Tom Online announced a partnership with Intel to be the key platform provider for the launch of the Intel i-Cafe Music Studio in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou in Henan province. The Intel i-Cafe Music Studio project is part of a series of the "Intel iCafe Community Day" program launched by Intel and the industry players to promote computer literacy through education, healthy entertainment and e- commerce activities.
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Hong Kong's Standard newspaper reports that a newly formed Hong Kong Disneyland staff union is airing grievances about staff treatment at the theme park.
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More than 130,000 confirmed HIV/AIDS carriers and patients have been reported nationwide by the end of September about 50,000 higher than the figure in the end of June last year, Xinhua reports.
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Business leaders from the United States and China will collaborate on important economic, social and environmental projects under an agreement signed this month by the United States and China Business Councils for Sustainable Development.
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Greenpeace has called on the Chinese government to adopt every prompt and effective measure to protect the health of the local people and the environment from the pollution caused by the explosion at a chemical factory in the Jilin Province.
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The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) has issued a program to further the development of charity activities in China over the next five years.
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Heilongjiang's governor Zhang Zuoji took the first sip as clean water was restored yesterday to the city of Harbin and its surroundings.
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The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai held its 2005 Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards today. Winning companies included Mary Kay Cosmetics, who was singled out for the company's work with the All-China Women's Federation.
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The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is working with Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power Company to help it meet air quality improvement goals through the design, installation and operation of B&W's Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (WFGD) technology.
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Tranzcom has been awarded a trial contract to install a Digital Coal Mine Safety Monitoring System in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. Similar to the project in Linfen City, Jincheng is a major coal producing city in the province which has in excess of 500 coal mines.
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The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group announced that the Chinese government has launched a major new offensive against manufacturers and retailers of counterfeit golf equipment in China.
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Asia's markets have demonstrated further growth in the last year, which has impacted salaries throughout the region. Many employers are reporting pay increases in 2005 and this trend looks likely to continue in 2006. In addition, fewer companies are implementing pay freezes, according to the annual Asia-Pacific Salary Increase Survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services firm.
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Hong Kong Disneyland Resort yesterday marked 100 days of bringing Disney magic to the world's largest audience by acknowledging the many milestones that have led to the successful opening of the park.
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Ballard Power Systems' Chairman and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, John Sheridan, was in Beijing this week, along with representatives from Ballard's Alliance partner, DaimlerChrysler, and Chinese industry and government officials, to attend the launch of three Mercedes-Benz Citaro fuel cell buses.
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Xinhua reports the front of the polluted water of Songhua River in northeast China reached Harbin early this morning, carrying toxic benzene-contaminated water.
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