BEIJING, March 15. Radiation Situation in China after the accident at Japanese nuclear power plant caused by the earthquake, is still normal, said on Tuesday the Ministry of Environment. “At the moment the tests conducted across the country did not reveal any irregularities in the radiation situation. All nuclear power plants are operating in normal [...]

Beijing, March 16 – Chinese law enforcement officers found and detained 3,001 manufacturers of counterfeit consumer goods. They produced a variety of counterfeit goods – from pharmaceuticals to mobile phones, including well-known brands of Nokia and Apple.

Next three days, a leak of radioactive substances after the accident at the nuclear power plant in Japan, will mainly affect central and northern Japanese island of Honshu and won’t have impact on China. According to Xinhua, the experts of Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre of the World Meteorological Organization in Beijing came to this conclusion.

The opponents of capital punishment and human rights advocates are skeptical that the changes in the penal code would reduce the number of executions in which the Celestial Empire is firmly ranked first in the world. Humane and unprecedented amendments to the Criminal Code in 1979 were approved on Friday at a regular session of [...]

Swedish Volvo Cars, bought by Chinese Zhejiang Geely, intends over the next five years to invest up to $ 11 billion in business expansion to double the production of vehicles. The main emphasis, as expected, will be put on expansion in China. Analysts, however, doubt that the company will achieve its goals.

Population of China by the end of 2010 rose by six million people and totaled 1 billion 341 million people, said China’s State Statistical Bureau on Monday. The Bureau noted that these data are still preliminary. The real demographic situation in China will be unveiled in the coming months, after the completion of the processing [...]