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Rescuers in China scrabble to find quake survivors
Lushan, China (AFP) April 21, 2013 Thousands of rescue workers combed through flattened villages in southwest China on Sunday in a race to find survivors from a powerful quake as the toll of dead and...
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Human rights in China worsening, US finds
Washington (AFP) April 19, 2013 China's human rights record worsened in 2012 amid an increasingly harsh crackdown on Tibetan and Uighur areas, the United States warned Friday in an annual report. "The...
View ArticleChina Quake Death Toll Rises Above 180
Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than 11,000 injured and prompted...
View ArticleSouth-west China jolted by 5.4-magnitude quake
An earthquake measuring 5.4-magnitude jolted southwest China`s Sichuan Province at 5:05 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to China Earthquake Networks Center. Reported by Zee News 11 hours ago.
View ArticleToyota re-styles no-frills models to drive China fightback
Toyota Motor is giving its Vios and Yaris models a major makeover for China as part of the Japanese group’s make-or-break move into the no-frills entry-level segment of the world’s biggest autos...
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China's Disappointing New Growth Figures Aren't The End Of The World
Engineers used to dominate Chinese policymaking. But the Communist Party's highest organ, the seven-member standing committee of the Politburo, now includes three economists, for better or worse,...
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China earthquake death toll rises to 186; thousands injured
LUSHAN, CHINA—Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him...
View ArticleLOOK: China Rushes Relief After Quake Kills 186
LUSHAN, China -- Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed...
View ArticleVideo: $300 billion China scholarship founder explains initiative
Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman on creating a Rhodes Scholar-type program in China to promote U.S.-China understanding and exchange. Reported by CBS News 5 hours ago.
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China earthquake: China's tiny miracles: Three-month-old infant pulled ALIVE...
In southwest China, at least 207 families are grieving for loved ones killed by a powerful earthquake which struck shortly after 8am on Saturday. Amid the horror, though, two tiny miracles have come...
View ArticleChina earthquake: China's tiny miracles: Three-month-old baby girl pulled...
In southwest China, at least 207 families are grieving for loved ones killed by a powerful earthquake which struck shortly after 8am on Saturday. Amid the horror, though, two tiny miracles have come to...
View ArticleKey China-Europe forum starts today in Suzhou
THE fourth China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum will be held in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, today and tomorrow, with about 200 representatives from China and Europe...
View ArticleGlobal Banks Are "Divorcing" China
HSBC Group is expected in the next few months to sell its 8.0% stake in the Bank of Shanghai. The financial services giant could receive as much as $800 million from its shares in the second-tier...
View ArticleChina earthquake: experience could not save those too slow or too small
Sichuan quake leaves 200 people dead or missing, 11,800 injured and an estimated 100,000 homeless as clean up begins Hours after they dug out Wang Qiong's body they buried her again on a mountain slope...
View ArticleRescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs
LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years...
View ArticleBusiness › Blackstone founder creates $300 mil China scholarship
The founder of the U.S. private equity firm Blackstone on Sunday announced the establishment of a $300 million scholarship program in China for postgraduates from around the world. The money being...
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China Wants to Ban Superstition, Mandate Science
China's on a mission to ban superstition, according to Reuters. In a rare public forum, the head of China's State Administration of Religious Affairs, Wang Zuoan, announced the government's official...
View ArticleChina says aims to banish superstition, promote knowledge
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is struggling to get its estimated 100 million religious believers to banish superstitious beliefs about things like sickness and death, the country's top religious affairs...
View ArticleWhy Apple Will Have A Tougher Time In China Than Anyone Is Imagining
This post is a speculation from my experience of an Android phone I think from Saudi Arabia. I am speculating that Apple is going to have a much tougher time in China than anyone imagines. To see why...
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China earthquake jolts Sichuan province, killing156
BEIJING, CHINA—A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after...
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