SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China must strengthen its grip on the internet to ensure broader social and economic goals are met, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday citing comments from President Xi Jinping, underlining a…
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Beijing has declared war on those hilariously bad translations on signs with eye on 2022 Winter Olympics
It has announced a monthly prize for the individual who spots the most errors. Remember all those hilariously badly translated signs that went viral (or whatever else it was called back then) when Beijing hosted…
Beijing scholar says Hong Kong judges’ ‘different understanding’ of Basic Law is behind ‘great disparity’ in court cases
A Beijing legal heavyweight has rekindled controversy by suggesting Hong Kong judges have a “different understanding” among themselves of the city’s mini-constitution that at times produced “great disparity” in their adjudicated cases. Speaking … (…
Beijing has declared war on those hilarious, badly translated signs with eye on 2022 Winter Olympics
Remember all those hilariously badly translated signs that went viral (or whatever else it was called back then) when Beijing hosted the Olympics in 2008? Well, they could soon be a thing of the past.…
Factbox: Made in China 2025: Beijing’s Big Ambitions From Robots to Chips
SHANGHAI — China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a “Made in China 2025” strategy that identifies 10 key sectors,…
Beijing beauty salon investigated after woman, 78, spends US$44,000 on treatments
Beijing’s industry and commerce authority is investigating a claim that a 78-year-old woman was defrauded by being coaxed into spending large sums of money at a beauty salon, a report claims. The woman spent 274,500…
Beijing 2022 urged to be cost-efficient by Samaranch during latest IOC Project Review visit
Beijing’s preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have been backed by the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Juan Antonio Samaranch following his latest visit to the Chinese capital.…
In Beijing encounters, a wayward soul stumbles toward self-discovery
I like to watch the beautiful women of Beijing spit on the street. My journey to get to the capital of China was arduous. I got an hour of sleep on the plane. My first…
Beijing Restricts Building Heights in Prime District — Derails RMB 8.6B in Office Projects
The Beijing government has retroactively restricted the height of buildings in a prime plot of the city’s core business district to as low as 100 metres, truncating the building heights and potential investment returns of…
Warnings to Taipei and Washington: China takes real and verbal shots across Taiwan Strait
“I don’t know why we have to be bound by a One China policy,” he told a Fox News interviewer, “unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade.”…
China holds live-fire drills off coast in warning to Taiwan
The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday an air unit of the People’s Liberation Army ground forces held a live-fire exercise on Wednesday off China’s southeast coast. The PLA said the exercise involved the co-ordination…
China says ready to deal with any fallout from U.S. trade row
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is well prepared to handle any negative effects from its trade dispute with the United States, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, adding that China’s tariff hikes on U.S. imports will…
Nissan premium brand Infiniti aims to triple China sales: CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co’s premium brand Infiniti plans to at least triple sales in China within the next five years by making four additional car models locally and shifting to more of an…
