Today’s Airfare of the day goes to Air China’s interesting business class fares between Rome and Hong Kong. You can access Air China’s website here. Air China flies its new B787-9 Dreamliner between FCO and…
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Homan rink working on its timing for worlds in China
By the time they leave, they will be staying up until 3 a.m., and waking up at noon. Getting to Beijing four days before the women’s world curling championships begin on Saturday should give them…
Living loud in China's lively public spaces
China does not have those cities … I can remember being in London many years ago on a backpacking trip when I got the news that a good friend, a brilliant young doctor, had died…
China to step up patrols to create 'first class' navy
BEIJING China will step up patrols and ensure it has a “first class” navy equipped with the best armaments, senior military officers told the official Xinhua news agency, as China steps up its ability to…
China vows to strike against separatism on Tibet uprising anniversary
The sensitive anniversary coincided with the yearly news conference of Tibet’s delegation to China’s annual meeting of parliament, under way in Beijing. Che Dalha, Tibet’s governor, said the government would “hold a clear-cut stand against…
China tries to play ref and stop ‘head-on collision’ between North Korea and the U.S.
Wang’s push for revived North Korean talks came during an annual news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in which he also praised his new U.S. counterpart, Rex Tillerson, and reaffirmed China’s…
China tries to reassure foreign companies over industry plan
China’s industry minister on Saturday defended a manufacturing development plan and rejected complaints foreign makers of electric cars and other goods might be pressured to hand over technology or forced out of promising markets. Miao…
China corporate debt levels 'excessive'
“Non-financial corporate leverage is too high,” People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told reporters at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual parliament session. Efforts will be made to contain debt levels,…
Students provide play-by-play for NCAA basketball fans in China
March 10, 2017, 8:40 AM | More than one million international students are now studying in the U.S., and nearly a third of them come from China. Dana Jacobson speaks with two student sportscasters who…
China defends its Trump trademark approvals as in line with law
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump was granted initial approval on dozens of new trademarks in China because they met legal standards, a senior Chinese commercial official said on Friday. China’s trademark office in…
Commentary: China's manufacturing ambition is no threat
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) — China’s tech industry development plan released nearly two years ago has unexpectedly become the target of finger-pointing this week. A European business group criticized the strategy, named “Made in China…
China sheds no tears for Park Geun-hye as North Korea brands her 'a common criminal'
A supporter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye confronts police in SeoulChung Sung-Jun/Getty Images North Korean state media is rarely noted for its contemporaneous coverage of international breaking news, but when South Korea’s president Park…
6 Bad Brand Names in China: Lessons from Intertextuality
At first glance these 6 brand names look terribly wrong but upon a closer look they are almost all to some degree memorable and associative. I came to the realization that their imperfection may actually…
