A U.S. human rights official has said China's human rights record continues to be of a very poor standard and way short of acceptable international standards. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya expressed concern about Chinese authorities treating relatives of dissidents, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Zeya was in Beijing to attend the ...
China mulls relaxing one-child policy
China is still deliberating whether to further relax the country's one-child policy, a spokesman for the country's health and family planning authority said. Mao Qun'an, spokesman for the National Health and Family Planning Commission, made the statement in response to media attention on China's population policies, Xinhua reported Friday. The current policy requires that to have a second ...
China officials under probe for prostitution scandal
Authorities in Shanghai have launched an investigation into four court officials' alleged prostitution scandal at a nightclub. The probe came after a person claimed that four officials of the Shanghai Higher People's Court asked for prostitutes at a resort in Shanghai on the night of June 9, reported Xinhua. The Shanghai Municipal Disciplinary Commission vowed a thorough investigation into the ...
China rout Malaysia in Asian basketball
Defending champion China bounced back to thrash Malaysia 113-22 while Hamed Haddadi scored 15 of his 30 points in the final quarter to lift Iran over South Korea 76-56 at the 27th Asian Men's Basketball Championship here. China suffered a 59-63 defeat against arch-rivals South Korea in their opening match Thursday but they quickly recovered with a dominant performance against Malaysia Friday. ...
Doctor held in China for infant trafficking
A woman gynaecologist has been detained in northwest China's Shaanxi province on suspicion of infant trafficking, police said. The gynaecologist, surnamed Zhang, from Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital allegedly sold a newborn July 17 to a man and woman from Shanxi province for 21,600 yuan (around $3,500), Xinhua cited the public security bureau as saying. Police said Zhang ...
Opinion No doubt China sees Africas needs through African eyes
Kenya started in the early 1980s, with the earliest beneficiaries going to China in 1983. Of course there are a lot more pre-1980 scholarships and trainings outside the scope of my article, which put China's education assistance ...
Chinese delegation Russia China note high level of trust of Peace Mission 2013 exercises
YEKATERINBURG, August 3 (Itar-Tass) - The high level of trust between Russia and China was proper to the Peace Mission 2013 anti-terrorist exercises, said Shi Xiangyuan, deputy chief of staff of the Shenyang Military Region of the People?s Liberation Army. In an interview with Itar-Tass on Saturday, Shi Xiangyang said: "This year the Russian and Chinese presidents have taken the ...
China Crowns Asias Tallest Tower In Shanghai
A crane placed the steel beam 1,900ft above the ground in Shanghai, China's commercial hub, as the building formally overtook Taiwan's Taipei 101 building to become the highest tower in Asia. Globally it is second only to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which stands at ...
Worlds second-tallest building structurally completed in China
Work on the structure of the world's second-tallest skyscraper was completed in Shanghai Saturday, officials said. The last beam of the 2,073.5-foot building, called Shanghai Tower, was put in place during a ceremony, Voice of America reported. Workers will now start construction on the interior of the building, which will contain retail and office space, a luxury hotel and possibly a ...
Iran leaves China looking inexplicably lost in Fiba Asia
MANILA, Philippines--With its athletic forwards, gutsy guards and NBA center turning the Mall of Asia Arena into a playground of sorts, Iran soared to a third straight win, leaving traditional powerhouse China looking like a basketball program in disarray. The record of the continent's most successful basketball team says it all: 1-2. The defending champions got pipped by South Korea and ...
Why Investors Have Got It Wrong On China
The vast majority of people who are bearish on China's economy and stock market now were cheerleaders just 18 months ago. It represents a remarkable 180 degree turn that's little talked about. Rather than focus on the mix of self-interest and self-delusion involved in this, I want to instead look at why so many got China wrong in the first place. The finance industry isn't known ...
Iran picked over China
FROM the corner of the Mall of Asia Arena street by the Coral gate leading to the players-media entrance, we could hear the loud chanting. As we walked closer to where the sound was coming from, I realized that the lyrics of the chant were totally unfamiliar. "They're resident Iranians. They're waiting for the team to come out. They just won over Korea," said a PBA ...
WRWF Submits Complaint to UN on Coercive Enforcement of Chinas One Child Policy
Women's Rights Without Frontiers has filed a Complaint with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) against the Chinese Government for the coercive enforcement of China's One Child Policy. The Complaint chronicles the history of barbarous reports emerging from China since the beginning of this year, for example: - On February 4, ...
Watchdog groups accuse Apple suppliers of polluting river
Environmental watchdog groups in China have accused two manufacturing facilities, including Apple supplier Foxconn, of violating water pollution standards. Five groups, led by activist Ma Jun's Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, released a film that describes high levels of nickel and copper in the sediment near discharge vents from the Foxconn manufacturing facility near ...
International vertical run debuts in Beijing
Beijing ?attracted more than 600 runners from home and abroad, trying to?overcome the?Beijing's highest building as quick as possible. German runner Thomas Dold and Australian Suzy Walsham respectively claimed?first place in the men's and women's vertical marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first such event held in the Chinese mainland. Dold completed the ...
Iran asserts might over China in FIBA-Asia
MANILA, Philippines ? Iran asserted its might on reigning titlist China, 70-51, on Saturday in the 27th FIBA-Asia men?s championship at the Mall of Asia Arena. The Iranians, who are undefeated at 3-0 in group C, were in control all throughout and doused any resistance put up by the Chinese in the second half. China trimmed the lead to 11 a minute into the payoff period, but Iran ...
Beijing?s ancient alleys vs. today?s growing needs
Beijing?s courtyard homes and hutongs - its ancient traditional alleyways - are under threat from residents? small-scale construction projects, many of them ad hoc, that sidestep local planning laws and alter the atmosphere of neighborhoods, say historians and old-time ...
China-Russia drill enters battle planning phase
/enpproperty--> CHELYABINSK - The China-Russia joint drill, code-named Peace Mission-2013, enters the phase of battle planning Saturday as China's last troops arrived at the designated area. Peace Mission-2013, which takes place in Chelyabinsk in Russia's Ural Mountainous region from July 27 to August 15, has three phases -- troop deployment, battle planning and simulated combat. ...
Fear and Loathing at the China Daily
When Mitch Moxley arrived in Beijing in 2007 to work for China's largest English-language daily, he discovered life in the Chinese media could be very strange ...
UPDATE 3-U.S. wins trade dispute with China over chicken parts
Sat Aug 3, 2013 9:09am EDT By Tom Miles and Charles Abbott GENEVA/WASHINGTON Aug 2 (Reuters) - The United States won a long-running trade dispute with China on Friday when the World Trade Organization found Beijing had broken global rules by imposing anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken broiler parts. The U.S. complaint, first raised in September 2011, was widely seen as one of a string of ...
China mulling relaxation of one-child policy Official
ageing population , China is mulling a move to further relax its one-child policy by permitting couples to have a second child if either the husband or wife hails from a one-child family. According to the current policy, both father and mother must be the only children of their respective families in order to have a second child. Revealing government's plans to relax the rigidly implanted ...
Chinas non-manufacturing PMI rises
Beijing, Aug 3 : The purchasing managers index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector stood at 54.1 percent in July, up from 53.9 percent for June, according to official data released ...
Source: http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/216214395/scat/55582c89cb296d4c
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