The plan here seems far-fetched—a $36 billion tunnel that would run twice the length of the one under the English Channel, and bore deep into one of Asia’s active earthquake zones. When completed, it would be the world’s longest underwater tunnel, creating a rail link between two northern port cities.
It is not clear what triggered the probes, but it is believed to be linked to a high-profile anti-graft investigation into activities at the top of Founder Group, a Peking University-owned technology conglomerate.
A circular issued jointly by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the CPC's discipline agency asked Party officials to take the essence of the remarks to heart and behave in line with the decisions so as to ensure an effective counter-corruption drive.
Along the Chinese border, it is not just drugs being traded—Burmese women and children are being bought and sold.
A growing number of Chinese companies are looking to outsource production overseas in a bid to lower costs and meet Beijing’s increasingly stringent environmental laws. Ethiopia and South Africa are among the beneficiaries of this new trend as Chinese apparel, textile, and even steel companies move their production offshore. However, the outsourcing of Chinese manufacturing to Africa presents both opportunities and challenges.
A total of 2,318 people were arrested or indicted on charges of “endangering state security”, the US-based Dui Hua Foundation said, citing statistics from China’s central prosecution office.
Two days before a new environmental law came into effect, six polluting companies in Jiangsu were ordered by the province’s highest court to pay 160 million yuan ($26 million) in restoration costs for illegally dumping almost 25,000 tons of chemical waste into two rivers in 2012.
This is the biggest ever award in a public interest environmental lawsuit in China, with the media describing the amount involved as "astronomical," although the fines are small when compared with Japan, the E.U., and the U.S.
Chinese cartoonists and netizens have responded quickly to the slaying of cartoonists and editors at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo yesterday. Masked gunmen entered the offices of the journal and fired automatic weapons at staff in an editorial meeting, killing at least 12 people, including editor-in-chief Stéphane Charbonnier (pen name Charb) and cartoonists Bernard Verlhac (Tignous), Georges Wolinski, and Jean Cabut (Cabu).
Mahinda Rajapaksa, who tightened ties with China during his decade-long rule, conceded defeat today in Sri Lanka’s closely-fought presidential election. His successor Maithripala Sirisena used his campaign to criticize the island nation’s increasing economic dependence on China.
Giving birth to her first baby granted Zheng Yuling no happiness, but instead brought pain and sadness. The seriously ill girl died hours after birth, and Zheng's husband, Chen Dafu, was arrested on suspicion he abandoned the newborn.
Their baby was found dead at the door of the Guangzhou Baby Safety Island around noon on February 23. It was the first dead baby received by the experimental service, which was provided by the southern city to consist of a baby hatch operated by an orphanage called the Guangzhou Social Welfare Institute. But the experiment proved to be short lived.
