor drinking water safety more closely after cadmium pollution, caused by a mining firm, has been found downstream of a China river. Mostly used ...
Committed to expanding cooperation with Africa, says China
China News.NetChina will steadfastly strengthen its cooperation with African countries, a top Chinese official said ahead of his visit to Ethiopia. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese ...
Apple vows to 'dig deeper' into problems of inhumane working conditions in Chinese factories
China News.NetApple's chief executive Tim Cook has vowed to dig deeper into complaints about its factories in China having harsh and poor working conditions to manufacture iPhones, iPads and computers. In an ...
Another Tibetan shot dead by Chinese police forces
China News.NetAnother Tibetan protestor has been killed in China's southwestern Sichuan province after security forces opened fired on thousands of demonstrators. The death of 20-year-old student called Urgen in ...
Hundreds battle forest fire in China
China News.NetMore than 800 firefighters, policemen and villagers were battling to put out a raging forest fire that broke out in the mountains in southwest China. The inferno broke out around 4.30 p.m. Friday ...
Apple launches probe into unsafe factory conditions in China
China News.NetTechnology giant Apple has launched a probe into a report that said factories in China that manufactured its products employed child labour and had 24-hour working days and unsafe conditions, a ...
Companies have no choice but to be in India: Ashwani Kumar
China News.NetIndia and China will emerge as the only destinations for companies seeking business as Asia will lead the world economic growth in the coming decade, India's Minister of State for Planning Ashwani ...
China' s A-share markets to see around 300 IPOs in 2012: report
Global TimesChina's A-share markets will see around 300 IPOs in 2012 and the IPO financing will remain stable, predicted Zero2IPO Research Center in its latest report. Affected by the low sentiment on the ...
Chinese Developer Wins Approval to Buy 16 New Zealand Farms
Business WeekJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Shanghai Pengxin Group Co., a Chinese property developer seeking to export dairy products to Asia, won approval to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms amid local objections to ...
China’s Residential Prices Need to Decline 30%, Lawmaker Says
Business WeekJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China’s property prices need to decline 30 percent to reach a "reasonable" level, according to He Keng, a deputy director of the Financial and Economic Affairs ...
Twitter's censor move with eye on China?
Times of IndiaFacebook over certain user-generated content, this was interpreted by many as Twitter's accommodation of a rising concern of several governments on the need to regulate user-generated content ...
Douglas College orders review of China programs after Global TV investigation
Vancouver SunDouglas College students on a study abroad program in China cheered on the Canucks from Shanghai and Beijing. The school's China program is reportedly under ...
'Arrogant' China raises its pitch for Arunachal
India TodaySino-Indian special representative talks in the capital in mid-January. What actually transpired amid this show of bonhomie was that the boundary dialogue ended in a deadlock after Beijing declared ...
It’s the Economy: Come On, China, Buy Our Stuff!
New York TimesThe first time I visited China, in 2005, an American businessman living there told me that the country was so huge and was changing so fast that everything you heard about it was true, and so was ...
US-China military ties have not advanced: Pentagon
Times of IndiaSino-US military ties have not advanced at the operational and tactical levels despite best of the American effort, a top Pentagon commander has said, highlighting the need to overcome this ...
China spends $158m protecting major riverheads
China Daily/enpproperty--> XINING - China injected 1 billion yuan ($158.4 million) in 2011 to protect the natural environment of northwestern Sanjiangyuan, the headwaters of China's three major ...
US concerned about fate of Uighurs in China
Times of OmanUS: The US State Department said Friday it is trying to confirm with Beijing reports it has sentenced to death some of the 20 Uighurs who were deported from Cambodia in 2009."We are concerned ...
Taking The Kids: Trying to Balance Yin and Yang in Hong Kong
The LedgerBut it's not as easy as it sounds.It is 8 a.m. in Hong Kong and I'm jet-lagged (the flight two days before was 15 hours, after all).I can't believe I'm here. Hong Kong's ...
The china question: Should I use it for dinner parties?
The Globe and MailIn the six years we’ve been married, my husband and I have used the china we got for our wedding just twice, and both times were when his grandmother came for dinner. I want to use it for ...
Chinese New Year Parade
The Globe and MailThe dragon is said to be the luckiest symbol in the Chinese zodiac, and soothsayers are predicting a year of optimism, change and prosperity, so welcome it in grand fashion at Chinese New Year ...
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