Over 230 home developers filed for bankruptcy in China last year: ReportAn estimated 233 home developers in China filed for bankruptcy last year amid the economic crisis, according to the China Real Estate Assoc...
28 Jan, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
Spike in covid cases in China's Zhejiang renews concern of impact on supply chainsZhejiang, located near Shanghai, has a population of about 65 million people. It is home to Japanese automaker Nidec and a slew of other fo...
27 Dec, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
China's Zhejiang has 1 million daily COVID cases, expected to doubleCitizens and experts have called for more accurate data as infections surged after Beijing made sweeping changes to a zero-COVID policy tha...
26 Dec, 2022, 07.15 AM IST
China central bank expands digital yuan pilot scheme to more citiesTianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen and six cities in the coastal Zhejiang province will be added to the existing 10 major "pilot...
03 Apr, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
Half a million quarantined as China export hub faces outbreakThe problems in the province come as Chinese media reported on Monday that the country's first case of the fast-spreading Omicron variant h...
14 Dec, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
China’s electricity crunch is world’s latest supply-chain threatLocal governments are ordering the power cuts as they try to avoid missing targets for reducing energy and emissions intensity, while some ...
28 Sep, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
China plans new base for aviation, space industry in eastern citySuzhou, in the eastern province of Jiangsu and not far from Shanghai, will provide subsidies or rewards ranging from 3 million yuan to 50 m...
26 Apr, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
China to send 'duck army' to help Pakistan fight locustsThe legion of lotus-eating waterfowl will be sent from the eastern province of Zhejiang following the earlier dispatch of a team of Chinese...
27 Feb, 2020, 12.43 PM IST
Beijing’s botcasters to take on unruly media?Research shows that humanoids that replicate — obviously, never exactly — real humans evoke uncanny, creepy feelings in observers; in fact,...
11 Nov, 2018, 10.52 PM IST
China finds polymetallic sulphide deposits in Indian OceanIn 2011, China had entered into a deal with the International Seabed Authority for a polymetallic sulphide exploration area of 10,000 sq km...
14 Aug, 2018, 03.08 PM IST
China developing 400 kph bullet train: OfficialHe also said China was carrying out research on the next generation magnetic-levitation (meglev) trains which have a top speed of 600 kmph.
28 Feb, 2018, 08.18 PM IST
This is how China's regions fare in the fake GDP data stakesAfter a spate of admissions to fabricating data, doubts about the accuracy of provincial-level figures are throwing a shadow on the remarka...
19 Jan, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
Clear evidence of gender bias in Chinese academia: Survey"This means that the discrimination is not a fixed policy or standard, but involves social judgments," Wang said in an article published by...
04 Jan, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
Chinese university sends bamboo-made admission lettersA university in Zhejiang Province has sent admission letters made from bamboo, in a bid to heighten students' sense of environmental protec...
17 Jul, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
- Credit squeeze making life difficult for China's SMEs
A credit squeeze caused by the Chinese government's fiscal tightening measures to stabilise inflation is having a negative effect on the co...
22 Jul, 2011, 01.30 PM IST
China Inc's succession problem: Entrepreneurs unsure if children can cope with business model demandsThe lack of abilities and experience among the next generation worries entrepreneurs.
24 Apr, 2011, 05.08 AM IST
- Japan crisis won't hamper nuclear development, says China
As Chinese govt froze approvals, the atomic authority has said it will not shelve plans to build more plants.
26 Mar, 2011, 11.32 AM IST