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Girish Shetti | Mar 05, 2016 04:09 PM EST
China plans to build a second railway line to Tibet, connecting the Tibetan capital city Lhasa with the south-western city of Chengdu. read more
Charissa Echavez | Mar 04, 2016 10:11 AM EST
China's investment in recreating the ancient silk route have already reached nearly $1 trillion. Dubbed the One Belt, One Road initiative, the project is China's attempt to create trade routes over land and sea between Europe and Asia. read more
Desiree Sison | Mar 04, 2016 06:23 AM EST
China's two million job cut is casting a shadow over the upcoming annual session of the National People's Congress, which is set to open this weekend. read more
Charissa Echavez | Mar 03, 2016 03:02 PM EST
China achieved two clean energy world record last year, installing 32.5 gigawatts of wind and 18.3 gigawatts of solar power, according to the National Bureau of Statistics' recent report. read more
Girish Shetti | Mar 03, 2016 09:28 AM EST
It will sound absurd to many, but in China even a dead bachelor stands a pretty good chance of getting hitched. This is what the bizarre Chinese custom of 'ghost marriage' aims for: marrying off female corpses to men who die single. read more
Girish Shetti | Mar 02, 2016 01:20 PM EST
A court in China's Guangdong Province has sentenced 24 people to jail for duping investors of more than 9.9bn Yuan ($1.5bn), according to state news agency Xinhua. read more
Marcel Woo | Mar 01, 2016 09:47 AM EST
A total of 459 kilos of copper coins believed to be 2,000 years old were unearthed by a villager in China's Shaanxi Province, sources told the official Xinhua news agency on Tuesday. read more
Girish Shetti | Mar 01, 2016 09:13 AM EST
A mysterious knifeman slashed 10 children outside a primary school before killing himself in southern city of Haikou, the local police announced. The shocking incident took place on Monday afternoon. read more
Charissa Echavez | Mar 01, 2016 08:55 AM EST
For two consecutive years, China's coal consumption has droppe, according to government data revealed on Monday, as the biggest polluter in the world tries to address the severe pollution that accompanied its economic growth. read more
Charissa Echavez | Feb 29, 2016 12:33 PM EST
China's capital city Beijing has dethroned the United States' New York City as the city with the largest number of billionaires for the first time in history, according to China-based firm Hurun. read more
Charissa Echavez | Feb 29, 2016 12:18 PM EST
China is expected to lay off 1.8 million workers from its coal and steel sector to lessen industrial overcapacity but no definite timeframe has been given, an official from the ministry of human resources and social security revealed on Monday. read more
Desiree Sison | Feb 29, 2016 07:27 AM EST
A court in eastern Zhejiang province has sentenced a Christian pastor and his wife to years in prison after they defied the state's order to remove crosses atop churches, the state media announced. read more
Marcel Woo | Feb 28, 2016 08:24 AM EST
The number of people confirmed dead following the collapse of a residential building in Jiangxi Province has reached six while eight others survived, authorities said on Sunday. read more
Marcel Woo | Feb 28, 2016 07:39 AM EST
To ease pressures from an aging population, China is set to work on raising the required retirement age by 2017, according to an official at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. read more
Alexis Villarias | Feb 27, 2016 07:20 PM EST
After the Chinese government lifted the one-child policy, most women, who plan to have a second child, are having a hard time looking for work. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
