Tag: China
China's New Year travel rush starts early
China's annual travel rush over the Lunar New Year has begun early, partly because of the country's economic woes.[MORE]
North Korea defector smuggles herself into Seoul
A North Korean defector who lived in hiding in China for a decade has been smuggled to South Korea.[MORE]
China issues mobile phone internet access licences
China has issued licences for the next generation of mobile phone networks that will make internet access on mobile handsets available to hundreds of millions of people. [MORE]
Liu likely to miss Berlin worlds
China's Liu Xiang will probably not defend his world 110m hurdles title in Berlin later this year because of the injury which forced him out of the Beijing Olympics. The 25-year-old former world record holder and Olympic champion had surgery on his injured foot last month but will not be back in competitive form in time for the August 15-23 world championships, coach Sun Haiping said.[MORE]
Chinese speed skater banned for 'one-finger salute'
A Chinese speed skater has been banned from national competition for a year after he gave a "one-fingered salute" to spectators who had jeered him, state press reported.[MORE]
China confirms latest bird flu death
China's health ministry has confirmed that a 19-year-old woman died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing on Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.[MORE]
Chinese police search for suspect in axe murders
Police in central China have launched a manhunt for a love-lorn junk collector suspected in the axe murders of eight people, including a two-year-old boy, state media reported.[MORE]
Cargo ship evades pirates off Somalia
A cargo ship with 32 Chinese crew aboard evaded an attack by four pirate boats in the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, China's state media reported.[MORE]
China threatens to block Google
Chinese authorities have launched a fresh campaign to get rid of what they say is unhealthy, vulgar and pornographic content on the internet.[MORE]
4yo's dismembered body found in China fridge: report
A four-year-old girl's dismembered body has been found in a fridge in southern China, leading to the arrest of a man who allegedly once said human flesh was "delicious", state media reported.[MORE]
Sydney FC chairman backs Kossie
Sydney FC chairman Andrew Kemeny has backed under-pressure coach John Kosmina, saying the club's players must shoulder some blame for the side's poor season.[MORE]
Sydney FC forms partnership with Shanghai Shenhua
Sydney FC says it is entering into a formal relationship with prominent Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.[MORE]
Hopes China reducing missiles aimed at Taiwan
China may be planning to slowly reduce the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan in a significant show of goodwill towards the self-ruled island, a Taiwanese military official said.[MORE]
Chinese fireworks plant blast kills 13
An explosion in an illegal fireworks plant in east China has killed 13 workers, the state-run media agency says, citing government officials.[MORE]
China, Vietnam resolve border dispute
China and Vietnam say they have resolved a border dispute almost 30 years after fighting a war which left tens of thousands of people dead.[MORE]
Dairy boss pleads guilty over China tainted milk scandal
The chairwoman of a Chinese diary company has gone on trial over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill.[MORE]
China's Hu calls for military exchanges with Taiwan
Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for military exchanges with Taiwan, in another sign of rapidly improving ties between the former arch enemies.[MORE]
Indonesia police bust major drug smuggling ring
Indonesian police have cracked a smuggling ring that was importing drugs worth over $1 million to Indonesia and China, an official said.[MORE]
China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world
Scientists in China say they have discovered the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reports.[MORE]
Massive quake rebuild holds key for China economy
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China hopes a national program to rebuild after May's devastating earthquake will provide a boost for its economy.[MORE]
Natural disaster costs rising on back of climate change: reinsurer
One of the world's biggest re-insurance companies, Munich RE, says this year has been among the worst for losses from natural disasters. [MORE]
Russia and China hook up military hotline
Chinese and Russian military leaders have spoken to each other on a new phone hotline for the first time. [MORE]
China pandas sniff at Taiwan bamboo, lose weight
Two giant pandas, goodwill gifts from China to political rival Taiwan, are losing weight since their arrival on the island last week because of a different diet and lack of exercise, a zoo official says.[MORE]
China puts 4 more on trial in tainted milk scandal
Four people have gone on trial in north China in connection with the country's tainted-milk scandal, bringing the number before the courts to 10, state media said.[MORE]
China firms to compensate tainted milk victims
Chinese dairy firms that sold baby formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine will pay compensation to the families of nearly 300,000 children who were killed or sickened as a result, state media reported on Saturday.[MORE]
