China may be struggling with growing income disparities, but when it comes to making a fortune, Chinese still believe that to get rich is glorious.
The exiled Dalai Lama announced on Thursday that he planned to formally step down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile.
Li Fu is 29, owns five cars and has a diamond-encrusted cell phone. Wang Qingzhan is 44, works as a cleaner and lives with his family in a tiny room.
An anonymous call for a peaceful protest has sparked a major show of force from the Chinese authorities.
A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East.
China’s plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.
An official Chinese newspaper on Thursday accused foreign journalists in the country of fabricating news
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/ 25 February 2011
A total of 2 433 people died in coal mine accidents in China last year, a senior work safety official said on Friday.
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/ 24 February 2011
The US’s distrust of China is playing itself out in the most unlikely of battlefields — including mobile telephony.
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/ 21 February 2011
Message posted on overseas website and titled "The jasmine revolution in China" prompts security crackdown.
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/ 21 February 2011
China’s state media on Monday dismissed a weekend web campaign for Middle East-style protests as "performance art", while also urging public patience.
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/ 14 February 2011
Japan lost its 42-year ranking as the world’s second-biggest economy to China in 2010, with data on Monday showing a contraction in the last quarter.
Zimbabwe has hiked mining exploration fees almost 2 000% to $1-million in a bid to curb speculation, a state daily reported on Wednesday.
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/ 9 February 2011
Africa’s natural resources will remain key to China as the Asian giant grows at a more moderate pace, an expert told an conference in Cape Town.
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/ 7 February 2011
Despite a booming construction industry in Botswana, President Khama’s government faces a backlash from local business people over his perceived bias.
Continuing expansion in China has offset the reduction in carbon emissions in recession hit Western countries.
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/ 3 February 2011
The Chinese calendar may be set to welcome in the year of the rabbit but the new year could be auspicious for love cheats, astrologers predict.
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/ 24 January 2011
China has mandated that all schoolchildren undergo lessons on etiquette — the latest expression of concern over uncultured manners.
The red carpet is out for the Chinese president — a far cry from a miserable working lunch.
Chinese media praised President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States on Friday as a diplomatic "masterstroke" in easing tensions.
China and the US talked on Wednesday about China’s yuan currency being undervalued, militaries and discourse between China and the Dalai Lama.
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/ 18 January 2011
The South Africa women’s hockey team are hoping for good form when they play in the South African International Series starting on Wednesday.
US-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce "real action, on real issues".
Huge foreign reserves has given the emerging superpower a tighter grip on business, finance and politics.
A United States military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington’s defence chief said on Friday.
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/ 13 January 2011
China said it will be "difficult" for its ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency to tour Iran’s nuclear facilities.
China told the United States on Wednesday that its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet should not be seen as a threat.
China on Tuesday denied any connection to an industrial espionage scandal at French car-maker Renault.
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/ 10 January 2011
Chinese investment in Zambia topped $1-billion and created 15 000 jobs in 2010, with $5-billion more to be spent in the coming years.
The defence chiefs of the United States and China on Monday sought to play down a growing military rivalry between the two countries.
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/ 10 January 2011
China has followed Japan’s lead in the capsule-hotel market, amid an explosion of leisure travel in the world’s most populous country.
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/ 10 January 2011
Global food prices have reached an all-time high and food inflation is on the rise. Will South Africa also be affected?