Expectant mothers from the Chinese mainland will no longer be able to give birth in public hospitals in Hong Kong, the xinmin.cn reported yesterday. The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong (HAHK) has announced that from…
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BEIJING – China’s population is getting older, and that could have a major effect on the nation’s economic prosperity. The emergence of negative growth in the total working-age population, which some demographers predict will happen…
On April 28, former US President Jimmy Carter and three former European heads of state landed in Seoul after travelling to Pyongyang to help reopen dialogue between the two Koreas. Known as the Elders, they…
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao concluded Saturday an official visit to Indonesia where he reiterated China’s willingness to boost friendly relations with Indonesia and with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In a speech…
The current number of residences in Beijing has reached nearly 20 million, and experts concern that the city is on the verge of an over-population crisis, citing a report of Beijing News Monday. By the…
by Marzia De Giuli TURIN, Italy, April 29 (Xinhua) — A particularly heated round of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, was held in Turin…
The world’s poor face daunting realities amid worldwide food price spikes, which threaten local economies in the short term and impede long term economic development, an economist with the World Bank has told Xinhua. In…
The Japanese earthquake will impact Asia in terms of international trade, foreign direct investment and supply chains, Gerald Lyons said lately at Asia House in London. “Small and open economies in Asia are incredibly volatile…
On April 22, China issued a white paper presenting an overall picture of its foreign aid activities over the past few decades. This is the first time China has issued a White Paper on Foreign…
Former premier Zhu Rongji made a rare public appearance yesterday, delivering a scathing criticism of the mainland’s education system and other policies during a visit to his alma mater, Tsinghua University. Zhu (pictured) lashed out…