Is China still a threat? – US expert says American fear of China is nonsense

Will China ever become a threat to the US? Clyde Prestowitz, head of the US Economic Strategy Institute, published a paper last Tuesday in Foreign Policy Journal that criticized the question itself.

Melon explodes after chemical overdoses

(AP) – Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what media called fields of “landmines.”

World’s oldest panda, 34, dies

(AFP) – Ming Ming, the world’s oldest panda, has died of old age. She was 34.

One-dog policy takes effect in Shanghai

(AFP) – Shanghai dog owners rushed to license their pets over the weekend as the city imposed a one-dog policy in response to the growing popularity of man’s best friend.

Seeing the ‘real’ China – US linguist suggests to take a ride on capital’s subway

Deborah Fallows, an American linguist and author of Dreaming in Chinese, on Wednesday wrote an online article in The Atlantic that said the way to see the “real” China is to take a ride on Beijing’s subway.

High-speed Beijing-Shanghai railway to run trials

A long-anticipated high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai is due to begin trial operations Wednesday.

Road accidents take a murderous turn

When 21-year-old Chongqing native Tian Houbo hit a female beggar while driving home from work last December, he simply drove on.

Two-headed child alive … and well?

A hospital in southwest China claims having conjoined twin girls with a single body and two heads were born at its facility.

Prepare for the Chinese tourists

China is poised to become the world’s second-largest tourism market in the next two years, but is the world ready for the flood of Chinese travelers? According to a new study from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the answer is no.

Grandstanding in Hainan – BRICS set to shape new global order

Leaders of the world’s emerging powers at last Thursday’s BRICS summit in Sanya, Hainan Province had a clear message for the rest of the world: countries with still-developing economies want more political sway.