BEIJING– China’s top quality watchdog Monday began soliciting public opinions regarding its latest revised regulation concerning food recalls, as persistent food safety scandals in recent years have resulted in widely-heard public grievances. The revision was…
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The series of crises concerning food safety in China have led to the most dramatic episode so far. In Jiangsu Province, a wave of watermelon explosions shocked farmers that are facing serious economic losses. Some…
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has halted payments for programmes in China amid mismanagement by a public agency, a spokesman said on Monday. “In May, we froze all disbursements in…
HENGDIAN, China—A five-hour drive southwest of Shanghai, in the hills near a manufacturing hub, something like a mirage appears among the smokestacks: a full-scale replica of Beijing’s Forbidden City. Welcome to “Chinawood,” the world’s largest…
Stock prices slide more than 1 percent in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Investors expect stock prices to go lower, analyst says. Asian markets were sharply lower Monday amid signs of U.S….
NATORI, Japan – China is willing to increase agricultural imports from Japan, provided they meet safety standards, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday while visiting the Japanese region battered by an earthquake, tsunami and…
Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed China as its best friend, and called on the two countries’ younger generation to carry on and promote the friendship to a new high. “Pakistan and China have always been good…
When US and China top brass met, mainland media delved deep into where relations really stand The United States rolled out the red carpet for the first visit to the United States by China’s chief…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — China has agreed to immediately provide 50 JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, a major outcome of a visit by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to Beijing this week, Pakistani officials said Thursday….
CHANGCHUN, China — Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was said to have visited an industrial city in northeastern China on Saturday and appeared headed to Beijing by train on the second day of…