China is preparing to launch people to a prototype space station for the first time, and the crew may include the first female Chinese astronaut, or taikonaut. Chinese space agency officials have selected an initial group of potential crew members for the upcoming mission, which will be China’s first manned docking. The batch includes...
JAKARTA, March 15 (Xinhua) — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s state visit to China will further strengthen the strategic bilateral relationship between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said here Thursday. President Yudhoyono will arrive in Beijing on March 22 and engage in a flurry of diplomatic activities in his three-day visit. He...
China’s food safety authorities said on Friday that they were probing a Beijing outlet of McDonald’s Corp., the world’s biggest hamburger chain, after a report on state television pointed to quality problems there. The CCTV report said the Sanlitun branch was selling food beyond its expiration date, according to the official Xinhua news agency....
BEIJING — Underdogs fighting off a foreign invasion or small-time hopefuls competing against all odds for the spotlight. Those could be plot lines for Hollywood scripts – or the real world plight of China’s movie producers, now that Beijing has approved imports of a new wave of American blockbusters. A deal hammered out during Vice...
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao raised eyebrows last week in a speech at the National People’s Congress, the annual meeting of China’s legislature. In opening remarks, Wen signaled his country’s decision to lower its targeted economic growth rate to 7.5% after maintaining an 8% goal for the last seven years. While the announcement sent tremors...
HONG KONG | Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:27am EDT HONG KONG (Reuters) – EBay Inc’s (EBAY.O) unit PayPal is expanding its domestic electronics payments presence in Asia with plans to tap China and India, the region’s biggest consumer markets, a senior executive said on Friday. PayPal’s domestic e-payments system is already available in Asia...
