tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from China http://tips4travels.com/en Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:14:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm BEIJING — China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. Consumer pri... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-plans-to-launch-third-unmanned-moon-probe-around-2013.htm China plans to launch its third unmanned probe to the moon, Chang'e-3, around 2013 and expects to complete the three-phase moon mission in 2017, an official said here Wednesday. The remarks by Ye Pei... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm China's inflation spiked higher in February, raising the chances that Beijing might need to cool the recovery in the world's third-largest economy.Consumer prices rose 2.7 percent over a year earlier,... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/markets-mixed-despite-china-exports-data.htm HONG KONG -- Asian markets ended mixed Wednesday with most major indexes almost unchanged despite strong Chinese exports figures as dealers took profits on early gains ahead of key inflation data from... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/yuan-forwards-little-changed.htm BEIJING -- Yuan forwards were little changed on speculation China will maintain stability in the currency even as a government report showed exports increased by the most in three years. Bonds were li... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/high-pollution-levels-in-central-hong-kong-prompt-health-warning.htm Hong Kong - Pollution in central Hong Kong reached high levels Thursday, prompting the government to issue a health warning. People with respiratory illnesses were warned to avoid long periods out of ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/hong-kong-stops-package-tours-to-bangkok-ahead-of-expected-protests.htm Hong Kong - Hong Kong suspended all package tours to Bangkok Thursday after the government issued a red travel alert on the Thai capital ahead of expected anti-government protests this weekend. The de... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/chinese-bankers-told-to-curb-pay-to-rein-in-risks.htm Payment of 40 percent or more of an executive's salary must be delayed for a minimum of three years and could be withheld if their bank performs poorly, the China Banking Regulatory Commission said in... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-trade-data-point-to-rise-in-yuan.htm BEIJING -- Chinese exports and imports grew faster than expected in February, underlining the momentum behind the world's third-largest economy and reinforcing the case for a rise in the yuan. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-home-prices-thwart-buyers.htm SHANGHAI -- The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai have soa... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/fubon-talking-with-chinese-company-on-asset-venture.htm TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Fubon Financial Holding Co., Taiwan's second-largest publicly traded financial-services company, is in talks with a Chinese company to form an asset management venture in the mainlan... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/taiwan-seeks-to-drain-excess-cash-cool-asset-prices.htm TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's central bank is using open-market operations to drain excess cash from the nation's financial system, a bank official said, as policy makers seek to avoid excess liquidity f... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/far-eastone-to-bring-iphone-to-taiwan.htm Far EastTone will offer both iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G, with a range of 3G tariff plans tailored to iPhone customers. The iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-issues-rules-restricting-bonuses-for-bankers-in-measure-to-manage-financial-risk.htm BEIJING - China has tightened controls on pay for its top bankers, becoming the latest country to try to reduce financial risks by linking management of risk more closely to compensation. Banks must ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-lashes-out-over-dalai-lama-speech.htm Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama Chinese officials have reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he said Buddhists were living in prison-like co... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/software-industry-loses-patience-with-china.htm China, notorious as a hub of software piracy, has been steadily cleaning up its act. In 2004, 90% of the software used in China was pirated, according to the Business Software Alliance, an industry gr... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-mobile-to-invest-in-shanghai-pudong-bank.htm China Mobile agreed to buy 20 percent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for 39.8 billion renminbi ($5.8 billion) to expand its electronic payment business. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-ceramics-co.-ltd.-to-present-at-the-roth-capital-22nd-annual-oc-growth-stock-conference.htm /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Ceramics Co., Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCLTF, CCLWF, CCLUF) ( China Ceramics or the Company ), a leading manufacturer of ceramic tiles, wh... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/outstanding-iros-from-greater-china-gather-at-irvoice-beijing-forum-2010.htm Beijing, Mar 11, 2010 - (ACN Newswire) - The 2010 IRvoice Forum will be held in Beijing for the first time on March 30, it is a whole-day conference for investor relations professionals, featuring a s... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/new-zealand-reserve-bank-holds-interest-rate-unchanged.htm The New Zealand Reserve Bank on Thursday left the benchmark interest on hold at 2.5 percent and reiterated it expects to start hiking the cost of borrowing from the middle of the year.In his statement... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/s-korea&#039s-key-rate-frozen-at-record-low-2-for-13th-consecutive-month.htm South Korea's central bank said Thursday it decided to keep the key interest rate fixed at a record low of 2 percent for 13th consecutive month, putting more weight over economic recovery than over in... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/european-parliament-proposes-to-collect-financial-transaction-tax.htm The European Parliament Wednesday proposed to collect financial transaction tax to curb excessive risk-taking of financial institutions and ensure the financial industry bears the damage of the financ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/brazil-to-have-2-mln-job-openings-in-2010-ipea-study.htm As many as 2 million jobs will be created this year in Brazil as the country's gross domestic product (GDP)is expected to grow by 5.5 percent, according to government statistics.The Institute of Appli... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/eu-assesses-antitrust-concessions-by-transatlantic-airline-alliance.htm The European Commission on Wednesday invited comments from interested parties on concessions proposed by British Airways, American Airlines and Spanish carrier Iberia to address antitrust concerns.The... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/japan&#039s-economic-growth-revised-down-for-q4.htm Japan revised it's gross domestic product (GDP) figures for the October-December period down by 0.9 percentage points from the previous quarter to 3.8 percent, the Cabinet Office announced on Thursday... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/australia&#039s-jobless-rate-reaches-5.3-in-february.htm Australia's unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in February after a revised 5.2 percent in January, new data released Thursday showed.The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) announced on Thursday that... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/unemployment-up-in-california.htm California's jobless rate was 12.5 percent in January, up from 12.3 percent in December, the California Economic Development Department (EDD) announced on Wednesday.The 12.5 percent unemployment rate ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/yen-still-the-best-performing-currency.htm The yen may retain gains that made it the best-performing major currency this year as returns in Japan adjusted for inflation exceed the US's, damping the impact of the central bank's efforts to drive... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/thailand-keeps-interest-rate-unchanged-ahead-of-protests.htm Thailand kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a seventh meeting, refraining from following neighbor Malaysia in raising borrowing costs as political protests threaten the nation's economic r... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/bank-of-america-to-stop-debit-card-overdrafts.htm Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting over... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/uk&#039s-brown-warns-of-new-economic-woes.htm British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns that the UK may suffer another economic downturn, including a possible dip back into recession.In a speech on Wednesday Brown will say there are still s... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/s-korea-eu-fta-likely-to-be-inked-by-april.htm South Korea seeks to reach the final stage of sealing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union by the end of April, the trade ministry said Wednesday. We are aiming at formally sealin... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/heated-congressional-debates-indicate-differences-about-social-interests.htm From the very beginning, people have sensed a strong smell of gunpowder in and out of this year's sessions of National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative C... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/banking-group-pledges-to-touch-1b-lives-by-2020.htm A group of growing, crisis-resistant and sustainable banks says it has pledged to touch the lives of 1 billion people by 2020, according to a press release on Wednesday.Leaders of the 11-member Global... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/u.s.-sec-halts-ponzi-scheme-preying-on-retirees-attending-estate-planning-seminars.htm The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Wednesday that it has obtained an emergency court order to shut down a Ponzi scheme targeting retirees in California and Illinois.The SEC alle... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/bank-of-america-to-scrap-overdraft-fees.htm Bank of America said on Wednesday that it would end debit overdraft fees on purchases this summer.With Bank of America's new policy, debit card purchases that would push checking account overdraft wil... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/beware-of-english-invasion.htm Preventive measures needed to preserve purity of ChineseBEIJING: With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chine... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/u.s.-sec-warns-investors-of-phony-website-targeting-madoff-fraud-victims.htm The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday warned investors of a website that falsely claims to have recovered 1.3 billion dollars in funds hidden by convicted Ponzi schemer Bernar... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/gold-falls-amid-big-jump-of-chinese-exports-and-eased-concerns-on-greek-debt-crisis.htm Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange closed lower on Wednesday amid a big jump of China's exports. Sliver and platinum both ended lower.The most active gold contract ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/100-mln-usd-spent-on-xinjiang-blizzards-relief-work.htm A total of 690 million yuan (101 million U.S. dollars) has been used to cushion the impact of the blizzards that have hit China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since last December, the re... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/crude-prices-rise-above-82-dollars.htm Crude prices rose above 82 U.S. dollars per barrel on Wednesday as a U.S. government report showed that gasoline stocks dropped unexpectedly while crude inventories rose less than analysts' expectatio... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/mental-illnesses-among-the-young-rising.htm The mental health of China's youngsters is on the decline, with 60 percent of college students feeling isolated and 80 percent feeling injustice and subdued, according to a national survey.Those infli... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/sideway-trading-continues-as-equity-market-awaits-clearer-sign.htm U.S. stocks spent another day moving in narrow range amid relatively quiet trading on Wednesday as investors digest a mixed wholesale data.With little economic data released since last week's upbeat j... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/cabinet-officials-to-face-inquiries.htm Legislature seeks to increase oversight of governmentBeijing: China's top legislature will demand State Council officials to attend its regular legislative sessions to face inquiries and interrogation... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/u.s.-federal-deficit-hits-record-220.9-billion-dollars-in-february.htm The U.S. federal government registered a record budget deficit of 220.9 billion dollars in February, reported the Treasury on Wednesday.According to the department's monthly budget report, the total r... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/business-failing-to-gain-full-advantage-of-twitter.htm Micro-blogging site Twitter has now sent out more than 10 billion tweets in less than four years. However new research has found that most businesses aren't taking full advantage of the site's potenti... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/australia-dlr-shrugs-off-flat-jobs-ponders-china-data.htm Australian dollar steadied above the day's lows on Thursday as investors took in their stride a flat jobs report that ended five consecutive months of strong performances. * The Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm China's inflation spiked higher in February, raising the chances that Beijing might need to cool the recovery in the world's third-largest economy. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/google-prepared-to-leave-china.htm /enpproperty--> WASHINGTON -- A second Google executive said on Wednesday that the company had not changed its decision to stop censoring its Chinese language search site and it was prepared to shut d... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/&#039for-the-sake-of-mankind&#039.htm He made assurances that China would play an active role in seeking progress on international cooperation on climate change while improving efforts domestically. He pledged to expand forest coverage b... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/new-yuan-loan-tops-700b-yuan-in-feb.htm Chinese banks have issued 700.1 billion yuan ($102.6 billion) in new yuan-denominated loans in February, down 34.67 percent from a year earlier and 49.63 percent from the previous month. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/a-model-or-not-china-follows-its-own-course.htm /enpproperty--> BEIJING -- As China outshines amid the enormous financial crisis, the worst since the 1930's Great Depression, its development path, summarized as China's model, is becoming one of the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/jan-feb-industrial-output-grows-20.7.htm /enpproperty--> China's industrial output grew by 20.7 percent in in the first two months year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today. The increase was 16.9 percentage po... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china&#039s-feb-ppi-up-5.4.htm China's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, increased by 5.4 percent year-on-year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china&#039s-feb-cpi-up-2.7.htm China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased by 2.7 percent in February from the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today. The increase ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-tightens-land-purchase-rules.htm /enpproperty--> China is requiring a down payment for land purchases equal to 50 percent of a plot's price and prohibited the supply of land for villas as the government sought to increase affordable ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/payment-guideline-for-bankers-issued.htm /enpproperty--> China's banking regulator issued a guideline Wednesday requiring the country's commercial bank executives and employees' pay to be based on performance assessment in a move to align th... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/general-motors-co-volkswagen-ag-and-ford-motor-co-are-positioning-themselves-to-compete-for.htm BEIJING - After 8.6 million Chinese bought their first cars last year, General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co are positioning themselves to compete for return customers. The number of car... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/dollar-weakens-in-lower-90-yen-on-australia-jobs-report-china+.htm TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar inched lower within a tight range in the lower 90 yen zone Thursday morning in Tokyo, as Australia's weaker- than-expected jobs report and specula... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/no-sign-of-overheating-in-industrial-sector&lt/font&gt.htm -(Dow Jones)- The rise in industrial output in the first two months of this year isn't a sign of overheating in the industrial sector, National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Sheng Laiyun said Thurs... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-february-cpi-up-2.7-on-year-market-expected-up-2.4&lt/font&gt.htm -(Dow Jones)- China's consumer price index in February rose 2.7% from a year earlier, quickening from January's 1.5% rise, government data showed Thursday. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm BEIJING (AP) -- China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy on track. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/chinese-property-prices-continue-to-surge.htm (RTTNews) - China's National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday announced that property prices in 70 major cities across the country were up 10.7% year-on-year in February, faster than the 9.5% increas... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-reports-700-bln-yuan-of-new-loans-in-feb.htm BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's new yuan-denominated lending in February stood at 700.01 billion yuan (102.5 billion U.S. dollars), half that of January's 1.39 trillion yuan, the People's Bank o... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-m2-money-supply-growth-slows-in-february.htm (RTTNews) - The People's Bank of China said on Thursday that M2 money supply - the broadest measure of money supply in the country - surged 25.5% year-on-year in February, slower than the 26% increas... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-reports-700-bln-yuan-of-new-loans-in-feb.htm China's new yuan-denominated lending in February stood at 700.01 billion yuan (102.5 billion U.S. dollars), half that of January's 1.39 trillion yuan, the People's Bank of China (PBOC, the central ban... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/fallen-chinese-un-peacekeepers-to-be-remembered-for-forever-envoy.htm The four Chinese who lost their lives while serving the UN mission in Haiti will be remembered for forever, China's envoy to the United Nations said on Wednesday.Li Baodong, China's permanent represen... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/death-toll-in-nw-china-landslide-rises-to-17.htm Rescuers are busy working on the site where a landslide occurred in Zizhou county of Yulin city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on March 10, 2010. At least 17 people were dead in the landslide oc... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/10-killed-9-injured-in-bus-overturn-accident-in-sw-china.htm People gather at the site of a bus accident near Shanshulin Bridge between Longli and Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 10, 2010. A bus carrying 19 passengers lost control ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/giant-pandas-from-quake-hit-sichuan-settle-down-in-central-china.htm Two giant pandas have now settled down in central China's Hubei Province after their old home was damaged in the Wenchuan Earthquake that jolted southwest China in 2008.The two male pandas... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/snowstorm-hits-shanghai-ports-affecting-over-80-ships.htm More than 80 ships were delayed or had their trips canceled due to a severe snowstorm that has battered ports in east China's Shanghai since Tuesday.Strong winds blasted Shanghai on Monday and a snows... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/chinese-navy-has-no-plan-for-overseas-bases.htm A stronger Chinese navy will not seek to build military bases overseas, a retired senior officer has said amid media reports that the country harbors such ambitions .Zhang Deshun, who was t... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/motorola-announces-alliance-with-microsoft-for-search-and-maps-services-launching-on-new-smart.htm Motorola , Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced a global alliance with Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSFT) to deploy Bing services on Motorola devices powered by Android. This new offering, launching in China on... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/eu-climate-chief-welcomes-india-china-stance-on-copenhagen.htm Brussels, March 10 : The European Union's top negotiator on climate change welcomed Wednesday India and China's decision to formally back the agreement reached at an international conference in Copenh... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/100-chinese-file-complaint-over-hp-laptops.htm SHANGHAI -- More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology co... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/dalai-lama&#039s-first-autobiography-published-in-chinese-after-48-years.htm TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's first autobiography has finally been published in Chinese, 48 years after it was first released in English, the book's publisher said yester... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/soaring-china-property-prices-raise-worries-over-bubble-leave-many-unable-to-buy-own-homes.htm SHANGHAI, China - The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai ha... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china&rsquos-inflation-accelerates-in-february.htm Filed at 9:16 p.m. ET BEIJING (AP) -- China's inflation spiked higher in February, raising the chances that Beijing might need to cool the recovery in the world's third-largest economy. Consumer pri... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/google-says-it&#039s-in-talks-with-china.htm Google Inc. broke a long silence in its clash with China on Wednesday as its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said that the Internet search giant was talking to Chinese officials and that he expected s... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/2009-chinese-cement-production-amounted-to-1.63-billion-tons-a-rise-of-17.91.htm Research Report on Chinese Cement Industry, 2010-2011 report to their offering. In 2009, Chinese cement production amounted to 1.63 billion tons, rising by 17.91% YOY; the growth rate was raised by ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-binding-and-other-printing-service-industry-report-2010.htm China binding and other printing service industry, 2010 report to their offering. China binding and other printing service Industry, 2010 is valuable for anyone who wants to invest in the binding an... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/overseas-media-focuses-on-china&#039s-electoral-law-amendments.htm China's ongoing annual parliamentary plenary sessions has collected growing attention from overseas media and the draft amendments to electoral laws have topped their focus list.The centerpiece of the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/more-jobs-lost-in-los-angeles-county-than-late-last-year.htm The Los Angeles County has still to walk out of a recession quagmire as unemployment in January has registered an increase from December as well as the same time last year, according to the latest sta... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/sinopec-to-forge-1660-km-lng-pipeline.htm China's largest refiner Sinopec will start a 1,660-km liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in May to channel the clean fuel from its Puguang gas field in Sichuan province to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhej... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/italy&#039s-gdp-falls-5.1-in-2009-but-positive-signs-appear-in-january.htm Italy's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 5.1 percent in 2009, but some positive hints appeared in the first month of 2010, an Italian statistics agency said on Wednesday.Istat,the Italian national st... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/soe-senior-executives-earn-18-times-higher-than-grassroots-workers.htm Zhang Shiping, committee member of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), recently released a special survey of the income of workers, partly based upon analysis of the annual reports of li... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/germany-france-support-tougher-rules-to-prevent-future-crisis-in-euro-zone.htm German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany and France support toughening rules to protect the euro which might include setting up a European Monetary Fund as a last resort.Speaking... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/real-estate-prices-rise-at-record-pace.htm Further administrative curbs likely in property market, bank lendingBEIJING - Real estate prices in February rose at the fastest pace in almost two years, adding urgency to the government's efforts to... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/41.4-of-&quotnew-generation-migrant-workers&quot-hope-to-settle-down-in-cities-where-they-work.htm The new generation migrant workers have become an inseparable part of urban cities. 89.3 percent of urban youngsters agree that a city would not operate efficiently without migrant workers... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/eu-to-tackle-speculators-amid-greek-fiscal-crisis.htm The European Commission will crack down on speculative trading blamed for aggravating the Greek debt crisis. The commission has been actively working with euro area member states to design a mech... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/safe-to-continue-liberalizing-efforts.htm China will continue to forge yuan convertibility under capital accounts, Yi Gang, deputy governor of the central bank and head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchanges (SAFE), said at a press ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/job-growth-is-in-second-tier-regions.htm Spring Festival is over and the year-end bonuses have been handed out. So for some, now is the time to change jobs. But where are the opportunities and in what sectors? Forget bigger cities such as Be... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/tibetans-stage-march-on-51st-anniversary-of-tibetan-uprising.htm Hundreds of Tibetans-in-exile along with foreign tourists marched in Dharamshala to mark the 51st anniversary of the uprising against the Chinese rule on Wednesday (March 10). Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:10:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/dalai-lama-offers-prayers-to-mark-51st-anniversary-of-tibetans&#039-uprising.htm Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama offered prayers in Dharamsala on Wednesday to mark the 51st anniversary of Tibetans' aborted uprising against the Chinese rulers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/tibetans-hold-anti-china-protests-in-nepal-despite-crackdown.htm Hundreds of Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, Wednesday remembered their forefathers' uprising against the Chinese annexation of their land in 1959 and chanted slogans for a free Tibet in Kathmandu despite a massive police crackdown and arrests. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/archaeologists-identify-oldest-part-of-china&#039s-great-wall.htm Chinese archaeologists have identified the route of a 137-km stretch of China's oldest Great Wall in central Henan Province, on which the remnants of 30 km of wall is still standing. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/bollywood-music-indian-classical-dance-liven-up-wintry-beijing.htm Beijing came alive this weekend with blazing Bollywood music; film and classical Indian dances mostly by Chinese artists at an Indian consumer show here. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/china-given-access-to-sea-of-japan.htm China has been given direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century, thanks to a lease deal with North Korea. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/china-news/soaring-china-home-prices-thwart-ordinary-buyers.htm SHANGHAI — The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai hav... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:12:00 +0100