- The 2007-2012 Outlook for Whole and Parts of Turkeys in Greater China
The concept of latent demand is rather subtle. The term latent typically refers to something that is dormant, not observable, or not yet realized. Demand is the notion of an economic quantity that a target population or market requires under different assumptions of price, quality, and distribution, among other factors. - China reports surge in deaths from rabies
China reported a near 30 per cent surge in deaths from the deadly rabies during the first eight months of this year. - China leads next generation Internet development
China successfully built the core network of its next generation Internet, leading the world in developing a larger, faster and safer Internet that is to dominate the future. - Golden floor in northeast China hotel sparks debate
The use of 270 kg of gold bullion as a floor inlay has turned newly inaugurated hotel in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, into the centre of a debate. - Gas combustion kills two, injures 27 in China colliery
Two miners were killed and 27 others injured in a gas combustion accident in a coal mine in southwest China, taking the toll in the mishaps in the country's collieries this year to 2,900, the state media reported today. - Vegetable cellar collapse leaves 7 dead, 4 injured in China
At least seven farmers were killed and four others injured at a construction site in the suburbs of Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, officials said today. - China needs to import 4.51 mn tonnes of cotton to meet demand
China, the world's textile giant, will need to import 4.51 million tonnes of cotton this year as the demand for cotton is expected to reach 10.6 million tonnes while output is estimated at only six million tonnes, an official said. - Chinese scientists all set for expedition to uninhabited zone
Chinese scientists will carry out a research expedition to China's largest uninhabited region in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau next month to know its influence on climate in the country and the world. - China asks new Japanese PM-designate to atone for past
China today hoped that Japanese Prime Minister-designate Shinzo Abe will help improve bilateral ties by demonstrating through actions Tokyo's contrition for its militaristic past. - China commemorate anniversary of Japanese invasion
Sirens wailed in over 100 Chinese cities today as the nation stopped to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the start of the Japanese invasion. - China's R&D up by whopping 24.6 percent
China spent 245 billion yuan ($30.6 billion) on scientific research and development (R&D) in 2005, a whopping 24.6 percent increase over 2004, a government report said. - China, US extend pact on energy cooperation
China and the US Thursday extended their energy security and environmental protection agreements for a further period of five years. - Chinese army ends exercise involving long-range manoeuvers
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) concluded its first military exercise involving long-range manoeuvers Thursday with a "combat" exercise deep in China's inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. - China condemns United States for granting Congress Gold Medal to Dalai
China today vowed to maintain its sovereignty over Tibet and accused the United States of undermining bilateral ties by honouring the exiled Dalai Lama with the highest civilian honour which sent a "very serious wrong signal" to the Tibetian independence forces. - China: 5 peddlers sentenced to death in Heroin smuggling case
A Chinese court has sentenced to death five drug dealers, two with a two-year reprieve and 11 others to varying jail terms in the country's largest known heroin smuggling case. - China launches telecom satellite
China today launched a state-of-the-art telecommunications satellite to further boost the nation's communications facilities ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - China welcomes rejection of Taiwan's bid for United Nation's entry
China today welcomed United Nation's 13th consecutive rejection of Taiwan's bid to squeeze into the world body and urged Taipei to stop all "secessionist activities" to split the motherland. - China lifts restrictions on travel to Tibet
Travel to Tibet will be eased on Oct 1 when the Chinese government will no longer require foreign tourists to have special permits to enter the highest region on Earth, according to Wu Jilie, vice-chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional government. - 'Foreign media laws not to affect Olympics reporting'
New measures concerning the release of news in China by foreign news agencies will not affect reporting during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. - China questions nomination of 'secessionist' for Nobel Prize
China today strongly questioned the intentions of those who nominated "secessionist" Rebiya Kadeer for the coveted Nobel Peace Prize after a court in the Communist nation sentenced her for leaking state secrets and endangering national security. - China drafting new laws to liberalise organ transfers
China is drafting new laws that will make it easier for people to donate their organs to cut down on the long transplant waiting list. - Moderate quake jolts northwest China
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted a county in northwest China today, but there was no immediate report of any casualty. - Seven dead at a construction site accident in northeast China
Seven workers died and another injured when a lift plunged 14 stories at a construction site in Mudanjiang city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, the state media reported today. - China to emulate India by increasing size of service sector
In a move to address the growing energy crunch, China has decided to emulate countries like India by altering its current industrial structure and increasing the size of its service sector. - China to face labour shortage due to ageing
China's economic boom, partly contributed by cheap and plentiful supply of labour, will face shortage of skilled workers and loose its comparative advantage in labour-intensive industries due to ageing population, an expert has warned. - China urged not to lift ban on trade in tiger products
Six international conservation organisations have urged China not to lift its 13-year-old ban on the trade in Tiger products in the face of pressure by some Tiger parks in the country. - Over 16 million people hit by drought in China
The water level in Yangtze River's middle and lower reaches has hit a record low as drought continues to plague over 16.5 million people in China. - United States tries to woo China against India, Brazil on WTO talks
In an apparent attempt to drive a wedge between key developing nations -- China, India and Brazil -- on the stalled Doha Round of trade talks, the United States today urged the Communist "trade powerhouse" to speak up for its own rising stake in the global economy. - 16 injured as aftershocks jolt quake-hit southwest China
At least 16 people were injured and some buildings destroyed after a powerful 4.7 magnitude aftershock jolted areas in southwest China that were hit by an earthquake on Friday. - China bans schools from making students' marks public
In a bid to ensure nine years of compulsory and free education for all Chinese children, the government has banned primary and junior middle schools from making public students' marks or ranking them accordingly. - China's per capita milk consumption one-fifth of world average
China's per capita milk consumption is only 21.7 litres or a fifth of the world average, resulting in slower growth of babies above one year old, the state media reported. - One third of China, victims of acid rain
A report presented to top Chinese legislators here, has said that a third of the country's population was affected by acid rain last year. - Chinese city bans paid hitchhiking to protect taxi operators
Authorities in China's Nanjing city have banned paid hitchhiking in a move to protect taxi operators. - Local residents to be resettled to protect Chinese fortresses
Some 500 residents living in an over 2,000-year-old fortress in Lixian County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, a tourist spot, will be resettled in new homes to protect the ancient structure, the local government has announced. - Residents warned against aftershocks in southwest China
Nearly 3.5 lakh residents in Yanjin County in southwest China's quake-prone Yunnan Province have been cautioned against strong aftershocks following Friday's tremor that left two persons dead, the state media reported today. - Stripteases performed at Chinese funerals
Farmers in east China are using strippers to attract large crowds to funerals, believed to bring honour and luck to the survivors of the deceased, local media report. - Quake claims two lives in southwest China
At least two persons were killed, another person injured and several houses damaged when an earthquake measuring 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted southwest China's mountainous Yunnan Province, the local government said today. - China's cotton demand to fuel record world trade
Global cotton exports may reach a record of 9.45 million metric tons in the year ending June 2007 as China is forced to rely more on imports to meet growing consumption, which accounted for 42 per cent of world demand last year, Rabobank Groep said. - China to repair former residence of last emperor
China has begun restoration of the garden home in the northern municipality of Tianjin where China's last emperor Aisin Giorro Pu Yi lived following his abdication of power. - China revises law to ban teachers from insulting students
China is revising its law on the protection of minors to ban teachers from insulting and physically punishing their students, as a recent survey shows that Chinese teachers often humiliate their pupils. - Women in China trying to avoid pain of childbirth
Growing number of pregnant women in China, especially those from single-child families, are trying to avoid the pain of childbirth because of excessive anxiety and fear, experts said here. - China claims it ruled oil-rich Xinjiang 1000 years ago
China today claimed to have discovered new material evidence that the remote oil-rich region of Xinjiang was ruled by Chinese rulers more than 1,000 years ago during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). - Week-old panda cub greets world on blog
A week-old panda cub in China has become more privileged than most new born children after receiving a special birthday gift - its own blog. - Drought-hit China faces drinking water shortage
Hot weather and a severe drought have left millions of people short of drinking water and millions of hectares of cropland damaged in China. - China sacks 34 policemen for misconduct
China has sacked 34 police officials in the first six months of the year for seriously violating the "Five Bans," including misuse of firearms, drinking while on duty and gambling. - Death toll from typhoon rises to 330 in China
The death toll in China from Typhoon Saomai has risen to 330 after the discovery of six more bodies in Fuding city of Fujian province. - Clinical trials show Chinese AIDS vaccine is safe
China today claimed to have successfully developed the nation's first AIDS vaccine which the government claimed was "safe and possibly effective" in combating the disease that is spreading fast in the country. - Death toll from typhoon Saomai rises to 330 in China
The death toll from typhoon Saomai, the most powerful system to hit China in five decades, has risen to at least 330 after the discovery of six more bodies in Fuding city, the worst hit in the south-eastern coastal province of Fujian. - China's first petroleum exchange starts operation in Shanghai
Shanghai Petroleum Exchange, China's first bourse for the spot transaction of oil products, formally opened for business today in the communist giant's eastern metropolis. - Over-fed fish dies of obesity in aquarium in south China
Grossly ovrweight, a 150-kg and 1.6-metre-long groper, has died at an aquarium in Beihai, a coastal city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. - Ancient Chinese brothel sparks debate
A crumbling 300-year-old brothel in central china's Hunan Province has created a public controversy with some netizens calling for its demolition while officials support its restoration. - Chinese graduates find studies useless
Chinese university graduates feel unprepared for the job market, with half of them saying they learned nothing practical and over a third calling college a waste of time. - Chinese brands unknown outside China
Businessmen outside China know the names of many Chinese companies but most don't recall the names of the brands they produce, says a new survey. - A restaurant in China that is themed on a toilet!
While even the thought of eating in the loo is enough to make people shudder with disgust, a new restaurant themed on toilet utilities that opened in Shenzhen, China recently has won the favour of some novelty-seeking consumers. - China to expand super tanker to ensure oil supply security
China, the world's second largest oil consumer, plans to have a 75-million tonne capacity super tanker oil fleet by 2010 to ensure the security of its oil supplies, the state media reported today. - China postpones hunting license auction
China today postponed its plan to auction the country's first ever licences to hunt yaks and other non-endangered wild animals following a public outcry against the move. - China promotes girls to avoid bachelor glut
China's gender imbalance is so serious that millions of men will not be able to find wives in a decade from now. - China to sell electricity generation assets for the first time
China plans to sell off electricity generation assets valued at more than 10 billion yuan (USD 1.25 billion) for the first time to private and foreign firms as part of an ambitions reform plan of the power sector. - China's customs cracks down 1,076 IPR infringement cases
China prosecuted 1,076 cases of intellectual property rights infringement and seized 39 million fake products in the first half of the year. - China confirms world's first human case of bird flu in 2003
China today acknowledged having the world's first human case of the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu in November 2003. - China holds memorial ceremony for Genghis Khan
China has held an elaborate ceremony for Genghis Khan, the legendary Mongolian warrior and conqueror to honour his sacred emblem and weapon, the Sulede. - China's heaviest giant panda cub born
The heaviest giant panda cub in the history of China's artificial reproduction programme was born in southwest region of the country, the state media reported today. - China promises a 'non-smoking' Olympics
China, with about a third of the world's smoking population, has vowed to put up a "non-smoking" Olympic Games. - Pak Navy to get first of four Chinese frigates by 2008
Pakistan would get first of the four naval frigates it planned to buy from China by 2008 and the rest by 2013, Chief of the Pakistan Navy, Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said. - New regulations for foreign insurers in China
Foreign insurers must have been operating for no less than 20 years in order to gain access to the Chinese market, according to the management regulations on the China Representative Office for Foreign Insurance Organisations. - Dialects in China facing extinction
There are about 100 dialects in China but half of them are used by a smaller population, and some are at the brink of extinction, according to a report by a language panel. - Mine accident kills eight in northwest China
Eight persons were suffocated to death in a lead-zinc mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the local government said today. - China has 23.65 million people under poverty line
China, which has reduced the size of poverty-stricken people from 250 million to 23.65 million by last year, still faces an "arduous" task in banishing poverty in the next five years, a senior official said. - US-India deal should abide by non-proliferation rules
With the India-US nuclear deal endorsed by the House of Representatives, China today said both countries should abide by the existing non-proliferation rules and contribute to the international community's efforts in this regard.
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