Tibet and the art of motorcycles

LHASA – Three motorcycles stopped side by side at the Potala Square on Sunday afternoon, as their drivers stood watching the towering Potala Palace, the sight of which they said was worth their dozen days…

Hotan on high alert after attack

Security was heightened in the city of Hotan, northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Tuesday, a day after a fatal clash between policemen and rioters at a police station left at least four people dead.  Updated…

Escalating risks

Workers inspect the escalators outside the Tianjin Railway Station on July 12 after an accident killed a boy in Beijing. Photo: CFP An outbreak of escalator and elevator accidents earlier this month in several major…

‘China faces a dilemma’ in US Treasuries

NEW YORK / BEIJING – China has “little choice” but to continue buying US Treasury bonds in the short term despite the potential risk of Washington defaulting on its obligations to foreign bondholders, analysts said…

Growth rate of Internet population slows down

BEIJING – First-half growth in the ranks of Chinese Internet users slowed to the weakest pace since the late 1990s, said a quasi-government organization, even as the number of micro-blogging users soared. The number of…

Another Shanghai Metro platform door shattered

A platform door at a Shanghai Metro subway station broke into pieces on its own, about 7:00 am Tuesday, xinmin.cn reports. The Laoximen station, where the incident occurred, is a transfer station between Lines 8…

The most precious Chinese gift of all

Our China story started in the early 2003, when we decided to adopt. After assessing many domestic and international adoption programs, we chose China. We gathered our paperwork and it was submitted to the China…

Air China launches Chengdu-Kuerle flights

Air China, the country’s flag carrier, launched non-stop flights from Chengdu city to Xinjiang’s Kuerle city on Tuesday, China National Radio’s website (cnr.cn) reported. Carrying 119 passengers, the first flight from Chengdu of Sichuan province…

Foreign singers on way to Beijing

BEIJING – For Juliet Petrus, a young American singer from Chicago, a first trip to China is coming with a great expectation – that she will get to perform songs from modern Chinese operatic works…