BEIJING – China is not responsible for causing disputes in the South China Sea, Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said on Tuesday. Cui was addressing questions on what message China will send to the upcoming first…
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BEIJING – Officials will explore additional ways for talented people from outside the capital to acquire the city’s hukou (permanent residency permit), as long as the applicants accumulate enough grading points, according to a proposal…
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Syrians rallied on Tuesday in central Damascus in support of President Bashar al-Assad, a day after he offered a national dialogue to end Syria’s political crisis, an AFP…
The recent media coverage of William Lindesay, a British national who has persisted in picking up garbage littered on the Great Wall for 13 years, has attracted wide public attention and caused people to reflect…
Chinese authorities on Saturday said allegation that Shi Yongxin, the current abbot of Shaolin Temple, was arrested for soliciting prostitutes was totally rumor. The confirmation that disproved Shi’s alleged sex scandal from a statement by…
CHINA is building four hydroelectric dams on the Jinsha River, the headwaters of the Yangtze River, with a combined generating capacity double that of the Three Gorges Dam. The four hydro stations with a total…
Violence is the last thing any of the countries caught up in the territorial dispute want Escalating tensions over the disputed South China Sea in recent weeks are showing little sign of abating and have…
Jun. 16 – China’s renewable energy development, financially immense, is part of the state government’s long-term domestic diversification and self-sufficiency strategy. The country’s renewable energy market grew by 15.5 percent year-on-year in 2010 to US$20.5…
Nearly half of the fish eaten around the world now comes from farms instead of the wild, with more foresight needed in China and other producers to limit the ecological impact, a study said Tuesday….
BEIJING – The State Council on Thursday published a comprehensive plan to protect the environment and ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the next 20 years. “The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is facing grave challenges due to…