British Foreign Secretary David Milliband will visit Beijing and Shanghai next week for talks on China-Britain relations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said that Milliband will meet with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing and then travel to Shanghai.
“The two sides will exchange views on China-Britain relations and major international and regional issues of [...]
The skyscraper in China Central Television’s (CCTV) US$730 million Beijing complex which was gutted by fire a year ago is to be rebuilt.
A joint committee convened by the State Council is this week expected to affirm the structural soundness of the 44-floor Television Cultural Center as part of the final investigation report, clearing the way [...]
Beijing’s city planners have embraced the bicycle as a potential solution to the city’s traffic congestion problems.
As part of the plan, the Beijing government will improve bicycle lanes and institute rental programs to provide 50,000 bikes by 2015. The addition of bike parks near public transportation hubs like bus and subway [...]
Beijing has angrily denied claims that Chinese hackers had attacked Indian government computers, just one week after Google threatened to pull out of China over similar accusations.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu branded the accusations groundless, and argued that China itself was the biggest victim of hacking.
“The Chinese government is firmly against hacking activities and [...]
Zhang Gong, head of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Committee, said that Beijing’s annual per capita GDP in 2009 exceeded US$10,000.
Income for urban residents was estimated to rise 9%, and income for rural residents was expected to rise 12% as government policies and investment drove financial revenues to US$29.8 billion, an annual increase of [...]
Air China announced that it will increase the number of direct flights it offers between the mainland and Taiwan. China’s second-largest airline said it will offer 27 cross-strait flights a week as early as August. The announcement follows last month’s expanded air-service pact, signed by Beijing and Taipei, to increase the number of flights to [...]
The Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) plans to incorporate locally in China and open 20 branches across the country to establish itself as one of Asia’s leading banks.
ANZ will focus on three key growth areas with its brand and partnerships: the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai; the Pearl River Delta including Guangzhou; and [...]
(SCMP) Consumer confidence in China’s cities fell last month as consumers became increasingly nervous about the state of the global economy.
About 45% of consumers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang said that they had already cut back on spending, according to a survey by market research consultancy DDMA. A further 15% had not yet [...]
Land purchases and tax accounted for 49.42% of the total spending of real estate companies in nine domestic cities in 2008, reports a speech by the All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce (ACFIC) at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Land purchases made up 58.2% of direct costs, while tax accounted for 26.06% of total [...]
The three people who set themselves on fire in a car in Beijing on Wednesday were Uighurs, an ethnic group from western China, a source told Reuters. The three people, who are related, had come to Beijing to petition the government over a housing dispute. State media said late Wednesday that the husband and wife, [...]
