China launched its biggest rocket yet on November 3 … senior technical & space policy analyst with U.S. think tank globalsecurity.org told Xinhua News. “Eventually once the Long March-5 has gained high reliability, it will…
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MOA’s response to GM corn planting in Xinjiang: seeds are smuggled from abroad Recently, a research and development (R&D) unit in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was discovered illicitly planting genetically modified (GM) corn. Yesterday, in…
Beijing, Shanghai or Hangzhou? Where to visit in China
Since the reforms of the late Seventies, China has undergone the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history. Among other changes, tourists were allowed to visit for the first time since the inception…
Imagine leaving your house and seeing this… Beijing chokes in toxic air as 'smog season' begins
The capital city of Beijing has been blanketed in thick smog in the past two days with visibility reduced to as low as 100 metres (328 feet), reported the People’s Daily Online. Latest pictures, taken…
China's Wanda Group purchases Dick Clark Productions
BEIJING — China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying $1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the Golden Globes and the “Miss…
Beijing to intervene in Hong Kong lawmaker oath dispute
HONG KONG (AP) — Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers being fought in the city’s courts, in a rare move that is stoking fears…
China carfentanil trade thrives as seizures top 400 in U.S.
Fueled by a thriving trade out of China, the weapons-grade chemical is suspected in hundreds of drug overdoses in the U.S. and Canada. An AP investigation last month showed how easily carfentanil can be purchased…
Is China Repeating Japan’s Missteps?
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…
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…
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