BEIJING : Like any sensible adult, the Emperor Qianlong planned ahead for his retirement. A compulsive poet who oversaw the unprecedented expansion of China’s borders, Qianlong began creating a refuge in 1771, at 61, for his golden years. Unlike his Continue ..

China’s Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it had found no bird flu cases amongst poultry in Beijing or areas surrounding the city after a woman in the capital died of the H5N1 form of the virus. Experts had fanned out to Beijing’s Continue ..

HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices finished the morning sharply lower, with the key index down nearly 3.7 pct, as China banks fell further on share sales by strategic investors and commodity stocks slumped after crude oil prices tumbled more than 12 Continue ..

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush exchanged congratulatory messages Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between their two countries. Chinese Continue ..

BEIJING : Like any sensible adult, the Emperor Qianlong planned ahead for his retirement. A compulsive poet who oversaw the unprecedented expansion of China’s borders, Qianlong began creating a refuge in 1771, at 61, for his golden years. Unlike his Continue ..

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