Articles by Wenwen Meng

  • Oscar red carpet heats up as stars arriveOscar red carpet heats up as stars arrive

    February 26 2012 8:48 PM

    Hollywood's biggest fashion parade, the red carpet outside the Oscars, began heating up on Sunday afternoon ahead of the world's top film awards where silent movie The Artist is widely seen as the choice for best movie.

  • Fate of Maldives president unclear as police mutiny

    February 07 2012 4:00 AM

    Confusion reigned over the status of the Maldivian president on Tuesday after opposition protests boiled over with a police mutiny and some diplomats said he had resigned, but a source close to the president said he was chairing a cabinet meeting.

  • China Bars its Airlines from EU Emissions Scheme

    February 06 2012 7:03 PM

    China on Monday barred its airlines from a European scheme to reduce carbon emissions, hardening its stance a week before a summit at which the European Union will seek Chinese help to ease its debt crisis.

  • Protesters over Syria Stone Chinese Embassy in Libya

    February 06 2012 7:00 PM

    Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan urging Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

  • No Way China can Sustain its Growth with 'God-Awful' 1-Child Policy: BidenNo Way China can Sustain its Growth with 'God-Awful' 1-Child Policy: Biden

    February 06 2012 6:57 PM

    Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that there is no way that China will be able to sustain its current level of economic growth because of what he called its God-awful one-child policy.

  • Russia, China lose credit in Arab world: League chiefRussia, China lose credit in Arab world: League chief

    February 06 2012 6:50 PM

    The Arab League chief said on Monday that Russia and China had lost diplomatic credit in the Arab world by vetoing a U.N. resolution on Syria and may have sent a message to Damascus that it had a free hand to crack down on protests.

  • How to Get Started Trading Forex OnlineHow to Get Started Trading Forex Online

    January 24 2012 7:32 AM

    Markos Solomou, Risk Manager from www.easy-forex.com explains how easy it is to trade forex online.

  • China says Wall Street protests cause for reflection

    October 17 2011 3:10 PM

    China's Foreign Ministry said Monday global protests sparked by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States were a cause for reflection, but the reflection should be focused on ensuring the world's healthy economic growth.

  • Hit and run in China sparks soul-searching

    October 17 2011 3:09 PM

    Video footage of a two-year-old child run over by a van and ignored by passersby in China has ignited public uproar for what some are calling the immorality of modern society.

  • China watches nervously as Taiwan election nearsChina watches nervously as Taiwan election nears

    October 17 2011 3:08 PM

    China is steeling itself for another presidential election in rambunctiously democratic Taiwan, hoping a victory for the ruling Nationalists enables even better ties but also girding for an opposition win that may inflame tensions.

  • China launches lobbying push on currency billChina launches lobbying push on currency bill

    October 12 2011 4:29 PM

    China has launched an intense lobbying effort in Washington to kill legislation that would punish it for its currency system, in the latest display of its more sophisticated approach to influence U.S. policy.

  • China Gaining Upper Hand in Friendship with Russia

    October 03 2011 2:32 AM

    China is gaining the upper hand in its much vaunted friendship with Russia due to Beijing's shift away from relying on Moscow for advanced weapons and deep problems with energy cooperation, a report released on Monday said.