From Taipei With Love
By DEAN NAPOLITANO | Even those who love Taipei probably wouldn't call it the city of love. So when director Arvin Chen went seeking locations there for his romantic comedy "Au Revoir Taipei," he deci...
Advance Booking
| There are many ways to get to know a new and unfamiliar travel destination, from an early-morning run around town to shopping for food among the locals. But an easy way to get a head start is to rea...
Navy conducts live-ammunition training in South China Sea
| BEIJING - The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy had conducted a large scale of live-ammunition training exercise in the South China Sea, according to a front-page report on Thursday's PLA Daily ne...
China to vaccinate children against measles
| GUIYANG - China is to provide measles vaccine jabs for hundreds of millions of children nationwide this September in a bid to eliminate the disease, a leading cause of death among young children, ac...
China leads the world in urbanization: blue paper
| BEIJING - As China's urban population reached 46 percent of the total population last year, Chinese urban dwellers became the largest such population in the world, according to a 'blue paper' releas...
Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis
| With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world's population will top 7 billion next year, a research group projects. Lower birthrates and longer life spans will also lead to a a pr...
Asian shares hit hard by Fed comment on slowing growth
| Tokyo: Most Asian stocks fell as US Federal Reserve comments that growth slowed in some areas of the economy overshadowed signs of increased corporate earnings. | Samsung Electronics Co., which...
U.N. ends Kyoto CO2 offset drought ahead of key meet
| LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations' climate secretariat on Thursday issued 228,400 Kyoto Protocol carbon offsets to three Asian clean energy projects, ending a two-week issuance drought but faili...
India needs to speed up
| When Indians talk about China, many fall back on what is essentially a tortoise-and-hare rendering of their relative performance. The story goes something like this: "Sure, China has its 30-yea...
Hong Kong Book Fair Seeks to Develop Global Profile
| HONG KONG — The Hong Kong Book Fair is known for its sheer enormity — more than 920,000 people went this year — but it has not quite found its place on the global stage yet. Relate...
A Popular Chinese Blogger Finds a Place to Speak Openly
| HONG KONG — Han Han, considered China’s most popular blogger, faced about 200 members of the news media and 1,800 fans at the recent book fair here. Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the a...
China Medicine Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
| , March 24 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Medicine Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CHME), a developer, manufacturer and leading distributor in of Western pharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese med...
Chongqing Crackdown Intensifies
Associated Press | BEIJING—A sprawling crackdown on gangland corruption in one of China's biggest cities intensified with the arrest of a former deputy of Chongqing's legislative body. | Wang Ne...
Porsche 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid Is Only the Start of Green Program
| Citing an “overwhelming response from the public and customers,” Porsche said on Wednesday that it intended to move its ultrapowerful and gorgeously styled 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid from concept...
EVENT NOTICE (Updated): The Falun Gong Factor: Persecution and Activism in Present Day China
| Panel discussion and release of Falun Dafa Information Center 2010 Annual Report | When: Monday, April 26, 2010; 1:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m. | Where: Capitol Building, Rm. HC6, | , April 23 /PRNewsw...
US to press China, others on Iran sanctions
| WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is making a concerted push to get China and other key nations in Asia, the Middle East and South America to enforce tough international sanctions against ...
China trains foxes to hunt rats
BEIJING: China is no longer relying on poison to kill rats - it is training a group of foxes to hunt down the disease-infested rodents. | Authorities in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region are training s...
Chinese Space Junk May Threaten Space Station Crew
| NASA is tracking a piece of Chinese space junk that is headed uncomfortably close to the International Space Station and may force the outpost's crew to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats a...
Air China's Beijing-Stockholm Route Takes China-Sweden Relations to New Heights
| Download image | , June 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Air joined over 300 representatives from both and in celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations at the Sweden-China Innovation Week being held...
Taiwan Fully Charged!
Automotive International Forum & Exhibition Introduces Smart Green Products and Technologies Developed in Taiwan at TAIFE 2010 in Novi | , June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- APACC-Asian Pacific Ame...
China Skyrise to Present at China Rising Investment Conference 2010 in New York
| , May 17 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Skyrise Digital Service Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSKD) ("China Skyrise" or the "Company") today announced that the Company's management will pre...
