Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Beijing
BEIJING, Jan 14 – Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh began a three-day State visit yesterday arriving in Beijing for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao. The visit, the first State visit by a sitting Indian Prime Minister for five years, comes during rapidly growing bilateral ties between the two countries, and follows Sonia Gandhi’s […]
Chinese-educated foreign dispute resolution mediators now sitting in Chinese courts
Jan, 14 – In a demonstration that the Chinese Ministry of Justice is actively engaging with Western concepts of judicial management and dispute resolution, and as a result of on-going educational and instructional support from the American and British governments in particular, we can report that a 27-year-old British-South African woman, Katie Kinahan, has been […]
Chinese Qing Dynasty railway company share certificate
This is an un-issued share certificate for the Yunnan-Sichuan Tang Yue Railroad Company. It was due to be issued in 1909 during the short reign of the last Chinese Emperor. The issue was approved by the provincial governors of Yunnan and Guizhou, and was to be 20 million shares in blocks of 5 Liang – […]
The politics of manufacturing: China loses its luster
By Andy Scott Jan. 10 – This past year was China’s year, 2008 may be it again, what with the Beijing Olympics in August, but there is no denying that 2007 was the year of China. Unfortunately, for much of the world, that meant story after story about defective and contaminated products – from toys and […]
China’s national highway system to focus on rural roads in 2008
Jan. 9 – China will build at least 5,000 km of expressways this year, bringing the total length of expressways in the nation to almost 60,000 km by the year-end, Minister of Communications Li Shenglin said on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Communications, there are currently 53,600 km of expressways traversing the country, of […]
China to reform State Council: Large, combined ministries endorsed
China will move to create a “big ministries system” (大部委体制) at its upcoming legislative session, combining a number of central-level ministries, commissions and departments to facilitate better formulation and execution of policy. Three “super-ministries” will be endorsed by the First Plenary Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, due to open on March 5, reports […]
Playing on IPR fears: The China domain name registry scam
You may have received a very helpful looking email lately alerting you to the fact that a Chinese company was attempting to register your domain name here in China, and should you take action quickly, you could not only stop this from happening, but also properly register your domain name and protect your copyright in […]
1918 Chinese Northern Warlord issued coins
The first half of the last century was a traumatic one for China, with much in-fighting and civil wars. Local warlords sprung up and the new government of the Republic of China set up by Chiang Kai-Shek exerted little control over much of the country. In Gansu province, a local warlord ruled much of the […]