Three years after a devastating earthquake, the worst-hit areas in Sichuan and neighboring provinces, phoenix-like, have risen from the rubble. Ninety-five percent of reconstruction projects have been completed, with the remainder set to be finished…
Category: Society
A grandmother from Beijing has become China’s latest sensation after an energetic, Michael Jackson-inspired, dance routine on national television.
According to industry analysts, purchasers of luxury goods should receive one more lavish advantage, little tax. Analysts said the nation should adjust its marketplace for luxury goods to keep the overwhelming purchasing power of Chinese…
Beijing is showing increasing political willingness to interfere with the housing market, with the latest circular from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission urging corporations under central government control to play an active part…
• Lack of forfeit puts onus on businesses to set rules
• Tobacco brings 10th of country’s tax earnings
• One in two men light up and few know health risks
BEIJING – Provinces that export labor topped a list of places whose populations contained the largest number of divorcees in the first quarter of the year. Experts said that dubious distinction resulted from the fact…
Underground trips reveal a world in which locals learn to queue, not elbow, and Westerners sometimes sit next to peasants.
The group buying site, which launched its Chinese operations in March, faces stiff competition in a fast-growing industry.
Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday urged Chinese youths to work hard and be persistent in achieving their goals while he spent more than two hours chatting with young people on the eve of China’s Youth…
SHANGHAI – More than 70 percent of Chinese white-collar workers suffer from overwork and are at a greater risk of having health troubles as a result, according to a recent survey. The survey, which was…