Many people many not know it, but the Chinese people had a really good reason to celebrate yesterday, as it was the beginning of their new year.

Doing business in China, maybe one of the least understood cultures and economic systems is no mean feat

The ten year wait for the next Guns N` Roses album is about to end. The album, called Chinese Democracy, will be released on March 6, said lead singer Axl Rose

Despite a very impressive overall performance at the Asian Games, the Chinese athletics team is under intense pressure to perform even better

Home Depot, the American home equipment giant, based in Atlanta, has signed an agreement to buy the Chinese home equipment chain, the Home Way. The price of the deal was not disclosed but earlier estimates estimated the deal to be worth approximately $100 million.

China is known for its strict online policies and harsh online censorship

The latest James Bond release is scheduled to make it to Chinese theaters on January 30th, and this will mark a great feat for the franchise. "Casino Royale" will be the first 007 flick allowed by the strict Chinese film board ever since "Dr. No" aired in China in 1963.

Legal battles over copyrighted content reached Chinese courts when the internet search company Baidu was sued for helping users to download illegal content.

A Chinese woman, Dr. Margaret Chan, won the nomination to head the world Health Organization and become the top official in charge of world health

A plant in China, Shenzhen Bluebird Hi-Tech. Co. Ltd, was suspected in violating the registered brand of the Bluetooth Special Interest group (SIG).

The entertainment industry in China, as probably everything else in that country, is given to the authorities` mercy. The famous film director Lou Ye has been banned from making films in China for five years for submitting an entry for the Cannes festival without government approval.

Apple Computer admitted that the Chinese Longhau plant, where iPods are manufactured, has gone far beyond the American company`s limits on hours and days worked per week.

If you?re a sex-minded tourist, then a mountain display located 12 kilometers north of the Chinese town of Zhenfeng in Guizhou is for you. The ?Dual Breast Mountains? perfectly resemble a pair of breasts, even with the attendant nipples.

Today, the People`s Republic of China`s more than apparent rising competitive role on the global economic market will be the focus of an insightful seminar, sponsored by Image Global Impact. The event which will be held at the San Francisco Four Seasons Hotel from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

The largest mobile phone manufacturers in China will probably develop even more and grow into a real international giant. Huawei, the biggest Chinese phone maker, has been selling equipment and handsets outside China for 10 years, but last year international sales revenue surpassed domestic sales for the first time.

The question of online gambling legitimacy has not been answered yet by many countries, but China has a clear-cut answer for it ? `no`. Police in the southwestern province of Sichuan have brought down an online soccer gambling ring worth at an estimated 1 billion Yuan, which are $125 million.

Baidu, China`s internet search leader is planning to launch a new web service that will offer web logs just like the ones from Microsoft and Google. "There`s a product named Baidu Space," Cynthia He, a representative for Baidu, said on Wednesday.

It is known that FIFA`s World Cup is one of the most anticipated events, and that billions of people around the world are following World Cup`s progress.

China has announced that it will work toward landing a man on the moon by the year 2024. The Communist country in 2003 became only the third nation to be able to launch its own astronauts into orbit, after Russia and the United States, and Beijing now says that it has the technology and the economy to undertake such a mission to the lunar surface.

Internet users in China whose been trying to access Google have found that the site is inaccessible. The Chinese authorities have blocked access to the international uncensored version of Google so users will not have an uncontrolled access to online information, media watchdog said.

China Linux 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis, the new research report from IDC, informs that the Chinese Linux market continues to grow, and partially at the expense of SCO. IDC`s believes that the annual growth rate for 2006 to 2010 to be 34 percent, and that revenue will climb to $51.1 million.

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, pushed off the critics, and announced the formation of a new research center located in Beijing, also unveiling a Chinese-language brand name.

SAIC Motor, the Chinese carmaker, is going to spend an extra $1.25 billion to get its global ambitions on rout. The Chinese carmaker is interested in selling its own brand of cars globally.

U.S. Customs officials in the State of Washington have reportedly detained twenty one people who were apparently transported in a 40-foot cargo container from China in an attempt to illegally enter the United States of America. Security guards at the Port of Seattle saw the group at about 1 a.m.

Pearl Research, a leading business intelligence and consulting firm, have released its expectations regarding the Chinese market. Pearl Research expects China`s market to surpass $760 million in 2006.

Memoirs of a Geisha, released in Japan this week as "Sayuri," is little more than a simple love story on one level. The decision to cast Chinese actresses in many of the main roles has caused ripples on both sides of the East China Sea, coming as it does amid tensions over Japan`s and China`s views of Japan`s brutal World War II history.

British brands are at risk due to the conditions of Chinese workers who make the products the British corporate world is buying. The workers` health, safety and welfare were recorded in a recent report called `Changing Over Time` conducted by Impact Limited.

China might be mass producing art, something which has been an individual skill, talent and passion, making interpretation of landscapes and still-life objects trivial and not special.

China`s second manned space mission ended in success on Sunday as the "Shenzhou 6" capsule carrying astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng touched down at 4:32 a.m Chinese regional time in the middle of the Gobi Desert.

China Youth Daily has backed off from a plan to tie journalists` bonuses to praise from party officials.A rare protest by Chinese journalists at a leading national newspaper offers a window into the intensifying severity of information control in China and the sometimes sophisticated resistance to it by Chinese journalists.