Beijing pulls out all stops for success of Olympic |
Cutting emissions and curbing pollution are among the Beijing municipal government's agenda this year as part of preparations for the Olympics, the acting mayor said Sunday.
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Intimacy video spurs concern about privacy |
Concern about privacy and monitoring device management is drawing great public debate after a video of a couple kissing at a Shanghai subway station entrance was posted on a website and became an instant hit.
The three-minut |
MOC: Food supply ensured ahead of Spring Festival |
BEIJING - The governed will take concrete measures to
ensure adequate supplies of pork and cooking oil ahead
of the Spring Festival shopping spree, a senior
official said Sunday. Minister of Commerce Chen De |
Govt intervenes to curb price rises |
The government has started to temporarily intervene in the market to control the prices of a range of daily necessities such as grain and meat, and rein in inflationary pressure.
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China hikes bank reserve ratio to 15% |
China's central bank announced a 0.5 percent hike in bank reserve ratio Wednesday in the latest move to cool down economy and curb inflation.
Lenders must park 15 percent of deposits with the People's Bank of China as reserv |
Cellphone recycling |
Cell phone recycling reponse not encouraging
Discarded cell phones are harmful to the environment, so China Mobile has been encouraging people to put their old phones in recycling boxes around the country. But the response has not been enc |
China to build 1st 3G nuclear plant in M |
BEIJING -- The construction of China's first third-generation nuclear plant, the Sanmen power plant, is set to begin in March, the State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) said Thursday.
Wang Binghua, SNPTC's chairman of the board, s |
Shougang quits blast furnace for Olympics |
| BEIJING - Beijing Shougang Group, one of China's leading steel manufacturers and also the city's major polluter, extinguished the fire in one of its four blast furnaces on Saturday, as part of its pledge to cut its normal output by half during the |
China launches crackdown on 'vulgar' video audio |
BEIJING - China's press and publication regulator has issued a notice announcing the launch of another nationwide crackdown on "vulgar" video and audio products.
The notice, dated December 25, 2007, was posted on the website |
[中国视点] 中国:为全球新建水坝 |
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[中国视点] 中国:为全球新建水坝
Home to almost half of the world's 45,000 biggest dams, China has embarked on a push to export its hydrop(12/31/2007 13:18:37,20) [查看全文] |
China's Sinopec, Iran ink oilfield deal |
Finance Minister Xie Xuren Sunday warned of a "rising trend of trade protectionism in the United States" that may do "serious harm" to Sino-US economic and trade ties.
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State team to probe coal mine disaster |
A State Council investigation team was formed Sunday to probe the deadly gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi Province last Wednesday, which killed 105 people.
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Man dies of bird flu in east China province |
Man dies of bird flu in east China province
NANJING -- A man in east China's Jiangsu province died of bird flu on Sunday, the provincial health department reported.
The 24-year-old man, surnamed Lu,(12/03/2007 14:29:51,14) [查看全文] |
Expats feel price hike pinch |
Expats feel price hike pinch
Spurred by the rising value of the renminbi and soaring commodity prices, the cost of living for expatriates in Beijing and Shanghai is fast catching up with expensive cities (12/03/2007 14:28:39,9) [查看全文] |
北京奥运会门票销售将于12月10日恢复 |
北京奥运会门票销售将于12月10日恢复
Ticket Sales, Redux: Lottery Set For Dec. 10
THE Beijing Olympics committee has replaced the director of its ticketing operations in the fallout of a fiasco in October, when the(12/03/2007 14:21:29,16) [查看全文] |