East Asia to post lower growth of 7.6% in 2012: World Bank
Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is slowing and the region is expected to post 7.6 per cent expansion in 2012 compared to 8.2 per cent in 2011, a World Bank report said on Wednesday.
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Beijing enforces 'two flies' rule in public toilets
The Chinese city of Beijing has now set in place a 'two fly' rule as part of guidelines for public toilets, the BBC quoted Beijing Times in a report.
The rule means no more than two flies should be f
One-fifth of Shanghai youth are overweight
About one-fifth of youngsters in China's Shanghai city are overweight and their numbers are on the rise, say health experts.
According to Shanghai health experts, as much as 19.3 percent of local you
China activist Chen Guangcheng says he is at Beijing airport
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he was at Beijing's international airport and that he believed he would be flying to New York.
"I'm at the airport. I do not have a passport. I
China's e-shopping market to be world's biggest
Online shopping transactions in China will surpass those in Japan in 2012 and the US by 2013 to become the world's top most, a report has forecast.
The China Business Development Report Forecast (201
Trapped miner found alive after 17 days
In a miraculous escape, a miner has been found alive 17 days after being trapped underground following a coal mine flood in China's Heilongjiang province, Xinhua reported.
Rescuers said the man, who
US confirms Chen Guangcheng has left China with family
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng left China for the United States with his family on Saturday, the US State Department said.
"We can confirm that Chen Guangcheng, his wife and two children have
China jails fugitive smuggling king for life
A Chinese court on Friday handed a life sentence to Lai Changxing, the head of a vast smuggling operation who spent 12 years on the run in Canada before being deported in 2011, state media said.
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China reacts cautiously to over 500 transgressions remark
Reacting guardedly to India's assertion of over 500 transgressions by Chinese troops along LAC in the past two years, China on Friday said it is committed to implement agreements to ensure peace at bo
China blind activist to get passport 'within 15 days'
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said on Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington.
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