Two of Shanghai’s leading universities are involved in a fierce dispute over alleged poaching of talented students, as competition among universities on the Chinese mainland continues to intensify. On July 1, the Shanghai-based Fudan University…
Category: China
China’s monopoly over rare-earth metals could be challenged by the discovery of massive deposits of these hi-tech minerals in mud on the Pacific floor, a study on Sunday suggests. China accounts for 97 per cent…
China is playing a positive role in improving the agricultural production and food production capacity of developing countries and has made significant contributions to global food security, Han Changfu, minister of agriculture, said during the…
Vice Premier Wang Qishan has urged the country’s lenders to increase financing to small businesses in order to ease fundraising difficulties amid the country’s current policies of monetary tightening. Wang made the call during a…
XINING, June 30 (Xinhua) — The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world’s highest plateau railway, has stood safety and environmental tests while boosting regional economic growth over the past five years. Friday marks five years since the…
He Guoqiang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), late Saturday called for closer cooperation between the Chinese and French local governments to push forward the overall bilateral relationship. He, a member…
BEIJING – In recent years, some foreign investors have complained that the environment for investments in China is regressing. That, to me, is absolutely untrue. Foreign-invested companies have been given equal footing as Chinese companies….
The Zippo Manufacturing Co, maker of the iconic refillable lighters, is hosting a rock ‘n’ roll competition with Tencent, in which bands from Beijing and Shanghai will compete for votes cast online. While Zippo’s marketing…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A project director for the San Francisco-based ClimateWorks Foundation, Charles R. McElwee II works to promote public policies to prevent dangerous climate change and enhance global prosperity. McElwee, who grew up in…
Rescuers racing to save 19 trapped coal miners in south China suspended their efforts Monday morning due to high levels of toxic gas. After carbon monoxide gushed out of the mine at 2:45 a.m., the…