After the line to the seaside town of Qingdao -- the venue of the Olympics sailing competition -- was quickly reopened, the official Xinhua news agency cited an investigation panel saying "high speed" caused the accident. The passenger train from
The man, named as ethnic Tibetan officer Lama Cedain, died of his wounds on Monday morning, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the public security authorities in the remote province of Qinghai, which borders Tibet. It added that there
Police tried to arrest the suspect Monday in Qinghai province, the suspect resisted and gunfire broke out, Xinhua said, citing the provincial Public Security Department. The officer, identified as Lama Cedain, also an ethnic Tibetan, was killed and other officers
Of those, more than 700 remain hospitalised due to the disease, 36 of them in a serious condition, Xinhua news agency quoted health authorities in Anhui province as saying. The number of children to have been infected with the enterovirus
An Embassy official said the government had merely acted on Sharma's request that he be sent back as his wife had a serious ailment and had to be attended. Other sources here, however, endorse reports that Sharma was in a
Tibet's government-in-exile announced on Friday that envoys of the Dalai Lama were heading to China to discuss riots and protests across Tibet that have shaken Beijing's preparations for the Beijing Olympics and stoked Western criticism of a security crackdown in
The envoys arrived in China on Saturday, sources said. "It is hoped that through contact and consultation, the Dalai side will take credible moves to stop activities aimed at splitting China, stop plotting and inciting violence and stop disrupting and
China also imparted a political dimension to the exercise by announcing that the team will consist of members from the country's ethnic minorities, the Tibetans, Hui, Tu and Tujia besides the Han Chinese who make up for the bulk of
Chinese officials and the Dalai Lama's "private representatives" agreed to hold another round of "contact and consultation at an appropriate time", state run Xinhua news agency said after the meeting in the booming southern city of Shenzen. It said during
Xinhua News Agency also said, however, that the Chinese officials told the Dalai Lama's envoys at their first meeting Sunday that the protests had spawned new obstacles to communication. International critics have accused China of heavy-handed tactics in quelling the
The snows from Saturday to Monday are still having an impact," Liu Xuan, a Tibetan regional government spokeswoman, told by telephone from a media camp near the base of Everest, which is located partly in troubled Tibet. "The wind is
Hu and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda were likely to discuss climate change, a dispute over contested gas fields in the East China Sea, Chinese food safety rules and perhaps Tibet. Mostly the trip is intended to anchor the friendlier
New regulations allowing for more random searches of individuals went into effect on Monday in an effort to prevent people entering the square with potentially dangerous items, Xinhua news agency said. "Security around Tiananmen is very important and has great
Inflammable material being carried by a passenger was stated to have caused the fire on the bus with about 50 passengers on board, official Xinhua news agency said quoting police. A witness said passengers in the air conditioned bus were
At the invitation of Japanese government, Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing Tuesday morning for a state visit to Japan from May 6 to 10. During the visit, Hu will meet with Japan's Emperor Akihito and hold talks with Prime
Chinese President Hu Jintao started a state visit to Japan on May 6-10, the first visit by a Chinese president to Japan in a decade. The following is a brief introduction to the Asian country: The Japanese archipelago is loc
China's central government has appointed Lu Shumin as commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), a press release said Tuesday. Lu takes the place of Wan Yongxiang, who had serve ...
Beijing enacted a set of rules on Monday to tighten security around the Tian'anmen Square in the heart of the national capital. The revised rules, based on a regulation implemented in 2004, added new regulations banning dangerous it ...
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday sent a message of sympathy to Myanmar's top leader Senior-General Than Shwe in the wake of a cyclone that killed tens of thousands of people in the southeast Asian country. As a friendly neighbo
Copper futures fell in Shanghai on the first trading day after a national holiday on signs Chinese buyers are holding back amid ample local supplies and high world prices.Copper for immediate delivery in Changjiang, Shanghai's biggest c ...
