July 31, 2019 8:03 AMSHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s north-eastern province of Liaoning is planning to loosen birth restrictions and allow some couples to have a third child in a bid to improve dwindling fertility rates and stop its workforce from declining. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-31 03:05:22 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post […]Continue reading

July 29, 2019 5:00 AMShanghai resident Cui Wei was confounded when the city launched its waste-sorting scheme this month. He did not know what to do with the leaves used to wrap rice dumplings. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-29 00:00:58 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8727

July 22, 2019 7:55 AMSHANGHAI (REUTERS) – An attack on the office of Beijing’s representative in Hong Kong by protesters was a “blatant challenge to the central government” and will not be tolerated, state news agency Xinhua said in an editorial on Monday (July 22). Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-22 03:06:18 Category: […]Continue reading

July 22, 2019 5:00 AMSHANGHAI • Chinese importers are applying to their government to lift tariffs on some US agricultural imports, state media reported yesterday, three weeks after Beijing and Washington reached a truce in their trade war. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-22 00:05:08 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8516

July 15, 2019 7:09 AMSHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) – In February, officials in Xi’an, the home of China’s famed terracotta warriors, loosened the requirements to gain a residency permit, a pre-requisite to buy property in the city. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-15 03:05:08 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8293

July 10, 2019 5:00 AMSHANGHAI • China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam, the world’s biggest hydropower project, is structurally sound, officials said as they denied rumours on social media it was at risk of collapse. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 00:01:13 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8042

July 10, 2019 5:00 AMSHANGHAI • China’s efforts to reduce chronic air pollution could increase its ability to generate solar power by up to 13 per cent by allowing more sunlight to reach the earth, according to a study published yesterday. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 00:01:09 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: 2019 Post […]Continue reading

July 04, 2019 9:38 AMSHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Chinese official English-language newspapers blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday (July 4) for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former British colony. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-04 03:01:08 Category: AMSHANGHAI Tag: […]Continue reading

July 04, 2019 5:00 AMSHANGHAI • Extreme weather in China is becoming increasingly frequent, with temperatures in some regions hitting record highs this year and with rainfall set to exceed average levels by 70 per cent in the next 10 days, officials at the nation’s weather bureau have warned. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post […]Continue reading

July 03, 2019 8:08 AMSHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Confrontations and outbreaks of lawlessness in Hong Kong could damage its reputation as an international business hub and seriously hurt its economy, China’s Communist Party newspaper the People’s Daily said in an editorial on Wednesday (July 3). Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-03 03:01:05 Category: AMSHANGHAI […]Continue reading