Death and Dying in the Provinces

    Fault lines in the basic insurance system are appearing not only in disparities of coverage for those in the cities and countryside, but also in how health care institutions deal with the chronically ill As He Jin prepared herself for the process of dying, she did it alone. Diagnosed with the final stages of liver cancer, the 24-year-old woman from Angkang of Shaanxi Province died in April this year, receiving basic treatments from the hospital [...]

    Promising world market

    Chinese companies should change their business model in order to boost benefits of cooperation in Africa In April, I led a Bank of China delegation to South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania, where we held meetings with many senior officials from our host countries’ government departments as well as the executives of both local and Chinese companies. We were impressed by the new enthusiasm evinced by investors in the rest of the world for the huge [...]

Africa

Spike in agricultural trade with Africa

China-Africa trade on agricultural products has gone through years of fast growth and the trade volume reached 4.78 billion U.S. ...

Interview: China-Africa Development Fund to increase agriculture investment in Africa

China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund), the Chinese state fund promoting investment cooperation between China and Africa, is considering entering into partnerships ...

China’s work in Africa deserves acknowledgement

The article BRIC and Africa: Confronting some of the major criticisms of contemporary Sino-African ties, published by the South Africa-based ...

Asia / Pacific

India company withdraws from South China Sea

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), wholly-owned subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), will retreat from the disputed Block 128 ...

Manila moves to quell spat

The Philippine presidential office said Monday Manila is seeking to ease tension from the Huangyan Island incident after the country's ...

China-Myanmar friendship activities held in Yangon to boost ties

A series of China-Myanmar "Deep Fraternal Friendship" activities have been launched in Yangon, in a bid to consolidate the friendship ...

International Relations

Commentary: Never test China’s will to defend its own sovereignty

For nearly a month, Manila has not only turned a deaf ear to Beijing's position on resolving the dispute over ...

Foreign Policy and External Relations

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi spoke to Chinese and foreign media at a press conference on March 6 during the Fifth ...

New Direction for China’s Diplomacy

China now is experiencing growing pains as its economic strength and international influence are on the rise. In the meantime, ...

Central & South America

PetroChina to buy plant

PetroChina Co is in talks to buy Valero Energy's shuttered refinery in Aruba, sources said Wednesday. In a filing with the ...

‘Time for better ties’ with South America

China overtaking EU as region's second-largest trade partner China's economic ties with Latin America and the Caribbean need further development as ...

CNPC, Venezuela joint refinery set for 2014 opening

China National Petroleum Corp said on Wednesday that its Guangdong-based mega joint refinery with Venezuelan partner Petroleos de Venezuela SA ...

Civil Society

Pet charity in urgent appeal for aid

A Beijing-based animal protection NGO is appealing for help as they are running out of money to support the many ...

Mass Producing Charity

A venture capital investor uses his business savvy to maximize the impact of his philanthropic work Wang Bing is a man ...

Weibo rule not a step backward on free speech

China's first microblog community compact, released by Sina last week, will take effect at the end of this month. After ...

Climate Change

China’s nuclear industry reeling

Japan's nuclear emergency of last year has left a mark on Chinese nuclear manufacturers, which have since seen billions of ...

US ruling on solar panels ‘unreasonable’

China on Friday rejected a US anti-dumping ruling against Chinese solar power equipment, calling it "unfair" and "unreasonable", as Chinese ...

New fuel standards to cut pollution in city

Beijing will introduce new fuel standards on May 31 that municipal officials say are nearly on a par with the ...

Labour

Would you qualify as a white-collar worker?

DECENT pay, a nice office and stylish clothes have usually been considered the trappings of a white-collar worker. But now it ...

China to enlarge talent pool to 180m

China is witnessing an increase in better-educated laborers and a booming talent pool, official figures show. The country was home to ...

New draft aims to balance workers’ rights with enterprises’ interests

A new draft targeting regulations on working extra hours and the balance between workers' rights and enterprises' development in the ...

Finance

Banks’ NPLs climb for 2nd quarter

BAD loans at Chinese banks rose for the second straight quarter for the first time since 2005 due to worsening ...

Testing times for banks

With the world's second largest economy bidding farewell to its decades of roaring double-digit growth, it is only natural that ...

Corporate debt reaches ‘alarming level’

Chinese companies are operating with "alarming levels" of corporate debt, even though the country's gross debt remains relatively low, according ...