Category: Politics & Society

The secretary-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party, Taku Yamasaki, led a ruling coalition delegation visit to China in May. They discussed forthcoming meetings between China's president Hu Jintao and Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. The delegation delivered a message from Koizumi, saying that he looked forward to these first meetings. Beijing has indicated that […]

Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is expected to pay an official visit to China in June, according to the Indian defence minister George Fernandes. The visit will be part of a process of fostering friendship between the two countries, which on the Indian side is motivated by China's economic success and a desire to […]

Most countries have placed some form of restriction on travel by Chinese as a result of the Sars outbreak, according to a report by AFP. In May, Russia closed some of its border crossings in the far east, having already banned most flights to China. Overland crossings to Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Nepal have been closed, […]

Name Liu Mingkang Born 1946 in Shanghai Education MBA from City College of London Career More than 20 years of banking experience with Bank of China. 1994-98 vice president of National Development Bank; 1999-2000 chairman of Everbright Bank; 2000-03 chairman of Bank of China. Strengths Liu is a qualified international banker with the technical expertise […]

Beijing municipality is to introduce two programmes of administrative reform in order to become a 'service-oriented' government, South China Morning Post said. The first was a trial separation of the Communist Party from the city administration in Haidian district, in the northwest of the city, similar to that pioneered last year in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. […]