A rarely seen crystal-clear skyline is seen in central Shanghai yesterday. Many residents said the blue sky and white clouds reminded them of the 2010 World Expo, when the city government strictly curtailed pollution from traffic and local factories. The city will continue to enjoy good air for about three days due to a...
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YONGXING ISLAND, Hainan – Xiao Jie was elected Monday afternoon the first mayor of the newly established Sansha city in the South China Sea along with the head of the city’s legislative body. Xiao, 51, head of the Hainan Provincial Agriculture Department, was elected mayor of the city in the first session of the...
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iPhone 5 mockup. (Credit: Overdrive Design) iPhone 5 production reports are rolling in from Asia with more frequency. This time, a Taipei-based report claims that Pegatron has started making the next iPhone. The Taiwan-based manufacturer has begun production of a new version of the iPhone at its factory in Shanghai, according to Digitimes, citing...
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A truck moves in rain on a flooded road in Taipei on June 16, 2012/XINHUA CHENGDU, Jul 21 – A torrential flood triggered by continuous rain has damaged parts of a major road in southwest China’s Sichuan province, local authorities said on Saturday. A 600-meter stretch of National Road 212 was destroyed around 6am...
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URUMQI — China’s far west Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region recorded 10.7 percent economic growth in the first half, 2.9 percentage points higher than the national growth rate, local authorities said Monday. Xinjiang realized a GDP of 260.1 billion yuan ($41.2 billion) from January to June, 10.7 percent higher than the previous year, announced Wang...
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LHASA — Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region reported $1.02 billion in foreign trade in the first half of this year, up 170.3 percent from the same period last year, customs authorities in Lhasa said Monday. The growth rate was 162 percentage points higher than the national average, Lhasa’s customs office said in a news...
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Taiwan jobless rate masks frail economy By Robert M Cutler MONTREAL – Taiwan’s economy delivered a small shaft of light on Monday when the June unemployment came in at 4.2%, unchanged from May and one percentage point better than the 4.3% consensus forecast. The latest figure, down from the 4.4% rate in June 2011,...
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CHENGDU — The Fifth Panda, Animal and Nature Film Festival will kick off on August 16 in the city of Ya’an in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, organizers said Monday. Forty-five foreign and 20 domestic films will be screened and receive awards at the festival, the event’s organizing committee said. Seminars, a photography exhibition and...
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The number of foreign-invested enterprises hits 4414 by the end of June, including 2400 enterprise legal persons and 2014 branches, according to Anhui Provincial Bureau of Industry Commerce. Meanwhile, the number of resident offices of foreign enterprises reached 247. The overall investment of foreign firms reached 37.225 billion USD and registered capital hit 19.497...
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Kite-flying can be a consuming passion as Chitraleka Basu finds out at the Weifang International Kite Festival, which had attracted an ardent gathering of international hobbyists. It was a bit of a surprise to find Qian Jianguo on stage at the ceremony of the 28th Weifang International Kite Festival early this year. Qian, a...
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