BEIJING China will maintain steady growth and speed up economic transformation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday, adding that the world’s No. 2 economy would be able to overcome current challenges, official news agency…
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Why did China axe Finance Minister Lou Jiwei?
and use his experience to implement new tax policies that will help put “China on a more sustainable fiscal revenue path”. But the most colourful insight into the man catapulted into the high profile job…
China effectively bars 2 Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office
BEIJING—China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to ……
Beijing bars 2 young Hong Kong legislators who 'posed a grave threat'
China’s top legislature effectively barred two democratically elected separatist lawmakers from taking office in Hong Kong with a ruling Monday on the city’s constitution, an intervention into a local political dispute that’s likely to spark…
Beijing ruling bars Hong Kong lawmakers from taking office
Beijing has intervened in Hong Kong politics to block two elected lawmakers from taking office. Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, who are pro-independence, have refused to pledge allegiance to Beijing when taking their oaths. Beijing…
China says it must intervene to stop Hong Kong separatism
… in a statement that Beijing could not afford to do nothing in the face of challenges in Hong Kong to China’s authority, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Saturday. The dispute in Hong…
China pledges 18-per cent carbon emissions cut by 2020
BEIJING — China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. Under the plan, by 2020, the level…
China says it must act to deter Hong Kong separatism
BEIJING – China’s top legislative panel has said Beijing must intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute to deter advocates of independence for the city, calling such acts a threat to national security. The official…
Plans for permanent space station on track after rocket launch, China says
Not to be outdone, China is working on an even bigger rocket capable of lifting 100 tons of payload into low-earth orbit, Tian Yulong, the program’s chief engineer, was quoted as saying at a news…
China Launches Most Powerful Heavy-Lift Rocket
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…
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