”Chinese Academy Social Sciences” News

China sets out on European spending spree: report

BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming was set to fly to Europe Tuesday at the head of a 300-strong team charged with spending billions of dollars on European products, state media said. The procurement team, which will visit 02 27 2009 2:48AM (...more)

Chinese youth conflicted about sex, survey finds

BEIJING (Reuters) - A new survey of China 's first generation born under the one-child policy has found they are more open but still conflicted about sex, and don't approve of one-night stands, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.
10 15 2008 10:26PM (...more)

China's communists approve key land reforms

BEIJING (AFP) - China's ruling Communist Party approved a major economic reform plan Sunday that will allow farmers to trade and mortgage their land rights and help bolster the nation's food security .
10 13 2008 11:29AM (...more)

China frets at U.S. risk after Fannie/Freddie bailout

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury's takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is good news in the short term for China , the biggest holder of the giant mortgage lenders ' debt, but Beijing 's huge U.S. exposure still poses a serious risk, a prominent government researcher said on Monday.
09 9 2008 5:37PM (...more)

Taiwan poll results stir Beijing hopes

BEIJING - China 's ties with Taiwan should benefit from the island's legislative election, in which the independence-leaning ruling party suffered a stinging defeat, Chinese state media said Sunday.
01 13 2008 10:38PM (...more)

China's economy reaps a golden age of weddings

BEIJING (Reuters) – Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in the same month that they said "we do" to their real estate agent . China
11 30 2009 9:12PM (...more)

China: Up to 26 million rural migrants now jobless

BEIJING – The global economic crisis has taken hold deep in China 's impoverished countryside, as millions of rural migrants are laid off from factory jobs and left to scratch
02 4 2009 2:59PM (...more)

China Claims World's Largest Internet User Base

According to the China Internet Network Information Center , more than 253 million people in China are now online. By contrast, Nielsen Online reports more than 220 million Americans have Internet access at home and/or work, and 73 percent of those were active in May.
07 29 2008 9:32AM (...more)

Chinese state advisers urge end to "one-child" rule

BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces a grim mismatch betweenpopulation and social needs unless it soon relaxes itsone-child rule, government advisers and experts have warned,stoking fresh debate about the once untouchable policy.
03 16 2008 12:50AM (...more)

Hold your nose: garlic is best investment in China

BEIJING (Reuters) – The price of garlic in China has nearly quadrupled since March, propelled by its very pungency to rank ahead of gold and stocks as the country's best-performing asset this year. The trigger for the bull
11 26 2009 8:12PM (...more)