Europe's largest aircraft manufacturer Airbus started construction on Wednesday on a new facility to deliver wide-body planes in China, as it faces off against bitter US rival Boeing for market share in the world's second-largest economy.
At a (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1436, Aug 27, 2015, SPA -- The death toll from the Tianjin warehouse explosions two weeks ago rose to 145 on Thursday with 28 others still missing.
All the dead have been identified, including 88 firefighters, nine policemen and 48 (...)
AlQa'dah 11, 1436, Aug 26, 2015, SPA -- The death toll from the Tianjin warehouse explosions two weeks ago has risen to 139, and 34 others remain missing, rescue authorities said on Wednesday.
The figures announced on Tuesday were 135 deaths with 38 (...)
AlQa'dah 1, 1436, Aug 16, 2015, SPA -- Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site at China's Tianjin port, pushing the death toll to 112 on Sunday as teams rushed to clear dangerous chemicals and prosecutors prepared an investigation (...)
AlQa'dah 1, Aug 16 2015, SPA -- The death toll from massive explosions in China's port of Tianjin has risen to 112 and 95 people, most of them fire fighters, are missing, Reuters quoted state media on Sunday, suggesting the toll will rise (...)
The White House is sending its condolences to the Chinese people following explosions at a port warehouse that killed dozens, according to AP.
White House spokesman Ned Price says the explosion is a tragedy. He says the United States is holding the (...)
Ten people were killed and another three were injured in a road accident early Saturday morning in north China's Tianjin Municipality, local authorities said.
The accident happened at 1:16 a.m. on Jinqi Road when a van crashed into a lorry. Nine (...)
Four people died after a minibus plunged into a river due to limited visibility caused by heavy fog in the northern port city of Tianjin on Saturday morning, local authorities said.
The accident happened at about 6:07 a.m. in Xiqing District, (...)
China on Tuesday said it completely supported Pakistan on all regional and international issues.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the stance of his government of supporting Pakistan's sovereignty when he met Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (...)
China is on track to meeting its
7.5-pe-cent annual growth target despite difficulties brought by the
global economic downturn, dpa quoted Premier Wen Jiabao as saying on Tuesday.
China had made "great achievements" in developing its economy (...)
A strike at a Japanese-owned electronics factory in north China crippled production on Thursday, extending the industrial unrest that has put manufacturers at odds with increasingly assertive workers, according to Reuters.
Employees at the Tianjin (...)
Chinese and Arab leaders agreed to develop China-Arab relations and discussed a number of regional issues of common interest at the China-Arab Cooperation Forum that concluded in Tianjin, China, on Friday.
As part of the “Declaration of Tianjin,” (...)
More media links should be formed to deepen cooperation between China and Arab states, said officials and experts at the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum that concluded Friday.
The Arab world “needs to know more about (...)
The Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum concluded here today its 4th session.
During the two days meeting, the Chinese and Arab sides reached an agreement on the development of China-Arab relations and discussed a number of (...)
Leading the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the 4th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum started its works here today, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs delivers a speech at the outset of the meeting in (...)
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thinayyan Al Saud, Chairman of Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) and Chairman of Board of Directors of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) received at the governmental Guest Palace in the Chinese (...)
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) started here today commercial production at the newly constructed petrochemical complex in Tianjin, China.
The two companies formed SINOPEC-SABIC (...)
Three people were killed and six injured Saturday after a gas cylinder exploded in a cafeteria in north China"s Tianjin Municipality, Xinhua quoted local officials as saying.
The blast happened at 9:58 a.m. at a staff cafeteria of a construction (...)
China's national basketball coach Guo Shiqiang came under pressure from the nation's rabid fans and sporting press Monday after Iran thrashed his team 70-52 in the Asian Championship final.
Iran used a blistering attack to crush the home court (...)
Iran stunned hosts China to retain the continental basketball crown with a crushing 70-52 victory in the Asian championship final Sunday.
Anchored by hulking Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Ehadadi, who top-scored for his team with 19 points, the (...)
Six people were confirmed dead and four others were injured when a ramp bridge linking to a north China expressway collapsed early Wednesday, Xinhua quoted the local government as saying.
Five trucks fell off the ramp bridge, about 800 meters from (...)
At 2.46 meters (8 ft 1 in) tall, China's Zhao Liang may well be the world's tallest person. All he needs is to be officially measured.
The 27-year-old was recently measured by doctors who were treating him for a foot injury, and was found to be (...)
Han Duan scored her 101st goal, enabling host China to celebrate the start of competition at the Beijing Olympics with a 2-1 victory over Sweden on Wednesday.
Han's goal in the 72nd minute sparked an eruption by the boisterous crowd of 37,902 at (...)
Rescuers have found two more bodies of workers buried in a landslide about a week ago in north China's Tianjin City, but two others are still missing, Xinhua quoted the city government as saying today.
The landslide occurred at around 9:20 a.m. on (...)
