Politics

Online Shoppers Get Support From China’s Move To Protect Their Rights

Adelyn Torralba   | Jun 08, 2015 03:30 AM EDT

China has been serious about protecting the rights of their online consumers by launching a new law that aims to prioritize their welfare through product quality assurance and legitimacy of an establishment. read more

Admin to Limit Forbidden City Visitors to 80,000 Daily; Nude Photo Shoot to Blame?

K.E. Pulumbarit   | Jun 08, 2015 03:32 AM EDT

The Forbidden City will see lesser visitors starting on June 13. A new policy will ensure that the number of tourists are cut down to 80,000 in a day. read more

Drones Employed to Catch Cheaters in China’s Most Difficult Exam

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 08, 2015 06:15 AM EDT

Chinese educators are employing drones to catch cheaters in the annual college entrance test or "Gaokao," regarded by the entire Chinese populace as the most difficult national examination. read more

Liu Hong: Meet the Woman Who Broke the World Walking Record

L. P. Cabasag   | Jun 07, 2015 08:19 AM EDT

China's Liu Hong, a three-time world championships medalist, set a world record as she broke the women's 20km race walk by nearly 25 seconds at the Spanish leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna on Saturday. read more

China Mourns Victims of Deadly Shipping Tragedy as Death Toll Rises to 431, 11 Still Missing

L. P. Cabasag   | Jun 07, 2015 05:40 AM EDT

The death toll from the cruise ship tragedy in Yangtze River has reportedly increased to more than 400. Nonethless, several people are still missing in what turned out to be one of the worst cruise ship catastrophes in China in nearly seven decades. read more

Temple Professor Accused Of Tech Trade; China Vehemently Denies Accusations

Vinay Patel   | Jun 07, 2015 09:56 AM EDT

Xiaoaxing Xi, a physics professor at the Temple University accused of passing on confidential technology data to Chinese authorities, has "not-guilty" petition in the court of law. read more

Yangtze River Cruise Accident Death Toll Reaches 396

Kwao Peppeh   | Jun 06, 2015 06:38 AM EDT

Nearly 400 bodies have been recovered from the Eastern Star passenger ship since it capsized on the Yangtze River earlier in the week. read more

China Hacks U.S.: Reports Show U.S. Government Data From 1985 Hacked By Chinese Officials

Vinay Patel   | Jun 07, 2015 09:31 AM EDT

In a shocking report that is blaming Chinese hackers for snooping into official records of the American government since 1985, leak was exposed by Obama administration on Thursday. read more

OPM Hack: China Denies Involvement in United States Federal Government Database Breach

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 05, 2015 11:27 AM EDT

A United States federal agency that keeps the personal data of existing and former government employees has been hacked by unknown hackers. US officials have noted that they suspect Chinese hackers to be behind the incident, but a top Chinese officials has denied the government's complicity in the data breach. read more

Hongkong Citizens Assemble at Victoria Park to Mark 26th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 05, 2015 06:14 AM EDT

More than a hundred thousand Hongkong citizens gathered at Victoria park to mark the 25th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. read more

Death Toll Reaches 82 As China Rights Capsized Ship In Yangtze River

Althea Serad   | Jun 05, 2015 05:29 AM EDT

The death toll from the capsized Chinese ship in the Yangtze River has grown to 82, state media said Friday. Authorities have also started righting the Eastern Star as there's no longer any hope of finding survivors of the disaster Monday night. read more

Hopes of Finding More Eastern Star Survivors Dims – Rescue Ends, Identification of Corpses Begins

Benjie Batanes   | Jun 05, 2015 05:42 AM EDT

Rescue efforts aimed at extricating trapped survivors from the capsized Eastern Star passenger ship ended last Thursday evening. Authorities are now focusing on recovering and identifying the dead passengers instead. read more

4 Million US Federal Workers Hacked In Latest Shocking Cyber Attack; Is China Responsible?

Althea Serad   | Jun 05, 2015 03:26 AM EDT

The U.S. government has discovered that hackers have broken into government computers, risking personal data of over 4 million federal employees, current and former. U.S. officials said Thursday that they suspect the hackers to come from China. read more

Pampered Pooches: China's New Display of Wealth and Booming Businesses

K.E. Pulumbarit   | Jun 04, 2015 08:52 PM EDT

Pets are a new craze in China. More than man's best friend, dogs are now being viewed as a bringer of wealth. As more people indulge their pets with pampering, more businesses revel in the endless opportunities for revenue generation. read more

Chinese Researchers Race to Find Cure for Deadly MERS as Outbreak Continues to Spread

Kwao Peppeh   | Jun 04, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

Since last month, health authorities in South Korea and China have been on high alert as they try to contain the outbreak of the deadly Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). At least three people have died from the virus recently, and up to 35 people have been infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of South Korea. While there are no known vaccines or drugs for MERS at the moment, Chinese researchers may be close to developing one. read more

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