By Yuka Hayashi Just over a week after pledging to step up efforts to strengthen ties with China and South Korea, Japan’s relations with the two nations are hitting a rough patch. European Pressphoto Agency Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda(R), China’s Premier Wen Jiabao (L), and South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak (C) at the...
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A Russian cellist with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra whose impolite treatment of a Chinese train passenger drew widespread online condemnation has been dismissed. Sina Weibo Oleg Vedernikov, a principal in the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, pictured in a screenshot from his apology video posted to the orchestra’s official feed on Twitter-like microblogging service Sina Weibo....
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BEIJING — China’s Defense Ministry is accusing the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and its threat to Taiwan in a depiction that will ultimately undermine ties between the two militaries. Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said the annual Pentagon report to Congress on China’s military is groundless and wrong. He says that the report...
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Tue May 22, 2012 4:52am EDT * Comes after Chinese Premier calls for growth measures * Economy in April showed fresh signs of weakness * Stocks rise on prospects for pick up in growth * Measure seen as more “fine tuning” By Kevin Yao and Carrie Ho BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 22 (Reuters) – China will...
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BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhuanet) — China’s high-speed trains may operate at faster speeds again as the decision to slow down the speed made after last July’s fatal crash was an “expedient,” the country’s largest train maker said yesterday. “It’s very likely the speeds of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway could be raised to 350-380 kilometers...
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Hangzhou (China), May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The Higher People’s Court (HPC) in east China’s Zhejiang province on Monday handed businesswoman Wu Ying a death penalty with a two-year reprieve for fundraising fraud after retrial. The court also ordered that all Wu’s personal property be confiscated, and stripped her of political rights for life in final...
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BEIJING, May 22, 2012 (AFP) – A 31-year-old Chinese entrepreneur who was once one of the nation’s wealthiest women has been spared the death penalty, an official said Tuesday, after her case sparked a rare public outcry. Wu Ying, a hairdresser who built a business empire from scratch, had her sentence changed to death...
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A former Chinese tycoon who was convicted of illegally raising money for her business was sentenced Monday to prison after China’s supreme court overturned a death sentence following a public outcry. After a retrial, Wu Ying was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, the Zhejiang Province High People’s court said on its website....
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By Zheng Jinran BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhuanet) — Chen Liang has never been comfortable around people. For years, he refused to talk to strangers and rarely interacted with his parents. He even moved to Slovakia for seven years so he could be alone. Yet, in the end, it was a total stranger who changed his...
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