(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A few hundred supporters of Chinese avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei gathered peacefully at his soon-to-be-demolished studio in Shanghai on Sunday as the artist remained under house arrest in Beijing.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Japan’s ambassador to Russia, who was recalled in a row over a visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to a disputed island, headed back to Moscow on Sunday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Tens of thousands of South Korean activists protested Sunday against the Group of 20 summit to be held in Seoul this week, with police on high alert for violence in the capital’s streets.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the United States and Australia will press military regimes in Myanmar and Fiji to respect human rights and pave the way for democracy.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Michelle Obama played hopscotch, danced and sang with 33 disadvantaged children from the Indian charity Make a Difference Saturday at the University of Mumbai.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The ongoing national census has triggered a surge in DNA paternity tests in Guangzhou.
Without creating enough employment opportunities, welfare of people can’t be imagined. Acts like MNREGA should have found itself a place in our Constitution as and when it was being framed.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Only 24 percent of groundwater in the North China Plain is safe to drink, a recent study by the China Geological Survey shows.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s growth could slow to 7 percent in the next three to five years, the deputy director of a government think tank told a forum Saturday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – It’s not yet time for China to reduce or stop policy support for the nation’s real estate industry, said Li Fuan, an official with the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China may tighten environmental controls on rare earth mining, further raising the cost of metals vital to global high-tech industry, a state news agency said Sunday.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Shanghai World Expo Culture Center, which attracted more than 8 million visitors over the past six months, will continue to serve the public, but in a different way. The 18,000-seat venue, re-branded as the Mercedes-Benz Arena …
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The success of India’s US$3.4 billion sale of shares in state-run Coal India has raised hopes of big returns for the government from a cascade of looming partial privatizations, analysts say.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The surging Australian dollar will erode government revenues, particularly from mining exports, Treasurer Wayne Swan warned Sunday ahead of his mid-year budget update.
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Asia-Pacific region is set to become the “world’s biggest aviation market,” as it leads the global economic recovery.