BEIJING – Heavy rain complicated rescue efforts on Sunday afternoon as crews worked to free 19 miners trapped deep underground at a coal mine in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Zhangcun Coal Mine in…
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China’s central bank on Sunday pledged to forge ahead with key financial reforms, shore up foreign exchange management and provide more credit for the country’s cash-starved small firms. The People’s Bank of China will ‘seize…
BEIJING – The University of Hong Kong has attracted 11 students from mainland provinces who achieved top scores in the national college entrance exam this year, almost double the number in 2010. The offers no…
Police have arrested 36 people in southeast China following an investigation into fraud on e-commerce site Alibaba.com and other websites that duped buyers out of more than US$6 million (S$7.4 million). Alizila.com, Alibaba’s corporate news…
Beijing – The nation’s high housing prices will meet a downward inflection point in the third quarter of the year but the sector is not expected to suffer a “hard landing”, according to a report…
China’s Purchasing Manager Index for its services sector dropped to 57.0 in June from 61.9 in May, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said on Sunday. The index suggested China’s services sector has…
Today is another first: China opened the world’s longest sea bridge, the Jiaozhou Bay bridge in Shandong province: The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 42 kilometers long and links China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to…
Oil dipped below US$95 (S$116.50) per barrel on Friday after China reported manufacturing rose at the slowest pace in over two years in June, pointing to a possible slowdown in energy demand. Benchmark crude for…
Hong Kong is living proof that “one country two systems” has worked. It has also lived up to the promise that it will keep dancing, keep going to the races and keep the stock market…
BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) — China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a high temperature alert on Sunday, saying high temps are expected to hit several of the country’s southern regions over the next three days….