Just when you thought prices couldn't go up any more – our local cheap gas station is now selling the cheap stuff for $3.49/gallon, it was $2.99 not long ago.
China had seen the highest rise …

China has created 51 million jobs in urban areas in the last five years.
Still, it's not enough.
The employment situation is 'very severe.'
Bread lines, peasants being beggars, that sort of thing.
China's Labor and Social Security has …

Baidu.com is testing its new IM product "Baidu Hi."
Only Baidu employees can use it now.
Only one other company cares about it – Shenzhen based Tencent, which runs QQ.
QQ platform holds about 80% of China's IM …

China's consumer price index rises 4.8% in 2007 -
The CPI (inflation) was at the highest level in more than 10 years.
GDP expands 11.4 percent, fastest in 13 years -
2007 saw a slowdown but the year's …

The Bank of China is making predictions for the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Inflation is forecast at 7.5% or higher for last month. High food prices and the worst snow disaster in decades are blamed.
For the …

China has defeate the strategic alliance of Japan, the United States, Australia and India.
The four countries, under the initiative of then Prime Minister Abe of Japan, formed a strategic dialogue to "deepen ties between …

Microsoft is not just bidding for Yahoo!
If Microsoft gets control of Yahoo, and that seems to be what is expected one way or the other sooner or later, Microsoft will also get a great deal …

China lost a trade dispute with the World Trade Organization for the first time since it joined the group in 2001.
A dispute settlement panel ruled in favor of the United Stats and the European Union …

Edison Chen , Gillian Chung Celebrate China’s Mistress’ Day, um, Valentine’s Day?

Chinese manufacturers faced some serious scares last year in the face of several toy recalls leading up to the Christmas season.
Still, in the first 10 months of 2007, China exported $7.07 billion worth of toys, …