UNITED NATIONS, (Xinhua) — Wu Hongbo, a senior Chinese diplomat, has been officially sworn in as UN under-secretary- general for economic and social affairs here on Monday. The inauguration ceremony, hosted by the UN Secreteray-General Ban Ki-moon, was held at the UN headquarters. Wu Hongbo, 60, who used to serve as Chinese ambassador to...
(RTTNews) – Ensuring Taiwan’s presence in the territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands between Japan and China, its President Ma Ying-jeou has proposed a five-point peace initiative that includes cooperation in exploring and developing the vast resources in the East China Sea. Addressing a meeting in capital Taipei on Sunday, he said dispute over...
(Reuters) – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O) and its Chinese joint venture partners will open a theme park in Shanghai by 2016, with a total investment amount of 20 billion yuan ($3.14 billion), the companies said on Tuesday. The creator of “Shrek,” together with its joint venture partners — China Media Capital, Shanghai Media...
By BETH HARRIS The Associated Press LONDON — Five golds down, three to go. China has been so far unstoppable in the diving pool in pursuit of a sweep at the London Olympics. He Chong is favored to defend his title in men’s 3-meter springboard starting Monday in the preliminaries. The two-time world champion...
China’s women face Japan in Tuesday’s final, and China faces South Korea in Wednesday’s men’s final. This time it wasn’t so easy, particularly for the Chinese men. “I was very nervous during the match,” China men’s coach Liu Guoliang said. It doesn’t sound like much, but the admission by Liu — who seldom reveals...
Despite boasting a roster featuring only one established NBA star and no real point guard to speak of, Great Britain entered the final day of pool play in the men’s basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics having come close to tasting victory a couple of times. While the British team did suffer blowout...
(Bloomberg) — Aliya Mustafina won Olympic gold in the gymnastics uneven-bars competition, taking Russia into eighth place in the medal standings as China extended its lead. Mustafina, 17, scored 16.133 points to gain her third medal of the games after winning a team silver and taking bronze in the all-around competition. American Gabby Douglas,...
JAKARTA (Xinhua) — New Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Yang Xiuping presented credentials to ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan here on Monday. During the talk following the presentation of the credentials, Surin extended welcome to Yang as the new Chinese ambassador and highly praised the positive growth in volume of trade between ASEAN and China and...
Police in China arrested more than 1,900 people and seized about 1.16 billion yuan ($182 million) worth of counterfeit drugs and related goods amid a government crackdown in the world’s fastest-growing pharmaceuticals market. The fake drugs seized were illegally advertised to treat illnesses including hypertension, diabetes, skin diseases and cancer, the Ministry of Public...
