China sees South Africa as equal: president Zuma

CAPE TOWN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China sees South Africa as equal, particularly in doing business, President Jacob Zuma said in an interview broadcast on Thursday. China is unlike former Western coloni  Read more »

Premier encourages population policy reform

BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday urged prudent adjustment of China's family planning policy to ensure a balanced population. Adjustment of population policy complies with t  Read more »

China plans modern vocational education

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, met on Wednesday to discuss deploying a modern vocational education program to improve the quality of the country's vast labor force   Read more »

China’s Air Pollution Obstacle to Winter Olympic Bid

Over the past week the air pollution has been exceptionally bad in Beijing, almost on the same level as last January. Not only are high levels of air pollution bad for the health of the capital’s citi  Read more »

Peking University Statues Get Masks for Current Airpocalypse

The last five days have seen China’s capital covered in a blanket of haze, and it’s beginning to get to people. In protest of the appalling air quality, students at Peking University in Beijing have   Read more »

Getting Over the Hump: Chinese Study Tools and Aids

During the Chinese learning process there are definitely ups and downs. Some days you feel at the top of your game and others you feel as if you’ve hit some kind of barrier on your road to fluency. In  Read more »

Beijing Says Heavy Air Pollution Should End in the Capital By February 27

China’s Capital has now been the ‘victim’ of bad air pollution for the last 5 days straight. On Saturday, February 22, the air quality was 11 times that of the legal limit set by the World Health Orga  Read more »

From March 1 Train Tickets Bought Online Must Be Authenticated

From March 1, China’s only train ticket booking site (www.12306.cn) will require thorough identity information verification. It can be verified online or at the ticket booth in the station. So don’t f  Read more »

China's giant pandas arrive at new home in Belgian zoo

A pair of giant pandas from southwest China's Sichuan Province arrived at their new home in Belgium's Pairi Daiza zoo, some 60 km southwest of downtown Brussels, at around 15:00 local time (1400GMT) o  Read more »

China stocks tumble after weak opening

Chinese shares plunged following a weak opening on Monday as real estate stocks led the fall and the Chinese currency dipped for a fifth trading day against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Shanghai C  Read more »

Running Beijing's subway: A life of pressure and responsibility for staff

The Beijing Subway is the second busiest subway in the world, with millions of passenger rides made on a daily basis. Running the sophisticated transport system is a tiring, stressful task for subway   Read more »

Heavy Smog Likely to Last a Week in Northern China: Yellow Warning Issued

According to the Central Meteorological Station 7 cities in northern China have been experiencing heavy haze, also known as smog, recently and will likely continue to until February 27. Beijing, Tianj  Read more »

China’s is Planning to Build World’s Longest Underwater Tunnel

By 2026 China plans to have built the world’s longest underwater tunnel, connecting Dalian in Liaoning Province to Yantai in Shandong Province. If the blueprint is approved by the State Council, work   Read more »

Supreme Court Rules that BYOB violates ‘Inequality Clause’

The supreme court of China recently upheld a law that falls under the ‘Inequality Clause’ that says that restaurants are not allowed to forbid you to bring your own booze. They go on further to say th  Read more »

Taxi apps' battle remains white-hot in China

After experiencing a rat race in 2013, it seems that China's taxi-hailing apps market will witness a long-term duopoly situation. On February 10, 2014, there were rumors suggesting that the battle be  Read more »

How many "rain men" in China still live in discrimination?

Can you extract the 14 power root from a 16-digits number? How long will you need to work it out? Recently, Zhou Wei, who was seen on "the strongest brain" show on Jiangsu TV, worked it out in just 1   Read more »

China taps tourism potential of northwestern desert

China is set to transform a northwestern desert into an international tourism destination after the signing of a cooperation framework. At least 2 billion yuan (329.8 million U.S. dollars) will be i  Read more »

Hong Kong Disneyland enjoys fourth record-breaking year

Hong Kong Disneyland reported Monday for the fourth consecutive year of record revenue, attendance, hotel occupancy and guest spending for the 2013 fiscal year. In total, the Hong Kong Disneyland Re  Read more »

400 mln yuan worth of "red envelopes" sent through WeChat

Giving lucky money or "red envelopes" to family and friends is a long-fixed tradition during China's Lunar New Year. That tradition went a bit high-tech this year as more thaneight million mobile user  Read more »

Local and expat parents discuss spending kids' "red envelopes"

A lot of children received thousands of yuan in red envelopes, known as Hongbao, over the Spring Festival. The practice has also spread to many expat families in Shanghai. Like many teenagers, Che  Read more »