Posted by uspostWorldSaturday, November 13th, 2010
World leaders are in the Japanese city of Yokohama for a meeting expected to focus on free trade, following closely on the heels of the G20 meeting in South Korea, which was overshadowed by currency disputes. The delegates are expected to talk about a collective growth strategy – a first for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation [...]
The airport in Baotou, Inner Mongolia kept three flights from Shangai and Beijing circling overhead and shut down for an hour on Sept. 11 until the mysterious bright lights had vanished. This marks the eighth reported UFO sighting in China since June, according to The Daily Telegraph. But officials admitted military tests accounting for at [...]
Last November, when Apple (AAPL) first starting selling the iPhone in China — the world’s largest cell phone market with nearly 800 million subscribers — analysts termed the launch a “disappointment.” The queues of customers were underwhelming, and after four days of sales, China Unicom (CHU) had reportedly managed to sign up only 5,000 subscribers. [...]
Posted by uspostSportsMonday, September 13th, 2010
Kevin Durant carried the U.S. men’s basketball team to its first FIBA World Championship title since 1994, scoring 28 points in an 81-64 victory over host Turkey in the gold medal game. Without LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant or any other members of the Olympic team that won gold in Beijing two years ago, [...]
A 62 mile-long traffic jam on a highway leading to Beijing entered its ninth day Monday, with no relief in sight the Chinese media is reporting. The Beijing-Tibet expressway, a stretch of highway that links China’s capital city with the northern province of Hebei and the Inner Mongolia region, has become increasingly prone to large [...]