• Over 100 Chinese held for environmental pollution

  As many as 118 suspects have been detained in China for their involvement in environmental pollution cases, authorities said Tuesday. The ministry of public security said the suspects were detained since January, Xinhua reported. Most of the pollution cases involve mining or petrochemical factories. Some factories reportedly discharged toxic substances into the environment illegally, while ...

• Indian Army didnt compromise in standoff with China in Daulat Beg Oldie sector

  General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, Lieutenant General K. T. Parnaik, has said that no compromise was made to end the standoff with China earlier in April this year in the Daulat Beg Oldie sector near the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. Lieutenant General Parnaik, who was taking to the media here yesterday at a function to mark the 42nd Raising Day of the Northern ...

• Coaching in China big challenge for Eriksson

  It certainly recalled the memory of Sven-Goran Eriksson from the 'good old days' in Italy and England, when he was surrounded by journalists and fans. "This will be one of the biggest challenges in my coaching career," Eriksson, who took rein of the Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Fuli 12 days ago, made his debut speech here Monday, reports Xinhua. "I've learnt that football is very ...

• Becks sported tired eyes after long-haul flight to China

  David Beckham was pictured looking grey-haired and exhausted after a long-haul flight to China. The legendary footballer, who is known for his youthful appearance and impeccable hair, could barely raise a smile as he gave an interview after stepping off the plane, the Daily Star reported. But within hours, he again turned back to his usual look after changing into a designer suit. A witness ...

• China North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing

  FILE - In this June 18, 2013 photo, North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, right, waves as he arrives at the Capital airport in Beijing, China. North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim was expected to discuss bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, ...

• China committed to boosting Mideast peace process envoy

  Beijing is proactive in advancing the Mideast peace process, said Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the region.Wu made the remarks on the sidelines of the UN International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, which is being held here on June 18-19 and brought together officials and experts from more than 50 countries and international organizations.It is the first time for the ...

• US-China relations a must win

  American think tanks believe that China and the US will have tremendous opportunities for cooperation in the next 10 years, and the top three items on their work agenda should be energy, tourism, and science and technology. "The stakes are large, for both success and failure," said Stanford economist Michael Boskin, "so the relationship needs to succeed." Making his remarks ...

• China markets slump on liquidity concerns

  7-day repo rates rising to 16 month highs and 1-yr swap rates to near 2-year highs above 4% . Markets are also looking ahead to tomorrow's release of HSBC flash manufacturing PMI after a recent spate of slowing ...

• Chinas Tianhe-2 overtakes US Titan as worlds fastest supercomputer

  An expert stands near the Tianhe-2 supercomputer at the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. The fastest computer in the world can store 60 billion books, each with 100,000 Chinese ...

• 15 suspects stand trial for Chinas largest online pyramid scam in Zhejiang

  FIFTEEN people accused of involvement in the nation's largest online pyramid scheme stood trial yesterday in a court in east China's Zhejiang Province. On June 11, police in Jinhua City busted a website offering discounts on online purchases and arrested Ying Jiancheng and another 14 people suspected of organizing the scam involving 24 billion yuan (US$3.9 billion). An ...

• HK can showcase freedom over Snowden China media says

  BEIJING (AFP) - Hong Kong can showcase its democratic pedigree by its handling of the Edward Snowden case, Chinese state media said on Wednesday, in comments appearing to distance Beijing from any decision on his possible extradition.The semi-autonomous territory -- which has a separate legal system to mainland China -- has the opportunity of "proving itself a free society in front of the ...

• Chinas first teacher in space to give lesson

  /enpproperty--> China's first teacher in space Wang Yaping is in orbit and due to deliver a lecture to students via a video feed on Thursday, China Central Television reported. The lesson, which will be broadcast by CCTV, will last from 10:04 am to 10:55 am. Wang, the country's second female astronaut, will teach primary and middle school students about her zero-gravity ...

• Awaiting China PMI Things Could Get Even Worse

  Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector may have decelerated further in June, the flash estimate of the HSBC China purchasing manager's index (PMI) is expected to show, exacerbating worries about a downturn in the world's second largest economy. The closely-watched flash PMI survey due on Thursday could fall to as low as 48.7, according to estimates by Credit Agricole and ...

• Paul B. Farrell New China billionaires’ Happy Meditation Guide

  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- In my guidebook, "Millionaire Meditation," there are 40 ways to achieve the happiness that comes from meditating. All 40 have one common element: To be truly happy you must master "Rule One -- Focus on What You're Doing in This Moment, and Nothing ...

• US auto giant GM breaks ground on China Cadillac plant

  Cadillacs as it seeks a larger share of China's growing market for luxury cars. The plant will have annual output capacity of 160,000 vehicles with production to start in two years, GM officials told a news conference before the opening ceremony. "We're going to bring our high-end, premium product here and we're going to see how we run against the competitors from Europe and ...

• China shares test fresh 6-mth lows on dashed easing hopes Hong Kong sinks

  Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:43am EDT * Indexes: HSI -1.2 pct, H-shares -1.8 pct, CSI300 -1.3 pct * Reported IPO resumption, property tax expansion hit A-shares * Defensives slide in HK as investors await Fed outcome * Mengniu spikes after $1.6 bln Yashili takeover offer By Clement Tan HONG KONG, June 19 (Reuters) - China shares tested six-month lows, sinking Hong Kong markets, as a cash squeeze in the ...

• Bus crashes in foggy valley in China 15 dead

  BEIJING (AP) -- A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people, state media ...

• Sanya diving group ‘Diving Best’ to promote business outside of China

  The operator of China's Sanya Diving Training Centre, Diving Best, has expressed interest to enter the local tourism industry, as the State is well known in China as an eco and marine-based tourism destination. According to Sabah Economic Development Investment Authority (Sedia), a meeting with the group from the operator has shown positive outcome. The State's investment ...

• China’s trade balance sees an unexpected surplus in May

  China witnessed an unexpected surplus in its trade balance during the month of May, as sales to U.S. jumped to the most this year and purchases by the European Union countries rose for the first time in three ...

• US extends anti-dumping duty on Chinas sodium hexametaphosphate

  dumping duty order on the products from China would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. It has been the first "sunset review" since February, 2008, when the duty was introduced. The duty margin on the products from China runs from 92.02 percent to 188.05 percent. A "sunset review" was conducted every five ...

• Fish Prices Leap to All-Time High Thanks to China

  Global fish prices have leapt to all-time highs as China's growing appetite for high-end species - from tuna to oysters - runs up against lower catches. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's global fish price index, an industry benchmark that tracks the cost of wild and farmed seafood, hit a record high in May, up 15 per cent from a year ago and above the peak set in mid 2011. ...

• No Subsidy Now What

  ONE LAST LOOK: Consumers inspect flatpanel televisions in a supermarket in Jiashan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, on May 30, the last day of the one-year subsidy program for energy-efficient appliances ...

• GM aims for 10 percent of Chinas luxury car market by 2020

  GM.N ) said on Wednesday it aims to quadruple its share of China's luxury auto market to 10 percent by 2020 as the U.S. automaker launches new Cadillac models and expands its distribution network in the world's largest car ...

• Asia Markets China stocks fall Japan jumps ahead of Fed meet

  HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese and South Korean stocks fell Wednesday on caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy decision later in the day, while Japanese shares rallied on a weakened yen and strong overnight gains on Wall ...

• College Student Escapes Roommate’s Poisoning Attempt in China

  Just months after two cases of university students who are suspected of having been poisoned by their roommates made headlines in China, the Chinese public has been shocked by yet another, similar attempt that took place just last month. The victim, who has chosen to use the alias of "Wang," was a female student at a university in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, who lived in ...

• China commences its first carbon trading scheme

  As ABC/AFP report , the city will host one of seven pilot schemes which will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The six other schemes are also planned to start this year. They will be located in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangdong, Hubei, Shanghai and Tianjin. Shenzhen, located near Hong Kong, is one of China's Special Economic Zones. It has committed to reduce the emissions intensity ...

• Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip

  Globalfoundries has landed wafer start orders from China-based SoC solution provider Rockchip Electronics. The US-based foundry house will manufacture Rockchip's RK3188 and RK3168 chips using a 28nm HKMG process, according to industry ...

• China market Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand says CVIA vice president

  China-based makers turned out 24 million LCD TV panels for a global market share of 10.5% in 2012 and will produce an estimated 44 million panels to account for 17.6% of the global total in 2013, according to vice president and secretary-general Bai Weimin for the China Video Industry Association. However, China-based vendors will produce more than 120 million LCD TVs in 2013, meaning that ...

• Hot Air Balloon Festival kicks off in Chinas Hainan

  15 hot air balloons participated in the event Tuesday to to fly across the Qiongzhou Strait from the city of Haikou and reach a designated place in neighboring Guangdong ...

• Sebin Festival of Owenke ethnic group kicks off in N China

  Herdsmen of the Owenke ethnic group wrestle at the annual Sebin (Happiness) Festival in Owenke Autonomous Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 18, 2013. The Owenke ethnic group has the reputation of the "last hunting tribe in ...

• Eastday-Transformers to take in Beijing sights

  BEIJING'S iconic structures, the Bird's Nest and Water Cube, will be featured in Michael Bay's fourth installment of "Transformers," it was announced at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival yesterday. Scenes featuring the Bird's Nest, or the National Stadium, and the Water cube, or the National Aquatics Center, will be shot later this year. ...

• VECCI’s Top Ten Tips When Sourcing From China

  The opportunities to make your business more competitive through importing components from overseas or manufacturing overseas are too great to be ignored. Generally speaking, better prices for manufacturing components or whole products can be found in China than elsewhere. Sourcing from China isn’t a simple process though. There are significant risks - from missing goods, substandard ...

• Chinas central bank signals no policy loosening

  People's Bank of China (PBoC) Tuesday drained 2 billion yuan from the money market despite banks' reported call for cash injection, suggesting regulators are keen to keep liquidity tight amid growing jitters of China's financial risks.The 2-billion 91-day bills, though tiny by amount, were viewed as the central bank's commitment to squeezing out excessive funding.Shanghai ...

• Sierra Leonean president to visit China

  Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma will visit China at the end of June, the Chinese Embassy in Freetown said on Tuesday.Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Kuang Weilin told journalists here that President Koroma was invited by Tsinghua University to attend the World Peace Conference in Beijing, capital city of China.During President Koroma's visit to China, he is expected to hold ...

• Vietnam China have huge potentials for cooperation Vietnamese President

  Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday."Vietnam and China are close neighboring countries. The two peoples ...

• China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining

  China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...

• China endeavors to boost wildlife protection

  To better protect the country's biodiversity, China is pooling efforts to further protect endangered species and crack down on illegal animal trafficking."China will intensify and coordinate efforts to strengthen wildlife protection," said Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration (SFA), at a recent briefing.China has rich wildlife resources. More than 6,500 ...

• China streamlines health-related approval procedures

  The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has delegated approval authority over certain issues to agencies at local level, a government statement said Tuesday.It is among China's follow-up efforts to turn into realities a cabinet reshuffle plan that was adopted by its legislature in March, according to a central government statement.The NHFPC has delegated approval ...

• China sets legal weapons against pollution offences

  China's top court and procuratorate jointly issued an interpretation on the conviction and sentencing standards of criminal cases involving environmental pollution on Tuesday. Experts said the interpretation will provide "legal weapons" to combat such crimes. "At present, environmental pollution is very serious across the country, which seriously harms the ecological ...

• From China with love and care

  Wu Yu says goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old daughter before hospital ship Peace Ark leaves Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, for an aid tour to some Asian nations and the Gulf of Aden. Zhang Hao / for China ...

• Nordic countries team up in Chinas tech trade

  /enpproperty--> Nordic countries have joined an international race to team up with China in exploring science and technology opportunities. "Countries with a tradition of innovation gradually take the lead in social and economic development, which in turn make them internationally competitive," said Huang Xing, China's ambassador to Finland. Information and communication ...

• China Daily Special Beyond Boundaries

  Editor's note: China Daily begins a series of human interest stories representing neighboring countries in an effort to shed insight on topics relevant to China. Myanmar, which is in transition, is the first ...

• Cisco denies China monitoring accusations

  /enpproperty--> Cisco Systems Inc, the giant network equipment supplier, has denied accusations of conducting illegal monitoring activities in China, as well as participating in the US surveillance program that whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed. In a statement sent to China Daily on Tuesday, Cisco said, "PRISM is not a Cisco program and Cisco networks did not participate ...

• Vietnam China to enhance ties

  /enpproperty--> HANOI -- Vietnam and China "have huge potentials for further speeding up cooperation in the future," Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who will start his three-day state visit to China from Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, said in an interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on Tuesday. "Vietnam and China are close ...

• Sanya among Chinas top 5 most popular destinations for the Post-90s

  According to a report from Taobao.com, the Post-90s (people born between the years 1990 to 1999 in China) is becoming the main force of the tourism market, and Sanya has been named the fifth most popular tourism destination in China for the Post-90s. Lijiang in Yunnan Province has taken the top spot on the list for the most popular domestic destinations, followed by Chengdu, Hangzhou, Beijing ...

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