Navy does not want to be 'world police'
Zhang Deshun, former deputy chief of staff of the PLA navy, stated that the country harbors no ambitions to build military bases overseas, state media reported. Although the retired officer indicated >>more...
Chinese student fined $500 for airport breach
A Chinese graduate who provoked a US airport lock-down when he snuck through a security barrier to see his girlfriend has apologized for the trouble he caused, AP reported. Jiang Haisong, a >>more...
Support for Macau and Hong Kong
At the 11th annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Wen Jiabao stated: “We will support Macau in the development of its tourism industry and leisure and appropriate diversification of its economy.” >>more...
Foreign minister lashes out at US
China's foreign minister has once again laid the blame for a lull in Chinese-US relations on the Obama administration, and called for the US president to repair ties, the New York Times reported. >>more...
Three Shanghai Panda Dairy execs jailed for selling tainted milk
A Shanghai court has sentenced three dairy firm executives to prison terms of three and five years for their roles in the production and sale of melamine-tainted dairy products, state media reported. >>more...
Political advisors and climate change
China's top political adviser, Jia Qinglin, has urged political advisors to offer practical suggestions to the country's pressing task of coping with climate change. >>more...
PBoC deputy governor named special advisor to IMF head
Zhu Min, a deputy governor at the People's Bank of China (PBoC), has been named special advisor to International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Reuters reported. "[Zhu] will play an >>more...
MoE criticizes 'unfriendly intentions' of Oxfam
A statement by the Ministry of Education posted on the website of a Beijing university has sharply criticized non-governmental organization Oxfam Hong Kong for "seeking to infiltrate [China's] >>more...
Spring Festival fires kill 35, cause $4m worth of damage
The number of fatalities during the Spring Festival holiday was almost halved from last year at 35, state media reported citing the Ministry of Public Security. "No single accidental fire killed >>more...
Cross-Strait relations steadily improve
Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Wang Yi has said the year 2010 will be marked by the steady development of cross-Strait relations. >>more...
Pragmatism at risk
There is more to the recent squabbles between the US and China than simple economic interest >>more...
It's the money, not the missiles
A cross-strait free trade pact is vital to the KMT's hopes of winning over a disenchanted populace >>more...
How Shanghai is staying ahead
Whatever you may think of Shanghai, it is hard to deny that the city is years ahead of the rest of China in terms of how it treats its residents >>more...
Is China creating more paper tigers?
China's attempt to railroad foreign businesses out of the country and promote its domestic industries is unlikely to help it in the long run >>more...
US, China censorship row hots up
The war of words between the US and China has switched between the bold and the downright ridiculous in the week following Google's threat to pull out of the Chinese internet market.
The Obama >>more...
Early days for China's labor law
The news that workers in Suzhou had rioted this week over low pay and claims of poisoning was a stark reminder that while China’s export trade is recovering in the beginning of 2010, the same >>more...
Hong Kong to build world's most expensive railway
Hong Kong will be further linked to the mainland, but at what cost? >>more...
Workplace disasters cause 'justifiable fury'
November's Heilongjiang coal mine disaster makes China Daily's list of "angry moments of 2009," but anger won't stop more accidents from happening >>more...
Arresting fruit for the Expo
Shanghai's city management staff are sweeping the streets of vendors and other undesirables. Is this a tragedy or a comedy? >>more...
The great divide
Beijing wants migrant workers to have access to urban social services. But will local governments comply? >>more...
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