Survey: China to replace Japan as Asia-Pacific’s largest online shopping market

Friday, June 27th, 2008

China will replace Japan as the largest online shopping market in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010,with 480 million online shoppers spending 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars, a MasterCard survey said on Thursday. The survey, which analyzes ...

Philippines, China’s Hong Kong to expand Air services

Friday, June 27th, 2008

An amendment to the air services agreement between the Philippines and China's Hong Kong will pave the way for local airlines to fly to Hong Kong from Clark and other places in the country, according to local media on Thursday. The ...

First "Chinese Longevity Town" in Guangdong

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Sanshui District in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province, was recognized as a "Chinese Longevity Town" by the Gerontological Society of China (GSC) on June 26, 2008. It is the first "Chinese Longevity Town" in Guangdong Province. ...

Heartbreak quake survivors ready for college exam next week

Friday, June 27th, 2008

About 96,000 high-school students in China's quake zones are doing their final cramming for a special college entrance exam next week -- almost a month after the rest of the country, which was postponed by the disaster. About 58 per ...

Bill Gates devotes himself to philanthropy after retirement; first stop-China

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Bill Gates Devotes Himself to Philanthropy after Retirement; First Stopâ??China Beginning this summer, Gates will become a full-time philanthropist, and he says that his first stop for philanthropic activities this year will be China. The ...

China plans to protect threatened Qiang culture in wake of quake

Friday, June 27th, 2008

China is all set to move in to save the quake-threatened culture of the Qiang people in Sichuan Province. A protection plan on the construction of cultural protection region for the Qiang nationality will be submitted to the State C ...

World’s first "Museum of Sound" to settle in Hefei

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The Global Music Valley Cultural Industry Park project had officially been contracted to enter the Shushan Economic Development Zone in Hefei, in China's Anhui Province. According to the plan, the sound collection centre, covering 12 ac ...

Pearl jewelry design competition held in Suzhou

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

A pearl jewelry design competition called "Shining in Weitang" kicked off in the town of Weitang in Suzhou, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on June 24, 2008.