• Over 8000 held for food crimes in China

  More than 8,200 people have been arrested in China since a crackdown on food safety crimes was launched in January, authorities said Wednesday. The ministry of public security said police uncovered more than 4,500 cases involving food safety offences and closed about 6,300 workshops and markets that produced or sold illegal food products. Police confiscated more than 150,000 illegal products, ...

• Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August

  The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...

• Sex tape official stands trial in China

  The trial of a former official embroiled in a sex tape scandal opened Wednesday in a court in southwest China's Chongqing city. The Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court will hear the case of Lei Zhengfu, former secretary of Chongqing's Beibei district committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Lei, who also stands accused of accepting bribes, was dismissed from his post and placed ...

• Chinese official executed for raping 11 girls

  An official in central China's Henan province was executed Tuesday for raping 11 girls, sources said Wednesday. Li Xingong, former deputy secretary general of the Yongcheng city committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was arrested in May 2012 on charges of raping several girls starting from the second half of 2011, reported Xinhua. The Shangqiu City Intermediate People's Court later ...

• Beckham travels to China

  Retired soccer champ David Beckham is in China to build enthusiasm for the game in the world's most populous country, where fans are pretty discouraged at the moment over the poor performance of their national team. The former England international, who became a goodwill ambassador for Chinese soccer earlier this year, arrived in Beijing Monday, two days after China's national squad suffered a ...

• Li Na enters second round at Eastbourne

  Second seed Li Na of China defeated French woman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Aegon International here. Li, French Open champion two years ago but beaten in the second round at Roland Garros earlier this month, will next take on former champion Marion Bartoli of France, reports Xinhua. Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki, the former World No.1, led Tamira Paszek 6-2, 2-2 ...

• China jails 11 for extremist crimes in Muslim west

  BEIJING -- China says it has sentenced 11 people for inciting religious extremism and related crimes in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang.The sentences handed down Wednesday come shortly before the July 5 anniversary of the bloodiest recent ethnic rioting in the region four years ago.The Justice Ministry's official newspaper Legal Daily said Thursday that Aihetaimu Heli was given ...

• Putin to meet with Dutch premier deputy Chinese premier on sidelines of Petersburg economic forum

  MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the Petersburg International Economic Forum. On Thursday afternoon, he will hold talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who will stay as an honorary guest of the forum, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. The president then plans a brief meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli. Putin will attend the ...

• Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong on June 19

  The gold price in Hong Kong moved down 100 HK dollars to close at 12,750 HK dollars per tael on Wednesday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society.The price is equivalent to 1,379.20 US dollars a troy ounce, down 10.82 US dollars at the latest exchange rate of 1 US dollar against 7.76 HK ...

• China Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report

  US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. The United States on Wednesday downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...

• Hong Kong warns of vitamin C knock-off

  Hong Kong health authorities have issued a warning that a popular medicine on the mainland may contain ingredients that do not match what is listed on the bottle. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Hong Kong Department of Health said it suspects the product may have caused a woman to suffer a breakdown of muscle fibers. According to the department, the suspicious product's label shows ...

• Chinese woman killed in robbery in S Africa

  /enpproperty--> Two suspects were arrested on Tuesdayfor allegedly killing and robbing a Chinese female national in Kokstad, South Africa, according to Xinhua. The 24-year-old Chinese shopkeeper was robbed and stabbed bythree men while she was at work in Ibisi, Kokstad on June 17. The men fled with a computer monitor, cigarettes and airplane vouchers. After a two-day manhunt by police, ...

• Daimler creates China sales unit at Stuttgart HQ

  German automobile giant Daimler AG, which owns the Mercedes-Benz car brand, has established a special sales unit in its Stuttgart headquarters dedicated to growing vehicle sales in China, amid a slowdown in China's luxury car ...

• Shanghai GM to build Cadillac plant in China

  Shanghai General Motors Co. will build a Cadillac plant and a pan-Asia technical automotive center in Shanghai, sources with the company said at a groundbreaking ceremony held for the plant on ...

• Egg carving handicrafts made by Chinese villager

  Photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows egg carving handicrafts made by Pu Derong, a man from Dongzhuangtou Village in Zhuozhou City, north China's Hebei Province. Pu, who started egg carving in 1995, have won several awards in various contests and exhibitions. (Xinhua/Wang ...

• Alpine azalea flowers seen near Segrila Mountain in Nyingchi Chinas Tibet

  Photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows alpine azalea flowers near the Segrila Mountain in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Alpine azalea flowers grown at an altitude between 2,500 meters and 4,000 meters have been in full bloom recently. (Xinhua/Wen ...

• Negative Chinese manufacturing data rattles markets hurts Australian dollar

  China A slide in a key Chinese manufacturing index has dented the Australian share market and local currency, by fuelling concerns that Australia's biggest export market is slowing.HSBC's monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for manufacturing fell from 49.2 in May to 48.3 in June, which is a nine-month low.Output also dropped, from 50.7 to 48.8 last month, which is an eight-month ...

• Polluting to death China introduces execution for environmental offenders

  Politics China has introduced "harsher punishments" for breaking the nation's environmental protection laws: reckless violators of pollution standards in the world's biggest and fastest-growing economy now face execution. A new judicial interpretation taking effect on Wednesday has tightened Chinese "lax and superficial" enforcement of environmental protection ...

• $A dives after Fed comments Chinese data

  The Australian dollar has fallen to a two-and-a-half-year low after the US central bank said it could soon start scaling back its economic stimulus and following weak Chinese manufacturing data. At 1200 AEST on Thursday, the local unit was trading at 92.62 US cents, down from 94.92 cents on Wednesday. Early on Thursday morning, AEST, US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that if the ...

• Economic Report China factory activity slowing further in June

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- China's manufacturing sector was slowing further in June, according to HSBC's preliminary results from its monthly survey, released ...

• REPEAT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI Fed policy plan

  Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:03pm EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 2.8 pct to 9-month low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" PMI hit 9-month lows * Asian credit market spreads widen 23 points By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian shares tumbled to nine-month lows on Thursday as slowing Chinese manufacturing activity exacerbated sentiment already ...

• Chinese Character Goat Sheep

  In Chinese, the same character ? (yng) is used to refer to both the sheep and the goat. The character is a pictogram that depicts the head of the animal, with its two horns at the top as a dominant feature. The horizontal stroke below the horns depicts the ears, while the rest of the character represents the face. In traditional Chinese culture, ? (yng) is considered a symbol of auspiciousness, ...

• China The Dark Side of Growth

  Emerging from the ranks of one of the world's poorest nations to second only to the United States, China is destined for a place in history books. But history may also record the heavy price paid by Chinese people and will continue to pay for years to come. China's steady rise against the backdrop of a sluggish global economy has emboldened Chinese leaders to claim firm confidence in ...

• Chinese Idiom A Wild Goose Carries a Message From Afar

  A Canada goose flies under a clear blue sky. In traditional Chinese culture, the wild goose symbolizes a letter or an exchange of correspondence due to its use by the ancient Chinese to carry messages over long distances. (Janet ...

• Chinese students wait for class from space

  About 330 primary and middle school students at a Beijing high school are eagerly waiting for their teacher to begin a class from the space on Thursday morning.The special lecture will begin in a few minutes, given by female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, through a live video feed system.The students are gathering at the High School Affiliated to ...

• Chinas largest search-and-rescue ship to visit Sydney

  China's largest search and rescue vessel will visit Australia this week on its first international voyage.The MV Haixun 01 will arrive at Sydney's Garden Island port on Saturday, where it will remain till June 28.The ship will then head north to Australia's tropical paradise Cairns, which it will call home for four days during the Asia- Pacific Heads of Maritime Safety Agencies ...

• Sovereignty of countries should be respected in using resources China

  A Chinese diplomat on Wednesday said that all countries have indisputable sovereignty over the resources within their territory, stressing the importance of the relationship between natural resources and prevention of conflicts.Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks at a Security Council meeting on conflict prevention and natural ...

• Chinese vice premier in Russia to strengthen ties energy cooperation

  Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli arrived here Wednesday to strengthen ties and energy cooperation with Russia, aiming to give a new impetus to the unprecedented high level of relations between the two neighboring giants.Zhang's visit, a swift follow-up to the successful summit in Moscow between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in March, is designed to ...

• Chinese FM says Xi-Obama summit very successful

  The first summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Barack Obama, in California earlier this month was very successful, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.Xi and Obama agreed to build a new model of major-power relations based on mutual respect, cooperation and all-win results, Wang told US Secretary of State John Kerry in a telephone conversation.The ...

• Speeding blamed for Taiwan road accident

  Speeding caused a road accident that occurred around 2 pm Wednesday in Taiwan, leading to one local tour guide killed and seven mainland visitors injured, said local road authorities.The excessive speed caused the bus skid and hit side slope after veering off the road in southwestern Taiwan's Chiayi County. The event date recorder on the bus revealed that the speed at the time of the ...

• Xi China Vietnam should follow path of friendly cooperation

  Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang wave during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged China and Vietnam to "unswervingly march together along the path of friendly cooperation" despite distractions.Xi made the comments during his three-hour-long talks with ...

• Chinas interbank rates swing back to high level

  Borrowing costs between Chinese banks soared Wednesday after a brief retreat from high levels, suggesting the market remains concerned of a liquidity shortage.Shanghai Interbank Offered Rate (SHIBOR) overnight rate surged 216.9 base points to 7.66 percent, reversing from downwards in the last two days. The SHIBOR overnight rate hit a record high at 9.58 percent last week before plunging to 4.81 ...

• Australian entrepreneurs eager to benefit from Chinas booming demand

  Around 100 Australian entrepreneurs gathered in Melbourne Wednesday to find out how to seize the golden opportunities emerging from China's booming economy and demand, especially during Beijing's 12th five-year plan.The Australia-China Business Week forum, also attended by officials from the Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne and government of the Victoria State, as well as some ...

• Beckham meets fans in Shanghai

  Fans wait for David Beckham outside Shanghai Shenxin Football Club, in Shanghai east China, June 19, 2013. David Beckham is on a seven-day visit to China as the ambassador for the Football Programme in China and China's Super League. (Xinhua/Fan ...

• Chinese astronaut to deliver first space lecture

  A special lecture will begin at about 10:00 a.m. Beijing time Thursday morning, given by a teacher aboard China's space module Tiangong-1 to students on Earth.Female astronaut Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft, will give the lecture to about 330 primary and middle school students in Beijing, through a live video feed system.More than 60 million students ...

• Liquidity crunch to plague China

  BEIJING - The recent interest rate increases in China's inter-bank market have raised concerns over a liquidity crunch, but experts have viewed it in the context of weak economic recovery and argued that liquidity is ...

• Most costly takeover boosts Chinas dairy restructuring

  Yashili milk formula products at an expo in Beijing in July. Yashili was ranked eighth in China's milk formula market and had a growth rate of 35.8 percent last year. [Photo / Provided to China ...

• A classical Chinese garden adorns Washington DC

  A classical Chinese garden will be installed at the US National Arboretum in Washington DC, in a joint collaboration between China and the United States. Featuring a series of open pavilions, a pond and traditional Chinese buildings with Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) style furnishings, the garden will showcase Chinese flora and landscaping, and will be open to the public. "Our ...

• Fishing boat capsizes off Taiwan 6 rescued

  /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - Six crew members have been rescued after their fishing boat capsized off the coast in northern Taiwan's Keelung city on Wednesday, according to local cost guard authorities. The accident happened after the Yilan-registered ...

• 1 dead 8 injured in Taiwan road accident

  /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - One person died and eight others were injured in a road accident that occurred Wednesday in central Taiwan's Alishan Scenic Area, a local travel agency said. A bus fell off a roadside mountain slope at 2 pm, killing a tour guide and injuring eight tourists from the Chinese mainland, the agency said. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, according to the ...

• Coming soon Chinas first space lecture

  Wang Yaping, the female crew member among three ';taikonauts,'; will broadcast a lecture to students throughout China about physics from a space ...

• Netizens divided over China dog meat festival

  An animal rights group has failed to stop a festival in southern China dedicated to dog meat, which has garnered much media attention and divided China's internet community in recent ...

• Philippines mending ties with Taiwan

  After the outburst of public anger, amplified by official outrage orchestrated by an unpopular government, Taiwan is sounding less bellicose these days. Perhaps President Ma Ying-Jeou and his advisers think they have forced the Philippines into a corner. They would be wrong. After the shooting death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-chen on May 9, in Philippine waters, it was incumbent on the ...

• China maintains cautious monetary stance

  The Chinese central government said on Wednesday it will continue its prudent monetary stance while the world's second-largest economy slows down, with the market seeing its worst cash crunch in at least seven years. In a statement after a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council, China's cabinet, said the economy is generally stable. The prudent monetary stance ...

• Chinese army police face Xi’s broom

  People's Liberation Army and armed police has come under pressure in China to curb extravagant lifestyles and corrupt practices of some officers following a diktat issued by the country's ...

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