05182013Headline:

5.1-magnitude quake hits China’s Yellow Sea: CENC

China´s Supreme People´s Procuratorate (SPP) on Friday increased the compensation standard for individuals whose personal rights have been infringed upon by the state. A wave of bombing attacks struck war-torn Iraq on Friday, leaving [...]

China’s Dangdang.com Net Revenue Up 23% With Continued Net Losses

Chinese B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com published its financial report for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, stating that its total net operating revenue was CNY1.334 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23%; though it still reported [...]

China’s Guan stumbles to 77 at Byron Nelson

Chinese schoolboy Guan Tianlang, who last month became the youngest golfer in Masters history, stumbled Friday to a second-round 77 at the $ 6.7 million US PGA Byron Nelson Championship. The 14-year-old Asian prodigy, who won the Silver Cup [...]

China’s Supreme Procuratorate increases state compensation standard

BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) — China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) on Friday increased the compensation standard for individuals whose personal rights have been infringed upon by the state. The new standard for state [...]

China’s poultry prices bounce back from H7N9

Prices commanded by poultry products have risen significantly this week, following government subsidies to prop up the sector as it struggles in the wake of the H7N9 bird flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced on Friday. The [...]

Zero2IPO Data: China’s M&A Activity to Be Stable in Apr, Real Estate M&A Rising

According to PE Data of Zero2IPO Research Center, China’s M&A market totally had 65 M&A deals in April 2013 involving a total value of US$ 2.53B, among which 63 were disclosed with amount. Averagely, each M&A deal involved about [...]

China’s Lenovo Will Launch Smartphone In Africa This Year

Lenovo plans to launch its smartphone products in the African market before the end of 2013, and the Chinese company’s smartphone debut will be in Nigeria. According to reports in Chinese local media, Graham Braum, general manager for [...]

New AC status guarantees China’s rights

BEIJING – Even without the power to vote, experts say the Arctic Council’s latest decision to grant observer status to China can guarantee the country’s legitimate rights and activities in the region. At the Eighth Ministerial [...]

China’s FDI inflow continues to slow

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) — China attracted 8.44 billion U.S. dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) in April, up just 0.4 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. The figure marked a sharp slowdown in FDI inflow [...]

China’s navy exercises in South China Sea

A unit of the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has lately conducted a reconnaissance exercise to improve the unit’s capacity of carrying out tough tasks. The unit patrolled the Xisha island groups, including [...]

Standing at the Center of China’s War of Words

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Mao Yushi, an advocate of economic and political freedoms in China, is a magnet for harassment by Maoists. NYT > China

IBM Taps China’s Engineers to Develop Linux Software

[unable to retrieve full-text content] International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) opened a center today for computing systems in Beijing to help customers and outside software engineers develop business applications for the open-source Linux [...]

China’s 1st female commandos conduct parachuting drill

A 15-member squad of female commandos successfully completed a parachuting drill in north China on Tuesday, according to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The drill was the first to be conducted by the PLA Field Army, following drills [...]

Full Text: Progress in China’s Human Rights in 2012

BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — The Information Office of the State Council, or China’s Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China’s Human Rights in 2012 Tuesday. Following is the full text: Progress in China’s Human [...]

Full text: Progress in China’s Human Rights in 2012

Updated: 2013-05-14 12:45 (Xinhua) BEIJING – The Information Office of the State Council, or China’s Cabinet, issued a white paper on Progress in China’s Human Rights in 2012 Tuesday. Following is the full text: Progress [...]

China’s teenager takes 11 minutes to advance at table tennis worlds

PARIS, May 13 (Xinhua) — China’s 18-year-old girl Hu Limei took only 11 minutes to beat Haliti Ilirjana of Kosovo in the first round of qualifying at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Monday. Hu, who has yet to be ranked [...]

China’s economic growth in 2013 expected to reach 8.2 pct: Morgan Stanley

HONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) — China’s economic growth in 2013 is expected to reach 8.2 percent, while the achievement of the target involving a higher probability to tip the risk towards bear case than before, an economist of Morgan [...]

Interview: China’s influence on Mideast peace

At least six people were killed and 45 got injured in a suicide car attack on Balochistan province ´s police chief house in Pakistan´s southwest city of Quetta on Sunday night. The policy initiatives announced in the wake of the G7 finance [...]

China’s fixed-asset investment up 20.6 pct in Jan-April

[unable to retrieve full-text content]China’s urban fixed asset investment growth accelerated 20.6 percent year on year to 9.13 trillion yuan (147.29 billion U.S. dollars) in the first four months of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics [...]

China’s fixed-asset investment up 20.6 pct in Jan-April

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) — China’s urban fixed asset investment growth accelerated 20.6 percent year on year to 9.13 trillion yuan (147.29 billion U.S. dollars) in the first four months of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics [...]