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China aims for faster administrative approvals

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — The Chinese central government has promised more efforts to accelerate the administrative approval process. The State Council, China’s cabinet, published a document listing several measures to simplify approval procedures and improve transparency in the process after a meeting on Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The meeting was presided over by Premier Li […]

Spotlight: Manhunt for suspects in Paris attack under way, one reportedly surrenders

PARIS, Jan. 8 (NsNewsWire) — French police on Thursday published photos of two brothers wanted as suspects over a deadly shooting incident at the headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people. Paris police said arrest warrants have been issued for Cherif Kouachi, 32, and his 34-year-old brother Said who were “likely […]

New vessel to supply South China Sea islands

HAIKOU, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — A new ship set sail Monday from Hainan Island for Sansha City on its maiden voyage to supply islands in the vast South China Sea. The civil ship Sansha I is the largest and most advanced vessel yet to supply and commute between Hainan Island and islets in the South […]

First official to go down in 2015 for corruption

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The battle against corruption continues in the new year. Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng has been dismissed, and is under investigation for discipline violation. According to the website of Foreign Ministry, Zhang Kunsheng is no longer the director of the Protocol Department and Assistant Foreign Minister. He’s the first official to […]

Xi demands immediate investigation into Shanghai stampede

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday requested an immediate investigation into the cause of a stampede that broke out during a New Year Eve celebration in downtown Shanghai. New Year celebrations in the Bund area went astray Wednesday night, when a stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 42 […]

Beijing APEC venue opens to public

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Beijing’s Yanqi Island, the host site of this year’s APEC meetings, opened to the public on Thursday. The islet on the scenic Yanqi Lake is the site of an international convention center where Chinese and foreign top leaders met during the 2014 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in November, reports Xinua. […]

Families seek answers after 36 die in Shanghai New Year’s Eve stampede

SHANGHAI, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — People unable to contact friends and relatives streamed into hospitals Thursday, anxious for information after a stampede during New Year’s celebrations in Shanghai’s historic waterfront area killed 36 people in the worst disaster to hit one of China’s showcase cities in recent years. The Shanghai government said 47 others received […]

Commentary: Not a “Chinese Century,” but a less Westernized world

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — As the world marches into 2015, the international landscape augurs just another year of what history wonks refer to as Pax Americana. A “Chinese Century” foreseen by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and many others has not begun. Even if — a very big if given the notorious inaccuracy of […]

Chinese rescue vessel heads for waters of missing jet

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2014 shows Chinese rescue vessel Nanhaijiu 101 berthed in a port of Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province. China announced on Dec. 29, 2014 that it will send aircraft and vessel to join the search and rescue work for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. By far, a navy frigate on […]