Tibetan self-immolations having little effect, Dalai Lama says
Source: Reuters
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 07:52:01 -0700 | political-news
News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (R) responds with a traditional salutation known as a ''namaste'' as an Australian Aboriginal man approaches him during a media conference in Sydney June 13, 2013. Tibetans setting...
China detains journalist who covered labor abuse
Source: The Boston Globe
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:13:05 -0700 | political-news
Chinese state security officials have detained a journalist who recently disappeared after completing a documentary on labor camp abuses, the photographer's sister and close friend said Thursday. The detention of Beijing-based video and photojournalist Du Bin, 41, is likely related...
Nadal set to play at China Open
Source: China Peoples Daily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-12 20:05:57 -0700 | sports-news
Nadal set to play at China Open China Open organizers confirmed the newly crowned 2013 Roland Garros winner and 2005 China Open Champion Rafael Nadal at this year's tournament, making his first appearance in Beijing in four years...In less than...
Strong yuan hurts China in more ways than one
Source: Japan Times
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-12 08:29:23 -0700 | political-news
Little noticed during last weekend's milestone summit between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping was another landmark event: China's currency hit a record high, reaching almost 6 yuan to the dollar. In recent years, one of the few things Republicans and...
China launches next manned mission to Tiangong space lab
Posted by: arkar
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 10:50:08 -0700 | technology-news
China today launched its next manned mission aboard the Shenzhou-10 space capsule that is to rendezvous with the Tiangong space lab. Blasting off from Jiuquan base in Inner Mongolia at 17:38 local time, the Long March 2F rocket propelled three...
Beijing learns a soggy summer lesson
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-11 12:17:19 -0700 | green-news
Last July, Lyu Hong was driving his SUV in Beijing when the heavens well and truly opened. He was stranded in his vehicle on the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway as the heaviest rain in 60 years poured down on the Chinese...
China sends three astronauts into Space from Jiuquan Satellite Center in Gobi desert
Posted by: prabirghose
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 10:50:08 -0700 | technology-news
The Shenzhou 10 capsule with three Chinese astronauts on board was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert. It was the 5th manned mission of China and it hopes to join the special league of the...
China set for landmark, manned space mission
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 10:50:08 -0700 | technology-news
China is set to launch a spaceship carrying three astronauts to an experimental orbiting space unit in a landmark, longest crewed mission. It is for the fifth time that China is sending crewed mission into space. It marks the country’s...
Beijing hosts garden expo
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-10 20:01:42 -0700 | political-news
The expo will showcase garden styles from 69 Chinese cities and 37 cities from 29 countries. The expo site, which covers an area of 513 hectares, comprises 128 exhibition parks, and is also the largest park in Beijing. The expo,...
Censorship lawsuit against Baidu and China gets new life in U.S.
Source: Reuters
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-10 10:00:01 -0700 | technology-news
Topics An employee walks past the Baidu company signage outside its headquarters in Beijing, July 26, 2011. A U.S. judge has given a lawsuit by pro-democracy activists against Baidu Inc and the People's Republic of China new life, even after...
The Chinese company is involved in the struggle for the land of the Arctic shelf
Posted by: NaveedAhmed72
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-10 08:49:33 -0700 | political-news
China National Corporation for offshore oil extraction ( CNOOC), in partnership with the Icelandic group Eykon Energy participates in the tender for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the north coast of Iceland. This is the Financial Times reported,...
34 Chinese officials punished for their connection with a fatal mine accident
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-10 00:26:14 -0700 | disasters-news
Thirty-four officials from the cities of Luzhou and Leshan in southwest China's Sichuan province, were punished for their connection with a fatal mine accident and other illegal operation, announced local authorities said Sunday. A total of 29 officials were punished...
Ex Minister of Railways of China Beijing appears before court
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:55:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Former Chinese Minister of Railways, Liu Zhijun, who is accused of taking bribes and abuse of power, appeared in court Sunday in Beijing. According to the prosecution of the Second Instance of Beijing People's Procuratorate, Liu used his position to...
China PV Power System Industry New Research Study Available at ReportsnReports.com
Posted by: ReportsnReports
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-09 23:08:58 -0700 | business-news
ReportsnReports.com adds "2013 Deep Research Report on China PV Power System Industry " new market research report to its store. This is a professional and depth research report on China PV Power System Industry. Firstly the report describes the background...
China bus blaze blamed on 'suicidal' man
Posted by: danishw027
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-06-12 16:40:33 -0700 | disasters-news
People who commit suicide began firing on a bus in China that killed 47 people, state media said on Saturday that the disaster came just days after 120 people died in a fire at a poultry plant. The bus caught...
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