GUANGZHOU, May 16 (Xinhua) — A two-and-a half month fishing ban began at noon Wednesday in most parts of the South China Sea as part of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate the area’s marine resources, according to fishery authorities. The Hainan provincial marine and fishing department said all 8,994 of the area’s locally-registered fishing vessels...
MANILA, May 16 (Xinhua) — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has designated two special envoys to China, Malacanang, the presidential palace, announced on Wednesday. One of the envoys is former Philippine Ambassador-designate to China Domingo Lee. The other is Cesar Zalamea, chairman and chief executive officer of Focus Range International Ltd. Aquino, who is...
BEIJING May 16 (Reuters) – Conditions are “extremely favourable” for China to make the yuan freely convertible but some capital controls will be needed in a time of crisis, the country’s top securities regulator said on Wednesday. “Currently, conditions are extremely favourable for promoting yuan convertibility on the capital account”, Guo Shuqing, head of...
At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in thewestern United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21. Depending on where people are in the eclipse’s path, some may be able to witness an annular eclipse in which the moon...
TOKYO – A shooting war with China may not be inevitable, but a dangerous arms escalation seems a dead certainty. That’s the take from a rare public discussion here this week among naval experts from Japan, the U.S. and China. “Eighty percent of the population wants us to use the military,” says Yang Yi, former...
BEIJING – China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule. The documentary shown globally by state broadcaster China Central Television features police surveillance footage of the fiery protests....
