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UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Xinhua) — China on Monday urged Serbia and Kosovo to step up their efforts in maintaining and furthering dialogue. Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, made the remarks at an open UN Security Council meeting on United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The situation in Kosovo [...]

Beijing on Monday lodged strong protest over Tokyo's permission for the separatist World Uygur Congress meeting to be held in Japan, and slammed Uygur separatist Rebiya Kadeer's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. Analysts warned that Japan's current attitude toward the separatist activities has further damaged its already fragile bilateral ties with China. The World Uygur [...]

The US consulate in Shanghai began publishing hourly air pollution reports at its office that provides data often in conflict with official air quality reports. An air-quality monitor that measures suspended particulates with a diameter of 2.5 micrometer was set up at the consulate on Huaihai Road. "The monitor is an unofficial resource for the [...]

Beijing is to begin a clampdown on foreigners illegally entering, residing or working in the national capital to improve the city's security, according to a local authority announcement yesterday. The campaign is set to start today and run to the end of August, said a spokesman with the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Police will [...]

(Beijing)–Despite an enormous user base of some 300 million microbloggers across China, Sina Weibo is losing money. And its executives are fretting. A relaxing pause for the company's chiefs came April 26 while they unveiled plans to profit from a microblog advertising platform, by upgrading its corporate product, and through the launch of an open [...]