BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese military accused the U.S. on Friday of launching a global “Internet war” to bring down Arab and other governments, redirecting the spotlight away from allegations of major online attacks on Western targets originating in China. The accusations Friday by Chinese military academy scholars, and their […]
Hackers in China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google has said. Read More
China’s manufacturers have started to feel the effects of the government’s policy to reduce credit-fuelled growth in the country. Read More
The Chinese mainland announced on Wednesday that as of June 1, it will suspend imports of beverages, food products and food additives from Taiwan that are produced by companies suspected of using a cancer-causing plastic additive. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) said the mainland has […]
Chinese authorities have tightened security across the province of Inner Mongolia after days of unrest, rights groups and residents say. Read More
Vietnam’s foreign ministry has accused China of increasing regional tensions in an escalating territorial dispute. A rare weekend news briefing followed a confrontation in the South China Sea between a Vietnamese oil and gas survey ship and Chinese patrol boats. Read More
BEIJING – The drought that has affected 35 million people and caused an economic loss of almost 15 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is a persistent “yellow alarm”, the National Meteorological Center said on Sunday. Read More
This fall, young girls in China’s southern Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress. Although Chairman Mao kept a stable of women at his disposal, extramarital peccadilloes were frowned upon during China’s more fervent socialist years. But as economic reforms have […]
China has apparently introduced new standards to reduce the number of criminals it executes. The Supreme People’s Court – the highest in China – has told lower courts to suspend death sentences for two years. Read More
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reported to be in Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao. The secretive leader’s armoured train was spotted in the capital and later a heavily guarded motorcade sped through the city. Read More
BEIJING – The European Union (EU) will continue to be given top priority by Chinese exporters, but they are “much less confident” about selling products to developed customers such as North America, Japan and South Korea, according to a foreign trade report released on Tuesday. It concluded that the nation’s […]
BEIJING — China’s cell phone user grew by 41.39 million in the first four months of 2011 to 900.39 million in total, covering nearly two-thirds of the nation’s population, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Related readings: Cell phone quest comes full circle 4G network is another […]
TOKYO – China, Japan and South Korea agreed to boost cooperation in disaster preparedness and nuclear power safety among other topics at a trilateral summit held here Sunday. Read More
TOKYO – China, Japan and South Korea agreed to boost cooperation in disaster preparedness and nuclear power safety among other topics at a trilateral summit held here Sunday. In a joint declaration issued after the summit between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, […]
MOSCOW – Russia will finalize the sale of 34 transportation helicopters to China by August, the Interfax news agency reported Friday. The Mi-171 helicopters are being built in a plant in Russia’s Buryat republic. The plant is a part of the Russian Helicopters holding. The plant’s CEO, Leonid Belykh, said the contract […]
Thanks to Jesse Thomas of interactive design agency JESS3, we now have an updated look at the structure of the geosocial universe as it exists in anno domini 2011. It wasn’t so long ago that the International Astronomical Union booted Pluto out of the solar system or that MySpace was overtaking […]
KUNMING – Starbucks will continue its expansion in the Chinese mainland market, planning to have 1,500 cafes in operation by 2015, said an official from the company. Wang Jinlong, chairman of the board of Starbucks Greater China, revealed the plan Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Starbucks cafe in […]
Top Chinese and U.S. military officers held talks Tuesday in Washington on exchanging views on relations between the two militaries as well as international and regional issues. The talks were led by Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who is visiting as […]
BEIJING – China said on Wednesday that the Three Gorges Project, the world’s biggest hydropower complex, had affected shipping, irrigation and water supply downstream on the Yangtze River. The disclosure came after the State Council passed plans for future work on the project and for the prevention and treatment of […]
BRUSSELS/BEIJING – The most senior official of the European Union (EU) on Sunday started his first official visit to China, on a mission to seek closer trade and political ties with Beijing needed for a stronger Europe. “I come here as a friend of China with respect and trust, and […]