Rescuers are preparing to attempt to reach to 8 of the 17 miners trapped underground for a seventh day, following the collapse of a gypsum mine in Shandong Province. The drilling of the third and the fourth relief holes is underway, which ...
In China's financial hub Shanghai, kitchen stoves now use a new energy source: shale gas, a clean energy that travels more than 1,600 kilometers to the city's homes via a series of pipelines. China has recently made breakthroughs in shale ...
Tags: Shale Gas Industry
It's being reported the Chinese government is setting up a 30-billion-yuan fund to help eliminate industrial overcapacity and reconstruct so-called "zombie companies". The money is going to compensate the employees of the "zombie ...
Tags: Special Fund, Zombie Companies
It's being reported that China's top economic regulator is planning to keep fuel price adjustments on hold for the time being. The National Development and Reform Commission is said to be planning to suspend its price adjustments as it ...
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China on Wednesday lowered its current account surplus for the third quarter and revised its estimate for the capital and financial account from a deficit to a surplus. The third-quarter surplus under the current account was cut to 60.3 ...
As the country strives to reduce pollution and seeks to move away from the use of fossil fuels, it's been revealed that China has the world's largest capacity for "new and renewable energy". Nur Bekri is the head of the National Energy ...
China's outstanding foreign debt settled at 1.53 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of September, data from the country's forex regulator showed on Wednesday. Most of the debt owed to foreign creditors resulted from short-term borrowing, as ...
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The Chinese government's leading think-tank has released a new study downplaying concerns about the level of debt being held by local governments, suggesting that more spending needs to take place to cope with social issues. On the heels ...
Tags: People's Livelihoods
China has experienced less serious desertification over the past decade with data revealing that desertified areas have been shrinking, the forestry authority said on Tuesday. By the end of 2014, there was 2.61 million square kilometers ...
Tags: Desertification, Reversed
In the Chinese government's ongoing fight to try to clean up this country's air, a new focus is being being put on small-scale companies in an effort to get them onboard with reducing emissions. Over the past few years, the central ...
Tags: Local Enterprises, Green
A growing number of people in Hong Kong's music industry are said to be looking for ways to change their business model, in an attempt to make the once-booming industry flourish again in the city. Hong Kong's music scene saw its golden ...
Tags: Music Industry, Business Model
Local police in Shenzhen have taken compulsory measures against 12 people connected to this month's deadly landslide in the city. The 12 include executives of the company running the dump site where a massive mountain of mud and ...
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A Russian space capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing home a three-person crew from the International Space Station, including a record-breaking Russian cosmonaut. Russia's Gennady Padalka, Andreas Mogensen of the European Space ...
Tags: World Record, Total Days in Space
A group of British marine scientists are digging into the ocean's "twilight zone" to understand the processes involved in carbon transport in the oceans. As CRI's Victor Ning reports, the scientists are hoping that the research will lead ...
Tags: Marine Scientists, Twilight Zone
Developers in the US have come up with a new wireless device that keeps snoring in check while also offering health benefits. Start-up company Smart Nora has found a solution to combat the sound of snoring with "Nora", a wireless device ...
Tags: New Wireless Device