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China approves garrison command for city comprising disputed islands

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:16 AM PDT

A garrison command has been established for the newly formed Chinese city of Sansha, which controversially includes the disputed Paracel and Spratly islands, as well as Macclesfield Bank. As far as C...

Lenovo founder hopes fatal rains won't delay swanky trip

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:12 AM PDT

Liu Chuanzhi, the founder of Chinese PC maker Lenovo, has drawn fire for a microblog gaffe in which he complained that flooding in Beijing, which has killed 10, might delay his flight to England. The...

US warming on infrastructure investments from China

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:28 AM PDT

The United States has warmed up to Chinese investments in its infrastructure projects mainly because of aging US facilities and the need for capital. There have been more calls to open up in recent m...

263 listed Chinese companies guaranteed for US$11.2 billion

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT

Two hundred and sixty-three listed Chinese companies have been externally guaranteed for a total of 71.6 billion yuan (US$11.2 billion), a figure that exceeds that of the 2008 global financial crisis,...

Chinese enterprises may be internationalizing for 20 years: PBC

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT

China now has a GDP of over US$5 trillion and the scale of foreign direct investment is expanding, which may lead Chinese enterprises to keep internationalizing for the next 20 years, said Yi Gang, de...

Western economic theory will harm China: Justin Yifu Lin

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT

If China adopts economic theories from the western world when negotiating with foreign countries or enacting policies, it will become a less influential member of the global economy, said Justin Yifu ...

Group buying websites in China getting a trim

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:36 AM PDT

In recent months, the volume of transactions in the group buying market is about 1.7 billion yuan (US$267 million), and the volume of trade data is very stable, according to tuan800.com, the leading g...

Fashion Magazines in China, Laden With Ads, Are Thriving

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT

Publishers of fashion magazines willing to contend with censorship and various other hurdles in China are being rewarded with heavy advertising demand.

Pressure to Repeal China’s One-Child Law Is Growing

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT

Accounts of women being coerced into late-term abortions by local officials have thrust a policy that penalizes families in China for having more than one child into the spotlight.

Top China Stories from WSJ: Citic-CLSA Marriage, Deadly Flooding, China Airlines

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:48 PM PDT

The results of Citic Securities' acquisition of CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets will depend heavily on two men with very different backgrounds; flooding in Beijing sparked anger and questions; the president of Taiwan's China Airlines discusses the carrier's plans.

Taiwan-China RMB clearing mechanism in the offing: PBOC

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT

Agreement for a cross-strait renminbi clearing mechanism will be signed by the end of this August, the People's Bank of China said on Saturday. Yi Gang, the Chinese central bank's vice president, sai...

A new plot of land in Shanghai setting price records

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT

The starting price of a plot of land announced to be sold through tendering by the Shanghai municipality has reached 4.7 billion yuan (US$737 million). It is estimated to set a new record for Shanghai...

European airlines approach China to discuss carbon tax

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT

A number of EU airlines have approached Chinese authorities to discuss how to deal with the ramifications of the European carbon tax, says Li Jiaxiang, the secretary for the Civil Aviation Administrat...

Low-cost China carriers blacklisting passengers for protesting delays

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:08 AM PDT

Spring Airlines, a low-cost carrier, recently started adding passengers requesting compensation for delayed flights onto their blacklist. Li Jiaxiang, director general of the Civil Aviation Administra...

Wenzhou governemnt seeking overseas talent industry development

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Wenzhou, entrepreneurial hub of China's southern Zhejiang province, has started to seek talent in the United States and Europe for galvanizing the city's transformations in industry, which started at ...

Chinese parents don't want doctor children: poll

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

More than 78% of Chinese parents are reluctant about their children becoming doctors, according to figures from the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. The association conducted surveys in 2009 and ...

Chinese real estate tycoons apply in droves for pilot licenses

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Twenty Chinese real estate entrepreneurs sent applications for pilot training to Chongqing Helicopter Investment, a subsidiary of the municipality's General Aviation Company, reports local newspaper C...

China delays Hollywood summer blockbusters to protect domestic films

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television — the country's popular culture watchdog — has made July the "month of protecting domestic films," arranging for Chinese movies to screen ...

Report finds 'inferior' drugs made by listed Chinese pharma companies

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

A number of major Chinese pharmaceutical firms have been accused of producing inferior products and counterfeits with problems ranging from excessive amounts of bacteria, the presence of foreign objec...

Guangzhou employees have longest working hours in China

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:56 AM PDT

A recent report shows that Guangzhou residents working salaried jobs work an average of 9.02 hours a day, higher than the legal ceiling of eight hours and the highest among the 28 cities covered by th...

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