News about China

Thousands of workers strike at China shoe factory Tens of thousands of workers were on strike Wednesday at a factory in southern China which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas, rights groups and a worker said.
16 April 2014 21:38
Tibetan man in China sets self on fire: reports A Tibetan man in China burned himself to death on Tuesday, overseas media and a rights group reported, the latest in a string of self-immolation protests in recent years.
16 April 2014 14:16
Phoenix TV journalists file harassment lawsuit in New York Two employees of Hong Kong-based Phoenix television and a job applicant filed suit Tuesday against the company in New York after allegations of sexual harassment against its former bureau chief.
16 April 2014 13:53
LUKOIL sells 50% in Caspian Investment Resources Ltd with assets in Kazakhstan to China’s Sinopec According to Vagit Alekperov, LUKOIL head, the company plans to redirect funds into geological exploration, including in the Kazakhstan’s part of the Caspian Sea.
16 April 2014 11:06
China bank loans surge in March: central bank China's bank lending surged in March from the previous month, the central bank said Tuesday, but analysts dismissed the possibility of monetary easing.
16 April 2014 10:20
'The Grandmaster' dominates Hong Kong Film Awards Martial arts fantasy "The Grandmaster" enjoyed a bonanza Sunday with 12 wins at the Hong Kong Film Awards including best movie and best director for Wong Kar-wai.
14 April 2014 12:52
China police seize thousands of guns, knives: media Police in China have seized a huge cache of weapons including 15,000 guns and 120,000 knives from an illegal arms ring and detained 15 suspects, state media reported.
14 April 2014 12:23
China wants to build power plant in Kazakhstan Chinese Datang Corporation and China Engineering Machinery Corporation are interested in constructing a thermal power plant in Kazakhstan.
12 April 2014 02:22
China woman held for nursery poisoning that killed 2: media A Chinese woman has been detained for killing two children at a preschool nursery and making 30 others ill with poisoned food, state media said.
10 April 2014 10:30
H.K. police search landfill for $3.7 mln painting Hong Kong police on Wednesday searched for a valuable painting mistakenly dumped in a landfill after it sold for $3.7 million at auction, reports said.
09 April 2014 22:55
Ming-era 'chicken cup' breaks record for Chinese porcelain A rare Ming-era wine cup broke the world auction record for any Chinese porcelain on Tuesday, selling in Hong Kong for $36.05 million to Shanghai tycoon Liu Yiqian, Sotheby's auction house said.
08 April 2014 14:44
Protesters consider ending occupation of Taiwan's parliament Protesters said Monday they were considering ending their three-week occupation of Taiwan's parliament, after its Speaker intervened to try to end the standoff over a contentious services trade pact with China.
08 April 2014 10:45
China shows off new aircraft carrier to US defence chief China showed off its new aircraft carrier to US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday, allowing him a first-hand look at a symbol of its growing military prowess.
08 April 2014 10:25
Planes, ships deployed to investigate Chinese signal Planes and ships were being diverted Sunday to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black box beacon in the hunt for missing flight MH370, the search chief said.
06 April 2014 12:07
China's Huawei partners with Paris SG football club Chinese tech giant Huawei has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Paris Saint-Germain, one of Europe's biggest football clubs, the French club announced Saturday.
05 April 2014 18:58
Chinese man, Iranian indicted in US over Iran exports A Chinese man, an Iranian and two Iranian firms were charged in the United States with conspiring to export devices to Iran that can serve to enrich uranium, an indictment unsealed Friday said.
05 April 2014 15:53
5.4-magnitude earthquake jolts southwest China A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities checking for damage.
05 April 2014 11:29
China toddler started fire which killed 12: Xinhua Investigators in China have accused a three-year-old girl of playing with a cigarette lighter and starting a workshop fire which killed 12 people, state media reported.
03 April 2014 13:48
Fear of flying? Not Kim Jong-Un A new photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un disembarking from a plane suggests he doesn't share his father Kim Jong-Il's near-obsessive fear of flying.
02 April 2014 14:57
No migration of workforce from China to Kazakhstan The Ministry of Labor and Social Security has dispelled rumors about migration of work force from China and South Kazakhstan to Kazakhstan's northern regions.
01 April 2014 13:27
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