A nurse checks blood pleasure on Jiang Yingjie while he recover in a hospital in Beijing, China, Monday, March 9, 2009 after being assaulted by assailants he claimed were police. Jiang claimed to have been attacked Monday by a group of Beijing police trying to evict him from his restaurant, which was forcibly closed last [...]
Associated Press
BEIJING — Premier Wen Jiabao warned that the impact of the global financial crisis was still spreading in China and the country faces the long and arduous task of combating its effects.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted Wen as saying Saturday that China “must strengthen confidence in the face of the crisis and be [...]
BEIJING (AP) – Taxi drivers angry about unfair competition from unlicensed cabs staged a strike Monday in southeast China, a state news agency said, the latest sign of discontent as the country’s economy cools and unemployment grows.
Laid-off factory workers have taken to the streets in recent months and the ruling Communist Party fears the effects [...]
By MICHAEL CASEY
AP Environmental Writer
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – A new species of the fist-sized babbler bird has been found in a network of underground caves in southwestern China, raising the prospect the country could become a hot spot for other new discoveries, a conservation group said Thursday.
Ornithologists Zhou Fang and Jiang Aiwu first spotted the [...]
BEIJING (AP) – China said Tuesday it “regrets” a World Trade Organization decision that largely sides with the U.S. in a product piracy complaint, but said it will cooperate with other countries to strengthen measures to protect intellectual property rights.
The WTO decision, released Monday, said China breached trade rules by turning a blind eye to [...]
Joe McDonald, Associated Press Writers
The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative “carbon credits” into the pockets of Chinese developers.
But in the end the new Xiaoxi dam may do nothing [...]
SHANGHAI, China (AP) – China plans to raise the minimum state purchasing price for rice, the government’s planning agency said Saturday, aiming to boost farm incomes and encourage farmers to grow more grain.
The minimum purchasing price for rice will rise by an average of 16 percent this year, compared with an increase of 13 percent [...]
By TINI TRAN
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) – The parents of an infant who died after drinking tainted milk have accepted 200,000 yuan ($29,000) in compensation from the Chinese dairy company at the heart of the scandal, their lawyer said.
Sanlu Group Co. gave Yi Yongsheng and his wife Jiao Hongfang, farmers from poverty-stricken Gansu province, the [...]
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
SHANGHAI, China (AP) – China has approved a new set of tax cuts and subsidies aimed at boosting flagging demand for cars, while pledging more help for its ailing steel sector.
The measures, endorsed by the State Council, or Cabinet, at a meeting Wednesday, are intended to encourage purchases of cars and [...]
BEIJING (AP) – China’s main government aircraft company is building a $1.2 billion helicopter factory, a state news agency reported Monday, reflecting Beijing’s determination to create a civilian aerospace industry despite a slump in global demand.
Aviation Industry Corp. of China is building the factory in Tianjin, east of Beijing, and should produce its first helicopter [...]
