While we in the West continue to be anxious about the pace of the economic recovery, from China and India all the way to Sub-Saharan Africa, the excitement of a new generation – no longer…
Category: China
China’s think tanks have expressed concerns over the capitals’ fast increasing population and said population pressures are likely to become stronger in the next 20 years. According to the Annual Report on Analysis of Beijing…
The United Nations and China have opened a third sustainable tourism observatory in the world’s most populous country to monitor the environmental and socio-economic impacts of tourism. The Zhangjiajie Observatory, located in Hunan province, will…
Baidu Inc., owner of China’s most popular Internet-search engine, agreed to pay record labels to offer songs by artists including Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Frank Sinatra, ending a six-year dispute over piracy. Sony Corp., Universal…
Already dominating the diving pool at the world championships, China took its performance to an even higher level in men’s 3-meter synchro. Qin Kai and Luo Yutong earned 10 perfect marks on their way to winning…
HOTAN, Xinjiang – Police shot down 14 rioters who attacked a police station in Hotan city of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday noon, a Communist Party official in Hotan said Wednesday. The official,…
U.S. giant Apple is trying to expand its iPhone availability in China by offering it through the country’s largest mobile carrier, company officials indicate. If Apple’s request to offer its popular device through state-owned China…
However grim Washington’s debt and deficit negotiations may seem to Americans, the impasse is nearly as disturbing for China. As the United States’ biggest foreign creditor — holding an estimated $1.5 trillion in U.S. government…
The fast-growing market for renewable energy has prompted China-based firms to attract Taiwan’s specialists to work in China. The solar market has been growing rapidly in China with the government’s help, as it hopes to…
In a detention review hearing for China’s most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, federal ministry immigration lawyers made the unusual move of calling a witness to testify on the hearing’s first day. Lai arrived in Canada…