Gaopeng cuts a 'turning point' for group buying

2011-08-25 07:44:02

Massive reshuffles are due for group-buying businesses following major layoffs in Groupon China.

Hertz plugging electric vehicle rental program

2011-08-25 07:44:02

BEIJING / SHANGHAI - Global vehicle rental giant Hertz Corp announced plans on Wednesday for an electric-vehicle (EV) rental business in China, the first overseas car rental company to offer such services in the country.

US polls and China bashing

2011-08-25 07:39:19

Bashing China is increasingly becoming a political cri de coeur for many candidates during elections.

More students look to US for grad school

2011-08-25 07:36:03

The number of Chinese applicants to US graduate schools increased by 21 percent from this past school year

Conoco seals up two oilfield leaks

2011-08-25 06:55:24

ConocoPhillips China, the operator of the leaking oilfield off North China's Bohai Bay, said that the sources of the first two leaks have been permanently sealed.

China's trade may slow down

2011-08-24 10:28:40

China's foreign trade is unlikely to grow as fast in 2011 as it did last year because of weakening global demand and rising costs, Vice-Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping said Tuesday.

Chinese teacher put to the test

2011-08-24 10:25:46

Xu Jia had never left China before 2007. That's when she decided to go to the United States to become a Chinese teacher.

Tour to reassure Beijing, boost US in Asia

2011-08-24 08:29:58

Biden arrived in Japan on Tuesday for the final leg of his Asian tour, which included six days in China and a one-day visit to Mongolia.

Memorial to King unveiled

2011-08-24 08:29:58

Martin Luther King Jr stood nine meters tall as a memorial to him was unveiled on Monday, the first on the National Mall in the nation's capital not dedicated to a war, president or white man.

US public is paying the price

2011-08-24 08:28:18

The debt crisis exposed the defects rather than the advantages of US' tit for tat democratic system.

'Iron Hammer' strikes call for reform

2011-08-24 07:59:20

Three decades after her first Universiade, China's volleyball icon, Lang Ping, has visited the Shenzhen Games, calling for changes to university sports in her homeland. "It (the Shenzhen Universiade) will remind people to pay attention to our college sports," she said on Sunday at an event organized by Qiaodan Sports to teach volleyball to underprivileged children.

Weak world conditions to curb trade growth in 2011

2011-08-24 07:57:34

China's foreign trade is unlikely to grow as fast in 2011 as it did last year due to weakening global demand and rising costs, Vice-Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping said on Tuesday.