Qingdao, China News

A conservative victory on June 17 would raise the odds that Athens will form a government that would agree to harsh bailout terms by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, enabling it to stay in the currency club.

Japan is becoming increasingly "eager" to join a free trade agreement with China and South Korea while it is unable to join a broader Asian trade pact, and as Beijing and Seoul began negotiations on an agreement, said the ministry of commerce.

Japan is becoming increasingly "eager" to join a free trade agreement with China and South Korea while it is unable to join a broader Asian trade pact, and as Beijing and Seoul began negotiations on an agreement, said the Ministry of Commerce.

Activity on China's online spot-trading platform for iron ore slowed in the past two weeks, a result of weaker economic growth and feeble markets for iron ore and steel, a senior official with an organizer of the platform said on Thursday.

The project rolled out like many others in major Chinese cities: bulldozers wiped over the verdant grass field next to the coast, spades overturned the granite blocks blanketing the city squares, and nearly two million crescent-shaped tree holes popped out in less than a month, along the avenues, by the beach, and under overpasses, turning the ... (more)

China has chosen to keep its military out of efforts to assert its claim to the South China Sea in favour of diplomatic, economic and technological strategies Much attention has been focused on China's military strength in its tussle with the Philippines over disputed territory in the resource-rich South China Sea.

Secured $US200 million in sales through signed Letters of Intent to supply 60,000t per month manganese from Big George West Timor Mine; Agreement with logistics specialist Newsky Energy Investments Co Ltd; Opened two regional offices, in Jakarta and Qingdao China; Production scheduled for third quarter 2012; Negotiations for smelter construction.

Jin Air will launch regular flights to Yantai in Shandong Province, China from July 5, the company said on Wednesday.

DESCRIn this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese military band performs as they see off the leaving Russian Navy's missile cruiser Varyag in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Friday, April 27, 2012.

A con artist who made 3.5 trillion won from a pyramid scheme and fled to China reportedly died of acute heart attack late last year.

A record 71 Westmont students on a dozen teams will spend at least four weeks this summer serving communities around the world, including Bolivia, China, Guatemala, Nepal, Uganda, Spain, Japan, Israel and Indonesia.

The "father of Lan Kwai Fong", who is extending the brand to the mainland, says Hong Kong risks losing its edge.

Chinese work on the production line at a solar panel factory of the Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.

In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a worker fixes a solar panel at a factory in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

Ship starts 26th Chinese scientific ocean expedition Prensa Latina The scientific research vessel Dayang Yihao started an oceanic expedition from China to sail from the city of Sanya on Hainan island province, for a mission of 370 days.

Photo taken on May 15, 2012 shows the newly-built deepwater pipelay crane vessel "Hai Yang Shi You 201" in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong Province.

Heavy fog lingering for a week in east China's seaport of Qingdao, Shandong province, has disrupted passage on the waterway, stranding more than 200 vessels daily at the port, said the municipal marine affairs bureau on Tuesday.

Kong Yawen, of Qingdao, earns $475 a month working in a sales office and shares an apartment with two others.

Amid heavy fog and strong winds the Chinese and Russian navies conducted five days of joint live-fire military exercises codenamed 'Maritime Cooperation-2012' in the Yellow Sea.

Danish HAO / Holm Architecture Office together with Archiland Beijing has won the competition to design a master plan within the city of Qingdao, China.