China Current Events

• In Three Years, China Currency On Par With Dollar - Forbes May 26, 2013
  In Three Years, China Currency On Par With DollarForbesBy 2015 the Chinese currency, the renminbi (RMB), will be one of the three most traded currencies in the world, on par with the euro and the dollar, HSBC said on Friday. “The RMB is increasingly part of normal day-to-day business for anyone trading or ...and more » […]
• EU Says China Solar Trade Talks Have Not 'Broken Down' - Forbes May 26, 2013
  Aljazeera.comEU Says China Solar Trade Talks Have Not 'Broken Down'ForbesThe European Commission said that trade talks between them and the Chinese solar industry have not 'broken down' as cited this week by an industry trade group in Beijing. The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and ...China warns EU against t […]
• Cyberspace manhunt erupts over unsolved poisoning case in China - ABC Online May 25, 2013
  Cyberspace manhunt erupts over unsolved poisoning case in ChinaABC OnlineRenewed interest in the mysterious unsolved poisoning of a Chinese student in 1995 has sparked a viral online campaign to solve the crime, but it is also a campaign that has become, at times, something more like a social media witch hunt. China is ...and more » […]
• Special Report: Why China's film makers love to hate Japan - Reuters May 25, 2013
  Special Report: Why China's film makers love to hate JapanReutersHENGDIAN, China (Reuters) - Shi Zhongpeng dies for a living. For 3,000 yuan ($488) a month, the sturdily built stuntman is killed over and over playing Japanese soldiers in war movies and TV series churned out by Chinese film studios. Despite his lack ...and more » […]
• Hiking China's 'wild wall' - Boston Globe May 25, 2013
  Boston GlobeHiking China's 'wild wall'Boston GlobeThe surrounding single-story structures, with roofs of traditional Chinese tile, completed an arrangement known as a “siheyuan,” dating from the Han dynasty, in which four buildings are arrayed around a courtyard. Elsewhere in the village, such areas ... […]
• North Korea Glosses Over Tensions After Its Special Envoy Visits China - New York Times May 25, 2013
  CBS NewsNorth Korea Glosses Over Tensions After Its Special Envoy Visits ChinaNew York TimesAn account by the official Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, its first report on last week's visit by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, was at odds with portrayals in China's state-run news media, which emphasized President Xi Jinping's strongly ...Re […]
• China's Consumers Fight Back, Explore Options - Wall Street Journal May 25, 2013
  Wall Street JournalChina's Consumers Fight Back, Explore OptionsWall Street JournalChinese households are signaling impatience with government controls that cut against their interests. They have started to win important victories, not just finding ways around artificially low fare levels that reduce the number of taxis on Beijing's ...and more » […]
• Preventing a US-China Cyberwar - New York Times May 25, 2013
  Sydney Morning HeraldPreventing a US-China CyberwarNew York TimesWhen President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China have their first meeting next month in California, addressing the issue of China's cyberattacks on American institutions will be an important priority. Both nations need to take steps to avoid ...China must stick to ecological 're […]
• China Plans to Reduce the State's Role in the Economy - New York Times May 25, 2013
  New York TimesChina Plans to Reduce the State's Role in the EconomyNew York TimesSHANGHAI — The Chinese government is planning for private businesses and market forces to play a larger role in its economy, in a major policy shift intended to improve living conditions for the middle class and to make China an even stronger ...Rosy China growth forecasts […]
• China Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear Talks - New York Times May 25, 2013
  China Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear TalksNew York TimesPublished: May 24, 2013. BEIJING — The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, bluntly told a North Korean envoy on Friday that his country should return to diplomatic talks intended to rid it of its nuclear weapons, according to a state-run Chinese news agency. […]