World news about “China” published by euronews.
Costlier food boosts Chinese inflation China’s inflation rate spiked in January after having fallen for the previous five months. It was up by 4.5 percent from January last year due to a jump in… 09/02/2012
Cold snap hits northern China – nocomment Households across the north of China spent their coldest Lantern Festival on record, when temperatures dipped to 40 degrees Celsius below zero. 08/02/2012
US closes Damascus embassy over security fears The United States has closed its embassy in Syria due to the recent upsurge in violence. All staff have been pulled out of the country including the … 06/02/2012
Outrage continues over double veto at UN The bombardment of Homs by Syrian forces has continued non-stop since Friday when activists claimed at least 200 people died. That figure increased by a… 06/02/2012
Still hope for UN resolution on Syria: Lavrov Russia wants a draft UN resolution on Syria to be amended to avoid, it says, the impression that the Security Council is taking sides in a civil war. Moscow… 04/02/2012
China to the rescue for EU? – maybe With German Chancellor Angela Merkel in China seeking support for the ailing euro, Premier Wen Jiabao has said Beijing is considering upping its participation… 02/02/2012
Chinese special forces train – nocomment Special task force soldiers of the Shenyang Military Command of the People’s Liberation Army in Northeast China undergo “snow bath” training in freezing… 02/02/2012
Asian factory output hit by troubled Europe Reduced demand from Europe hit Asia’s export-powered economies in January. China’s factory activity picked up modestly according to government surveys of… 01/02/2012
Russia and China oppose Arab League plan for Syria at UN A day of diplomatic discussion on Syria at the UN Security Council ended without agreement as Russia and China remained opposed to move for a regime change in… 01/02/2012
Chinese workers kidnapped in Egypt released Twenty five Chinese workers in Egypt have been released after they were seized by Bedouin tribesmen, in the latest in a series of abductions of Chinese… 01/02/2012
Dangerous chemical pollutes drinking water in China Emergency workers in southern China are pouring sacks of neutralising powder into drains leading to the Liujiang River as they try to tackle a chemical spill… 29/01/2012
Baby pandas in China – nocomment Twelve six-month-old panda cubs joined Lunar New Year celebrations at the Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base in Sichuan Province, southwest China. 27/01/2012
Chinese New Year prayers – nocomment Thousands celebrated the start of the Lunar New Year at temples across China to pray for good fortune in the coming year. 23/01/2012
China celebrates the Year of DragonA dragon lantern is seen at Yuyuan Garden in downtown Shanghai. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon… 23/01/2012
Coping with autism Living with autism can be difficult, and helping children live with it can be overwhelming for parents. Education can play a key role. In this edition of… 23/01/2012
Chinese looking for luck in Year of the Dragon In China and other parts of Asia, the lunar new year has been ushered in in a blaze of glory. It is the year of the dragon, a powerful mythical creature that… 23/01/2012
China prepares to welcome Year of the Dragon – nocomment A swimming dragon dances underwater at a Shanghai aquarium to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon. 21/01/2012
China buys into Thames Water China’s sovereign wealth fund has bought a minority stake in London water supplier Thames Water. China Investment Corporation said it had bought 8.7 percent… 20/01/2012
UK talks trade with Asian marketsBritain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne talks with China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan in the Xinjiang Room located in the Great Hall of the People… 17/01/2012
China’s economic growth weakens Growth in the world’s second biggest economy, China, slowed to its weakest pace for two and a half years at the end of 2011. In the fourth quarter, China’s… 17/01/2012
London to boost yuan trade Britain is teaming up with Hong Kong to secure London a top spot as an offshore trading centre for the Chinese currency the yuan. The move is part of… 16/01/2012
Giant pandas arrive in France from China – nocomment Chinese pandas flew on an 11-hour chartered flight from Sichuan province to Paris, en route to their new home in France’s Beauval Zoo. 16/01/2012
China’s Wen seeks energy security in Saudi Arabia Visiting Saudi Arabia, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has reportedly pressed the oil giant to open its resources to more investment from his country. Saudi… 15/01/2012
Taiwan re-elects president, endorsing China policy Taiwan has re-elected its president, endorsing Ma Ying-jeou’s push for closer ties with China. Thousands of supporters braved pouring rain in central Taipei… 14/01/2012
Taiwan votes with China relations at stake Taiwan has been voting for its next president and parliament with the future of relations with China at stake. Nationalist President Ma Ying-jeou, who is… 14/01/2012
Eggs for Apple as i-Phone sales halted in China There were angry scenes in Beijing on Friday, these protests were not about political issues or poverty, rather a shortage of i-Phones. People who had been… 13/01/2012
Training session for China’s first female bodyguardsAn instructor from a security consultancy firm in Beijing smashes a bottle over a female recruit’s head during a training session for China’s first female… 13/01/2012
Apple halts iPhone sales in China amid scuffles Apple has halted iPhone sales from its stores in China after the launch of the latest model triggered a near-riot. Amid scuffles outside a Beijing shop, the… 13/01/2012
Chinese inflation eases China’s consumer inflation rate dipped to its lowest level in fifteen months in December at 4.1 percent compared with a year earlier. The average rate last… 12/01/2012
Beijing’s air pollution getting worse – nocomment There has been a public outcry over the methods authorities use to measure air quality in Beijing and residents say official figures understate the severity… 11/01/2012
China trade growth slows China’s exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December as foreign and domestic demand declined. The biggest surprise was… 10/01/2012
Investors pay to lend money to Germany Germany is the latest country that investors are paying to lend it money. As it sold 3.9 billion euros worth of short term government bonds, Berlin paid a… 09/01/2012
China and S Korea discuss trade and changing neighbours Whilst South Korea’s president Lee Myung-bak is in China on a state visit, nuclear envoys from both countries will also meet to discuss stability in the… 09/01/2012
Chinese tourists snap up luxury goods in Spain Recession? What recession? Luxury goods in Spain appear to by flying off the shelves despite the country’s economic woes, and it is all down to… 09/01/2012
China’s trade surplus narrows China’s trade surplus shrank slightly last year to the equivalent of 125 billion euros. Export growth fell, hit by weaker demand from key export markets —… 05/01/2012
China calls for talks on EU airline tax China has said it is deeply concerned and opposed to the European Union’s airline tax, and has called for talks to resolve the issue. The statement comes a… 05/01/2012
Incredible ice castles at Harbin Festival – nocomment China’s icy city of Harbin gears up for its annual ice festival. Workers put the final touches on ice castles, slides and snow sculptures. 04/01/2012
China: New Year light decorations – nocomment Festive decorations were lit in the main streets and squares in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian in celebration of the coming New Year holiday. 31/12/2011
China’s factory output falters Chinese factory activity shrank again in December according to a survey of company purchasing managers (PMI) carried out by HSBC. New export orders were… 30/12/2011
Chinese tobacco factory ablaze – nocomment Firefighters fought a massive inferno at a tobacco factory in Nanning City, southern China. 29/12/2011
Winter dip in ChinaA winter swimmer jumps with a mop into the icy water of the Songhua River in Harbin. REUTERS/Sheng Li 28/12/2011
Arms export ban lifted by Japan Japan has lifted its self-imposed ban on exporting arms. The decision, announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura comes amid growing concern on… 27/12/2011
Ice festival opens in HarbinA horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures ahead of the opening of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in China. REUTERS/Sheng Li 26/12/2011
Portugal’s first family silver sale goes to China Portugal has taken the first step to fulfilling the terms of its EU-IMF bailout, by selling a major chunk of the country’s biggest company to the… 22/12/2011
China gets tough with football fixers The trial has begun in China of a former national football official and a club officer accused of taking bribes and match-fixing. A former director of the… 20/12/2011
Strauss-Kahn: eurozone has just weeks to sort out problems The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has warned that the eurozone is a “raft that will sink” unless the region’s… 19/12/2011
China raises import duty on US cars China is to impose extra duties on cars imported from the United States in a move bound to ratchet up tension between Washington and Beijing. General… 15/12/2011
China: girl rescued from under car – nocomment Footage has emerged of a girl in China being hit by a car – and a group of bystanders lifting the vehicle to free the trapped child. 13/12/2011
Ni hao Anelka Nicolas Anelka poses with a Shanghai Shenhua shirt after it was confirmed the 32 year old Frenchman will move to the Chinese club from Chelsea in the January… 12/12/2011
Grey skies for China’s property marketLabourers demolish a residential site in Shanghai. Investment in China’s real estate slowed last month, and sales revenue fell for the second consecutive… 12/12/2011
Dogs break world record for obedience in Hong Kong – nocomment To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), 353 dogs took part in a record-breaking dog obedience… 05/12/2011
Chinese courage: swimming in iceA swimmer dives into the icy water of a lake in Beiling park in Shenyang, Liaoning province. REUTERS/Stringer 03/12/2011
China cools on direct euro bail out China has given its strongest indication yet that it will not bail the euro zone out of the debt crisis. The country’s vice foreign minister Fu Ying said… 02/12/2011
China under heavy snow – nocomment A strong cold snap began to invade north and northwest China on Monday, bringing heavy rain and snow. 30/11/2011
China on road to Europe with new car China’s Chery Quantam auto has unveiled the design of its first car which it hopes will break new ground in Europe. The model, Qoros, is the result of a joint… 29/11/2011
China considers UK infrastructure investment China has said it is interested in pumping money into Britain’s railways as part of major plans to invest in the crumbling infrastructure of developed… 28/11/2011
Chinese slowdown sends shiver through markets Factory output in China has dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years, with signs that although export orders continue to grow, domestic weaknesses… 23/11/2011
Car sales slow in China China the world’s largest car maker will see growth remain stagnant in the absence of incentives for buyers and the country’s tight credit control. That’s… 21/11/2011
China: eight trapped miners will not be rescued – nocomment Rescue efforts was called off in an illegal coalmine in Yunnan Province on Sunday; eight miners are trapped after a gas leak 10 days ago. 21/11/2011
India: pro-Tibetan protest – nocomment Hundreds of Tibetans marched in India’s capital on Wednesday to protest Chinese rule over their homeland. 17/11/2011
China restaurant blast kills seven – nocomment An explosion in a fast food restaurant caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak killed seven people and injured 31 in Xi’an, China’s Shaanxi Province. 14/11/2011
Chinese inflation falls Inflation in China fell sharply in October. The latest official figures show the annual inflation rate receded to 5.5 percent from September’s 6.1… 09/11/2011
China-EU soft power aid The vast economic power of China is increasingly under European scrutiny, with an undercurrent of assumption that Beijing will find it in its own interest to… 03/11/2011
Chinese buyers vow long-term financing for Saab Bosses of the Chinese companies that are buying Saab have been in Sweden and talking about its future. Under the agreed sale to China’s Pang Da and… 01/11/2011
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma swaps Bach for bluegrass World famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma has exchanged Bach for bluegrass in his latest project – The Goat Rodeo Sessions. The Grammy winner teamed up with bluegrass… 01/11/2011
Tibetan exiles demonstrate in Nepal – nocomment Police in Nepal said they have arrested more than 100 Tibetan exiles who were protesting against Chinese rule over their homeland. 01/11/2011
Population’s uneven boom challenges Danica May is one of several babies around the world symbolically designated the seven-billionth person on earth by the UN. She was born just before midnight… 31/10/2011
Chinese motives for euro-zone help For insight into China’s moves to support the euro zone, euronews spoke to its expert in Beijing, Robert Lawrence Kuhn. Seamus Kearney, euronews: Is China… 28/10/2011
Chinese set to buy Saab The struggling Swedish carmaker Saab looks likely to become the latest European firm to be snapped up by the Chinese. The company has not made a car for… 28/10/2011
Chinese firms snap up Sweden’s Saab A deal appears to have been struck for the Chinese firms Pang Da and Youngman to buy 100 per cent of the shares in the struggling carmaker Saab. Lawyers who… 28/10/2011
China welcomes EU debt deal China has welcomed the deal reached at the EU summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the bloc’s debt crisis. Increasingly seen as a key ally to boost the EU’s… 27/10/2011
UN urges urban planning for 7b people A new United Nations report counting the world’s population at now seven billion is serious grounds for brainstorming, the organisation says. More and more… 26/10/2011
Saab’s future looking ever more shaky The Swedish car maker Saab has said it is terminating a 245 million euro investment deal with two Chinese companies. Saab’s owners said carmaker Zhejiang… 24/10/2011
Crisis misses luxury groups You would not know much of the world is going through hard times by looking at the profits and statements of the makers of luxury goods. LVMH, the world’s… 18/10/2011
Chinese growth slows China’s economic expansion slowed in the third quarter to its weakest pace in more than two years as it feels the knock-on effect of the euro zone’s debt… 18/10/2011
Hong Kong cross-harbour race – nocomment For 33 years, few dared to brave Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour due to water pollution concerns. But on October 16, hundreds of swimmers dived into the iconic… 16/10/2011
Pigs don’t fly, but pork prices soar in China Consumer inflation in China dipped last month. It was 6.1 percent compared with September last year. In July it hit a three-year high of 6.5 percent… 14/10/2011
IMF warns Asia over euro crisis The International Monetary Fund says the euro zone debt crisis and slowdown in the US pose severe risks to Asia. In its latest Asia-Pacific outlook the … 13/10/2011
OPEC cuts oil demand forecast The oil producing group OPEC has cut its global oil demand growth forecast for a fourth straight month. It says that is because of an economic downturn in… 11/10/2011
China buys top bank shares China is moving to support its stock market by buying shares of the country’s four biggest banks. The domestic arm of China’s sovereign wealth fund bought… 11/10/2011
Yuan up as Beijing warns on trade China’s currency the yuan, has hit its highest level at the dollar after making its biggest ever daily gain. The yuan is now up by 30.4 percent against the … 10/10/2011
Activists try to enter China’s embassy in Delhi – nocomment Dozens of Tibetan protesters gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Sunday but were prevented from entering the high-security complex by… 09/10/2011
Cleaners of China’s Great Wall – nocomment Chang Shitou and Qian Erling, husband and wife, have been working for more than a decade picking up rubbish left by visitors on the Badaling section of the… 08/10/2011
Demo at Zambian copper mine – nocomment Hundreds of Zambian workers at a Chinese-owned copper mine have gone on strike demanding higher pay, just two weeks after a new president took office… 08/10/2011
Snow blankets south China province – nocomment Snow in the high altitude area of Shennongjia Forestry District produced a fantastic display of colors as autumn and winter merge into one in central China’s… 04/10/2011
Wild acrobatic tricks in China – nocomment Extreme balancing artist Eskil Ronningsbakken presented a show of balancing tricks without any safety net on a mountain in eastern China’s Shandong Province 02/10/2011
National day protest in Hong Kong – nocomment While officials celebrated Chinese national day in Hong Kong, protestors demonstrated in support of jailed Nobel laureate, Liu Xiaobo. 01/10/2011
China celebrates national day – nocomment Celebrations of China’s national day on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. 01/10/2011
China launches module for future space station – nocomment China has launched an experimental module into space as part of its future plans for a manned station. 29/09/2011
Making sense of maths Maths is certainly a mental challenge but it can also be fun, and ultimately rewarding. We look at schools in the US, Japan and China and compare their… 29/09/2011
China wingsuit flying Man – nocomment An American professional wingsuit flier successfully performed a jump and dive through the Tianmen Hole in Hunan province, central China. 24/09/2011
China floods: situation worsens – nocomment Rain that fell on Monday in China is making a bad situation worse with water threatening to overwhelm large parts of the centre and the south of the country. 19/09/2011
“Mysterious life”: the human body on show in ChinaA visitor looks at foetus specimens of the “Mysterious Life” exhibition at the museum of Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd. in China. The exhibits have been… 15/09/2011
China: 64 kids in a 8-seat school minivan – nocomment Qianan traffic police stopped a 8-seat school minivan overloaded with 66 children. 12 police cars were used to send the kids home. 14/09/2011
Italy looks to China to relieve debt problems China is a country of deep, deep pockets so who better to turn to when confidence is low and debt is high. Italian officials have been in Beijing and the boss… 13/09/2011
China inflation and growth cool Inflation in China pulled back in August. It was 6.2 percent compared with the same month last year. In July it reach a three-year high of 6.5… 09/09/2011
Real life Angry Birds outdoor theme park game in ChinaVisitors use a slingshot to throw an Angry Bird plush toy at a real life Angry Birds outdoor game in a theme park at Changsha, Hunan province. REUTERS/China… 07/09/2011
Joe Biden visits China – nocomment US Vice President Joe Biden spent the fifth day of his visit to China visiting cultural sites and meeting with students in Chengdu, Sichuan province. 22/08/2011
The rising skyscrapers in ChinaA boy sits in an area where old residential buildings are being demolished to make room for new skyscrapers in Shanghai. REUTER/Aly Song 16/08/2011
Bull in a china shop as Camacho takes charge in BeijingFormer Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has arrived in Beijing to take up his new job as coach of China’s national football team. His brief is clear… 13/08/2011
