The battle between two major Chinese social networking sites, Renren.com and Kaixin001.com, will soon spread to the US stock market. That’s because the two companies are planning IPOs in the United States in the coming…
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They may not have written the book of love, but Beijing’s education authorities have come close, updating the capital’s university curriculum with a chapter on how to handle romantic relationships. The new teaching guidelines on…
Drivers obtaining their license will have to fill out an organ-donation form to state whether they will be organ donors in the event of a fatal accident, Chongqing Evening News reported Monday. Huang Jiefu, vice-minister…
BEIJING – At least 2,428 Chinese governmental agencies and officials have been posting short messages online using domestic micro-blogging services that are similar to Twitter, according to a research report published by the Fudan University…
A December 2006 US diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks has given valuable insights into what the Americans, at least the then US ambassador David Mulford, viewed as India’s role in the emerging political scenario in…
BEIJING – China’s consumer prices may increase about 4.5 percent this year, exceeding the government’s full-year target of 4 percent, an official said Monday. Chen Dongqi, deputy chief of the Macroeconomic Research Institute under the…
Editor’s Note: Neil K. Shenai is an Instructor of International Economics and Ph.D. Candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). By Neil K. Shenai, Special to CNN The notion of “American…
A delicate tea set produced in China’s capital of porcelain, Jingdezhen, and embedded with rich culture traditions, is expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace for the royal wedding this week, media reports said. The gift…
Edit by Bo Peng One of the most famous TCM pharmaceutical companies—The Foci Pharmaceutical Company(佛慈制药), based in the city of Lanzhou in Gansu province, is applying for the Swedish drug administration to authorize one of…
The recent series of food safety scandals to hit China has prompted calls for a revamp to supervision practices. Often when a scandal emerges, the public overlooks supervisory agencies and blames the food company at…