BEIJING — The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country’s first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months. Genetic analysis indicated the virus spread directly from poultry to the victim, who died Saturday...
Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Yi Jianlian hugged teammate Liu Wei after China defeated Jordan during the Asian Basketball Championships in Wuhan in September. Chinese basketball star Yi Jianlian is looking to continue China’s decade-long legacy of keeping players in the National Basketball Association. The 6-foot-10 forward is set to sign a one-year contract with the...
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — China will try to extract 30 billion cubic meters of coalbed methane in 2015 as part of the country’s efforts to reduce deadly coal mine accidents and develop a clean energy industry, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The top economic planner of China said that...
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Workers assemble appliances including air conditioners and washing machines at Gree Electric Appliances Inc.’s factory in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China. Photographer: Forbes Conrad/Bloomberg Chinese and Indian manufacturing gauges rose in December, suggesting that Asia’s fastest-growing major economies are so far withstanding the fallout from Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis. In China, a purchasing managers’ index was...
Hana is three things — small, British, and stranded in Tokyo. After recognising that a degree in both English Literature and Film is, in fact, two parts unnecessary and useless, Hana decided that a change in pace was in order. With a lifelong passion for writing and a healthy fear/ fascination with technology, the...
Trucks loaded with Chinese goods head across the Yalu Bridge and into North Korea one day after the memorial service for the late leader Kim Jong Il, at the Chinese North Korean border town of Dandong on December 30, 2011. (Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty Images) Chinese leaders made a rare condolence visit to North...
Amid predictions of a contraction, China’s manufacturing activity measurement unexpectedly rose, according to one index in Beijing. Photo: Reuters CHINA’S official manufacturing activity measurement unexpectedly rose last month, contradicting forecasts of a contraction caused by slowing economic growth. The December manufacturing purchasing manager’s index was 50.3 points, up from 49 points in November, the...
BEIJING – China’s PMI, a preliminary readout of the country’s manufacturing activity, rebounded to 50.3 percent in December, indicating a stabler slowing trend for the country’s economic growth. The December Purchasing Managers’ Index was up 1.3 percentage points from 49 percent in November, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Sunday. A...
Describing the India-China relationship as “noble,” the Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Niu Qingbao today said here that without the input and support of the two countries, no major problem can be solved in the world. India and China would have to work hard for a negotiated and mutually acceptable solution to the border...
