Beijing Olympics: Taiwan vs. China
Besides, relations between mainland China and Taiwan have been on the upswing after Ma Ying-Jeou, the conciliatory Taiwanese president, was inaugurated in May…At the heart of the anxiety is a political disagreement over the Chinese ...

China: Shutting down for the Olympics
Just over a month until the big games, Fons Tuinstra at China Herald takes a look around Beijing as the city prepares itself in ‘Olympic shutdown gets into places'.

China and the G8: Problem or Solution?
Pressure is mounting on the G8 to address the question of China’s membership in the Club. The perfect storm of macroeconomic imbalances, soaring energy costs, rising food prices, climate change, global health and international security ...

China: August moon over Beijing
Veteran China pundit Philip J Cunningham looks back at the phases of the moon leading up to the Tiananmen student protest in 1989 and forward to the August moon as it will be when the Olympics begin next month as possible justification ...

Citizens of China and other large developing countries put to ...
The eco-absorbed are those who are very focused on the issue of climate change and China has the fourth-highest proportion in the world - behind Brazil (58%), Mexico (56%) and India (50%) but far ahead of countries such as Germany (15%) ...

Koppel series shows changes in China
NEW YORK (AP) _ The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls are ...

Four China Oil Companies to Bid for Oil and Gas Exploration in Iraq
China National Petroleum Corp., China Petrochemical Corp., China National Offshore Oil Corp and Sinochem Corp are assessing fields in Iraq in preparation to bid for exploration rights. The Iraqi government is allowing 41 companies ...

Dragon Awakes with Elephant Memory: Cross-Cultural Understanding ...
AJ’s ED Lawrence Ko enthused the 23 participants in their learning of China’s cultural and political history spanning from the ancient Xia dynasty through the fascinating Imperial dynastic periods to the modern post-Mao and post-Deng ...

When is it OK to criticise China?
One of the frustrating things many foreigners find about living in China is the seeming ability to engage the locals in rational debate or express constructive critisism of their nations policies without elicitng an angry response, ...

Gay and Lesbian societies of China and Pakistan catching up fast.
Homosexuality in China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia LGBT rights in Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is unfortunate that some peoples are targeting only India for Homosexuality, as it is a global and ancient phenomena ...

CPI inflation in China: Forecasts above 7 per cent for June 2008 ...
The June CPI inflation rate for China will be published officially on 18 July 2008. Bank of China reportedly estimates that the published rate would be between 7.1 and 7.4 per cent, thus further cementing a yearly 2008 inflation rate ...

China is a rising star, but unusually weak and poor
Jacques deLisle is a professor of law and a member of the faculty of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

21 dead in China mine accident
BEIJING (AP) — An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday.

21 dead in China mine accident
Meet Team UniqueStudios from China! here's a photo I took of them this morning right after they heard they are in the Top 6 teams! China UniqueStudio. This team approached the problem of Global Warming using Windows Live Technology. ...