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First full annular solar eclipse seen in Taiwan in nearly 6 decades

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:43 AM PDT

A full annular solar eclipse was clearly visible on the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu of Taiwan on Monday, the first such eclipse in 54 years, while some astronomy buffs in northern Taiwan were...

Could sanctions on Iran bolster the renminbi?

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:43 AM PDT

The Chinese currency stands to benefit in several ways from sanctions that are being imposed on Iran country by western nations, reports Chinese-language magazine Time Weekly. Oil trading between Chi...

Steel industry reflects China's struggle to maintain growth

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:39 AM PDT

During a visit to the Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp in the provincial capital of Hubei in central China on May 18, the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, was told that the group has been operating in the red fo...

China plans to build two aircraft carriers: Taiwanese official

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:39 AM PDT

China has plans to build two aircraft carriers in the coming years, with an estimated completion period of seven years, a Taiwanese security official said Monday. China is set to begin manufacturing...

New leadership in Beijing unlikely to change course on Taiwan

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:39 AM PDT

China is expected to maintain its general approach to cross-Taiwan Strait policies when its fifth generation leader takes power, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said in a report Monday. The new Ch...

Resolution of US beef issue needed for trade talks: Ma

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said Monday that Taiwan has to resolve the issues of US beef imports to remove the technical obstacles to a resumption of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement talk...

Facebook allows Chinese companies to promote themselves abroad

Posted: 22 May 2012 04:19 AM PDT

Global social networking service Facebook posted revenue of US$1.05 billion in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 45% from the first quarter of last year. Yet while none of the company's ...

Deals with web portals could hurt Chinese smartphone makers

Posted: 22 May 2012 03:55 AM PDT

Chinese mobile phone makers are scrambling to cooperate with internet portals by manufacturing devices to be sold on them exclusively. Yet the deals have not yet been beneficial to handset makers and ...

Chinese fakes 'used in US planes'

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:35 PM PDT

Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.

Rumored French Gu Kailai lover moves to Cambodia

Posted: 22 May 2012 03:43 AM PDT

French architect Patrick Henri Devillers is reportedly moving to Cambodia. Devillers is considered "mysterious" to many observers, and reportedly had close links to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xil...

How the Queen lost her heart slow dancing to a show tune from Oklahoma!

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:21 PM PDT

It wasn't the most sophisticated of courtships — particularly as Margaret was then a tiresome adolescent who liked attention and was apt to be comically regal.

China's first stealth fighter flies ahead of the pack after second prototype takes to the air

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:29 PM PDT

Chinese bloggers posted the picture of a second copy of the stealth fighter undertaking a test flight at the research facility at the city of Chengdu.

Up close and personal with the 'ring of fire': Amazing pictures show SPACE was the best place to watch rare annular eclipse

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Skygazers around the world excitedly gathered outside to watch the rare annular eclipse, which produces a 'ring of fire' around the sun, when it swept across Asia and the western United States on Sunday evening.

China businesswoman gets reprieve

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:05 AM PDT

A businesswoman who received the death penalty for fraud is given a two-year reprieve, suggesting the sentence will be commuted to life in jail.

Program trains Chinese students to become western-style butlers

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

The first class of housekeepers trained for western clients has graduated in Tianjin. The group was trained by the British Professional Housekeepers Association, and will take their skills to work for...

China's disabled enjoy e-commerce boom

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

More and more physically disabled people in China have found ways to join the country's "get rich" rush, using the internet as a tool to join the craze. According to sources with Taobao, the country'...

Chongqing to be site of China's 4th Shaolin Temple

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

A Shaolin Temple is under construction in the sprawling southwestern metropolis of Chongqing, meaning the total number of Shaolin Temples in China will be raised to four. China is home to Songshan Sh...

China to see 14 solar eclipses this century: astronomer

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

People in eastern Chinese regions saw an annular eclipse of the sun Monday morning, the longest eclipse in terms of duration for the next 1,000 years, according to astronomers' predictions. The eclip...

Chinese real estate giant acquires Hong Kong counterpart

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

Shenzhen-listed Vanke, the largest real-estate developer in China, announced on May 14 that it would purchase a 73.91% controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed Wing Tai Properties, for HK$1.08 billion (...

Petty Anhui thief steals food, leaves notes promising repayment

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

A thief left a note for a student living in the room he broke into in Fuyang, a city in Anhui province, saying that he would return to pay for food he had stolen. He kept his word, returning several d...

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