DPRK plans special economic zone to boost ties with China
2011-06-08 13:39:06
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to establish a special economic zone, signaling that the country is carrying forward with its economic reforms, China's Global Finance reported Wednesday, citing local media.
China not slowing high-speed rail construction
2011-06-07 19:13:14
China is not applying the brake to its high-speed rail network development, according to a spokesperson for the railway ministry.
China's skyscraper league by cities
2011-06-07 17:22:23
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen are the China’s three most competitive cities if taking the number of skyscrapers a city boasts as measurement, the Shanghai based Dongfang Daily reported today.
Students lash out at dummies to vent emotions
2011-06-07 16:56:04
In order to help its students improve their mental capacity to deal with stress, Hongtang High School in Ningbo city, in East China’s Zhejiang province, has introduced a psychological venting room.
3,000-yuan tax threshold can offset inflation: Official
2011-06-07 16:27:27
Jia Kang, director of the Research Institute for Fiscal Science under the Ministry of Finance, said in an article he co-authored that a proposal to increase the minimum income tax threshold to 3,000 yuan is enough to offset the recent round of inflation.
9.33 million students sit the Gaokao
2011-06-07 16:07:37
For 9.33 million high school students, June 7 is a big day - the start of China’s annual College Entrance Examination (CEE), known as Gaokao in Chinese. However, the number CEE examinees, as released by China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) yesterday, shows a third-year drop since 2008, chinanews.com reported today.
Growth in Chinese 'birth tourism' to US
2011-06-07 15:13:29
An increasing number of Chinese women are choosing to give birth in the United States amid a growing business in Nanjing city, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, the local Yangzi Evening News reported Tuesday.
Speed skating team gets a real beating
2011-06-07 15:08:07
China's top short track speed skaters were beaten and kicked in an attack following a training session in Yunnan of Southwest China.
Micro blog rescues desperate melon farmer
2011-06-07 11:39:18
In what appears to be totally out of desperation from sluggish sales, Chinese watermelon farmer Fu Youlian posted his first ever micro blog from China's twitter-like micro blogging service site weibo.com.
Indoor smoking ban ignored
2011-06-07 11:31:29
New rules banning indoor smoking are being ignored by smokers and some businesses, according to a report by Beijing Morning Post.
China will expand solar power
2011-06-03 15:55:19
China will issue a five-year proposal to guide the country's renewable energy development, in which the goal for installed generating capacity of photovoltaic (PV) power is set at 10 gigawatts, China Securities Journal reported on Friday.
HK chief Donald Tsang breaks window silence
2011-06-03 15:18:21
Hong Kong’s chief executive has agreed to dismantle a controversial set of glass panels from his balcony following claims he violated building regulations, nddaily.com reported.