Thirty years after Deng Xiaoping said it was ok to allow some to get rich first, the annual “Hurun Wealth Report” released in Shanghai last month, showed almost 1 million people in China are…
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The high-level talks have become one of the most important ways to coordinate the economic policies between Western countries and China, and each talk has started with the issue of China’s human rights. However,…
From 24-hour complaint hotlines to instant additive detectors, local governments in China are striving to battle the illegal use of food additives following a string of food scandals. According to a statement released Saturday by…
China plans to expand a piloted pension program to 60 percent of its rural areas this year, an increase from the original target of 40 percent, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang said Friday. Zhang made…
China’s central government has encouraged more media scrutiny of its increasingly tainted quality of food, ranging from milks and buns with chemical additives, filthy cooking oil to tainted pork and beef. The relentless headlines in…
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region is poised to become the country’s leading solar power generation base with 10 more photovoltaic power plants to be completed within this year. The new plants, with a total investment…
Just like the weather, everyone talks about earthquakes, but Yang Zhimin wants to do something about these powerful natural killers. The retiree knows it’s not possible to stop them, but he is eager for decision-makers…
China put more than 150 desert islands on the market, but eager buyers found more than they bargained for.
Shrinking supplies of oil and other key resources, combined with soaring demand, have pushed energy and resource prices to record highs, threatening economic growth around the world. The international accounting and consulting company Deloitte predicts…
As we commemorate the anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province, which is also designated as National Disaster Reduction Day in China, it is timely to reflect on how we can reduce the risk…