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  • China to introduce death penalty for environmental polluters

    Beijing, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): A new judicial explanation took effect on Wednesday guaranteeing the enforcement of environment-related laws and regulations, which has long been lax and superficial in China. The country's Supreme Court and procuratorate jointly issued the new judicial explanation on Tuesday that imposes harsher punishments on polluters. In the most serious cases the death ...

  • President Xi Obama summit was very successful China

    The first summit between President Xi Jingping and his US counterpart Barack Obama held earlier this month proved very successful, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday. During a telephonic conversation Wednesday with US Secretary of State John Kerry, the Chinese foreign minister also said that President Xi and Obama during the summit in California agreed to build a new model of ...

  • One killed 150 injured in China restaurant blasts

    A series of blasts ripped through a restaurant in China's Shanxi province Wednesday night, killing one person and injuring over 150 others, officials said. The incident took place in a two-storey building housing the restaurant in Shuozhou city, Xinhua reported. Among the 156 injured, dozens are fire fighters who were at the scene when the final blast occurred. Three fire-fighting trucks were ...

  • China holds talks with North Korea

    China and North Korea Wednesday held a "strategic dialogue" on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui met his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan, and told him that it was in the interest of all parties concerned to realise denuclearisation on the peninsula, safeguard its peace and stability and resolve all relevant issues through dialogue and ...

  • Over 8000 held for food crimes in China

    More than 8,200 people have been arrested in China since a crackdown on food safety crimes was launched in January, authorities said Wednesday. The ministry of public security said police uncovered more than 4,500 cases involving food safety offences and closed about 6,300 workshops and markets that produced or sold illegal food products. Police confiscated more than 150,000 illegal products, ...


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  • Russia China Downgraded in US Trafficking Report

    Trafficking in Persons report Wednesday, and Russia, Uzbekistan and China were automatically downgraded to the lowest Tier 3 ranking. In total, the State Department says 21 of the 188 countries in its report do not fully comply with minimum standards to address trafficking and are not making significant efforts to do ...

  • Video Why the prognosis for Chinas economy isnt good

    A preliminary survey shows further contraction in China's manufacturing sector, adding to signs the world's number two economy is losing steam. Can its leaders ensure the slowdown remains ...

  • Asian stocks tumble on Fed easing China PMI

    Asian stocks received a double blow on Thursday, falling the most in almost two years, after the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that asset-purchases could end later this year if the economy continues to improve while China’s PMI ...

  • China strongly condemns UN office bombing FM spokeswoman

    A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday that China strongly condemns a Wednesday suicide bombing that killed 22 people including UN employees in Mogadishu, Somalia."China strongly condemns the attack that targeted the UN and its staff," spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference.She also extended condolences to the victims and sympathy for their ...

  • Spanish foreign minister to visit China

    Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo will pay an official visit to China from June 24 to 28, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.Garcia-Margallo is making the visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news ...

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