A leading resource analyst has warned that food supplies are threatened globally because wells are drying up and underwater tables are falling in the Middle East and parts of India, China and the US. Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, in a new essay has said that 18 nations, constituting 50 percent of world's population, are pumping underground water tables to the ...
Antony invites Chinese Defence Minister to visit India
Defence Minister A.K. Antony has invited his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Chang Wanquan, to visit India in 2014 as convenient. The Chinese Defence Minister has accepted the invitation. Antony, who is presently on an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese Defence Minister held talks with his counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan and also called on Premier Li Keqiang. He also met ...
India China for enhancing mutual trust understanding between two militaries
Noting that peace and tranquility on the border was an important guarantor for the growth and development of bilateral cooperation, India and China on Saturday emphasized the importance of enhancing mutual trust and understanding between the two militaries. "They reviewed the working of agreements and protocols dealing with the maintenance of peace and tranquility and directed that it be ...
Chinas football authorities prepare to face Camacho in arbitration
Chinese football authorities have been prepared to face sacked national team coach Jose Antonio Camacho in arbitration over a settlement dispute. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) and the 58-year-old Spaniard failed to reach an agreement over severance and Camacho Friday decided to take the matter to FIFA and the Court of Sport for Arbitration. Camacho, with more than one year left on his ...
China record first win in Stankovic Cup basketball
China recorded their first win in Stankovic Continental Champions Cup basketball tournament beating Nigeria 58-52 here. Despite their first victory in the basketball tournament Friday, China's Greek coach Yannakis was not satisfied with his players' performance, reports Xinhua. "We made a couple of mistakes in the first half and lost many rebounds. Although we came back in the second half, we ...
Chinese twins reunite after 41 years apart
Twin Chinese brothers, adopted separately as babies more than 40 years ago and raised apart, reunited after more than 40 years following a chance encounter in China's Sichuan province. A friend of Chengdu resident Zeng Yong, 41, told him that he had met a man in the city of Neijiang, 200km away, and claimed that he was identical to Mr Zeng, the Sky News reported. Mr Zeng then travelled to ...
China to cut costs during National Games
No pop stars, and no firework display. Organisers of the 12th Chinese National Games have pledged to deliver the opening ceremony in a frugal manner. "The total cost for the opening and closing ceremonies is 9 million yuan, just about 10 percent of the original budget," said Zhu Wenbiao, an official at the organising committee of the Games which will take place from Aug 31 to Sep 12. According ...
Bollywood vamps villains come alive at Macau
Varied looks inspired by Bollywood's villains and vamps over 100 years of Indian cinema came alive at Grey Goose IIFA Rocks, a fashion show on the eve of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. The IIFA Rocks fashion show, presented by designer duo Shantanu and Nikhil, was held Friday night, reflecting the strong association between Bollywood and fashion. Dark and heavy colours ...
China Switzerland sign free trade pact
China and Switzerland Saturday signed a free trade agreement, capping over two years of negotiations and legal processes. The pact was signed by Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Swiss Federal Councillor Johann ...
39 killed in rainstorm-triggered landslides flooding in China since last Sat. authority
RAINSTORM triggered flooding and landslides have ravaged nine provincial-level regions since Saturday, killing 39 people and leaving 13 others missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday. Torrential rains and hail have swept Hebei and Shanxi provinces and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region since Sunday. Inner Mongolia reported 18 deaths with four people missing. In the ...
China anxiously awaits updates after Asiana jet crash
Friends and relatives of Chinese passengerson-board the South Korean-owned passenger jet that crashed at San Franciscoairport killing two and injuring 182 were anxiously waiting on Sunday for news oftheir loved ...
First panda born in Taiwan is female
/enpproperty--> TAIPEI -- The first cub born to a pair of pandas presented to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland is female, the Taipei Zoo announced on Sunday. The newborn cub weighs only about one thousandth of its mother Yuan Yuan, said Lin Huei-jhen, a spokeswoman of the ...
Fights against terrorism urged
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to resolutely combat terrorism and safeguard stability in Xinjiang. Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks during an inspection tour to the armed forces in Xinjiang. Fan asked the armed police to tighten security measures in crucial areas, intensify patrols, and keep high alert to cope with emergencies. He said ...
China-Pakistan road and rail link is a significant step UAE Paper
WAM ABU DHABI, July 7th, 2013 (WAM) -- A road and rail transport project agreed Friday by the governments of China and Pakistan promises to open a wide "economic corridor". While no firm timetable for development has been announced, this "long-term" plan will eventually connect Kashgar in western China with Gwadar in Pakistan in the west. The potential gains from such links ...
Two Chinese die in Boeing-777-200 crash in San Francisco
BEIJING, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - Two Chinese citizens died in the crash of the Boeing-777-200 airliner in San Francisco, the Chinese Central Television reported on Sunday. The Chinese authorities are checking this information. The airliner en route from Seoul on the flight number 214 was carrying 291 passengers, including 61 Americans, 77 South Korean citizens, 141 travellers from China, a ...
July 7 Incident should be more significant for Japan than for China
For the Chinese people, July 7, 1937 is a day etched on their minds. It was the day which marked the beginning of the eight-year-long China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Nowadays, the 1.3 billion Chinese people could still feel the pain, because of not only the atrocities of the aggression, but also the current Japanese government's denial of the history.Today, the ...
CORRECTED-Bollywoods Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau
Sun Jul 7, 2013 2:39am EDT (Corrects actor's surname in paragraph 8) By Farah Master MACAU, July 6 (Reuters) - The film Barfi scooped top honours in India's version of the Oscars at a ceremony in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau on Saturday that also celebrated a century of Bollywood, which makes up a big chunk of a multi-billion-dollar film industry. Barfi is a romantic comedy about ...
Dissident Chen snubs free Taiwan
By Jens Kastner TAIPEI - Top officials of Taiwan's main opposition anti-unification Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), together with civic groups and think tanks close to the DPP, showered blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng with pleasantness on his arrival in Taiwan. Then he reciprocated by tearing up their dream. After touring a former Taipei prison where ...
Most Chinese students in plane crash accounted for
/enpproperty--> SHANGHAI - It has been confirmed that 70 students and teachers on a plane that crashed while landing in San Francisco on Saturday are from North China's Shanxi province and East China's Zhejiang province, local authorities said Sunday. Thirty of the students and five teachers aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 are from Shanxi province, the provincial education ...
High temps continue to fry S China
Meteorological authorities maintained an alert for high temperatures on Sunday, as a heat wave continued to sizzle across China's southern and western ...
Panda from China delivers first cub in Taiwan
Two giant pandas eat bamboo at a breeding base in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, January 28, 2005. China's endangered pandas grab world attention each time they give birth. (CHINA ...
Crash victims Chinese reports
Two people who died when a Boeing 777 arriving from China via Korea crash-landed at San Francisco international airport are Chinese citizens, reports ...
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