BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have raised Beijing storm’s death toll to 77 from 37 after the public questioned the days-old tally. Some residents even compiled their own totals in a reflection of deep mistrust of the government’s handling of the disaster. The Beijing city government said 77 bodies had been found in the...
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has indicted Gu Kailai, the wife of deposed Communist Party politician Bo Xilai, for intentional homicide, in the latest development in a political scandal that has shaken the Party’s once-in-a-decade succession. Gu and family employee Zhang Xiaojun will be prosecuted for allegedly poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood over “conflict of...
Annual human rights talks between the United States and China have produced few visible results, partly because of a difference in how each nation views civil liberties, analysts say. The yearly closed-door meetings, which took place this week in Washington, ended much the same way they have the past few years, with Washington accusing...
COLLEGE PARK, Md., (UPI) — China should be at the center of the 2012 Republican campaign for the White House. Unless former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney emphasizes specific solutions for creating jobs by ending unnecessary outsourcing to the Middle Kingdom, he won’t win. U.S. President Barack Obama’s economy is a disaster. Since the recovery...
SHANGHAI (AP) — Chinese solar panel makers are urging Beijing to seek talks with the European Union over a dispute they say threatens to escalate into a trade war. Four big solar panel manufacturers issued a joint statement Thursday appealing for both sides to resolve the disagreement over allegations they receive illegal subsidies and...
Chinese authorities say they have arrested more than 10,000 suspects and smashed more than 600 gangs during a four-month crackdown on Internet crimes, according to news reports. At the same time, Beijing police are threatening to punish any online “political rumor” or “attack” on Communist Party leaders, the system or the country, raising fears...
BEIJING – Allegations that China used stolen U.S. technology to develop a modern military attack helicopter were “severe deviations” from the facts, the Chinese Defense Ministry said Thursday. A division of United Technologies Corp. pleaded guilty in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in June to crimes related to the illegal export of software that U.S. officials said...
