YINCHUAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — China’s largest Muslim community, the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, plans to popularize preschool education to 95 percent of children by 2020. Read More…
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — An estimated 1.3 million young Chinese will compete for 18,000 civil servant posts in central government departments and their local branches on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, exams of extra skills will be held for applicants competing for posts with foreign language requirements and […]
Source / Courtesy: New York Times. By YAN XUETONG Published: November 20, 2011 WITH China’s growing influence over the global economy, and its increasing ability to project military power, competition between the United States and China is inevitable. Leaders of both countries assert optimistically that the competition can […]
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said Sunday the two countries’ cooperation is fruitful and conducive to regional stability and prosperity. Read More…
Chinese authorities have arrested the owner of a kindergarten that was operating an overloaded minibus involved in a fatal crash. Read More…
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and leaders of the 10 ASEAN member nations issued a joint statement Friday at a summit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the China-ASEAN dialogue relations in Bali, Indonesia. The following is the full text of the statement……… …. Further Advancing […]
BEIJING – There are vulnerabilities in the financial sector, though the financial system is sound overall, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report released on Tuesday, as it called for further reforms. In its first formal evaluation of China’s financial system, the Washington-based lender said China needs to […]
Chinese people are paying for the country’s heavy pollution with their health, the head of the UN Environment Programme says. Achim Steiner said hundreds of thousands of people were affected by premature death and respiratory illnesses because of poor air quality. Read More…
Source / Courtesy: China Daily There are more Chinese college students studying in the US than from any other country for the 2010-2011 academic year. China also remains one of the hottest destinations for American students studying abroad, ranking No 1 among Asian countries. The Institute of International Education and […]
We can pretty much guarantee that your morning commute has nothing on the kids of Pili Village in China. Located deep in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, Pili is home to more than 80 school eligible children. And the adults of the village want to give them the education […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily NINGBO, Zhejiang – Da-yangyu, the first island ever to be put up for auction in China, sold for 20 million yuan ($3.15 million) on Friday. Ningbo Gaobao […]
Shanghai will issue China’s first ever local government bonds on Tuesday as part of a pilot program coming into effect as the central authorities explore ways to solve local government debt issues. In the past, local governments had been barred from selling bonds and China’s Ministry of Finance auctioned the […]
A Chinese mine where 21 workers were killed on Thursday and 22 more remain trapped was being operated illegally, state media has reported. Read More…
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has confirmed a dramatic rise in the number of halal food products coming in from China, but remained skeptical over that country’s developing halal industry. “The number of halal products from China has increased by 50 to 100 percent since last […]
Emergency teams in central China have rescued the remaining 45 miners who were trapped underground following a cave-in. Read More…
China’s ambassador to India has become involved in a heated exchange over a map that showed parts of India within China’s border, media reports say. Read More…
China has joined two space vehicles together in orbit for the first time. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this week, made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab at 1729 GMT. The union occurred over China itself. Being able to dock two space vehicles together is a necessary capability […]
Companies from Russia and China are most likely to pay bribes when doing business abroad, a survey suggests. The two scored worst out of 28 countries in a poll of 3,000 business executives conducted by anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI). Read More…
On the invitation of the Communist Party of China,Chairman,PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan is leaving on a 4-day visit to the People’s Republic ofChinaon October 31. He would be accompanied by a delegation comprising Dr. Arif Alvi, Secretary General, Dr. Shirin Mazari, VP Foreign Affairs and National Security, Raoof Hasan, VP, Information & Media and Imran Ismail, Deputy Secretary […]