China is reporting discoveries of major shale gas reserves in its western Sichuan region, a development that could drastically raise its domestic fossil fuel supplies, according to AP.
State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said in an industry (...)
A radiation detection system was inaugurated Wednesday in Shanghai, China's biggest port, as part of joint U.S.-China efforts to prevent smuggling of nuclear materials for weapons or terrorism.
The system is meant to provide comprehensive screening (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday the government will strengthen the Yuan's trading flexibility, adding to signals that Beijing may be ready to widen the Yuan's trading band to let the currency (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1432, Nov 19, 2011, SPA -- China will make the yuan more flexible in either direction and recent reforms to make the currency more market-oriented have begun to achieve some results, Reuters quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as saying on (...)
AlHijjah 2, 1432, Oct 29, 2011, SPA - Twenty-one people were killed and seven injured when a vehicle carrying railway construction workers overturned in northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Xinhua said (...)
AlQa'dah 17, 1432, Oct 15, 2011, SPA - China and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen military cooperation, increase contacts between high-ranking officers and establish a hotline for the two defense ministries, in a bid to cool tensions between the (...)
A fire that broke out in an oil refinery Friday night in Shanghai was under control and no casualties were reported, Xinhua quoted municipal police as saying.
The accident occurred at around 10:30 p.m. in a coking unit of Gaoqiao oil refinery and (...)
Signs that powerhouse China is slowing have spooked global markets and sharpened fears that the world economy will not escape another recession, AP reported.
The dramatic stock market fallout from one small, preliminary survey of Chinese (...)
A man determined to escape paying a parking fee in downtown Shanghai ran over and killed a meter maid in the latest in a spate of road rage incidents in China, according to AP.
The uniformed parking attendant was standing in front of the man's car (...)
China's inflation rate retreated from a three-year high in August as food price increases moderated, suggesting Beijing may be able to hold off on further monetary tightening as it copes with a slowing global economy, AP reported.
Consumer prices (...)
China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers, says its first-half profit rose 6.3 percent on strong growth of sales and mobile Internet services, according to AP.
The Beijing-based company said Thursday that profit was 61.3 (...)
China has reported a fresh oil spill in the Bohai Bay off its northeastern coast, following two spills last month, AP reported.
The State Oceanic Administration reported Tuesday that spill was caused by a malfunction in the centralized control (...)
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- A two-day strike over rising fuel prices turned violent in Shanghai on Thursday as thousands of truck drivers clashed with police, drivers said, in the latest example of simmering discontent over inflation, (...)
China's economy accelerated in the last quarter of 2010 to expand a blockbuster 10.3 percent for the year as its communist leaders struggle to keep growth on an even keel while cooling surging prices, according to AP.
Figures released Thursday (...)
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, tracking a rally in U.S. markets spurred by news that the U.S. economy fared better than expected in the third quarter, as AP reported.
Trading was light ahead of Christmas holidays and with Japanese (...)
Hijjah 24, 1431 / Nov. 30, 2010, SPA -- At least four people were killed and three others injured in a road accident here Tuesday, police said.
A nine-seat minibus bumped into the highway isolation strip in Fengxing District at 6:37 p.m., leaving (...)
Hijjah 04, 1431 / Nov. 10, 2010, SPA -- Nineteen Chinese sailors arrived in Shanghai Wednesday after being held hostage by Somali pirates for 135 days.
The sailors - whose release on Nov. 6 was secured by the Chinese and Singapore governments and (...)
Hijjah 01, 1431 / Nov. 07, 2010, SPA -- At least four people are dead and 30 injured after the shuttle bus they were traveling in rolled over on a highway in Shanghai Sunday morning, local police said.
The bus with at least 37 people onboard (...)
Qa'dah 21, 1431 H/Oct 29, 2010, SPA -- Currently on a visit to China, the Sudanese Minister of Industry, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz paid here today a visit to the pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated in Expo Shanghai 2010.
Upon (...)
Qa'dah 20, 1431 H/Oct 28, 2010, SPA -- The three-dimensional audio and visual shows at the Saudi pavilion participating in the international fair "2010 Shanghai Expo" have been enjoying great admiration from visitors from various (...)
Qaeda 1431 H. / 21 October 2010, SPA -- Prince Abdulaziz bin Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, today paid a visit to the Saudi pavilion in Shanghai expo 2010.
Upon arrival at the venue, he was briefed on the contents of the fair by (...)
Qa'dah 12, 1431, Oct 20, 2010 -- Since the beginning of Expo 2010 Shanghai, the Saudi Arabian Pavilion has hit three important landmarks. The pavilion hit its fourth landmark Oct. 17 with its 4 millionth visitor.
Arriving at 6 a.m. through Expo (...)
Qa'dah 8, 1431 H/Oct 16, 2010, SPA -- Dr. Abdulrahman Al Al-Sheikh, Undersecretary of Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs for City Planning and Commissioner General of the Saudi Pavilion at Shanghai Expo has stressed that the Saudi pavilion's (...)
Chinese offshore oil and gas company CNOOC agreed Saturday to buy 2.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas from French utility GDF Suez SA.
The deal, signed in Shanghai with CNOOC's wholly owned CNOOC Gas and Power Group, calls for France's (...)
The Saudi-Chinese Youth Forum was concluded here today.
The event was attended by Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Prince Mansoor bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz who delivered a speech at the conclusion session conveying greetings of Custodian of (...)