At least 16 people were killed and 12 injured when a truck overturned on a highway in China's Jiangxi province, said authorities Wednesday. The accident occurred on a highway in Nanfeng county Tuesday evening when the truck, loaded with pears and carrying 28 people, including 24 women, overturned, reported Xinhua citng the Nanfeng County government. Fifteen people were killed on the spot, and ...
China to deploy new class of strategic missile submarines next year
The Chinese Navy is expected to begin the first sea patrols of a new class of strategic missile submarines next year. The development highlights a new and growing missile threat to the U.S. homeland, U.S. defense officials have said. According to the Washington Times, one official familiar with recent intelligence assessments of the Chinese strategic submarine force said they are anticipating ...
77000 students affected in China quake
More than 360 schools and 77,000 students have been affected by the earthquake in China's Gansu province, said the education ministry Wednesday. A total of 16,100 students will not be able to return to school as their classrooms and dormitories were damaged in the 6.6-magnitude quake, which jolted Minxian and Zhangxian counties in the city of Dingxi Monday, leaving at least 95 dead and 1,001 ...
Two die in blast at Beijing bakery
Two people were killed and 19 injured in an explosion Wednesday at a bakery in downtown Beijing, official sources said. Four people were severely injured, Xinhua quoted sources as saying. The explosion occurred at 7.33 a.m. in Golden Phoenix Bakery store on Guangming road. The fire has been put out and two gas tanks containing 50 kg of liquefied gas have been ...
India-China to discuss border issue at delegation level today
Indian and Chinese officials will continue their third round of talks here today, to discuss ways to secure peace on the border. According to reports, the two-day meeting of working mechanism for consultation and coordination on India-China border affairs will focus on ensuring better coordination and communication between the two countries. Chinese forces had crossed into Indian territories ...
China manufacturing drops to 11-month low HSBC
China's manufacturing operating conditions deteriorated at the quickest pace since last August, with HSBC's flash purchasing managers' index (PMI) dropping to 47.7 in July, an HSBC report showed Wednesday. HSBC said flash PMI this month fell to 47.7, down from a final 48.2 in June and the lowest in 11 months. Flash China Manufacturing Output Index also fell from 48.6 in June to 48.2 this month, ...
Rain kills 11 in China
Severe rain has killed at least 11 people and injured 23 others in northwest China's Shaanxi province, officials said. Around 570,000 people have been affected by the rains since last week, Xinhua cited the provincial government as saying. The rains have resulted in economic losses of 1.75 billion yuan ($285 million). Nine people died and 11 were injured in Yan'an city. The downpour caused ...
Royal Baby Worth his Weight in Gold to the Firm
LONDON The Firm, as Britain's royal family calls itself, has a new asset. With the world media in a frenzy over the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's son, companies from airlines to champagne-makers have jumped on the chance to cash in on the wave of popularity sweeping over the royal family. From royal potties to blue-cream-filled doughnuts to china commemorative ...
Why Beijing is targeting multinationals in new phase of the anti-corruption campaign
East-Asia-Intel.com The high-profile exposure of alleged corruption practices by the China division of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) indicates that Beijing's anti-graft campaign has entered a new ...
China must be part of long-term Australian political narrative
Most Chinese would be amazed at the image their country has in Australia. To many people living here, China is a wealthy, powerful, dominant country, poised to be the major power in the next few decades. Australia is about to go through a national election in September. Almost certainly, one of the key issues for the country in the coming years will be the management of its relationship with ...
Official China Commemorating The Birth Of Royal Baby
Three of the four pieces of China that will commemorate the birth of the royal baby. Even before the royal baby boy of Prince William and the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has a name, the official trust of the royal family unveiled a four-piece china set to commemorate his ...
Why China Is Banning Construction of New Government Buildings
China's Communist Party took another swipe at excessive government spending late on Tuesday, with a five-year ban on the construction of state buildings. "We really must use our limited funds and resources for the development of the economy and the improvement of people's ...
Chinas Middle Class Is Fueling A Boom In This Overlooked Sector
There's a sector in China that's booming right now, and U.S. companies are just now starting to take advantage. Consider a few statistics. In 2000, a mere 4% of urban Chinese households were considered middle class. By 2012, that figure had grown to 66%. If current trends continue, by 2022 the middle class populationwill be 75% of urban households. That's nearly 630 million ...
China readies updated version of disputed islands game
Developers of an online military game based on a territorial dispute between Japan and China are planning to release an update next month. The game called Mission of Honor features an aircraft carrier and the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, the Xinhua News Agency reported. In its original version a soldier named Qiangjun boards China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning with ...
China stocks plunge on US debt train crash
Chinese stocks tumbled Monday as investors sold off holdings increasingly worried about a possible default of government debt by the United States which is to bring the global economy back to a serious slowdown. Also, railway shares plunged after the weekend deadly high-speed train wrecking accident in East China's Zhejiang Province which has killed at least 36 people and injured more than ...
Glaxo says China bribery probe to hit performance
LONDON (AFP) - GlaxoSmithKline expects its performance in China to take a hit from Beijing's probe into bribery allegedly carried out by senior staff, the British drugs firm said Wednesday, and described the matter as "shameful"."Clearly, we are likely to see some impact to our performance in China as a result of the current investigation, but it is too early to quantify the ...
AP names Edelsten to top China editorial position
BEIJING -- The Associated Press has named veteran Asia-based journalist and video producer Miles Edelsten to the new position of news director for Greater China.The appointment was announced Wednesday by John Daniszewski, senior managing editor for international news; Sandy MacIntyre, AP's director of global video news; and Santiago Lyon, AP's global director of photography."China ...
China to fully open railway construction market
Upcoming reforms will completely open China's railway construction market, according to a statement released Wednesday after an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by ...
Apple?s Q3 China revenue dives
Apple Inc saw its revenue from greater China - which includes the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan - plummet 43 percent in the fiscal third quarter ended June 29 from the previous quarter and 14 percent from the same period last year, according to the company's quarterly report published on its website Wednesday. "The main cause of the decline in revenue is the company's ...
China Resources ?rumors? a setup
The Hong Kong-based State-owned conglomerate at the center of a real-name tip-off confirmed to the Global Times Wednesday that it has sent all its employees an e-mail saying the whole thing was orchestrated behind the scenes and aimed at tarnishing the company's image.The Monday e-mail by China Resources (Holdings) was sent five days after Wang Wenzhi, a reporter with the Economic ...
Thein Sein vows close China ties
Fan Changlong , vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission.He said Fan's choice of Myanmar as his first foreign trip after taking office shows the friendly ties between the two countries and their armed forces.He expressed the Myanmar government and armed forces' thanks to the Chinese counterparts for their support and assistance, and the country will make tireless ...
Beijing land deal sets record
COFCO Property (Group) Co, the real estate unit controlled by State-owned food company COFCO Corp, bought a 206,000 square meter plot of land in Beijing's Chaoyang district at 2.36 billion yuan ($384.68 million), the company said in a filing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Wednesday.The price of the 49,000 square meter commercial building portion of the plot was around 46,000 yuan per square ...
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