07.08.2014 13:00:41 (GMT+12)
Rescue efforts continue as 'golden period' ends in Yunnan quake zone
The death toll from the magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Yunnan jumped to 589 yesterday, as the 72-hour "golden period" for finding more people alive lapsed.
Lowu's fake-goods sellers unfazed by US intellectual property rights snoops
It was still easy to buy a fake Louis Vuitton handbag yesterday at Lowu Commercial City, a shopping and entertainment complex on the border with Shenzhen well known for its counterfeit goods.
China probes 12 Japanese car parts makers for antitrust violations
China's top economic planning agency has completed antitrust investigations of 12 Japanese makers of car parts and confirmed that Audi and Chrysler had been found to have engaged in monopolistic behaviour.
Despite killer quake, Longtoushan residents still love the land
The people of Longtoushan township are reaffirming their love for their land even though Sunday's earthquake turned their world upside down.
Can we train together? PLA officer uses US ships' port visit to boost ties
Two senior Chinese and American naval officials yesterday agreed that their two forces should share training so they can improve understanding between the countries' navies.
Wrong place, wrong time: US general's killing shows growing Afghan peril
Major General Harold Greene's first deployment to a war zone was his last. The 34-year military veteran has become the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fears rise Ebola is taking hold in Nigeria after second death in Lagos
The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos.
Space probe Rosetta catches comet after 10-year chase through solar system
The space probe Rosetta on Wednesday made a historic rendezvous with a comet, climaxing a 10-year, six billion-kilometre chase through the solar system, the European Space Agency said.
The death toll from the magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Yunnan jumped to 589 yesterday, as the 72-hour "golden period" for finding more people alive lapsed.
Lowu's fake-goods sellers unfazed by US intellectual property rights snoops
It was still easy to buy a fake Louis Vuitton handbag yesterday at Lowu Commercial City, a shopping and entertainment complex on the border with Shenzhen well known for its counterfeit goods.
China probes 12 Japanese car parts makers for antitrust violations
China's top economic planning agency has completed antitrust investigations of 12 Japanese makers of car parts and confirmed that Audi and Chrysler had been found to have engaged in monopolistic behaviour.
Despite killer quake, Longtoushan residents still love the land
The people of Longtoushan township are reaffirming their love for their land even though Sunday's earthquake turned their world upside down.
Can we train together? PLA officer uses US ships' port visit to boost ties
Two senior Chinese and American naval officials yesterday agreed that their two forces should share training so they can improve understanding between the countries' navies.
Wrong place, wrong time: US general's killing shows growing Afghan peril
Major General Harold Greene's first deployment to a war zone was his last. The 34-year military veteran has become the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Fears rise Ebola is taking hold in Nigeria after second death in Lagos
The death toll of the Ebola epidemic neared 1,000 as fears rose that the disease is now taking hold in Africa's most populous nation of Nigeria after a second death among seven confirmed cases in Lagos.
Space probe Rosetta catches comet after 10-year chase through solar system
The space probe Rosetta on Wednesday made a historic rendezvous with a comet, climaxing a 10-year, six billion-kilometre chase through the solar system, the European Space Agency said.