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Charissa Echavez | Oct 31, 2016 09:37 AM EDT
China announced a policy on Sunday promoting and standardizing the transfer of the right to use farmland from rural citizens to commercial entities. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 31, 2016 06:52 AM EDT
At least 33 people were trapped after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in southwestern China's Chongqing on Monday, Chinese media reported. read more
Mia Ren | Oct 31, 2016 06:29 AM EDT
Apart from traffic congestion, the local government uncovered a scam where people purchase struggling companies that own cars with authorized plate numbers to avoid entering the lottery. According to an agency that broker these kinds of deals, the worth of a small company with a license plate can amount to 180,000 yuan (US$26,000). read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 31, 2016 06:18 AM EDT
China's civilian airport market has now been made fully accessible to private capital after the national aviation authority issued on Sunday sweeping rights-granting guidelines, official media reported. read more
Mia Ren | Oct 30, 2016 09:07 AM EDT
A single parking space has recently been taken off the market for a whopping $HK4.8 million (US$618,000), making it the most expensive lot in Hong Kong. The parking space measures 135 square feet and can be found at 55 Conduit Road, an upscale condominium complex at the Mid-Levels, one of the most lucrative residential areas in the city. J read more
Girish Shetti | Oct 28, 2016 09:50 PM EDT
Nanchang Public Security Bureau said on Thursday that they have arrested two suspects for allegedly making millions of fake sanitary pads in dirty facilities. The arrest happened following a raid at a local factory. read more
Girish Shetti | Oct 28, 2016 09:57 AM EDT
A leading animal welfare group, earlier this week, expressed serious health concern over a three-year-old female polar beer that is currently locked in an enclosure of sprawling shopping mall in Guangzhou province. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 27, 2016 03:52 AM EDT
China has issued a long-term roadmap through 2030 that could pave way to commercializing highly or fully autonomous driving vehicles as early as 2021, Reuters reported citing an official on Wednesday. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 26, 2016 10:23 PM EDT
At least five environmental officials in China's northern city of Xi'an have been detained for tampering air quality monitoring equipment and falsifying results to avoid being fined, state-backed Xinhua News agency reported. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 26, 2016 09:35 AM EDT
China is aiming to raise its citizens' average life expectancy to 77.3 by 2020 and 79 by 2030, according to a new health care blueprint published by the State Council on Tuesday. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 25, 2016 03:40 AM EDT
An explosion at a residential complex in the northwestern Chinese town of Xinmin killed at least 14 people and injured 147 on Monday, Reuters reported citing state-backed Xinhua News agency. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 25, 2016 01:59 AM EDT
China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. Ltd. (CRRC) announced that it will start researching and developing a magnetic levitation (maglev) train that could run as fast as 600 kph, the fastest among any other maglev trains in operation today. read more
S. Rina | Oct 25, 2016 07:59 AM EDT
China has arrested 19 people for allegedly selling 300 tons of expired milk powder, which carries the brand name of New Zealand company Fonterra. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 19, 2016 12:14 AM EDT
Chinese authorities are limiting the number of stock accounts each investor could own in the A-share market, a move to curb illegal market activities. read more
Charissa Echavez | Oct 18, 2016 07:13 PM EDT
The manned Shenzhou-11 spacecraft successfully docked with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab at 3:31 a.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) announced according to Xinhua News agency. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
