BEIJING – To fight corruption at the grassroots, China’s central authorities have issued the first regulations forbidding township and village officials from appropriation of land, embezzlement and vote buying. The regulation applies to millions of…
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Premier Wen Jiabao inspected the railway rear-end accident site and visited the victim families in Wenzhou city five days after the bloody tragedy killing 39. He calls for fair and reasonable compensations for the victims,…
The high-speed bullet train collision in China raised a battle between the party-controlled traditional media and the newly born media, mainly micro-blog and Renren (the Chinese version of Facebook), to win over the credence of…
July 28，Senate of the United States unanimously adopted the nomination of Luo Jiahui to be the ambassador to China. Since then, Luo became the formal American ambassador to China. The U.S. Embassy in China said…
HONG KONG – The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong has endorsed 248 million HK dollars (about $31.84 million) for six academic research proposals, the committee’s Council Chairman Roland Chin said on Wednesday. Chin said…
TAIPEI/XIAMEN– Taiwan’s tourism industry warmly responded to the announcement of a policy Sunday that will allow mainland tourists to visit the island as individuals. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan will launch the pilot travel program…
The high-speed train to Shanghai pulls out of Beijing South Railway Station and slips through the city like a tiger ready to pounce. Once it reaches the city limits it flexes and launches down the…
July 28, Wen Jiabao held a press conference at the crash scene in Wenzhou. Wen said the government will punish the corruptions if exist. Hong Kong Consumer Radio reporter: May I ask, Prime Minister, what…
The State Council, or China’s cabinet, on Wednesday announced new regulations designed to facilitate the enforcement of the country’s new individual income tax law, which features an increased monthly tax exemption threshold. Premier Wen Jiabao…
Mongolia’s State-owned miner Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi has agreed to sell $250 million worth of coal from the east Tsankhi deposit to Aluminium Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), a move insiders said was aimed at raising…