This is reproduced from Wikipedia to ensure its longevity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Huaisheng Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in the world, built by Muhammad‘s maternal uncle, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas Islam in China History[show] Major figures[show] Culture[show] Cities/Regions[show] Groups[show] v d e Throughout the history […]
This is reproduced from Wikipedia to ensure longevity of this information. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Huaisheng Mosque is one of the oldest Mosques in the world, traditionally believed to have been built by Muhammad‘s uncle, Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas Islam in China History[show] Major figures[show] Culture[show] Cities/Regions[show] […]
By: Amtul Mussawir Mansoor When one hears of China, one thinks of Confucianism, Buddhism, or other Chinese folk religion, but who would have known that Islam was established in China only 18 […]
By Dr. Naseer Tahir Daoism, also known as Taoism is an organized religious tradition that has been evolving in China, Korea and Japan for last two thousand years. It […]
BEIJING – Beijing and Seoul are coordinating strategies on the Korean Peninsula following the death of the top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as high-level talks are planned for next week. Read More…
Chinese writer Chen Wei has been sentenced to nine years in jail for “inciting subversion of state power”. Mr Chen published several essays online calling for freedom of speech and reform of China’s one-party system. Read More…
Source: Asiatimes on Line By Pepe Escobar Bets are off on which is the great story of 2011. Is it the Arab Spring(s)? Is it the Arab counter-revolution, unleashed by the House of Saud? Is it the “birth pangs” of the Greater Middle East remixed as serial regime changes? Is […]
Source: Asiatimes on line. The United States has the doctrine, the means and the motivation to make mischief for China in 2012. In an unusually toxic election year, expect the US to feed the “return to Asia” narrative with the specter of China as an arrogant and destabilizing regional threat. […]
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday held talks with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski, and both agreed to advance bilateral relations to a level of strategic partnership. President Hu hailed the development of Sino-Polish relations since the two states established diplomatic ties in 1949, and especially after their friendly cooperative […]
Thousands of people have protested in southern China against plans to build a new coal-fired power plant. Protesters say two students died in the unrest in the town of Haimen in Guangdong province. Read More…
A stand-off between villagers and the authorities is continuing in southern China’s Guangdong province. Police have blocked roads leading to the village of Wukan. Local people are trying to keep them out. The row – over village land taken by the local government – has been simmering for some time. […]
Technology and commercial partnerships between US businesses and Chinese enterprises can benefit both nations, said Mark Hutchinson, president and chief executive officer of General Electric Co (GE) China. According to […]
Source: Bloomberg Developing nations led by China and India pledged they’d work toward an agreement that would limit their fossil fuel emissions for the first time, the biggest advance in the fight against global warming in 14 years. Envoys from more than 190 nations also extended the Kyoto Protocol, the only ratified treaty […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily BEIJING / WASHINGTON – Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that a company he helped found is cooperating on the development of a new […]
China will agree to participate in a legally binding treaty on climate change after 2020 under certain conditions, a senior Chinese official said in Durban Monday. China is still a developing country, and other countries should respect a founding principle of the existing agreements that recognizes wealthy nations must do […]
An Australian businessman has been sentenced in China to 13 years in jail for embezzlement. Matthew Ng, a Chinese-born Australian citizen, was detained by police in the city of Guangzhou in November 2010. Read More…
BEIJING – China is witnessing an increasing number of foreign women who have been cheated, kidnapped and smuggled into the country, a senior official has said. Most of these women are from rural areas in Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos. They eagerly want to find jobs in China or marry rich […]
Health authorities are investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis C in east and central China in which the reuse of needles by an unlicensed doctor is suspected as the cause. Read More…
China Eastern Airlines has vowed to improve its pilots’ English amid claims a plane took off without clearance from air traffic controllers in Japan. Read More…
Source / Courtesy: China Daily BEIJING – China will keep its “prudent” policies in 2012, but it should adopt more fiscal tools to compensate for the slowing money-supply growth and weakening […]