The Three Gorges Dam hydroelectric project in China, once promoted as a major money-spinner for multinationals, is now turning out to be a liability for Beijing. The international financial

Traditional tea cultivation in China"s Jinuoshan area, unlike in most other places, ensures ecological balance

From the green brew of Wan Tu, tea has found homes everywhere and come in diverse incarnations

THE smoke alarm is ringing vigorously across the globe. While in the US President Clinton in a dramatic assault on cigarette use - has declared nicotine a drug and ordered a crackdown on

ASIA, not Africa, was the home of the first simians. A.group of Chinese scientists working with the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of Sciences claim that they have discovered evidence

CHINA has turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the violent protestations raised in the rest of the world and gone ahead with yet another nuclear test on August 17. Earlier, Chinese authorities

DESPITE all efforts to marginalise the chasm between the genders, the Human Development Report (hdr), 1995, has documented gender disparities still existing in the world. Prepared against the

Chinese authorities are gearing up to improve precautionary measures against disasters. Faced with a rainy season which has left 1,179 people dead so far, China has drafted its first flood

It's no more going to be science for science's sake in China anymore as the nation plans for megabuck

AS THE world's leading producer and consumer of tobacco, China saw cigarette output and the number of smokers both increase by 3 per cent last year. China has 300 million smokers, which is more