China Bets Big On Subways As Cities Expand
Deep under Shanghai, workers on a flood-lit construction rig carefully install massive concrete wall sections for a new subway tunnel, ...
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G20 Sees Three-Way Steel Battle Between EU, US and China
While battles between police and protestors smoulder outside, leaders of the European Union, United States and China appear close to ...
Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That
Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming "sharing economy". Where once Chinese ...
Chinese Skinny-Dippers Defy Public Morals On Nudity
The water might be chilly but dozens of naked men happily relax in an outdoor pool in a Beijing suburb ...
Trump and the Hard Grind of Presidential Travel
Most US presidents make their first foreign trip an easy-peasy one-day hop to visit friendly neighbors in Canada or Mexico, ...
League Opens First Training Academy In Africa
The NBA announced the opening of its first NBA Academy basketball training center in Africa, in Thies, Senegal. The center, ...
Alibaba Backs Decision To Add Video Games To ‘Asia Olympics’
Online retail giant Alibaba Thursday batted down criticism over a decision to add e-sports to the lineup of the 2022 ...
Alibaba Group Expands Presence In Australia, New Zealand
A logo of Alibaba Group is pictured at its headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Chinese online retailer Alibaba Group opened its ...
A Bird In China That Looks Like Trump Is Now A Viral Sensation
President-elect Donald Trump may be willing to start a trade war with Beijing, but his political ascension has been as ...
Photos Show President Obama and Angela Merkel Will Probably Miss Each Other A Lot
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the last time in his presidency. The ...
British PM Promises To Promote Relations With China
Britain remained “open for business” and committed to maintain the “Golden Era” relations with China, British Prime Minister Theresa May ...
Singles’ Day Sales Hit 10 Bln Yuan In 7 Minutes
An electronic screen shows sales on Alibaba’s retail platforms hit 10 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) at a gala staged by ...
The Evolution of Mobile Phone Banking Services
I do have a question for you. Is the use of Mobile Phone Banking making significant efforts in bridging the ...
US, Russia In Outright Conflict
It's not a new Cold War. It's not even a deep chill. It's an outright conflict. US-Russia relations have deteriorated ...
China-Ghana Trade Volume Hits Historic High US$6.6b
China-Ghana trade volume hit a historic high of US$6.6 billion in 2015, increasing by 18.2 per cent on year-on-year basis. ...
Obama Scraps Talks After ‘whore’ Jibe
US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a ...
Obama Defends NFL Player’s Anthem Snub
US President Barack Obama has said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand for the US national anthem, was ...
US and China Formally Join Pact
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have both formally joined the ...
US and China Announce Ratification
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have now both ratified the ...