BEIJING – A recently concluded auto show had no dancing girls, no ear-splitting music – not even much of an audience bustling through the exhibition hall. But there were some superstars: Cars entirely developed in…
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Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it was cutting its 2011 car sales target for China by 13 percent as Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March disrupted its supply chain and forced production cutbacks, Reuters…
BEIJING – The nearly 13,000 filings received from China by the European Patent Office (EPO) last year was an increase of 54 percent over 2009 and an “astounding” 96 percent surge over 2008, according to…
India would catch up with its neighbour China in terms of economic growth by the turn of this decade, noted economist Pranab Bardhan. Bardhan, a professor at the University of California, was delivering the third…
The number of privately-owned vehicles in China has exceeded 70 million units, chinanews.com quoted statistics from the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Control Department as reporting. The figure makes up a total of 98.46 million…
Three Singaporean youths will get to work with scientists in China on how to combat climate change after winning this year’s HSBC/National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) Youth Environmental Award. Some 60 entries were received for…
Taiwan-funded Foxconn Technology Group, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers, tried Tuesday to contain damage from a suspected suicide attempt by one of its employees by contending that the employee’s fall was not due…
On July 14, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China announced that, due to environmental damage from rare earth mining, it would impose production caps and export quotas along with tougher environmental…
China’s economy is caught in a difficult dilemma between trying to maintain growth and controlling inflation. Tougher lending policies are favoring large national and state-owned companies, while privately owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are…
XI’AN – Those who are thinking about getting a dog in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, soon won’t be able to do so without first considering the city’s dog-ownership ordinance, no matter where…