MAO COUNTY, China — Rescuers recovered 10 bodies and were still searching … relatives from nearby villages sobbed as they awaited news of their loved ones. “It was as if strong winds were blowing by,…
Monthly Archives For June 2017
China landslide: 15 bodies recovered, 118 reported missing
Beijing (CNN)At least 15 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a landslide in southwestern China, state news outlets reported Sunday, citing emergency officials. CCTV also said 118 people were missing in the disaster,…
Hopes fade in China for 93 missing in landslide
MAO COUNTY, China Rescue workers in southwestern China pulled bodies … contradicting a report by the Xinhua state news agency on Saturday saying that 15 people had been confirmed killed. On Sunday industrial excavators removed…
No free trade with China under a Conservative government, says Andrew Scheer
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer would sooner uphold the Liberal government’s environmental regulations than a free trade deal with China, he said in an interview, just as the Trudeau government prepares for its second round of…
Hopes fade in China as more landslide victims found with 93 missing
For graphic on landslide in China click: http://tmsnrt.rs/2t4A3FU Geological experts said that chances of survival for the missing were slim, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported. “We weren’t able to pull anyone out alive,” Wu Youheng…
China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism
… its firm support for China’s fight against the violent terrorist group the ‘East Turkistan Islamic Movement’,” China’s Xinhua news agency reported. China says the East Turkistan Islamic Movement is a violent Uighur separatist group…
China broadens bribery crackdown to technology firms, says report
Mainland China has been shifting the focus of wide-ranging bribery investigations to telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) firms as the industry becomes more important to the economy, according to a joint report released on Sunday.…
China agrees to stop conducting state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting Canadian private sector
China has signed an agreement saying it will stop conducting state-sponsored cyberattacks aimed at stealing Canadian private-sector trade secrets and proprietary technology. This industrial espionage accord was worked out this past Friday during high-level ……
How China’s facial recognition technology is changing daily life
When you are introduced to China’s facial recognition technology in a public toilet, it loses some of its futuristic allure. Nonetheless it does illustrate the extent to which Chinese engineers are frantically working to introduce…
China develops world’s most powerful submarine detector
BEIJING: Chinese scientists have claimed a major breakthrough in magnetic detection technology which could find hidden metallic objects, including minerals and submarines. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China’s largest research institute, said in an ……
China approves 6 IPO applications
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has approved six IPO applications. They will raise no more than 3.2 billion yuan (470 million U.S. dollars), CSRC said Friday in a statement.…
Financial app downloads up sharply in China
TOKYO — China is seeing a sharp rise in downloads of financial applications, reflecting widespread use of mobile payment systems for taxi fares, utility charges and other payments. Financial app downloads in 2016 totaled nearly…
China’s Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover
BEIJING/HONG KONG Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of the Asian financial hub from British … Hong Kong was…
