Indian,Chinese media goes ballistic over Mid-Range Indian Missile

China's Communist party's mouthpiece , The People's Daily claimed in it's online edition that India's Agni-5 missile which has a range of 5000 Kilometers is capable of  reaching China's northmost citym...

China's 25th Annual Ice and Snow Festival Begins

A magical winter wonderland was unveiled recently at the 25th annual Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, one of China's coldest regions.The festival hopes to...

China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue

It looks like the Chinese government doesn't ban all political rallies.  This is starting to get very ugly."BEIJING - China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western...

Carving Into Ice: A Winter Fantasy

This is an interesting story about the winter ice festival in Harbean (Harbin - Common English Spelling), China.  A popular destination in the winter months when the temperature drops way down low.  All...

China Hotel Experiences: Snowfall in Harbin, China

"Snowflakes fall in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Sunday evening, November 5, 2006. The sudden snowfall caught the locals unexpected. Weather forecasts said the highest temperature on Monday would be minus 7 and residents are advised to wear warm clothes."

China: AIDS lecture sparks prostitution row

"A local health authority's decision to lecture sex workers in a bid to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS has ignited another round of public debate on prostitution. The Harbin Disease Prevention and Control Centre's Aids Prevention and Control Institute in Heilongjiang organized...

100 Biggest Cities in the World

Measured by population. Tokyo comes out top. But news stories about Tokyo are not the most popular. At least not outside Japan.

Russian Protesters Demand to Know About Toxic River

A small group of Russian residents protested outside the Chinese consulate in Khabarovsk yesterday and pleaded during a meeting with Beijing's top diplomat for more information about a toxic spill set to flow into the Heilong River. About 15 demonstrators - from the...

Hundreds of thousands used 'lethal' water

Hundreds of thousands of people living in towns and villages along the upper reaches of the Songhua river were allowed to continue using toxic water for more than a week, even though authorities knew that benzene...

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