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TIME China Drought Impact Grows, Hits Shanghai

5/26/2011 5:08:01 AM GMT
(SHANGHAI) — China's worst drought in a half-century is deepening, with the parched weather that has left millions in the Yangtze River region without enough drinking water pushing inflation higher and adding to widespread power shortages.

TIME China's Premier to Visit Tsunami-Hit Japan

5/18/2011 5:08:00 AM GMT
(BEIJING) — Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Japan's devastated northeast this weekend to show China's support for reconstruction efforts after the twin earthquake and tsunami disasters, a Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.

TIME 1100 Missing in China as Flood Misery Rises

8/9/2010 7:22:01 PM GMT
(ZHOUQU, China) — Rescuers lifted muddy bodies into trucks, and aid convoys choked the road into the remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing Monday from landslides caused by heavy rain that has flooded swaths of Asia and spread misery to millions.

TIME Asia Flooding Plunges Millions into Misery

8/8/2010 8:49:05 PM GMT
(BEIJING) — Rescuers searched Monday for an estimated 1,300 people left missing after rubble-strewn floodwaters tore through a remote corner of northwestern China, just one of a series of flood disasters across Asia that have plunged millions into misery.

TIME In Beijing, Three (or 8) Roommates Is Not a Crowd

8/5/2010 12:37:04 AM GMT
It's business as usual at Central Perk. On the plush, brightly colored couches, fashionable twenty-somethings lounge around on their lunch breaks, sipping lattes and chatting with friends. Behind the counter, Gunther wipes the gaudy, oversized mugs and stacks them away.

TIME China Defends Dealings with Iran

8/4/2010 9:51:04 PM GMT
(BEIJING) — China is defending its business relationships with Iran after recent pressure from the United States to fully follow new sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.

TIME US to Sell Taiwan Decommissioned Warships

8/4/2010 9:17:04 PM GMT
(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — A Taiwanese newspaper reported Thursday that the U.S. will sell the democratic island two warships, a move that would almost certainly anger China and further undermine Beijing's already tense relations with Washington.

TIME Four Killed in China School Attack

8/3/2010 8:58:00 PM GMT
(BEIJING) — A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead, area residents reported Wednesday.

TIME Four Killed in Latest China School Attack

8/3/2010 8:58:00 PM GMT
(BEIJING) — A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead, area residents reported Wednesday.

TIME China Military Launches Major Air Exercises

8/3/2010 1:06:05 AM GMT
(BEIJING) — China's military launched major air defense exercises Tuesday, highlighting rising capabilities that are seen as tipping the balance of power in east Asia.

TIME 9 Dead, 7 Trapped in China Coal Mine

8/2/2010 7:19:02 PM GMT
(BEIJING) — Nine workers were killed and seven others trapped after lethal gas leaked into a coal mine in central China, a state news agency said Tuesday.

TIME China Confirms Promotion of Mao's Grandson

8/2/2010 1:15:03 AM GMT
(BEIJING) — The only grandson of China's former leader Mao Zedong has been promoted to the rank of major general in the People's Liberation Army, state media confirmed Monday.

TIME A Shady Resume Sparks Debate Over Honesty in China

7/30/2010 6:17:03 PM GMT
Tang Jun seemed to embody the ideal of a successful, globally minded Chinese businessman. After leaving his post as president of Microsoft's China operation, he went on to help build a Chinese online gaming empire and in 2008 landed a huge salary as the head of a Chinese investment conglomerate. But it appears that the business titan's academic achievements were significantly embellished — a fact that doesn't seem to concern many of his Chinese fans but has nonetheless catalyzed a nationwide discussion on the place of integrity in Chinese society.