A Chinese health official said here on Monday he doubted the authenticity of a German TV report about Chinese clinics offering performance-enhancing stem-cell therapy treatment for athletes, saying that it was technically impossible at the moment. Mao Qunan, Health Ministry spokesman, said at a press conference that, at present, there were few hospitals or medical [...]
China will remain open to foreign media after the Olympic Games, a senior official in charge of press and publishing industry said here on Wednesday. Liu Binjie, the General Administration of Press and Publication minister, said openness to the foreign media was a long-term policy rather than a makeshift “puff of wind.”
“China’s open door to [...]
A woman goes shopping with a green bag in Beijing. The “environmentally-friendly” shopping bags are popping up everywhere in Beijing - from small shops to luxurious shopping malls.
“I’m not green, but I could be,” reads one. Others have similar messages printed on them, “My Bag”, “Use Me and Re-use Me”.
Since the Chinese government issued its [...]
This is a significant achievement thats taken three years to conclude and is testament to the skills of the Labour-led government and our trade negotiators.
For New Zealand the deal brings great opportunity. There are very few remaining barriers to Chinese goods and services coming into New Zealand but New Zealand businesses stand to make real [...]
Dominating internet advertising and search have allowed the company to embark on a seemingly endless expansion into all manner of internet products, including email, video sharing, online mapping, mobile phone software, social networking and office productivity.
But while Googles revenues in 2007 were 37 times greater than in 2002 and its headcount has ballooned to well [...]
Chinas official Xinhua news agency reported overnight that police shot and wounded four protesters this week in a heavily ethnic Tibetan part of the province, where protests broke out after anti-Chinese riots in neighbouring Tibet a week ago.
The unrest has alarmed China, keen to look its best in the run-up to the August 8-24 Olympic [...]
“I think that what’s happening in Tibet is deeply troubling, and this is a pattern of the Chinese government with respect to their treatment of Tibet,” she told reporters after a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
“I don’t think we should wait until the Olympics to make sure that our views are known,” Clinton said, while saying [...]
The move would fly in the face of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), both of which say that Olympians should refrain from political protests during the Games.
A New Zealand Tibetan community leader yesterday called on Kiwi Olympians to make a moral stand by seeking information on Chinese rule [...]
The Chinese government has placed priority on developing education, putting forward the strategy of revitalizing the country through science and education, making constant efforts to deepen the reform of educational system, and implementing the nine-year compulsory education. Governments at all levels are increasing investment in education and encourage people to run education through different channels [...]
