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BEIJING - A new high-speed rail service intended to boost development in one of China's major economic zones opened to passengers Thursday. The new service, with trains running at up to 350 km an hour, will more than halve the traveling time between Shanghai and Nanjing, capital ...
A trade fair is expected to lure hundreds of Chinese enterprises to explore business potential in the US in late October. The fair, sponsored by the US-China Business & Culture Association, will be held between Oct 28 and Nov 5 in San Francisco, Calif. The Chinese business ...
TOKYO Snapping up four Japanese luxury Seiko watches as if they were cheap chocolate souvenirs, a 36-year-old Chinese tourist plunks down $4,500 in cash at a glitzy store in downtown Tokyo. "One is for me, and the other is for my father. The rest are for my friends," says Li Jun, ...
BEIJING: China's economy is very likely to maintain steady and rapid growth in 2010, with more positive factors than last year boosting the economy, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, said Wednesday. But the nation's economy still faces a complex domestic ...
BEIJING - The impact of China's tightening measures on the property market looms large, with investors and economists increasingly apprehensive about an economic slowdown in the second half of this year. Though the government's tightening policies have been successful in keeping ...
China's government said the world's third-biggest economy is heading in the right direction and business people and economists expect "relatively fast" growth to continue. Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation will "further cement and develop the positive economic trend," in a ...
BEIJING - China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday it would boost web retail sales in the next five years through better regulation of online sales.To increase the share of web retail sales in China's total retail industry to five percent by 2015 from some two percent at ...
SHANTOU, Guangdong - One of the first cities opened up to the outside world when China launched its major reform 30 years ago was Shantou. With more than 5.6 million residents, this coastal city in Guangdong province relies heavily on the many toy factories based in Chenghai ...
China, the world's second-biggest energy user, plans to develop 13 solar power projects in the western region as part of a government aim to cut emissions and boost energy investment in the area. The government is tendering for bids to develop the projects in six provinces, which ...
The recent heatwave has brought Beijing's food sellers a mixture of joy and sorrow. While fruit sellers at traditional markets have seen customers dry up to a trickle, Western-style supermarkets have been happily welcoming hordes of eager shoppers. A female trader at one ...
China, the world's second-biggest energy consumer, plans to impose a new tax on the extraction of coal, oil and gas in the country's western areas as part of a push to develop the region's economy. The country will change the resources tax in the region to a price-based rather ...
An intellectual property agreement signed in Chongqing last Tuesday will uphold priority rights on both sides of the Tawain Straits in claims for first application dates on patents, trademarks and plant species. Chen Yunlin, president of the mainland's Association for Relations ...
BEIJING - Commercial property markets in both Beijing and Shanghai witnessed a strong rebound in the second quarter, driven by surging demand from the ongoing economic recovery, real estate service provider Jones Lang LaSalle said on Tuesday. Grade A office rental rates in ...
China has boosted its buying of Japanese government bonds this year, snapping up a net $6 billion of mostly short-term notes between January and April, double the record amount logged for all of 2005, Japanese finance ministry data showed on Tuesday. Market players say the ...
BEIJING: The managers of China's hoard of currency reserves defended their investment record on Tuesday, saying they had avoided big losses during the global crisis and voicing confidence they could achieve stable long-term returns. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange ...
BEIJING - China on Wednesday ruled out the "nuclear" option of dumping its vast holdings of US Treasury securities but called on Washington to be a responsible guardian of the dollar. In the third in a series of statements explaining its work to the Chinese public, the State ...
Dalian Commodity Exchange plans to introduce coke futures this year and is studying plans for coking coal contracts as consumption for the raw materials rises in China, the world's biggest steelmaker. "Due to a combination of factors, the price of coke and coking coal this year ...
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan Monday called foreign trade companies and relevant government agencies to keep a close eye on the international market and take measures to ensure steady growth of China's foreign trade. Wang made the remarks during his inspection tour in Beijing ...
Real estate prices may rise after merger of less well-off districts The real estate market in Beijing has been in the doldrums since April, when the most stringent economic policy in a decade, brought in to cool the overheated realty sector, was announced. Now, some realty ...
China's CPI growth in June, which is estimated by analysts as 3.2 to 3.3 percent over last year, may slow on a month-on-month basis due to the eased pressure of inflation. And a long-awaited rise in interest rates may come as late as the fourth quarter. Lu Zhengwei, veteran ...
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...