China strongly condemns Japan over shrine visit The Chinese government has issued a strong protest following visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine by a number of Japanese cabinet ministers. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin has summoned...
Egypt enters into state of emergency after security forces crushed sit-ins The military-installed government in Egypt has delclared a nationwide month long state of emergency in the aftermath of violent clashes which have now spread to other parts of...
China cracks down on extravagance in official galas The Chinese government is now cracking down on official gala's. A new circular from the central authorities is ordering all departments bring luxurious and extravagant galas to a halt. It says galas...
China urges Japan to follow peace, friendship treaty The Chinese government says the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed in 1978 should be commemorated and followed well. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei says the treaty provi...
China to further boost green industries Chinese central government has rolled out another slew of measures to help boost green industries. The State Council has reiterated in its latest policy initiative its plan of maintaining a 15-percent annual gr...
Searching on missing Chinese in Afghanistan attack still underway: embassy Chinese Embassy to Afghanistan has confirmed with Xinhua searching on the final missing Chinese citizen during the Thursday attack in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul is still u...
3 Chinese citizens killed, 2 missing in Afghanistan: Chinese embassy 3 Chinese citizens have been killed and another two are missing in the Afghanistan capital Kabul. The Chinese Embassy says the Chinese nationals were murdered in an apartment buildi...
Central China to see extreme heat Extremely hot weather continues heating up large swathes of southern China. In Shanghai, it's now the fourth consecutive day in which the city's temperatures are expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius. This year...
China fines foreign milk powder makers after price probe Chinese authorities have handed down record fines worth 670-million yuan against foreign milk powder makers for price fixing. The National Development and Reform Commission is hitting Mead John...
New Zealand Probes Fonterra's Handling of Food-Safety Scare The government of New Zealand has launched an official probe into dairy exporter Fonterra in connection with its tainted dairy scandal here in China. The probes are said to surround why Font...
Hourly News 2013-08-06 2013-08-06 11:15:12 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Han Fonterra apologizes for tainted milk powder scare New Zealand dairy firm Fonterra has apologized for its tainted milk powder scandal. Batches of the whey protein from the dairy...
China halts all New Zealand dairy imports over wide tainted reports Chinese authorities have halted all imports of New Zealand milk powders from Australia and New Zealand. It comes as China's top quality watchdog names importers of potentially tainte...
China-Russia drill enters battle planning phase The China-Russia joint drill, code-named Peace Mission-2013, has entered the phase of battle planning as China's last troops arrived at the designated area. Peace Mission-2013, which takes place in Chel...
Chinese FM: South China Sea disputes could be solved with three ways together Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has proposed three ways to solve the South China Sea disputes, and saying these three ways could be processing simultaneously. Mee...
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister retracts Nazi comments Japan's Deputy Prime Minister has retracted his recent comments made in connection with Japan and Nazi Germany. Taro Aso issued the statement, after suggesting this week that the current governmen...
