Latest China News
RSS-
Late writers widow protests auction of letters
/enpproperty--> A collection of letters and manuscripts that reveal extensive life details and literary views of renowned writer Qian Zhongshu will go under the hammer in June, despite Qian's 102-year-old widow, Yang Jiang, saying it is "very inappropriate" to publicize the family's private communications. The sale includes a 207-page manuscript in pen of Qian's ...
-
Xi pledges to safeguard the environment
/enpproperty--> China will never pursue temporary economic growth at the expense of environmental degradation, President Xi Jinping vowed on Friday. "Those who made rash decisions regardless of the ecological environment, resulting in serious consequences, must be brought to account, and should be held accountable for a lifetime," he said. "Only by implementing the strictest ...
-
Key step cleared to Swiss-China free trade deal
BERNE, Switzerland (AFP) - Switzerland and China cleared the final hurdle Friday towards a landmark free-trade agreement, as Beijing seeks to underscore its growing global ties via deals with European partners.As China's Premier Li Keqiang and Swiss President Ueli Maurer looked on, the two nations' economy ministers inked a memorandum of understanding which paves the way for the formal ...
More China News
RSS-
China Gains Ground among Customers of Venezuelan Oil
Caracas, May 24 (Prensa Latina) China has consolidated its position among international purchasers of Venezuelan oil, with an average volume that currently amounts to 626,000 barrels per day, industry sources said. Notably, reports from the state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) show 350,000 barrels per day in 2012. However, the Minister of Petroleum and Mining and President of PDVSA, ...
-
74 illegal Chinese workers detained by Russian police
The Chinese embassy in Moscow confirmed to the Global Times on Friday that Russian police authorities had detained Thursday 74 Chinese workers working illegally in Russia's Volgograd region.The embassy officials who were quickly informed about the incident arrived in Volgograd on Friday to negotiate with Russian authorities about the issue, a press officer from the embassy told the Global ...
-
Satellite data network reaches S. China Sea
/enpproperty--> SANYA - A satellite data receiving station was launched on Friday enabling China to now obtain observation information about the South China Sea. The station, in Sanya in south China's island province of Hainan, was launched by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. China will now be able to obtain satellite remote ...
-
Chinese workers probed for illegally working in Russia
/enpproperty--> Russian authorities investigated nearly 200 Chinese workers this week who are suspected of working in the country illegally. Experts called for a better-regulated labor exporting system to secure a better working environment for Chinese workers in Russia. As many as 74 Chinese workers in the Volgograd region, who authorities said have no identity documents, have been detained ...
-
China US sign memo on audit files access
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China and the United States have signed a cooperation memorandum agreeing to share audit and accounting records of concerned companies, marking an important step in cross-border coordination of such probes. In a statement, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said they had signed an agreement with the US Public Company ...
-
Shanghai plans street performer pilot
/enpproperty--> Shanghai plans to launch a pilot program to regulate street performances and give performers more legal spaces to present their shows, according to the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and TV. For years, street performers such as singers have been holding shows across the city, but some of them were classified by the authorities as beggars. In ...
-
German looks forward to seeing old friend again
/enpproperty--> Premier Li Keqiang will be thrilled if he can renew a friendship with a German whom he lost contact with more than 20 years ago. The German plans to show Li rare photos of the premier's 1990 visit to Europe. Li begins the last leg of his four-country tour on Sunday with a state visit to ...
-
China opposes EUs probes into solar telecom companies
Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China firmly opposes the European Union's probes into Chinese solar and telecom products, suggesting that once the results of the investigations are released, both sides will be harmed. Li said in a speech delivered at a luncheon with business and financial leaders during his trip to Switzerland that China is keeping a close eye on the EU's trade ...
-
Premier enjoys his day on Swiss farm
With the sound of a traditional alphorn as background music, a Swiss family farm, Guldenberg, welcomed Premier Li Keqiang and the Chinese delegation on Friday morning. Situated in Embrach, half an hour's drive from Zurich, Guldenberg was founded in 1966 and has adopted the most modern agricultural systems to produce and market many kinds of products including milk, cheese and fruit ...
-
Why Iran May Pose A Greater Cybersecurity Risk Than China
report from the Wall Street Journal about Iranian infiltration of U.S. energy firms shows why their cyber-assaults could pose a greater immediate threat to U.S. national security. While China pursues ...
-
Fitch Affirms Henderson China Opportunities Funds Satisfactory Rating
Macao Banks' Rapid China Growth Alters Risk Profiles Macao banks could see their risk profiles weaken as their exposure to China continues to climb.Fitch Ratingsexpects credit growth to accelerate to 30% in 2013 from 26% in 2012, primarily led by China-related trade financing. Generally Chinese exposures are driven by parent referrals and associated risk is adequately mitigated with ...
-
Devoy keeps clear of Peters China attack
New Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has refrained from joining critics of NZ First Leader Winston Peters' latest attack on China's growing influence in New Zealand, saying she doesn't want to get involved. But Ethnic Affairs Minister Judith Collins who appointed Dame Susan to the job two months ago labelled Mr Peters' comments "confrontational" and "insulting". In a speech to North ...
-
Oil under pressure from China data
Global oil prices have closed little changed, recovering from sharper early losses after weak Chinese manufacturing data. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate light crude for July, edged down US3c to settle on US$94.25 ($116.3) a barrel. WTI had hit an intraday low of US$92.21. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July settled at US$102.44 a barrel, down US16c from ...
-
Sports scandal entertainment dominates the headlines in an India not that obsessed with China
East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI -- It's a toss-up what's of more concern to India's 1.2 billion people -- border disputes with China or the arrests on bribery charges of stars of India's most popular sport, the old British game of cricket. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mingled firmness with smiles in a summit this week with China's Premier Li Keqiang that ...
-
From Nixon’s historic opening to the new U.S.-China world order Now what
John J. Metzler NEW YORK -- Dr. Henry Kissinger called for the United States and China to collaborate on a new global order, and a groundbreaking new report, "U.S.- China Economic Relations in the Next Ten Years," underscored the deepening commercial engagement between the two Pacific powers. Indeed with President Barack Obama meeting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California ...
-
China and Switzerland to seal free-trade deal
Swiss President and Defence Minister Ueli Maurer shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the second day of an official visit to Switzerland at the government's guesthouse Lohn in the village of Kehrsatz, near the Swiss capital of Bern, May 24, 2013. (RUBEN ...
-
NKorean envoy delivers letter to Chinas president
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, greets North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing Friday, May 24, 2013. The top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Xi on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for ...
-
China’s Peng Shuai stuns American Stephens in Brussels
China's eighth seed Peng Shuai upset the rankings to defeat fourth-seeded American Sloane Stephens, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Brussels Open quarterfinals.Peng is now through to the seventh Premier-level semifinal of her career, having gone 1-5 in her previous six.However, she did make the final in the Belgian capital Brussels in 2011 where she lost to former World No.1 Caroline ...
-
1001 Chinese Tales Birth tourism reveals collective Chinese anxiety
Does the thought of turning a 100,000-yuan ($16,280) investment into a profit of 9.8 million yuan make your heart skip a beat? If your answer is yes, then consider delivering your baby in the US.Of course this kind of "investment" has no guarantee, but the astonishingly high "rate of return" has attracted many pregnant Chinese women to take the risk.While "birth ...
-
Chinese TV series find a new voice in Africa
When Mao Doudou and Her Sweet Days, a 36-episode light comedy about a modern Chinese couple and their relationship with each other's families, was dubbed in Swahili and broadcast in East African countries in 2011, Omar Ahmed, like many, became a big ...
-
Landmark Sino-Swiss pact signed
China and Switzerland signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the conclusion of free trade talks on Friday during Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Bern, the Swiss capital, in what business leaders called a landmark ...
-
China shuts down 3700 firework plants
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - More than 3,700 firework plants have been shut down since local governments tightened safety regulations, according to China's top safety watchdog. The move means China now has 4,921 firework plants, scattered across 20 provinces and regions, said a State Administration of Work Safety statement. The administration will continue with its targeted crackdown to ...
China Digest
-
Chinese shipping industry is not the only one causing environmental incidents
The recent highly publicized grounding of a Chinese bulk carrier on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia attracted the scrutiny of the world on the Chinese shipping industry with some commentators saying that the accident was indicative of a dysfunctional health and safety record throughout the industry in China.
China’s shipping industry is primarily made up of the state-owned and run COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company), and it is this company to whom the Shen Neng 1 belongs. The Shen Neng 1 is not the only COSCO ship to be involved in a notable maritime accident. Read more
News from around our Network
