More than half of children aged four to six in urban areas of China know how to use the internet, according to a report on the lifestyle of Chinese children. In the survey, which covered 9,114 four to 16-year-olds in 10 provincial areas or cities, including Beijing, 93.2 percent of 13-16 year-olds have used the internet, reported Xinhua citing The Beijing Times Saturday. The report put the ...
Armed Chinese ships lock horns with Japanese vessels near disputed Senkaku Islands
Armed Chinese Coast Guard ships are reported to have confronted Japanese patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday. According to the Japan Times, the incident is said to have taken place to establish China's maritime claims on the disputed territory and waters off its eastern and southeastern coasts. The new coast guard was formally inaugurated after ...
Dumped mistresses expose Chinese officials corruption
An unlikely group of self-styled whistleblowers has emerged to expose Chinese officials' corruption as President Xi Jinping pledges to clean up government corruption in China, with a 26-year old woman named Ji Yingnan claiming that her fiance, a powerful official in Beijing, had been married with a teenage son the entire time they were together. According to The Washington Post, in recent ...
Khalifa foundation to build mosque in China
The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has announced its support for building the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the China's Wuzhong city. The Sheikh Zayed mosque will house 1,000 worshippers, ablution areas and toilets, with separate facilities for men and women. The project will also provide a residence for the incumbent Imam within its structure, along with a reception area, store, and other ...
Chinese firm to build coal power plant in Morocco
A Chinese firm is all set to build a 318-megawatt coal-fired plant in the African nation of Morocco. According to Morocco's state power utility ONEE, the plant, for which a deal has been signed by Chinese firm -- Sepco III, is to be built in Jerada city, near the Algerian border, a former coal mines hub closed in 2001. Its operation will start by 2016-end, Xinhua reported. The new plant is ...
Rising India China boosting world energy use
Driven by growth in the developing world, particularly the rising prosperity in India and China, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent over the next three decades, according to a new report. The International Energy Outlook 2013, released Thursday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), estimates that energy use would increase from 524 quadrillion British ...
Di Canio fears killer pitch and terrible weather
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio Friday expressed fears that the "killer pitch" of Hong Kong Stadium might hurt his players in Saturday's match against Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur's Jan Vertonghen suffered an injury in Wednesday's match against Sunderland in the 2013 Barclays Asia Trophy and could miss the start of the Premier League season, reports Xinhua. The 40,000-capacity Hong ...
US for dialogue with India China to revive world economy
Almost a month after US Secretary of State John Kerry visited India, Vice President Joe Biden came to tend the relationship, which has flagged both politically and economically in recent months as both countries prepare for elections in 2014. Biden held forth on the "strategic convergence" between the two countries and what need to be done to realise the full potential of US-India relations. ...
China ready for National Games
With one month to go for the Chinese National Games, Shenyang looks ready to host the nation's elite athletes. After three years of renovation and construction work, all 117 venues have been put into service, said the Games' organising committee Friday, reports Xinhua. According to the committee, all the 64 competition venues and 52 training venues for the Games have been put into operation ...
China aims to eclipse Burj Khalifa as worlds tallest building in just 10 month-time span
Work on the foundation of an 838 meters skyscraper in China which will be the world's tallest building has started. The constructor said that the tower would be completed by April next year - a build time of just 10 months. The fast construction claims from Broad Group, the Changsha-based construction company in charge of the build, have elicited strong reactions from China's 'netizens' and ...
Will pursue dream of peace Chinese general
China will continue to pursue a dream of peace and stay firmly on the path of peaceful development, a senior Chinese military official has said. Maj. Gen. Zhang Jianguo, head of the Chinese delegation to the UN Military Staff Committee, made the remarks Thursday at a reception to celebrate the the 86th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Zhang said China ...
`India China to lead rise in world energy
Over the next three decades, world energy consumption is projected to increase by 56 percent through 2040, driven by growth in the developing world, including India and China, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its newly released International Energy Outlook 2013. The report Thursday found that world energy use may increase from 534 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in ...
10 die in China nursing home fire
Ten elderly people died in a fire that broke out at a nursing home for senior citizens in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early Friday, authorities said. The blaze broke out at about 1.15 a.m. in the in-patient building of the Lianhe Senior Nursing Home in Hailun City, reported Xinhua citing the municipal government's publicity department. There were 32 elderly people in the in-patient ...
Controversial Chinese firm Huawei controls porn filtering in UK
The pornography filtering system that was praised by British Prime Minister David Cameron is controlled by Chinese company Huawei. UK-based employees at Huawei are able to decide which sites TalkTalk's net filtering service blocks. Politicians in both the UK and the United States have raised concerns about alleged close ties between Huawei and the Chinese government. According to the BBC, ...
Indian girls lose to Hong Kong in World junior squash
Indian girls put up a spirited show but went down 0-2 to fourth seeds Hong Kong in the quarterfinal of the World Junior Women's Team Championship here. Harshit Kaur Jawanda gave her best but was outwitted by Asian Junior champion Ho Ka Po in straight games 6-11, 3-11, 6-11 while Urwashi Joshi was beaten 7-11, 5-11, 8-11 lost to Choi Uen Shan here Thursday. Harshit tried to keep Ka Po behind ...
Plane skids off runway in China
A plane skidded off the runway while landing amid heavy rain in northwest China's Shaanxi province Thursday evening, airport operators said. The accident happened at 6.38 p.m., when an E145 plane operated by Tianjin Airline landed at the Xi'an Xianyang international airport, Xinhua reported. No casualties were reported. Operators said a sudden downpour hampered the pilot's vision, causing the ...
Man arrested for hurting baby in Beijing
Beijing police have arrested a man who allegedly hurled a baby girl onto the ground. The man surnamed Han was put in criminal detention on suspicion of intentional homicide Thursday, Xinhua cited the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau as sayng. Han was suspected of lifting the baby from her carriage and hurling her onto the ground in Daxing district. The suspect and another man also ...
Taiwan Groups Urge Caution on Banking Ties with China
TAIPEI Taiwan human rights groups say that opening up Taiwan to China's financial organizations will weaken the safeguards on the personal information of Taiwanese citizens. But Taiwan authorities stress they will conduct rigorous controls. Yan Jue-an member of Taiwan Democracy Watch, speaks at a hearing in Taipei. (For VOA / Z. Yongtai) x Yan Jue-an member of Taiwan Democracy Watch, ...
14 dead in China rains
At least 14 people were killed after torrential downpour caused the collapse of houses and unleashed floods in northwest China's Shaanxi province, officials said. More than 761,000 people have been affected by the rain that began last week, Xinhua reported. The civil affairs department said the downpour has damaged 34,000 hectares of farmland, inflicting losses of nearly 1.8 billion yuan ...
Olivia Munn fears shell ever land Wonder Woman role
Olivia Munn is concerned about her Chinese background, which may keep her from playing the role of 'Wonder Woman'. The 33-year-old actress stated that though its unlikely that the producers could make Wonder Woman an Asian-American, she would love to play the role as it has always been her dream, Contactmusic reported. The 'Newsroom' star wants to play the all-American heroine but she fears ...
China deal too good to refuse Vagner
Departing CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love has described his 12 million-euro move to China's Shandong Luneng Taishan as a "once in a lifetime" opportunity. The 29-year-old former Brazil international confirmed the move Wednesday, just six months after he signed a four-year deal with the Russian outfit, reports Xinhua. Personal details of the contract were not revealed but in an interview with ...
Android master key bug infects two health apps in China
Search engine giant Google's Android operating system which was found to have security flaw making around 900 million devices vulnerable to hacking has reportedly infected two apps in China. According to the BBC, security firm Symantec has said that it identified the first known malicious use of Android's 'master key' vulnerability which allows attackers to install code on phones running ...
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