China Economic ReviewThe central government announced it intends to set up a special department devoted to revitalizing the struggling economy in Northeast China. The temporary department would be similar to ones set up to oversee the Three Gorges project, the western development program and the south-north water diversion project and is likely to be headed by Premier […]
The Chinese government dismantled its mid- Pacific satellite tracking base following the decision by the tiny Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati to switch its diplomatic recognition to Taiwan. China also suspended diplomatic ties, withdrew its doctors from the only hospital and halted construction of a sports stadium. Witnesses said a Chinese ship suddenly arrived in […]
The port city of Ningbo has a grand plan to conquer nature and increase its wealth The port city of Ningbo lies only 160km south of Shanghai as the crow flies but it has suffered for more than a century from the fact that the broad expanse of Hangzhou Bay stands in the way. Never […]
China appointed Ning Fukui, the former Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, to act as the country's ambassador on the issue of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula. Ning was deputy director of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry from July 1995 to April 2000. Beijing hosted the first round of six-party talks on […]
China and Russia pledged to step up military ties during a weeklong visit to Russia by China's Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan. The visit was aimed at strengthening military co-operation and in particular Chinese arms procurement from Russia. Cao's schedule included visits to military plants in St Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod, which supply submarines to […]