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Bird flu `epidemic' sparks chicken cull

Posted: 20 May 2012 09:12 PM PDT

350b yuan deals to ease Bo fears

Posted: 20 May 2012 09:12 PM PDT

Thirty of China's biggest state-owned businesses have signed contracts worth about 350 billion yuan (HK$429.6 billion) with the southwestern municipality Chongqing, in a sign of Beijing's determination to bolster confidence in the city formerly run by ousted leader Bo Xilai.

Posted: 20 May 2012 09:12 PM PDT

Back from the dead after 17 days buried

Posted: 20 May 2012 09:12 PM PDT

Pesticide-free food is unrealistic: China's agriculture ministry

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:55 AM PDT

China's Ministry of Agriculture has said recently on its website that producing food that is free of pesticide residue is an unachievable ideal, emphasizing that a country should not ask others to fol...

China to buoy inbound investment more aggressively

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:51 AM PDT

China will grant investment quotas by overseas funds in its domestic securities markets in a more swift and aggressive way before the country fully opens up its capital market with a convertible curre...

IBM builds smart tech center in Hainan

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:43 AM PDT

IBM has set up a center in south China's Hainan Province to focus on the development of smart information technology, officials and sources with the company said. The tech giant will develop cloud co...

Taiwan to continue building streamlined defense force: Ma

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:43 AM PDT

Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou reiterated his goal to build a streamlined but sturdy defense force for his country. He made the statement as part of his inaugural address on Sunday, which marked the...

Taiwanese groups establish alliance to promote social justice

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

A group of activists and scholars in Taiwan announced the establishment of an alliance Sunday to push for social justice and eco-friendly policies. "The Promotion Alliance Just and Ecological Societ...

Protests continue on Ma's inauguration day

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

Street protests against President Ma Ying-jeou's policies continued in Taipei and other areas of Taiwan on Sunday, as the president took the oath of office for his second term. The main opposition D...

Taiwan's new cabinet sworn in

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

Taiwanese Premier Sean Chen and his cabinet were sworn-in Sunday by President Ma Ying-jeou, who urged them to remember the people's discontent with the administration's recent policies. Chen's cabin...

Regional economic integration Ma's biggest challenge: expert

Posted: 21 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

The biggest challenge for President Ma Ying-jeou in his second term will be to find entry points into the process of regional economic integration, an American expert said Sunday in Washington, DC. ...

Yahoo sells half Alibaba stake

Posted: 20 May 2012 08:08 PM PDT

US internet company Yahoo says it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group.

China creates bidder blacklist in bid to clean up auction market

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:51 AM PDT

As the spring auctions season picks up in China, the spotlight is on objects winning record-breaking bids. But few have noticed the frequency of winning bidders postponing, or even defaulting on, paym...

Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration creates online stir in China

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:47 AM PDT

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration for a second term, which was streamed live online, created quite a stir among Chinese netizens Sunday, with some saying they support Ma's description of...

Nanjing Massacre history should be open to debate: Nagoya mayor

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT

Takashi Kawamura, the mayor of Nagoya, again sparked controversy on May 19 by repeating his denial of the Nanjing Massacre. When attending an open conference, the mayor said the truth of Nanjing Mass...

Ma: My KMT chairmanship helps things run smoothly

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday that as chairman of the Kuomintang he could ensure smooth cooperation between the ruling party and government, and help the cabinet carry out policies. A...

'I've never seen anything like it': Millions look to the sky in Western U.S. and Asia as 'burning ring of fire solar eclipse dazzles in the sky

Posted: 20 May 2012 07:32 PM PDT

The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across Asia and the western portion of the U.S.

Meet the new Mrs Zuckerberg: How Priscilla Chan went from fifth-grade science teacher to marrying America's most eligible geek

Posted: 20 May 2012 07:13 PM PDT

The surprise announcement of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's wedding to his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan prompts a closer inspection on the woman who is now effectively one of the first ladies of Silicon Valley.

Free at last: Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng enjoys new life in New York as he takes family to playground

Posted: 20 May 2012 06:51 PM PDT

Chen Guangcheng was seen playing with his wife and daughter in a park near their new home in New York's Greenwich Village a day after fleeing from China.

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