Former Taiwan president and anti-Beijing firebrand Chen Shui-bian was sent back to jail on Tuesday because of the severity of the graft charges against him, a court spokesman said.
A 16-year-old girl from Sichuan who went out of her way to raise money for victims of the May 12 quake in the province has been invited to attend the swearing-in of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States in the White House on Jan 20.
The author, the State Councilor of the People's Republic of China, delivered a speech at the dinner marking the 30th anniversary of establishment of China-US diplomatic relations hosted by the Brookings Institute on Dec 11. Here is his speech.
China will step up audits of new projects, state-owned enterprises and financial institutions next year to make sure the government's macro-control measures are effective in battling the economic downturn and preventing social unrest, the country's chief auditor said yesterday in Beijing.
Piracy, armed robbery, political turmoil and terrorism. These are some of the unprecedented risks threatening Chinese citizens abroad. Protecting their safety has become one of the priorities on the Chinese Government's diplomatic agenda. Beijing Review interviewed Wei Wei, Director General of the Department of Consular Affairs in China's Foreign Ministry, about the security situation facing overseas Chinese citizens, the consular protection offered by the Foreign Ministry and how the ministry dealt with major incidents in 2008. here is Excerpt.
Families of tainted milk-powder victims could receive up to 200,000 yuan (US$29,000) compensation from major dairy companies in the coming weeks, media reports said.
Police say the coffee bar explosion on December 24 and two bus explosions on July 21 in southwest China's Kunming City were carried out by the same man.
Local officials distributed the answer sheet so that residents would be able to give the "correct" responses to a provincial telephone survey designed to measure whether or not the town had achieved its targets for improving the people's well-being.
Sino-United States relations in 2008 continue to remain relatively stable despite the fact that this was an election year in the United States. In past US presidential elections, the China issues tended to be raised by candidates for partisan and electoral purposes. However, this year, China has more or less stayed out of US presidential politics.
For its final issue of 2008, Window of the South rounds up its picks for the year's top newsmakers. There's also an interesting book review. This is the magazine's sixth year honoring individuals and groups who have worked "For The Public Good" (after the magazine's motto). Here's how the editor, Liu Yang, introduces this issue: Reviewing six years of work, we can't help but ask: does pure, unadultrated public good exist? And if it does, how is it different from an expression of the interests of the people? If it doesn't, then what has this magazine been upholding in a corner of China all these years? What are its selection criteria?
The Ministry of National Defence has revealed that China is "seriously" considering building an aircraft carrier to protect its national interests--Beijing's first public confirmation of the controversial plan that has been a source of speculation for a decade.
China will spend 5 trillion yuan (US$730.6 billion) until 2020 to add 41,000 km (25,480 miles) to its already big rail network, state media said, as the government tries to boost domestic demand and ease strains on a jammed system.
All is not well in the Chinese toyland. Even as manufacturers huddle for cover from the chilly recession winds and wait for succor from Christmas sales, they now have to contend with the more stringent safety norms imposed by importing nations.
Beijing has pledged 130 billion yuan (HK$148 billion) in loans to Taiwanese businesses operating on the mainland as part of an economic co-operation package to help the island weather the global financial crisis.
The ongoing global financial crisis may present China with a good chance to increase its quota and voting power in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but any move should be taken with caution and prudence, experts say.
It may seem to the outside world that China has spent the past three decades trying to get away from Mao Zedong. In fact the country still has a soft spot for the romantic dictator.
A university in Xi'an secretly used the personal information of at least 11,000 students to apply for credit cards as a return favour for a bank loan, the mainland's media reported.
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