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PBOC deputy governor expects CPI decline

2011-05-04 14:07

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, will decline in the second half of the year, China Securities Journal reported.

Zijin Mining fined $4.6m over toxic spill

2011-05-04 12:37

A court in East China's Fujian province has upheld a previous ruling in which the Zijin Mining Group, one of China's biggest gold producers, was fined 30 million yuan ($4.62 million) over a toxic spill last year that caused severe environmental damage.

2 Japanese detained in DPRK, 1 expelled

2011-05-04 11:27

Three Japanese had been detained in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for drug trafficking and forgery of currency, the KCNA said on Wednesday.

Starving pandas rescued from woods, recovering

2011-05-03 15:49

Two giant pandas that were dying from hunger in the wild mountains of southwest China's Sichuan province are recuperating well thanks to timely rescues by researchers from a local panda research institution.

$2.7b earmarked to deepen river channel

2011-05-03 15:44

China will allocate 18 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) from 2011 to 2015 to deepen the navigation channel on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, according to local authorities.

Defense-related patent applications rise

2011-05-03 13:14

Since 2009, China has launched 11 defense-related intellectual property rights projects and initiated research for 19 special defense projects, with the number of patent applications increasing rapidly in recent years.

Marine surveillance reports 2010 figures

2011-05-03 11:24

Chinese territorial waters were entered 1,303 times by foreign ships and 214 times by foreign airplanes in 2010, according to the State Oceanic Administration, the Beijing Times reported Tuesday.