The price of pork normally would go down after the Lunar New Year celebrations, but it has already marked a 60-percent increase. It has been increasing since March and an analyst predicted that it may receive another increase in July.
Observers agree that the US-Philippines military drill is a way for the U.S. to imperil Beijing's ties with other countries. The 11-day exercise kicked off on April 4 and is participated by 8,000 U.S. and Filipino troops.
The Shanghai police department’s list of people that will be forever banned from driving included 36 names, which it publicly released. Their individual cases where not discussed, but the police said these 36 drivers caused the death of some.
Sex workers in France are calling on supporters to protest against a recent bill passed in Parliament. The bill which has caused a stir in the country will make it illegal to pay for sex in the future.
Social networking service Facebook (FB) has shut down pages of suspicious groups selling heavy duty weaponry online . Through findings in a report, it has been revealed that the site had unknowingly hosted online "arms bazaars" promoting military grade weapons to small arms.
Red tourism continues to thrive as more Chinese tourists spend vacations in Russia and the U.K. The local government has been investing millions of yuan in red tourism in the country for many years now.
In one of its first moves as the new owner of the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. removed the paywall on the newspaper’s online and mobile editions in a bid to generate more traffic.
Although the economic opportunities in China are growing, providing a variety of prospects for Chinese students returning to the country, returnees still face a number of challenges when it comes to job-hunting, according to an article by China Daily.
A drought has hit Ben Tre Province in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta, the worst one that has hit the region in recent years, according to an article by China Daily. China has responded to Vietnam's calls for aid, sending twice the amount of water discharged from the Jinghong Hydropower Station.
China’s Supreme Court is planning to put more teeth on punishment for certain drug-related offenses as they saw a significant rise in the number of people caught for such crimes.
China’s food safety authority clarified its earlier announcement that the counterfeit “Similac” milk powder is “safe” for consumption, adding that laboratory tests showed the knockoff version of the brand was generic infant formula.
China’s disputed islands along the South China Sea are now open for tourists as the country plans to develop the area to be more tourist-friendly.
Travel agencies in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning, specifically numbering at 52, were ordered to stop processing visa applications to South Korea beginning April 16. Korean authorities have yet to come up with a clear and specific reason behind the halt.
Officials at the University of California-Berkeley released investigative and disciplinary documents which revealed that 19 staff members violated the university's sexual misconduct policies. The numbers include six faculty members.
