UNITED NATIONS (Xinhua) — Putting pressure only on one party won’t help resolve the Syrian issue, instead, it will only derail the issue from the track of political settlement, Wang Min, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, said here Friday after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the Syrian government. “What...
(Reuters) – China’s official news agency hit back on Friday at suggestions by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Beijing is only interested in Africa for its natural resources, adding a further layer of tension to already testy Sino-U.S. ties. Speaking in Senegal earlier this week, Clinton did not name China, but said...
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will open the murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted Communist Party Politburo member Bo Xilai, on August 9, two sources said on Friday, a case at the center of a scandal that has rocked the government and could bring Gu the death penalty. Both sources requested anonymity,...
(Reuters) – The $15 billion bid by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to buy Canada’s Nexen, Inc will help the Chinese state giant gain the expertise to drill in deep, disputed waters of the South China Sea without relying on risk-averse foreign firms. The acquisition of Nexen (NXY.TO) — which faces reviews by...
Will China’s cooling service economy follow the flagging manufacturing sector and further drag on a slowing economy? That’s what an official index released today suggests could happen, even as China grew just 7.6 percent in the second quarter, its slowest pace in three years. The official nonmanufacturing index, based on a survey of about...
Editor’s note: “Jaime’s China” is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived and worked in China since 1971. He studied Chinese history at Peking University (1977-81) and was TIME Magazine’s Beijing correspondent and bureau chief (1982-2000). Beijing (CNN) — Eight female badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics this...
By Ian Ransom LONDON (Reuters) – China’s head badminton coach Li Yongbo took a swipe at the sport’s federation on Friday and said enough punishment had been dealt to the eight expelled players and their teams for their part in a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics. Li was ordered to make a public...
By Sportswriter Gao Peng LONDON (Xinhua) — American swimmer Michael Phelps won the men’s 100m butterfly on Friday for his 17th Olympic gold and 21st medal overall, as the United States overtook China on the top of the medals table thanks to a gold rush in the pool. Phelps clocked 51.21 seconds for the...
