About 90 people have lost their lives in China due to heavy rain and more than 70 others are missing. The Xinhua news agency reported most of the casualties have occurred in the northern province of Hebei where heavy rain has triggered floods and landslides. The agency cited civil affairs […]

Six people have been killed, eight missing and over 438,000 relocated amid strong Typhoon Nepartak that hit China’s Fujian province on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rain. Trains and flights in hundreds have been canceled in the affected area and power stations have been damaged cutting electricity. Nepartak first […]

The June Consumer Price Index (CPI) of China was recorded to rise by 1.9 percent compared to same month last year, and this is the slowest pace in past six months. According to a survey done by The Wall Street Journal the inflation was expected to be at 1.8 percent […]

Thousands of dogs are expected to be slaughtered at the annual Chinese festival starting June 21 in Yulin city, southern city of China. Animal rights activists have filed a petition at the representative office of the city in Beijing with 11 million signatures calling for an end of such slaughter […]

China seems not impressed with the complex relationship of US with Vietnam after the latest arms deal between the two countries. It warned US President Barack Obama not to spark fire in Asia. On Monday Obama unveiled historic step in his visit to Vietnam insisting it is not based on […]

The Chinese government has taken one of the major moves Thursday by imposing greater control on foreign organizations to limit the influences of Western cultures on their society. A new law has been passed and under it over 7,000 foreign nongovernment groups is said to be affected. Henceforth the foreign […]