Google's Schmidt in China on heels of Cook
2013-01-12 01:52:31
Shortly after Apple Inc's CEO Tim Cook visited China, Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google Inc, has met Chinese mobile application developers during a visit to Beijing.
US adoption deal still in place: Kremlin
2013-01-12 01:51:47
A Kremlin official has said that a bilateral agreement with Washington on adoptions is still in place, creating uncertainty over the immediate impact of Russia's new ban on US citizens adopting Russian children.
Obama criticized for white cabinet
2013-01-12 01:51:47
The first black US president is coming under fire from members of his Democratic Party for naming a stream of white men to key cabinet.
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Guizhou freeze affects 570,000 people
2013-01-12 01:10:29
Over 570,000 people have been affected in the continuing freezing weather in southwest China's Guizhou Province, said local authorities on Friday.
China to keep moderate credit growth
2013-01-11 22:09:18
China will maintain moderate growth in its credit supply and social financing scale this year in a bid to stabilize growth while keeping consumer prices in check.
Banking service fuels battle of the sexes
2013-01-11 22:08:16
Men and women are not seeing eye to eye on a new banking service that can parcel out an allowance for a husband from his monthly salary and deposit the remaining funds into his wife's account.
Probe launched over officials property suspicions
2013-01-11 21:31:28
Disciplinary authorities in South China's Guangdong province have begun investigating accusations that two local officials own huge property portfolios that suggest corruption.
11th National Women's Congress slated for fall
2013-01-11 21:10:44
The 11th National Women's Congress will be held in the fall this year in Beijing, the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) said on Friday.
Japan responsible for plight with China
2013-01-11 20:50:55
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Friday urged the Japanese government to "face reality" in Sino-Japanese relations.
Chinese leaders urge landslide victims' rescue
2013-01-11 20:33:11
Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Wen Jiabao and Li Keqiang ordered all-out efforts to rescue victims of a landslide in Southwest China's Yunnan province in order to minimize casualties from the disaster.
Military jets on 'routine flights' over E. China Sea
2013-01-11 17:35:13
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that Chinese military planes were on "routine flights" in relevant airspace over the East China Sea.Speed called for on maritime law US calls for calm over islands
Hunchun pays $588,900 for wild animals' offense
2013-01-11 17:35:10
The Hunchun forestry bureau has paid 3.66 million yuan ($588,900) in compensations to local residents who suffered losses after attacks from wild animals, according to the bureau's information office.