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China’s GDP increased 8.9 percent for the third quarter, moving closer toward the goal of 8 percent growth for the year.
Growth for the first three quarters of the year is up 7.7 percent; economists says 8 percent growth is needed to keep current...
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A Chinese ship with 146 people aboard was hijacked Monday in the Indian Ocean, the European Union Naval Force said.
The bulk carrier De Xin Hai was hijacked around noon about 550 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles off...
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
“I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along...
In China’s cities, the fines for having a second child can run up to 200,000 yuan (£20,000). The payment is intended to cover the schooling and healthcare costs of additional children.
However, wealthy parents are now either paying the fines...
Two days before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, China’s censors moved today to limit the access of the country’s increasingly tech-savvy population to vast swathes of the internet.
The first victims were the rising...
CHINA prefaced expected talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama yesterday by condemning the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader as a criminal, while cloaking the meeting itself in secrecy.
Yahoo, after years of battling Internet rival Google for online advertising, said Wednesday it would launch a limited test of Google’s AdSense for Search service.
A tortoise that smokes and appears to be addicted to nicotine has been discovered in China’s northeastern province of Jilin.
The animal is the pet of a man, identified by his surname Yun, who is himself a smoker, Xinhua news agency said today,...
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