China and Japan may seem to inhabit alternative economic universes. After more than two decades of stagnation, Japan is a fading global power that can’t seem to revive its fortunes no matter what unorthodox gimmicks…
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Buying deadly drugs online from China takes just minutes
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police opens a printer ink bottle containing the opioid carfentanil imported from China, in Vancouver, June 27, 2016. SHANGHAI– A few thousand dollars, a few minutes and a…
Starbucks looks for China caffeine hit
Starbucks boss Howard Schultz has said expansion in China will secure its future for “decades to come”. While Starbucks still makes most of its profit in the US, Mr Schultz said its Chinese stores were…
Ordering deadly drugs from China is easy, AP investigation reveals
Fentanyl, acetylfentanyl and alpha-PVP are controlled substances in both China and the U.S. Many vendors also bragged openly about their ability to circumvent customs authorities around the world. The companies’ cheery let’s-do-business attitude changed ……
China, Ghana, Zambia meet on Renewable Energy Technology transfer
The maiden China-Ghana-Zambia joint stakeholders meeting has been concluded … Mr Eric Antwi-Agyei, the Project Coordinator for Ghana, who briefed the Ghana News Agency in Accra about the stakeholders meeting, said more than 200 delegates…
Ordering a deadly ‘chemical weapon’ narcotic is easy from China
Carfentanil is banned from general use in the U.S., where it is suspected in hundreds of overdoses but it is not controlled in China, the top source of fentanyl-related compounds that end up in the…
African students compete in Marathons in China
African athletes competing in a marathon [Photo: Chinanews.com] A student from Kenya has even told China News Service that he can earn an average of about USD 3,000 per month, making it an important way…
China's Geely, Volvo beef up strategy with new brand
It’s part of Volvo Cars’ efforts to step up competition with other luxury car brands both globally and within China, the world’s No. 1 auto market, after it was bought by Zhejiang Geely Holdings in…
China priests' fears over Vatican's Beijing olive branch
Secret talks between the Vatican and Beijing are raising hopes of a “historic” rapprochement after six decades of estrangement, but some Chinese clergy fear that Rome will accept a Communist stranglehold over the country’s Catholics.…
China's Alibaba in 'flying pig' controversy
A Chinese Muslim’s call for e-commerce giant Alibaba to rename one of its services because it uses the word “pig” has sparked a backlash in China. It all began when Alibaba changed the name of…
15 confirmed dead, several more missing after China mine explosion
Later, two more bodies were recovered from among the 33 left in the shaft following the explosion, Xinhua News Agency reported … smaller mines to shut down temporarily, Xinhua said. China’s mining industry has long…
Duterte deal with China over Scarborough Shoal exposes US failure
Lifting the Scarborough blockade, then, is China’s gift to Duterte for his sustained attack on America. While it’s not clear what concessions, if any, Duterte has granted in the process, for now this is overwhelmingly…
Inside China's 'nanny university': Migrant workers flock to cities to get trained as childminders amid the country's baby boom
China is expecting a peak in births at the end of 2016 after the central government officially abolished the ruthless ‘one-child policy’ from the beginning of this year. The new ‘two-child’ policy has not only…
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