Hangzhou (China), July 3 (Xinhua) A patient suffering from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, died of electrocution when she was taking a shower in a hospital here, the police said...

Beijing, July 4 : With more than 176.5 million motor vehicles in the country, a whopping 14 percent of Chinese nationals have obtained a driving licence, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has...

Beijing, July 4 : Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has denied that his country has inked an arms deal with...

Lahore, July 4 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the...

Washington, July 3 : Scientists from Second Military Medical University in Shanghai have revealed that mutations in the DNA of hepatitis B virus (HBV) might help predict which patients are at increased risk of developing liver...

Melbourne, July 3 : In a rare case of a predator hunted by its prey, a toad has for the first time been captured on camera while eating a whole snake in just five...

China Daily newspaper said.The report didn't specify the dimensions but said it would be larger than the 4.9-metre-long bull at the foot of Broadway in New York.It is being...

China's sovereign wealth fund said it would buy 1.5 billion dollars worth of shares of the Canadian mining company Teck Resources Ltd. The purchase by the China Investment Corp would amount to a 17.2...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) should make harsher punishments on affirmed trade protectionism cases to contain protectionism sentiment effectively, Hai Wen, vice president of the Peking...

The chances of a widespread inflation occurring in China due to its loose monetary policy seem unlikely given the country's surplus production capacity, but the central government should be cautious...

NANNING, July 4 (Xinhua) -- More than 50,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after heavy rains for three straight days in some areas of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. ...

China's state assets regulator announced it would impose toward stricter control over the actions of state-owned shareholders in Beijing on Friday, in a move to protect investors'...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's massive economic stimulus plan has launched some projects that are wasteful, possibly making it hard for investors involved to repay bank loans, China's central bank chief...

The parents of a high school girl called police after they saw a boy's shadow in her bedroom in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, on Monday...

And that wasn't all. Electrical outlets turned black. The air conditioner went on the blink. Then McCarthy, 33, started waking up with a bloody nose. It turns out the home was built with...

  The inflow of hot money, or investments by speculative institutional investors, is the main reason for the recent fluctuation in oil prices, a senior Chinese official said on Friday. A...

The owner of a lost banking card was taken to court in Foshan's Shunde district, Guangdong province, after someone found and used it. The man learned his banking card was used by some telephone...

TORONTO - Teck Resources said on Friday it will sell a 17.2 percent equity stake to state-owned China Investment Corp in a deal that will help the Canadian miner pay down its debt while expanding...

Soldiers take part in the China-Mongolia joint peacekeeping military drill in Beijing, Friday July 3, 2009. The six-day drill is the first joint peacekeeping exercise China held with a foreign...

Asia should have its own monetary fund to better ensure financial stability of the region, a senior UN official said. "Ultimately Asia should have its own monetary fund," Supachai Panitchpakdi,...

A police officer is seeking 190,000 ($27,819) in compensation from a driver in Jiangbei district, Chongqing municipality, who bit his scalp during a parking dispute. The driver surnamed Zhu parked...

LONDON (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- General Motors on Friday that it's received a proposal from China's Beijing Automotive for its European Adam Opel...

A middle age man in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, got passing marks in the national college entrance examinations last month but his two sons failed. Xiao Heqing, 43, said he would like to...

Despite the coordinated demand slump in the US and European countries, China's exports could gain traction from trading with major developing countries in the post crisis era, Yi Xiaozhun, deputy...

www.Chinafocustravel.com , clicking on "Historic China"), is offering that breathtaking bargain on two dates in December (and for $400 more in November, with 2010 prices not yet announced).The newer...

China has urged the United States to drop measures limiting imports of Chinese products in a bid against protectionism. Countries should not take protectionist measures against the WTO rules, and...

Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection has refuted doubts over the accuracy of the air quality test results in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics and blamed media's exaggeration of the capital's...

The proposal would allow the airline to cram 40% more travelers into its planes while cutting operating costs 20%. Passengers would be strapped to a bar-stool-like stand during takeoff and...

Shanghai, July 04, 2009 /EIN News/ -- '09 Auto Engine Tech Seminar held in Shanghai By George Gao From:Gasgoo.com July 03, 2009 The "2009 Automotive Engine Technology Seminar & 2009 Auto...

SHANGHAI: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co.,Ltd and the Shanghai Maritime University have signed an agreement on jointly setting up "post-bachelor" courses in which students can study for one year...

CHENGDU: A local bus company has promised to reward any of its riders who report other passengers bringing suspicious or flammable liquids...

BOE completes 12b yuan share placement Li Lihui, who was currently the vice chairman and president of the Chinese mainland-based Bank of China Limited, has also been appointed vice chairman...

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development ordered a nationwide quality inspection of housing construction Friday after an under-construction residential compound collapsed in Shanghai last...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday called for continued vigilance against the global pandemic of the A/H1N1 influenza and urged positive and scientific measures to cope with it. Wen made the...

China will revise its tariff policy to curb the export of rare metal products, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Friday. According to the...

China's commerce ministry said on Friday that Chinese government strongly opposes the United States' proposed duties on Chinese tires, as such a move could be a sign of trade protectionism. China is...

With the goal of building Shanghai into a world-class financial hub, the central government is showing renewed interest in inviting foreign-funded firms to be listed in the...

WASHINGTON -- Shi Pei Pu, a Chinese operatic soprano who along with his French lover was convicted of espionage and whose complicated affair inspired the Tony Award-winning Broadway play “M....

Dai Xianglong, chairman of the National Council for Social Security Fund (SSF), China's pension fund, said Friday that China will further expand its overseas investment in diversified...

Although the Chinese stock market has breached the 3,000-point barrier after a six-month bull run, analysts and investors are cautious since they see the rally as being led largely by big-cap stocks...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines is likely to become China's first carrier to open a branch in Taiwan after it submitted Friday three copies of a document necessary for...

On Monday, for instance, a land parcel along Beijing's Guangqu Road was auctioned off for more than 4 billion yuan (US$585 million) after fierce bidding among major developers from the mainland and...

China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan Friday outlined six possible scenarios of adjustments for global economy to achieve balance. Zhou was speaking at the Global Think Tank Summit that...

Taiwan's dollar was little changed after Thursday sliding the most in a month on speculation the central bank intervened to prevent gains from hurting...

Former Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan on Friday called for a new mechanism to maintain the stability of the major reserve currencies and tighter vigil on countries issuing reserve currencies. ...

China's annual consumption of gas will reach 400 billion cubic meters by 2030, with 150 billion cubic meters coming from imports and the remainder from domestic production, Jia Chengzao,...

. When asked if mining investments would become more important to CIC following the Teck deal, Wang said: "Not entirely. Our investment philosophy is mainly financial investment." He said, "So for...

Kathmandu, Jul 3 : Nepal Police have arrested two youths with a Chinese pistol from Chure forest in Triyuga Municipality-11, Udaypur district in eastern Nepal, local media reports said here...

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has selected two major coal-to-gas projects which are expected to generate 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas from coal in the next five years, Fu...

-(Dow Jones)- China's exports in the first half fell 21.7% from a year earlier, Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister Yi Xiaozhun said Saturday, citing data from the customs...