Starting June 13, Vietnam first staged live-fire drills in the South China Sea amid rising tensions with China, then issued a decree specifying who would be exempt from military call-up in a time of war….
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China began diversifying away from the US dollar in earnest in the first four months of this year, most likely by buying far more European government debt than US dollar assets, according to estimates from…
BEIJING – Experts called for a lifting of the ban on golf course construction in China, as nearly 600 courses are running without government approval. Su Derong, head of the golf course committee under the…
BEIJING – China claims to have detection methods for all food additives that can be legally used in the country. In response to recent media reports that 60 percent of additives cannot be detected,…
The forerunners of modernization have not only accumulated successful experience but also offered a path of development to late-comers. Thus, some habitually suppose that China as a late-developing country will definitely reach a dead end…
BEIJING – The China Three Gorges Corporation says four planned hydroelectric power stations being built on the Jinsha River will be capable of producing twice as much power as the Three Gorges Dam, which is…
A top Libyan rebel leader will visit Beijing today as the National Transitional Council (NTC) seeks to strike up relations with key global players. The talks with Chinese officials are likely to revolve around China’s…
A Rising Great Power Finds Its Way WANG JISI is Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University, in Beijing. Any country’s grand strategy must answer at least three questions: What are the…
The photo was taken when he alive Another official suspended over death in custody A mid-ranking official has become the latest official to be suspended following the death in custody of a popular local legislator…
Chinese actress Yao Chen, also the UNHCR’s honorary patron for China, attends a charity event for the World Refugee Day in Hong Kong, south China, June 20, 2011. Chinese actress Yao Chen, also the UNHCR’s…