Shandong, 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.

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.

This is the second part of a two-part story on First Selectman Pat Llodra and Community Development Director Elizabeth Stocker's recent trip to China.

This is the picture of the "Yantai" missile guided frigate of the 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce in the waters of the Gulf of Aden.

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.

No, 'dead whale' isn't a metaphor. Students actually happened upon the body of a dead whale in the cafeteria kitchen, perhaps being readied to be served with their meals.

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

More than 260 prefecture-level Chinese cities are building digital geographic systems to provide better services to citizens, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said on Wednesday.

A Chinese forum dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchanges and the Confucian spirit of harmonization expects to hold a special session at the United Nations headquarters later this year, organizers said Tuesday.

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.

With the signing and opening ceremony of the "Marine Outlook Education Base" held at the Museum of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 on the Liugong Island in Weihai of east China's Shandong province, the 6th "Marine Outlook Education Day" activity jointly held by the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Tsinghua University started ... (more)

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 Second Nishan Forum on World Civilizations dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and cross-cultural dialogue opened Monday morning in Confucius' birthplace Qufu, a city in east China's Shandong province.

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.