China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal The Star | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States. A chimney billows smoke as the sun shines through haze on a cold winter's day in ...
China and India Join Climate Accord The New York Times | WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, submitted...
British foreign secretary to visit China next week China Daily | BEIJING -Â British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will pay a visit to China next week on bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Tuesday. | Miliband is due to visit China from March 14 to 17 a...
Chinese Navy on 5th escort mission in Aden Gulf finishes 1st replenishment China Daily | China's missile destroyer "Guangzhou" (Front) sails close to "Weishanhu" supply ship during the task of replenishment in the Indian Ocean, March 9, 2010. The flotilla of the Chinese Navy for the fifth escort mission in the Aden Gulf finished its fi...
China's forex reserve investment yields 'relatively good' China Daily | BEIJING -Â Investment of China's foreign exchange reserve has seen "relatively good" yields despite global economic woes, while asset safety remains the base line for the country's foreign reserve investment. | "Risk prevention and management is al...
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US-Born Panda Freed From Quarantine in China The New York Times | Filed at 7:47 a.m. ET | CHENGDU, China (AP) -- After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public disp...
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February The Boston Globe | SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehi...
IMF head says may be yuan changes in coming months The Guardian * IMF head says China moved to more traditional growth model * Sees world economy in uncharted territory (Adds quotes, background) JOHANNESBURG, March 9 (Reuters) - China's yuan is...
18% of women accept propertyless sons-in-law China Daily | BEIJING - Facing ever rising home prices in China, 18 percent of mothers would be willing to let their daughters marry men who rent their homes, according to a survey conducted by the Beijing-based 5i5j Real Estate Service Tuesday. | "Our surv...
Legislation: Call for e-commerce tax China Daily | BEIJING - China's top legislature should quickly enact the taxation of e-commerce, as an increasing number of buyers and sellers are relying on business-to-consumer (B2C) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) websites to buy and sell goods, a political ad...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. As recorded in the book, Mao: The Unknown Story, Chou talked about the region "as if its fate were to be entirely decided by Peking". | He explained th...
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily | Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key reason why Beijing opposes tougher sanctions on Iran. | Wu Sike, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), reiterated that Beijing hasn't given up di...
