By ANITA CHANG, Associated Press Writer Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 9:26 p.m. BEIJING Japan called for “transparent policies” governing workers in China, saying labor disputes that halted operations at dozens of factories this year were troubling to Japanese companies. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada brought up the issue at a high-level economic meeting between China and ...
ZHOUQU, China - Overnight thunderstorms brought new misery to a remote area of northwestern China on Thursday as the death toll from weekend flooding and massive landslides rose to 1,117. The rains triggered new mudslides, leaving five more missing, and another swollen river threatened to overflow. The National Weather Center forecast heavy rains in the coming days ...
BEIJING Landslides killed at least 80 people and left an estimated 2,000 missing Sunday in northwest China’s Gansu province, the latest disaster caused by widespread flooding in the country. The landslides happened early in the morning in the province’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. State broadcaster CCTV said the latest death toll ...
BEIJING China said Thursday that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is welcome to visit at an appropriate time, just weeks after it rejected a proposed trip by him. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the deputy chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army as saying Gates was welcome. “We still welcome him to visit China at ...
BEIJING – Tons of sand turned Beijing’s sky orange as the strongest sandstorm this year hit northern China, a gritty reminder that the country’s expanding deserts have led to a sharp increase in the storms. The sky glowed Saturday and a thin dusting of sand covered Beijing, causing workers and tourists to muffle their faces ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Guangdong Development Bank, controlled by Citigroup, is drafting plans for an initial public offering that will likely take place next year, a source familiar with the situation said. Deals | China The mid-sized lender had yet to determine the location and size of the offering, which could consist of mainland-listed A shares, Hong Kong-listed H ...