BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — China’s inflation accelerated to a 37-month high in July, putting the government in a tough position as its tightening efforts have yet to bear fruit. Worsening global liquidity is also likely to bring more uncertainties for the Chinese economy. Read More
China’s foreign minister is to arrive in South Sudan – the first high-level visit since independence in July. Yang Jiechi is expected to urge the government in Juba to develop a better relationship with Sudan. Read More
Israel’s got the defense technology. China is in the market. But Israeli defense executives are wary of getting their hands sullied again, burned once by the US looking warily over its shoulder at advanced weapon sales it forced Israel to cancel. Nevertheless, when Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff […]
China has scolded the US over its “addiction to debt” after rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US’ top-notch AAA rating to AA+. State news agency Xinhua said unless the US cut its “gigantic military expenditure and bloated welfare costs,” another downgrade would be inevitable. Read More
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center issued a red alert for sea waves on Saturday as the powerful Typhoon Muifa is sweeping across the southeastern part of the East China Sea. Read More
Source: OnIslam & News Agencies Amid fresh arrests, restrictions on fasting and prayers at mosques, Uighur Muslims are suffering under the latest episode of Chinese government crackdown on their ethnic minority in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. “If any religious figure discusses Ramadan during the course of religious activities, or […]
Source: The New York Times LONGHUI COUNTY, China — Many parents and grandparents in this mountainous region of terraced rice and sweet potato fields have long known to grab their babies and find the nearest hiding place whenever family planning officials show up. Too many infants, they say, have been snatched by […]
China has arrested 2,000 people and shut down nearly 5,000 businesses in a clampdown on illegal food additives, after a series of food safety scares. Read More
China has criticised Japan for a report warning against China’s growing naval power, calling it “irresponsible”. China’s foreign ministry expressed its “strong dissatisfaction” with the annual paper from Japan’s defence ministry, released on Tuesday. Read More
As the negotiations about the debt ceiling in USA run the final lap, many important long term issues remain unanswered. The Western economic system has yielded wonderful results in developing science and technology in the last two to three centuries. However, in the last few years, some of its vulnerabilities are being exposed. No economist can […]
Courtesy: China Daily Wind turbines and solar panels near Dafeng Harbor in East China’s Jiangsu province on August 1, 2011. The base is China’s biggest wind-light power plant, equipped with 174 wind turbines and 480,000 solar panels, which had generated 784 million kWh of power as of this July. The power […]
China says Muslim separatists trained in Pakistan were behind an attack which killed six civilians in the western region of Xinjiang on Sunday. In an online statement, the local government said “armed terrorists” stormed a restaurant, killing two, then fatally stabbed four people outside. Read More
Weekend unrest in Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region, has left at least 15 people dead, state media say. The violence began on Saturday when two men killed a truck driver, then drove his lorry into pedestrians and attacked them with knives, killing six. One of the attackers also died. […]
Relatives of those killed in Saturday’s train crash in China have visited the scene of the accident and paid tribute to their loved ones. Family members lit incense and laid flowers underneath the viaduct near the eastern city of Wenzhou where four train carriages fell about 30m (100ft). Read More
China’s state-run media have labelled US domestic politicians “dangerously irresponsible” for wrangling over debt. Read More
China has ordered a two-month nationwide safety review of its railways amid public anger at a deadly crash between two bullet trains. Rail minister Sheng Guangzu apologised for the collision in eastern Zhejiang province, saying the campaign would focus on China’s high-speed network. Read More
General Electric (GE) said it is shifting the headquarters of its X-Ray unit to China, in an attempt to capture the fast-growing emerging markets. Read More
At least 32 people have died after a high speed train crashed into a stalled train in China‘s eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday, causing four carriages to fall off a bridge. Source: Guardian Another 200 people have been taken to hospital following the accident which occurred after the first […]
A bus has caught fire on a highway in central China, killing at least 41 people on board, state media say. Read More
Source / Credit: China Daily Foreign universities are getting ready to grab a bigger slice of the education pie in China by firming up their existing partnerships and forging new alliances with Chinese educational institutions. Much of the optimism in Western academic institutions stems from China’s strong economic growth, the […]