Tangshan, China News

' Now that the aftershocks from the great Sichuan earthquake appear to have dissipated, it is time to ask what shocks, if any, the earthquake delivered to China's political system.

The country's fast-expanding urban areas can avoid a massive loss of lives as long as structures adhere strictly to its quake-proof building guidelines and construction standards, experts have said.

In 2007, China's coal output and sales grew about 9% to 10%, and the profit growth rate of China's coal companies hit around 35% against the previous year.

China's capital has spent 140 billion yuan to combat chronic pollution and create a clean, green Beijing ahead of the August 8-24 Olympics.

The firms include 66 steelmakers, as well as coke plants, cement firms and small power generators, a government official in Tangshan said.

The New York Times has a great "memo from Beijing" - " Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China's Military's " that does a great job at outlining the good intentions of the Chinese government, combined with the ...

Altogether there were 27 main companies producing viscose staple fiber by the end of 2006.

China's steel combination creates the world's fifth-largest producer. COMMENT Tuesday, July 1, 2008; Page D08 CHINA Two Chinese steel manufacturers combined to form the world's fifth-largest producer, the ...

Two Chinese steel companies combined Monday to form the world's fifth-largest producer, the latest in a series of government-orchestrated deals aimed at creating globally competitive suppliers amid booming demand.

The new state-owned company was formed through a combination of Tangshan Iron & Steel Group and Handan Iron & Steel Group. It is called Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. and replaces Baosteel Group Co. as China's biggest steel company.

China is the world's biggest steel producer and consumer but many of its mills are dirty and inefficient. The government is trying to promote efficiency through consolidation and hopes bigger producers can strike better deals with foreign iron ore suppliers at a time of record prices.

The CRH 3 has just set a new speed record of 394.3 km/h for high speed trains in China.

More than a month after the devastating earthquake hit Sichuan and its neighboring areas, the affected regions are busy mapping out their reconstruction plans.

According to China's long-term railway plan, fast trains will be expanded to more areas and expected to hit 350kph on most lines by 2020.

China's bird nest-shaped national stadium for the Olympics is among the "super high" buildings with unique designs that have come under the scanner of authorities here for a probe into their "anti-earthquake ...

In China, coal is clearly king, but steel is eyeing the crown. After all, China produces and consumes one-third of the world's steel.

The torch relay came to the Chongqing Municipality, a mountainous city, on Monday.

Following the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China on May 12, a young woman sent her own shockwaves through the Internet.

A month to the day after the Sichuan earthquake, survivors are finally living without the fear of another terrible disaster - the Tangjiashan "quake lake" suddenly bursting its banks.

CHINA'S largest steelmaking province, Hebei, yesterday announced it would merge its two main mills into a new Hebei Iron & Steel Group, which will have the biggest capacity in China, surpassing Shanghai-based ...

By Edward Cody Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, June 10, 2008; 6:19 AM BEIJING, June 10 -- The Chinese Communist Party has disciplined 28 officials and promoted 50 as a result of their performances ...

Tangshan , the city flattened in China's 1976 earthquake, may sell shares to help finance a $29 billion industrial park, the centerpiece of the nation's largest land- reclamation project.