Qingdao, China News

Two divers perform mermaid and prince in the water at Qingdao Underwater World in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb.

This photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 shows a container port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province.

Pattaya officials signed a tourism-cooperation agreement with Qingdao, China to facilitate exchange of knowledge and technology, as well as see Pattaya exhibit at a 2014 floral show there.

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BEIJING, Feb. 8 -- China's Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday that home appliance sales under the country's rural subsidy program dropped 25.7 percent year-on-year to 13.74 billion yuan in January.

In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 photo, workers handle parts in an auto factory in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province.

Chinese folk artistes perform stilt dance for the Chinese Lantern Festival at a celebration event in Qingdao city, Shandong province yesterday.

China has it all, From the wide open and empty panoramas of Tibet to the push and shove of Shnghai from the volcanic dishes of Schuan to beer by the bag in seaside Qingdao, a journey through this colossus of a country is a mesmerising encounter with the most populous, perhaps most culturally idiosyncratic nation on earth.

People help reinforce mooring rope of a fishing boat stranded in the ice floating in the Huanghai Sea off the coast of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb.

JEDDAH: Global marine terminal operator DP World has announced another record year for container handling, with over 54.7 million TEU handled across its global portfolio in 2011, an increase of 10 percent from the prior year.

SINGAPORE: Sailors taking part in the world's longest yacht race are gearing up to head to their next destination - Qingdao, China - on Saturday.

QINGDAO, Jan. 30 -- Different from their parents, who after working in cities would return home to rural China with their savings, the new generation of migrant workers often prefer to settle down in the bustling hubs where they work.

Potential homebuyers examine a developer's display in Qingdao, Shandong province, during the Lunar New Year holiday.

China's retail sales for the week-long Spring Festival holiday rose 16.2 percent year-on-year, boosted by a variety of promotional events, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Saturday.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. &#8212 Packaging supplier Ball Corp. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 16 percent as costs rose faster than revenue.

Organic food products have become popular New Year gifts as the Chinese are paying more attention to health and food safety.

The changes include new port calls at Qingdao, China, and Busan, South Korea, on the AE20 Service, and suspension of the existing calls at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and La Spezia, Italy, on the AE11 Service.

TONY EASTLEY: Last night in China and wherever Chinese people live across the world they were celebrating a new year - the Year of the Dragon.

Pedestrians walk past an art piece with images of a dragon and other Chinese Zodiac figures created by cutting patterns in paper as part of Lunar New Year celebrations at a shopping mall in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

A homecoming performance of opera "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" given by artistes of the Phibada Opera Troupe of the DPRK took place at the Ponghwa Art Theatre on Friday.