Top Stories

  • Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India

    NEW DELHI, May 21 - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. "As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit, the Chinese side is willing to provide... Read more

  • Bird flu costs China industry $65bn: state media

    BEIJING, May 20 - China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state media on Monday. The sector has been losing an average of one... Read more

  • Russian church in China has first service in 51 years

    SHANGHAI, May 15 - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church held a service in a historic Shanghai church on Wednesday, its first in more than half a century, as worshippers said they hoped the building would be returned to them. Patriarch Kirill, visiting China for the first... Read more

  • China social media hailed after official toppled

    BEIJING, May 13 - Chinese state media hailed the power of the Internet Monday after a probe was launched into a top state planner following an online expose, making him the most senior official toppled by social media. Liu Tienan, deputy director of the National Development... Read more

  • China marks anniversary of killer Sichuan quake

    BEIJING, May 12 - China Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake which killed more than 80,000 but some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed. The 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the southwestern... Read more

Other Stories

Read Archive