A NEW museum for the late Soong Ching Ling, Honorary President of the People’s Republic of China, began construction yesterday.
Being built inside the Soong Ching Ling Mausoleum in Changning District, the museum is expected to open next June.
Born in 1893 in Shanghai, Soong was the wife of Dr Sun Yat-sen, who fought to [...]
CHINA is making a new attempt to stamp out illicit accounts known as "little coffers" – money that officials skim from public funds.
The latest clampdown on the long-standing practice has fingered several thousand officials nationwide since April. Some 322 of them were referred to judicial departments.
Nearly 25,000 cash boxes were discovered involving 12.2 [...]
TONY Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth. He heaps praise on former US President George W. Bush but calls his close colleague Gordon Brown a man of "zero" emotional intelligence.
Blair’s memoir, "A Journey," which hit the bookstores yesterday, recounts his voyage [...]
The rebound in sales is good news for car manufacturers worldwide are turning to China to drive sales of lower global demand. Sales this year should increase by more than 20 percent, even before an impressive 45 per cent in 2009.
The center, a set of monthly data from multiple sources on the Chinese auto sales [...]
A local smoking-control law came into effect Wednesday in Guangzhou, the capital of south China’s Guangdong Province.
The law covers all of Guangzhou City. There, smoking in most public places, like offices, conference rooms, halls and elevators, is strictly prohibited.
Places of business larger than 150 square meters or having more than 75 seats may [...]
