China-Pakistan railway link has been initiated after Chinese officials were asked to carry out research to identify a location for railway connectivity between Pakistan and China. Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif had announced in June that they would like to build new road and rail links to Kashgar in China and establish a Sino-Pakistan economic corridor. The Dawn reports that people were ...
Chinas nuke plant opening cancelled amid protests over health hazards
A nuclear power facility opening in China has been cancelled in response to the opposition by a majority of residents. A planned facility to process nuclear fuel in Jiangmen of Guangdong province with an investment of up to 37 billion yuan was the first industrial park planned in South China for nuclear fuel production. The Chinadaily.com reports that the 229-hectare Longwan Industrial Park ...
Chinese firm to build pilot training centre in Singapore
A private Chinese company, the Sichuan Haite High-Tech Co. Ltd., will invest 95.3 million Singapore dollars to set up an aviation training centre in the country. The Haite High-tech Singapore Aviation Training Center is expected to be operational by early 2015, making it the largest pilot training centre in Singapore, Xinhua reported. The company said that prospects for the aviation training ...
Toll in China landslide rises to 43
The death toll in a landslide that occurred earlier this week in southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 43, authorities said. The landslide occurred Wednesday in Sanxi village, Xinhua reported. Officials said 10 bodies have been identified, while 118 people were still missing. Most of them were tourists. "So far, no sign of life has been detected at the scene," said Ma Kun, head of ...
Typhoon Soulik kills two in Taiwan
Typhoon Soulik has left two people dead, one missing and 104 others injured since it hit the northern part of Taiwan Saturday, authorities said. The island's disaster emergency centre said one victim was a police officer who was hit on the head by a falling brick and died after hospital treatment failed, Xinhua reported. The other was a 54-year-old woman who fell from the top floor of a ...
Coca-Cola in overdrive to lure Chinese youngsters with targeted marketing campaigns
Coca-Cola Co has launched a series of marketing campaigns to meet the demand of the younger Chinese generations. Last month, the world's largest beverage company had introduced 'nickname bottles', a set of eye-catching bottles with innovative labels. According to China Daily, the nickname bottles bear the marks of the social media generations. The first batch of bottle designs pick ups on ...
Beach soccer Late show from China snatches title from UAE
The UAE's campaign at the Asian Beach Soccer Cup ended in finals heartbreak on Sunday as they lost to hosts China on penalties after earlier conceding a last-gasp equaliser in Haiyang. Kamali Ali saw his spot kick in the shoot-out saved to give China the title after the sides had finished 2-2 after extra time. This had come after the Chinese had equalised with 17 seconds left of regulation ...
Opinion MPs shopping trip to China is height of folly
China trip is not necessary, he is helpless to stop the MPs, who are bent on spending the public money willy-nilly and have refused to listen to good advice even from their own ...
Typhoon kills 3 forces evacuation of 500k in China
Chinese paramilitary policemen evacuate fishing communities as Typhoon Soulik approaches Rui?an city in east China?s Zhejiang province on Friday, July 12, 2013. Eastern China was battered Sunday by strong winds and torrential downpours from Soulik, which left three people dead and forced half a million people to evacuate their homes. AP PHOTO BEIJING--Eastern China was battered ...
A court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions sparking anger online.
A court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online. Businessman Zeng Chengjie was executed on Friday after being sentenced in 2011 for fraud and illegal fund-raising involving 3.4 billion yuan (HK$4.29 billion), the Beijing Times said. His daughter complained on Sina Weibo that the court in Changsha did not tell the family ...
Eastern China braced itself for torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik which forced the evacuation of half a million people after killing two in Taiwan.
Eastern China braced itself for torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik, which forced the evacuation of half a million people after killing two in Taiwan.Soulik lashed coastal Fujian province with winds of 118 kilometers per hour when it made landfall but had weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland, the China Meteorological Administration said.More than half a million people were ...
Taiwans space programme offers tsunami satellite images to aid relief
Taiwan's national space programme offered Wednesday its satellite images of the damage caused by powerful tsunamis that ravaged Asia at the weekend to affected countries and aid groups for free.The National Space Programme Office (NSPO) normally charges 3,000 euros (4,080 dollars) for each photograph covering an area of 600 square kilometres (240 square miles), the office said.The images ...
Shanghai China To Extend Visa-Free Stays To 72 Hours
From January 1, 2013, Shanghai extends visa-free stays to 72 hours for passengers from 45 countries. The 45 countries covered by the 72-hour visa-free policy are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, ...
Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China
Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...
Italy edges China 10-9 to get quarterfinal berth at FINA worlds
A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully comeback, which being held off by Italy at the crunch time in the final period. In Group B, Canada trounced New Zealand 11-4 to claim first after taking all three matches. Australia was second with 4 ...
China snatches 18 swimming golds to spearhead Military World Games
Chinese swimmers maintained their momentum in swimming at the Military World Games on Wednesday, grabbing four more gold medals and obtaining 18 in total out of 36 available in the pool. After four days' competition at the Military World Games, which is set to close on July 24, Chinese military athletes altogether collected 18 golds from swimming and piled up 22 gold, leading the medals ...
Six Chinese sailors to attend Clipper Round World sailing race
Six Chinese amateur sailors will embark on the yacht named Qingdao to attend the 2011-2012 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, local sports administration said Wednesday. The six sailors, who are manager, journalist, college student and private entrepreneurs, took training for several months in Qingdao city and two-week training in England, said Lin Zhiwei, head of local sports general ...
British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
Chinese paddlers head for another Olympic sweep with sweet trouble
Counting down a whole year for the 2012 London Olympic Games, the all-time leading Chinese table tennis team gives a priority to who to be sent rather than how to repeat a clean sweep. In the six previous Olympic Games which had table tennis competition since 1988, China have collected all four medals in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008. And just like what they did before last Games on ...
Chinese swimmers expect breakthrough at London Games
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese swimmers have claimed obvious improvement and aim to make breakthroughs at the 2012 London Olympic Games. China won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals three years ago at the Beijing Games, and they moved up to take four golds and two silvers at the 2009 Rome world championships. The Chinese team are taking part in the 14th FINA World ...
Chinese divers dont dream of gold sweep in London
Chinese divers are happy with 16 full Olympic berths from the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships here in Shanghai, but they never dream of a clean gold sweep in London, team manager Zhou Jihong said here on Wednesday. Chinese divers swept a record of 10 golds medals on offer from the worlds, opening a new era in the diving history during the eight-day diving competition from July. 16-24. ...
Last-four berths fixed China finish 15th
The men's water polo last-four berths were produced while hosts China finished 15th here on Tuesday evening at FINA World Championships. Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and Italy will vie for the final tickets on Wednesday. Hosts China greeted their first win at FINA worlds by beating South Africa 9-4 to take the 15th place among all the 16 participants. Tying on 7-7 after three periods, Beijing ...
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