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All social organizations including those involved with human rights and politics will have equal status for registration and face the same supervisory review process, the minister of civil affairs said. "Authorities will review such organizations from angles such as their founding conditions, necessity of establishment, activity objective and their roles in social and economic development," [...]

BEIJING – China's Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying said China is not optimistic about the situation concerning Huangyan Island, and the country is fully prepared to respond to anything the Philippine side does to escalate the situation. Fu made the remarks when meeting with Alex Chua, Charge D'affaires of the Philippine Embassy in China, on [...]

SHANGHAI authorities will pay "great attention" to improving the city's food safety and the safe operation of urban public facilities, Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng said yesterday. Public concern about food safety has been growing across the country after a number of media reports exposing safety scams involving the food industry. Shanghai will also adopt [...]

China's foreign ministry said Tuesday that foreign journalists should abide by Chinese laws, when addressing the issue of not extending a visa request for a correspondent with Al Jazeera English. "We stress that everybody must abide by Chinese laws and regulations and must abide by their professional ethics," said Hong Lei, spokesman of the Ministry [...]

(Beijing) – China's iron ore spot trading platform started operating on May 8 and quickly saw its first transaction. The platform's first deal, finished in the morning, was for US$ 145 per ton and involved 165,000 tons. Promoters say the platform will give China's steelmakers more control over the prices they pay for iron ore, [...]