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SHANGHAI: China unveiled Tuesday the design for its national pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo. With an estimated cost of 1.5 billion yuan, its design features a traditional style red architecture called "oriental crown". Organizers said the project is a significant milestone in the...

The model of Hong Kong Spin is shown in Hong Kong, South China, December 18, 2007. Hong Kong Spin, taking the form of the Chinese character "Middle", is composed of an inclined observation tower overlooking the harbor and a horizontally revolving wheel. The Hong Kong Spin is expected to become...

KUNMING, Yunnan: China and India will hold their first joint anti-terror military drill starting tomorrow - a sign of growing military exchanges and mutual trust between the two neighbors. Codenamed "Hand-in-Hand, 2007", the military exercise will be held in Southwest China's Yunnan Province...

LUANG NAM THA, Laos - Chinese investments in rubber plantations in northern Laos will be ready for their first big returns in 2011, with nearly all the raw material scheduled for harvest then set to be exported to Chinese markets. What began as a modest way for upland Lao farmers to supplement...

HONG KONG - International luxury goods makers and service providers have taken notice of the growing population of wealthy and newly rich people in China, their numbers increasing at a slick pace amid a booming economy. David Zhong, founder and chief executive of ''The Fair'', an annual...

China said Wednesday its first national oil reserve base has been filled with crude oil, one day after it announced the setting up of a national oil reserve center. Located in Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, east China, the base has a planned storage space of 5.2 million cubic meters, said the...

S.Korea is China's Least Favorite Neighbor - Survey Chinese people like South Korea the least of all of their neighbors, according to the results of a survey released Monday. It is unusual for South Korea to rank ahead of Japan as China's most unpopular neighbor. In the survey of...

QUETTA, Pakistan - China stepped up its presence in Pakistan this week with the opening on Monday of the Pak-China Investment Co Ltd (PCIC) in the business and financial hub of Karachi to be followed with the establishment of offices in northeastern Lahore, the second-largest city and capital of...

Colombo port adds to India's China woes: The race to build Sri Lanka's [Images] newest and most competitive terminal as part of the South Harbour project in the Colombo port has begun, with five of the best of corporate names locally and in the global shipping arena officially confirming...

The friendship between China and India and their "mutually beneficial cooperation will change the look of Asia and the world at large", President Hu Jintao told Sonia Gandhi, president of India's ruling Congress Party on Friday. Gandhi met with Premier Wen Jiabao, too, and exchanged views on...