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Economic growth sows unhappiness in China: study
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 (AFP) – China’s economic growth of the last 20 years has generally been met with declining happiness, especially among the poorest members of society, according to a US analysis published on Monday. The study in the …
China sees red as Ferrari damages ancient wall
Shanghai, May 9, 2012 (AFP) - Chinese citizens are up in arms after a Ferrari sports car left tyre tracks atop Nanjing's ancient city wall, possibly permanently damaging
China indicates will allow activist to leave soon
BEIJING, May 4, 2012 (AFP) - The United States said Friday that China had indicated it would let blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family leave the country
Chinese activist in US embassy: fellow dissident
Beijing, April 30, 2012 (AFP) - Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng is holed up in the US embassy in Beijing but is not seeking asylum abroad, a
Disbelief in village over China activist’s daring escape
DONGSHIGU, China, April 29, 2012 (AFP) - As the daring escape from house arrest of Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng makes world headlines, locals in his village expressed
US presses China to open to foreign investment
Singapore, April 26, 2012 (AFP) - The US urged China to open its markets to foreign investors as "aggressively" as Beijing has spread its own economic influence into
Starbucks plans China expansion
Beijing, April 18, 2012 (AFP) - American giant Starbucks plans to heavily invest in expansion in China as the local population starts to embrace the coffee culture, said
China’s blogs buzz with senior leader’s downfall
Shanghai, March 15, 2012 (AFP) - China's popular social media sites buzzed Thursday with the downfall of Bo Xilai, a high-profile political leader famed for his Maoist revival
Xi’s wife: China’s singing future first lady
BEIJING, March 5, 2012 (AFP) - For the first time since Mao, China's next leader will have a wife who is famous in her own right: Xi Jinping
Costs, IPR top concerns for US firms in China
SHANGHAI, February 15, 2012 (AFP) - US companies in China said rising costs and violations of intellectual property rights hurt their businesses last year, a survey showed Wednesday,
















