240,000 people lack drinking water as drought hits S China
A prolonged drought has left 240,000 people and 110,000 head of livestock without adequate drinking water in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday.
Chinese Officials Visit Feng Zhenghu in Narita Airport, and Feng’s Public Reply
Google made global headlines for standing up to the Chinese government as a private company. In the Tokyo Narita airport, a 56-year-old Chinese citizen has spent three months waging his own battle for the right to return to his own country. On November…
Vice premier’s Switzerland trip fruitful
Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang’s fruitful trip to Switzerland and his attendance at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) have contributed to strengthening cooperation, mutual trust, mutual benefit and joint exploration of ways for post…
Spring Festival travel peak season kicks off today
China’s Spring Festival travel peak season, or “chun yun” in Chinese, starts on Saturday, chinanews.com.cn reported today, citing the Ministry of Railways.
4 confirmed dead in building collapse in HK
Rescuers found one more body Saturday morning from the rubble of an apartment building that tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday, bringing the death toll to four.
Comment: US will not give up its Taiwan card
The successive arms sales by US governments have made it clear that the US will not give up its Taiwan card to contain China’s development, not in the near future.
Foreign Minister, Clinton discuss Google case
China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi clarified China’s stance on Internet management and emphasized Internet is open and active in China when meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Fake Google, YouTube sites arise in China
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Imitation Web sites of both Google and YouTube have emerged in China as the country faces off against the real Google over its local operations.
China sees room for auto sales growth
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s auto sales will not rise as quickly this year as in 2009, but can still easily grow by double-digits thanks to strong demand and stimulus policies, a Commerce Ministry official said Friday.
China’s average property price rose 21% from 2007- 09
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s average property prices increased 21 percent last year as compared with 2007 levels, the People’s Bank of China said in a report posted to its Web site Friday.