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China: US shouldn't pin its difficulties on yuan

2010-3-13

THE United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said yesterday. People's Bank of China Vice Governor...

Net regulator warns Google it must comply with Chinese law

CHINA'S top Internet regulator yesterday warned Google against flouting the country's laws, insisting that the company must obey laws or "pay the cons...

2 pulled from landslide, but only one survives

Developer to take control of ATV

Fanning good habits

At last, to the airport by Metro

PASSENGERS will be able to get to Hongqiao International Airport's new terminal via Metro Line 2 from Tuesday. But those with flights from the old ter...

All eyes on the girls at city exhibition

THERE was a rush for front row seats when the Seventh China International Adult Toys and Reproductive Health Exhibition opened at the Shanghai Interna...

Lover to pay after fall from 4th floor

A WOMAN who broke her back when she fell four floors trying to avoid her lover's wife is to get 270,000 yuan (US$39,551) in compensation from her love...

Bus travelers to be added to security list

We're not lovin' it

2 pulled from landslide, but only one survives

A 17-YEAR-old girl -- pulled alive with her older brother early yesterday morning from a landslide where they had been buried for 54 hours -- died in ...

China hits back at US human rights

CHINA has responded to United States criticism of its human rights by publishing its own report on what happens in America. "As in previous years,...

Critic: It's too easy to divorce in China

SOARING divorce rates have prompted Chinese lawmakers and political advisers to propose a mandatory "cooling off" period to allow troubled couples to ...

Data questioned as too rosy

Anti-execution judge quits

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1993, the male and female skulls of "Nanjing Man" (Homo erectus nankinensis) were dis...

MAR

China targets production growth at 11%

CHINA is targeting 11 percent growth in industrial production this year, and much of that should come from less energy-consuming and higher-tech secto...

US action worsens trade row

TRADE disputes between the United States and China continued to worsen as the US announced yesterday that it would impose an anti-dumping tariff of up...

GM recalls 2,065 Chevy SUVs in China

GENERAL Motors Corp yesterday announced it will recall 2,065 imported Chevrolet Captiva sport-utility vehicles in China to fix defects in the steering...

CIC overseas investments see double-digit yields

Surprise fall in US trade gap in January

US consumers raise spending

Gloomy outlook for Greece's economy

Lille dents Liverpool's Europa hopes

FIVE-TIME European champion Liverpool is in danger of Europa League elimination after losing 1-0 at Lille on Thursday in the away leg of the Round o...

Renault accuses McLaren of starting rear wing arms race

RENAULT has accused rivals McLaren of opening up a Formula One arms race with its controversial rear wing even though it has been ruled legal by the s...

Orlando pushes winning streak to 7

THE Orlando Magic stormed to a season-high seventh consecutive win with a 111-82 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Thursday in Florida. Vince Carter ...

Scwartzel jumps to top of leaderboard

Fish, Moya march into second round

Thaksin supporters plan 'million man march'

A DAY of anti-government protests around Thailand passed peacefully yesterday, though concerns remained about possible violence when demonstrators con...

Suicide bombs kill at least 43 in Lahore

A PAIR of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other yesterday, killing at least 43 people in the easte...

Residents flee fierce fighting as rebels attack Mogadishu

FIGHTING erupted in Somalia's capital for the third straight day yesterday in some of the worst violence in nearly a year, as government-backed troops...

New leader pledges to reconstruct Chile

NZ activist arrested on Japanese whale ship

Travel | Film and TV | Events | Health

Festival celebrates fields of gold

THE Fengxian Rape Flower Festival will be held from March 29 to April 12 and visitors can enjoy scenery, folk performances and home cooking. Fengxian ...

Building Nanqiao New City

NANQIAO New City will be an economic hub on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay and in 15 years' time it will be a green, clean engine of growth and home ...

Protecting Old Town charms

FENGXIAN Old Town near Hangzhou Bay will be preserved, restored and cleaned up and many non-traditional buildings will be removed in a recently approv...

Cheering test-tube quake baby

Astonishing the world anew

Operas get youthful makeover

US-trained lawyer promotes the law

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

How the 'Nordic Tiger' lost bite and might

LAST Saturday, Icelandic voters flatly rejected a government deal to repay British and Dutch depositors the equivalent of US$5.3 billion lost in the d...

America's obsession with speculation

ONE of the major changes in Chinese attitudes in the past 30 years is that speculation has been elevated from a criminal offense to a mass movement. ...

Business Books TOP FIVE USA

Balancing Net freedoms with public interest

Divorce rates rise, can mediators help?