In an effort to address its worsening air pollution problem, the city government of Beijing has released its newest policy that will not allow oil refineries, thermal power, steel and cement plants to be constructed in the city.
Li Na yesterday defeated 19-year old Canadian sensation Eugenia Bouchard 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the finals of the 2014 Australian Open where she will face surprise opponent Dominika Cibulkova who destroyed World No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2.
After paying seat prices for standing-room-only tickets, two passengers riding between Guangzhou and Shenzhen decided to sue the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway Corporation arguing that their rights had been violated under China’s Contract Law and the Consumer Protection Law.
Earlier this week violence escalated during protests In Ukraine's capital city, Kiev.
In a move to upgrade its fleet of coastal surveillance vessels and to extend its capacity to conduct patrols further out to sea, China plans on building the world's largest patrol ship.
China suffered a massive Internet outage yesterday that authorities say was the result of an error in the nation's top level domain name root servers (DNS). According to reports the error rendered unreachable half of the country's websites ending in .com for an hour.
American video game developer Blizzard Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Chinese mobile application and online game firm Unico Interactive for infringing its intellectual property rights in the upcoming free-to-play collectible card game "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft."
A new report from the American Academy of Sciences claims that smog, made in China, can actually drift across the Pacific and reach the western shores of the U.S. The report is a collaboration between The University of California and Beijing University, headed by Professor Lin Jin Tai, in conjunction with a small group of American researchers.
The number of rich Chinese who have emigrated overseas has risen to 64 percent, with one third of them owning personal assets of over 100 million yuan, according to a survey.
The Cambodian Senate inaugurated on Monday three new office buildings which were constructed under the $ 7.7 million grant-in-aid from China.
Premier Li Keqiang promised more policies to help startup businesses in an effort to promote innovation and help college graduates easily land jobs.
While Washington breathed a sigh of relief that the U.S. Congress was able to approve a US$ 1.1 trillion spending package last week, Beijing condemned the bill as being “against the principles of fair trade.”
Hong Kong, There are new developments for the abuse case of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, the Indonesian maid, who, upon returning home from Hong Kong was covered in bruises and welts. The brutalized employee finally reported her employer to Indonesian authorities. The employer has been taken into custody at the Hong Kong airport as she was preparing to leave the country. According to Hong Kong media, 44 year old Ms. Luo was detained Monday afternoon and is currently under police investigation.
China last Friday announced a regulation for freezing assets of terrorist groups in an attempt to cut off funds to support their terrorist activities. The regulation is part of China’s effort to combat terrorism.
Chinese Premier, Keqiang, listened to representatives from China’s science, education, culture, medicine and sports sectors as well as the public at large in a forum as he prepared the draft of a government work report.
