200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days The Daily Mail | Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200mph rail line through Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia, paying for the entire scheme in return to access to the natural res...
Beijing says working with Google to resolve dispute The Times Of India BEIJING: China is in consultations with technology giant Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking and censorship concerns, said a Chinese official on Friday. The comment came from Li Yizhong, minister of China's Ministry of Indus...
China will be prudent in adding to gold reserves Gulf News | Beijing: China will be prudent in adding gold to its official reserves, wary that any move to buy the precious metal would only serve to drive its price higher, the country's top foreign exchange manager said yesterday. | Yi Gang, head of the ...
American panda explores his surroundings at new home in China The Times | After a month in quarantine the American-born panda Tai Shan explored his new home in southwest China when he was put on public display for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival. | Visitors and staff cheered and waved as the four-year-o...
India, China endorse Copenhagen climate deal The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India and China joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States. | More than 100 nations have now endorsed th...
Beijing says committed to US debt, but wary on gold The Times Of India BEIJING: China, the world’s biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the US treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of substantially boosting its gold holdings. | The country’s chief currency regulator s...
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Beijing to invest $1.5b in Tibet environment China Daily | The Chinese central government will allocate a further investment of 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) by the end of 2015 to help protect and preserve the ecological environments in...
Beijing offers aid to earthquake victims China Daily | Beijing: China is ready to provide emergency aid to Chile, which was hit by a massive earthquake on Saturday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. | The Chinese top leade...
HK stock poised for gains ahead of key Beijing meetings Hong Kong Standard The Hang Seng Index may climb above 21,000 points this week after HSBC Holdings (0005) and Hang Seng Bank (0011) announce their annual results today, analysts said. | //--> Monday,...
Rita Fan hits back over `Beijing messenger' tag Hong Kong Standard Former Legislative Council president Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai has denied Anson Chan Fang On-sang's claim that "middlemen" who relay messages from Beijing officials only do so to push their personal agendas. | //--> Scarlett Chiang and Colleen Lee | Wedne...
China firm on reserves Hong Kong Standard China has tried to allay concerns about a reduction in its massive investment in US treasuries. | //--> Sophie He and agencies | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | China has tried to allay concerns about a reduction in its massive investment in US treasurie...
JPMorgan eyes share of China ‘green IPO’ The Times Of India BEIJING: US Bank JPMorgan will expand its ‘new energy’ team in China to win more business from what it sees as a trend to increasingly popular “green IPOs”, its China chief said on Tuesday. | Fang Fang, JPMorgan’s China CEO, predicts that m...
Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo Houston Chronicle | SHANGHAI - Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo. | There is rising awareness of the health risks of smoking in China, by far the world's biggest tobacco-consuming country, and this modern city o...
China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push The Press Democrat | While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it maintains a separate political system and enjoys Western-style civil liberties typically denied on the mainland. But Beijing has continued to deny full democracy. Hong Kong's leader is chosen by an 800-member committee stacked with pro-China figures and its legislature is half elected, half pic...
