‘High-speed rail network development set to slow’ China may cut its investment in railway infrastructure this year by more than 200 billion yuan ($31 billion) following an earlier decision to slow down the…
Category: Asia
Local celebrations of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month were officially launched in Chicago Tuesday with a grand reception hosted by the the city’s commission on human relations at the Chicago Culture Center. “Throughout the…
WUHAN – Although renowned as the “land of a thousand lakes”, central China’s Hubei province has been plagued by a lingering spring drought, which has impacted grain production and disrupted the area’s supply of drinking…
Expectant mothers from the Chinese mainland will no longer be able to give birth in public hospitals in Hong Kong, the xinmin.cn reported yesterday. The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong (HAHK) has announced that from…
BEIJING – China’s population is getting older, and that could have a major effect on the nation’s economic prosperity. The emergence of negative growth in the total working-age population, which some demographers predict will happen…
On April 28, former US President Jimmy Carter and three former European heads of state landed in Seoul after travelling to Pyongyang to help reopen dialogue between the two Koreas. Known as the Elders, they…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded Saturday an official visit to Indonesia where he reiterated China’s willingness to boost friendly relations with Indonesia and with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In a speech…
The current number of residences in Beijing has reached nearly 20 million, and experts concern that the city is on the verge of an over-population crisis, citing a report of Beijing News Monday. By the…
by Marzia De Giuli TURIN, Italy, April 29 (Xinhua) — A particularly heated round of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, was held in Turin…
Japan’s Miki Ando outscored South Korea’s Olympic champion Kim Yuna, winning the ladies skating gold medal Saturday in the 2011 Figure Skating World Championships here. With a perfect combination of triple lutz and double loop,…