Capital considers easing hukou rules

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…

Pro-Assad demos held in Syria

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…

Where to discard garbage on the Great Wall?

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…

Shaolin Temple Abbot Not Arrested

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…

4 hydropower dams to rise on Jinsha River

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…

An Overview of China’s Renewable Energy Market

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…

Led by China, fish farms soaring: study

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….

Fragile environment on Plateau gets protection

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…