The Chinese government estimates up to three billion trips are made each year by people criss-crossing the country to visit family and friends on what for many in China is the only holiday of the year. ( read original story ...)
China ‘mending ways’ on organ trafficking, says transplant doctor
Human rights groups and medical ethicists have criticised the Holy See for hosting Huang Jiefu, a former vice-minister of health and head of the National Human Organ Donation and Transplant Committee, because it said China was using the Catholic Church to ... ( read original story ...)
China warns US to brush up on its history over disputed South China Sea
The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as Second World War-related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Australia. ( read original story ...)
China vows to crack down on organ trafficking and transplant tourism
The Chinese commitment came as a senior Chinese representative on Tuesday presented related data on China`s organ donations and transplantations at a world conference here, Xinhua news agency said. On the first day of the two-day Pontifical Academy ... ( read original story ...)
China draws up ‘ecological red lines’ to protect environment
In a policy document published by state news agency Xinhua, China's cabinet said all regions were under instruction to decide on their "red lines" before 2020. The heavily industrialised region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in northern China, as well as the ... ( read original story ...)
China investigates 'rare pangolin banquet' in Guangxi
The pangolin is on China's list of endangered wild animals ... and Chinese forestry officials have since said they are probing the incident, reported Chinese media. News outlets have identified the Weibo user as a Hong Kong businessman who visited the ... ( read original story ...)
Sparks fly as Vatican conference challenges China on organs harvested from prisoners
VATICAN CITY - Participants at a Vatican conference on organ trafficking challenged China on Tuesday to allow independent scrutiny to ensure it is no longer using organs from executed prisoners, saying Chinese assurances aren't enough to prove the ... ( read original story ...)
Vatican defends China invite to organ trafficking summit
The Vatican has defended its decision to invite China to a conference on organ trafficking despite its record of using executed inmates as organ donors. The head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) admitted he did not know whether the practice was ... ( read original story ...)
China News – Citi, JPMorgan
Reuters reports that Citigroup is the first U.S.-based bank to be granted the Type A license to act as a bond settlement agent in China's interbank bond market. Other global banks with such a license include Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas. Type A license ... ( read original story ...)
South China Sea: 'There cannot be' conflict between US and China, Foreign Minister warns
China's Foreign Minister has warned that both sides would lose in a conflict between his country and the United States over the South China Sea. In a press conference in Canberra with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop, Wang Yi said China would ... ( read original story ...)