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BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met here Wednesday with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, pledging consistent efforts to crack down on software piracy. Protecting intellectual property is necessary in the construction of an innovative country, Wang said, adding the China's government attaches great importance to this area and is endeavoring to [...]

China's civil aviation authority on Wednesday reiterated its opposition to the European Union's imposition of an emissions trading scheme on global aviation, despite a threat from the EU last week to punish Chinese airlines for not cooperating. As talks have so far proven futile, the parties involved expect that a framework of market-based measures, which [...]

Tokyo's metropolitan government made headlines in late April when it called on Japanese citizens to donate to its "purchasing" fund to buy the Diaoyu Islands. But Chinese activists have also been digging deep into their pockets to reassert the country's sovereignty over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese fundraising campaign began [...]

CHINA will invest more than 1.5 trillion yuan (US$237 billion) in the civil aviation sector in the next five years and buy more than 2,500 aircraft during the period, the head of the country's civil aviation industry regulator said at an industry forum yesterday. The total number of civil aircraft in the country will exceed [...]

(Chongqing) – A media campaign aimed at boosting private business in Chongqing has kicked off by highlighting a manufacturer of dialysis equipment, a sign that the city’s economic approach has changed drastically along with party bosses. Privately held Shanwaishan Science & Technology Co., founded in the southwestern city in 2001, was featured in the first [...]