Beijing medical emergency team helps out in Lushan
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-10 07:35:26 -0700 | travel-news
On Friday, the 50-person team comprising medical workers from Beijing health departments finished the relief tasks and returned from Lushan county, where a magnitude-7 earthquake struck on April 20, killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than 11,000.
Major coal firms cut production as prices fall, stocks rise
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-09 20:39:30 -0700 | travel-news
Dai Bing, dire cto r of the coal industry information department at JYD Online Corp, a Beijing -based bulk commodity consultancy, said on Thursday that thermal coal stockpiles of production companies, trade rs and coal-fired power plants in the area...
US wags finger at China over 'campaign of cyber thefts'
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-08 11:29:32 -0700 | travel-news
The Chinese Government is behind a campaign of cyber espionage to extract America's industrial and military secrets, a Pentagon report has said, for the first time accusing Beijing publicly of being behind a hacking threat. As China seeks to upgrade...
China beefs up law to fight food safety scandals
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-03 03:15:14 -0700 | travel-news
China's top court has issued guidelines calling for harsher punishment for making and selling unsafe food products in the latest response to tainted food scandals that have angered the public. The Supreme People's Court said Friday that the guidelines will...
100m yuan added for relief materials in Beijing
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-26 21:35:29 -0700 | travel-news
43 ( chinadaily.com.cn) More than 100 million yuan ($16.22 million) will be added this year for the purchase of relief supplies to aid a total of 200,000 people in the event of an emergency in Beijing , Beijing Daily reports....
Unreal Footage After Beijing Car Crash Creates Rolling Fireball
Source: BusinessInsider
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-25 08:46:31 -0700 | travel-news
A car crash involving three vehicles on Linglong Road in Beijing suddenly escalated into a full-on fireball on Monday, eventually destroying four cars and injuring five people, Beijing Cream reports. Reports in Chinese media suggest that an Audi A5 was...
After Earthquake, Chinese Seek Out Private Charities for Their Donations
Source: Newyork Times
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-22 11:21:27 -0700 | travel-news
But in contrast to the pattern after a major quake in the same region five years ago, those eager to bolster relief efforts are looking to donate to private charity organizations, not to official groups that now have a reputation...
Senior Chinese, US military officers hold talks
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-22 17:07:38 -0700 | travel-news
Senior generals of China and the United States met in Beijing on Monday to discuss bilateral military relations and issues of common concern. "Your visit is an important event in the bilateral military exchange program. We place great importance in...
Education key to preventing food safety scandals
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-20 01:43:47 -0700 | travel-news
The Chinese government on Tuesday vowed to overhaul food safety standards and crack down on illegal food additives in its latest move to improve food safety. In a circular that sets major tasks for food safety in 2013, the State...
Chinese Navy's Blue Water Dreams
Source: Indian Express
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-18 00:11:10 -0700 | travel-news
That China is building a blue water navy capable of operating far from its shores has been known for a while to observers of the rapid military modernization in Asia. Beijing's biennial White Paper on defence issued this week simply...
China ready to offer humanitarian aid to Pakistan
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-17 06:15:50 -0700 | travel-news
China is ready to offer humanitarian aid to Pakistan for disaster relief purposes, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday. "The Chinese government expresses its condolences for those who died in the earthquake and extends its sympathy to the relatives...
Beijing military car violations drop 35%
Source: Chinadaily
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-16 03:20:07 -0700 | travel-news
Tightened measures to curb military vehicle misuses have reduced such violations markedly, said a senior Chinese People's Liberation Army officer on Tuesday. Since the launch of the new measures in late 2012, reports of military cars violating traffic regulations in...
China: US destabilizing Pacific by increasing presence
Source: Fox
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-16 02:01:48 -0700 | travel-news
In its latest account of national defense efforts, China said Tuesday that the United States is destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region by strengthening its military alliances and sending more ships, planes, and troops to the area. The U.S. policy known as...
China discloses how PLA troops are formed
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-15 20:33:35 -0700 | travel-news
A white paper issued Tuesday discloses, for the first time, how the army, navy, air force and the second artillery corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are formed. According to the white paper on "the diversified employment of China's...
Chinese navy intensifies blue water training
Source: China News
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-04-16 04:57:19 -0700 | travel-news
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is intensifying blue water training, according to a white paper issued Tuesday by the State Council Information Office. "The PLA navy is improving the training mode of task force formation in blue water,"...
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