BEIJING – The country’s first medium-low speed maglev line using Chinese technology is scheduled to launch in Beijing before March 2013, a chief project scientist has revealed. “We’re facing a tight timetable as we plan…
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HONG KONG – Hong Kong has an irreplaceable role to play in the country’s development and opening-up process, said Vice-Premier Li Keqiang after wrapping up his three-day visit to the city on Thursday, using three…
Macao tycoon Stanley Ho (left), accompanied by his daughter Pansy, shakes hands with Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing (right) during the centenary ceremony for the University of Hong Kong on Thursday. [Photo/Agencies] HONG KONG –…
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (center) talks with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang during the centenary ceremony for the University of Hong Kong on Thursday. [Edmond Tang / China Daily] HONG KONG – Vice-Premier Li Keqiang…
GUANGZHOU – Vice-Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Hong Kong is expected to further expand economic ties between Guangdong province and the special administrative region, and help improve cooperation between the two regions. In addition to…
Pollution gauge suspected of being profit engine for firm SHANGHAI – The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau withdrew its newly released nasal rinse index on Wednesday, only two days after its start, amid increasing public questions over…
Two migrant workers carry bags of cement from the production line in a dusty cement plant in Huaibei city, East China’s Anhui province, on Wednesday. [Woo He / For China Daily] Documents will be used…
Lu Lu in stable condition after operation lasting about four hours GUANGZHOU – “I miss you so much,” 10-year-old Lu Lu said to her adoptive mother by phone from her bed in a clean room…
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GUANGZHOU – The children of migrant workers, who reunite with their parents during the summer holidays, are at risk of being injured or killed in accidents. Migrant workers’ children were involved in 90 percent of…