Chinese protest city to release environment report
BEIJING : The government of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming will publish an environmental impact assessment for a refinery which has been subject to mass protests, state media said on Monday,...
View ArticleFrench companies line up to care for China's elderly
A rapidly aging China is catching the eyes of French nursing home operators, who are planning to tap into the growing need of the country's elderly population. Colisee Patrimoine Group, the...
View ArticleChina-South Asia Expo opens in SW China
KUNMING -- The first China-South Asia Expo, aimed at boosting cooperation and development of the region, kicked off Thursday in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province. With the theme of...
View ArticleVeep Jha leaving for Kunming today
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View ArticleChinese cities ban masks to curb protests
BEIJING: City governments in some parts of China including Kunming city in Yunnan province have imposed restrictions on the sale of face masks. The move follows the use of face masks by protestors who...
View ArticleResponsibility mechanism to force officials to address pollution
BEIJING - Lin Chun-sheng never considered leaving Beijing until heavy smog shrouded the city earlier this year. Lin, who graduated from a university of Chinese medicine in Beijing seven years ago,...
View ArticleMicrosoft cooperates with China's Yunnan in IT industry
KUNMING -- Microsoft has teamed up with Southwest China's Yunnan province to boost software innovation and foster local IT talent. The two sides announced the launching of an information technology...
View ArticleKunming to release assessment of oil refinery
KUNMING - A southwest China city will publicize the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a planned refinery that residents protested last month, the city's mayor said Sunday. Li Wenrong,...
View ArticleVP Jha embarks on 6-day visit to China
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View ArticleNepal hopes first China South Asia Expo to boost export growth
KATHMANDU, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Nepal is hopeful that first China South Asia Exposition (CSAE) 2013 will open a new avenue for growth in its exports to South Asian and Asia Pacific region, exporters...
View ArticleKunming refinery report to be made public
Officials in Kunming, Yunnan province, have decided to make an environmental assessment of a planned refinery public following protests by residents over pollution fears, state media reported...
View ArticleSENIOR MINISTER OF STATE LEE YI SHYAN ATTENDS INAUGURAL CHINA–SOUTH ASIA...
(Source: Government of Singapore) Senior Minister of State Lee Yi Shyan attends inaugural China-South Asia Exposition in Yunnan, China Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry Lee Yi Shyan...
View ArticleVeep leaves for China
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View ArticleLocal Government Abuses Real-name Policy
If local governments cannot be held accountable and interests remain entangled, then fair and legitimate administration, which is the goal of Administrative Law, will be reduced to an empty promise....
View ArticleKunming denies rumors of T-shirt ban
The Kunming Administration of Industry and Commerce denied rumors that the Yunnan provincial capital has banned sales of white shirts and T-shirts. In a...
View ArticleChinese vice premier meets leaders of South Asian countries
KUNMING - Vice Premier Ma Kai on Thursday met with foreign leaders who are attending the first China-South Asia Expo held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province. While meeting with...
View ArticleCross-border RMB settlement surges in Yunnan
KUNMING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province saw the cross-border RMB settlement hit 46.1 billion yuan (7.3 billion U.S. dollars)...
View ArticleJilin Province headed for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai to carry out...
(Source: People's Government of Jilin Province) From May 19 to 24, standing committee member of the provincial party committee and vice governor Chen Weigen led the delegation of Jilin Province to...
View ArticlePossible Issue Of Shares Through Capitalisation Of Capital Fund (Sinopec...
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View ArticleXinhua Insight: China's currency nears equilibrium
BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The yuan is nearing equilibrium, as its rate against the U.S. dollar has hit a new high for 19 times since the beginning of April, experts said. The central parity rate of...
View ArticleChina: US Should Back Rights Reforms at California Summit (HRW - Human...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) - President Obama should make human rights central in his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the two countries' June 7-8 summit in...
View ArticleFrench companies line up to care for China's elderly (Beijing Municipal...
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) A rapidly aging China is catching the eyes of French nursing home operators, who are planning to tap into the growing need of the country's elderly population....
View ArticleTaiwan enterprises to boost trade with South Asia
KUNMING - The Taiwan exhibition "Taiwan Excellence" opened Thursday at the first China-South Asia Expo being held in southwest China's Yunnan province, aimed at boosting trade and exchanges with South...
View ArticleTaiwanese enterprises to boost trade with South Asia
KUNMING -- The Taiwanese exhibition "Taiwan Excellence" opened Thursday at the first China-South Asia Expo being held in southwest China's Yunnan province, aimed at boosting trade and exchanges with...
View ArticleCross-border yuan settlement surges
KUNMING - The yuan is now being used more often in cross-border settlements, although challenges still remain. China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), highlighted the role of...
View ArticleChina unveils South Asia trade push with backing from India’s neighbours
As Communist Party of China (CPC) Politburo member Ma Kai on Thursday announced the start of a new chapter in China’s economic engagement with South Asia, he held aloft the arm of Sri Lankan Prime...
View ArticleSouth Asian traders eye Chinese market
KUNMING - The ongoing China-South Asia Expo and 21st Kunming Import and Export Fair, which both opened in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday, have attracted multiple traders from South...
View ArticleChina to revive 'Southern Silk Road'
KUNMING - China is looking to revive the ancient "Southern Silk Road" linking its southwestern regions with Southeast and South Asia, as it aims to boost cooperation with countries along the...
View ArticleChina to strengthen cooperation with GMS
China is expanding investment and business cooperation with five countries in the Mekong River region, officials and entrepreneurs said at the China-South Asian Expo in Kunming, Yunnan province....
View ArticleChina, South Asia jointly weather financial crisis
KUNMING -- Trade officials from China and South Asian countries at the just-concluded 1st China-South Asia Expo proposed to strengthen cooperation and maintain economic growth amid the lackluster...
View ArticleChina for ‘Southern Silk Road’
Beijing: China is looking to revive the ancient “Southern Silk Road” with South Asia through the economic corridor linking Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar (BCIM), a topic that figured...
View ArticleChina wants to revive 'Southern Silk Road' with India
BEIJING: China is looking to revive the ancient " Southern Silk Road" with South Asia through the economic corridor linking Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar (BCIM), a topic that figured...
View ArticleChina to revive "Southern Silk Road" for regional prosperity
KUNMING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- China is looking to revive the ancient "Southern Silk Road" linking its southwestern regions with Southeast and South Asia, as it aims to boost cooperation with countries...
View ArticlePRESS DIGEST - China - June 7
SHANGHAI, June 7 (Reuters) - Chinese newspapers available in Beijing and Shanghai carried the following stories on Friday. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not vouch for their accuracy....
View ArticleChina to tap into Burma with €1.9bn oil and gas pipeline
Not far from Kunming in southwest China, building work is nearing completion on a €1.9 billion pipeline which will ship oil and gas from Burma to energy- hungry China and resolve some of China’s...
View ArticleFish releases aimed to protect plateau waters
The biggest hydropower plant in the environmentally vulnerable province of Yunnan released about 2 million fingerlings into a reservoir on Friday in Pu'er city. The move was part of a series of fish...
View ArticleChina Further Promotes E-Commerce Development
NDRC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and 11 other departments jointly put forward 14 measures to promote the development of the E-commerce industry in the country. By Dezan Shira & Associates...
View ArticleTop Hotels Look to the Next Frontier
LIJIANG, China -- Tourists from China's crowded coasts have long considered this city of 1.2 million in the Himalayan foothills to be a scenic getaway. Its hotel choices are still predominantly low-...
View ArticleMinistry of Commerce to issue foreign capital index (China International...
(Source: China International Fair for investment and trade) The Ministry of Commerce is considering the issuance of a foreign capital index to provide an assessment method of China's investment...
View ArticleSW China province seizes 9.2 tonnes of drugs
KUNMING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Police authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday said they captured more than 8,000 drug traffickers and seized 9.22 tonnes of drugs in the first five months...
View ArticleVP Jha calls for investment in Nepal
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