China launches communications satellite for Pakistan

China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R for Pakistan at 0:15 a.m. Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Aug. 12, 2011. Photo: Xinhua China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R…

Group sex official is dismissed

KUNMING – An official in Southwest China’s Yunnan province has been dismissed from his post after images showing him taking part in group sex were posted online, local disciplinary authorities confirmed on Thursday. The Kunming…

Exchanges crucial to warm China-Japan ties

BEIJING – Chinese and Japanese people lack direct knowledge of each other, according to a poll, and analysts say this indicates much can be gained by encouraging people-to-people exchanges. “Exchanges between China and Japan should…

China launches communications satellite for Pakistan

XICHANG, Sichuan – China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R for Pakistan at 0:15 am Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province. The satellite was carried by a Long March-3B carrier…

Rising enmity haunts China-Japan relations

‘Friendship poll’ shows changing attitudes among Chinese, Japanese BEIJING – There has been a sharp drop in the number of people in China and Japan harboring feelings of friendship toward the other country following a…