Chinese vice-premier meets HP's CEO

2011-06-27 22:30:49

Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang met in Beijing on Monday with Leo Apotheker, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP).

Walmart sets up e-commerce hub in Shanghai

2011-06-27 22:29:49

Walmart, the world's leading retailer, announced on Monday that it is setting up an e-commerce hub in Shanghai to handle the group's online business operations in China.

China starts panda census

2011-06-27 20:39:48

China has started its once-a-decade census of endangered giant pandas, according to forestry authorities in southwest Sichuan Province, a major habitat of the rare species.

Gales, downpours affect 164,000 in coastal provinces

2011-06-27 20:35:38

Gales and downpours generated by the tropical storm Meari have caused floods in 17 counties of three provinces on the east coast since Saturday and left 164,000 people affected, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Monday.

Art exhibit marking CPC's 90th birthday opens in Beijing

2011-06-27 19:42:18

An exhibition of fine art opened in Beijing on Monday to commemorate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which falls on July 1.

Promotion of traditional spirit urged in Xinjiang

2011-06-27 19:40:46

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday urged greater efforts to promote the traditional spirit of the Production and Construction Corps (PCC) in Xinjiang, aiming to further boost the region's development and safeguard its stability.

Tale of an 'apple village head'

2011-06-27 19:36:52

"Wanna be rich? Grow apples; Wanna be super rich? Raise pigs. Wanna be super, super rich? Grow apples and raise pigs." The slogan is worded by Ye Weiqiang, a college graduated "village head," to sell his get-rich "bible" to farmers.

Dancer brings original folk dance to Australia

2011-06-27 17:31:39

A fascinating Chinese dance drama named the "Shangri-La Legend" has caused a sensation in Sydney of Australia these days, as the Year of Chinese Culture in Australia commenced late last week.

Chinese tourism to Japan rebounds

2011-06-27 17:21:10

Japan will shorten its group visa approval process for Chinese travelers effective from July 1 in order to stimulate slumping tourism in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis that hit the country in March this year.

Mainlanders live in luxury in Hong Kong

2011-06-27 16:57:03

Mainlanders own the majority of Hong Kong's top-end mansions, according to real estate figures.

Officials go bananas over rotting stock

2011-06-27 15:04:11

City officials have a launched a drive to boost banana sales to avoid a potential catastrophic harvest for farmers, Nanguo City News reported.

Torrential rains ease in N China as Meari weakens

2011-06-27 14:37:33

China's meteorological authority said on Monday that the provinces of Shandong and Liaoning will get a break from the torrential rains that have lashed the region over the next 24 hours as the typhoon Meari heads for the Korean peninsula.