China-Dalai Lama talks unlikely to bring success: analysts (AFP)

The Dalai Lama, seen here on April 10, has welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy for talks after weeks of protests over Tibet and repeated calls from the exiled spiritual leader for dialogue with Beijing.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - China's offer to hold talks with aides to the Dalai Lama is unlikely to bring a breakthrough on Tibet, experts cautioned Saturday, saying it was a PR exercise ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

Blooming peonies attracts bees, revenue to central China province

Peonies are not the only thing blossoming in central China's Henan Province as the annual arrival of the famed flower has also proven good for business.

The Luoyang Peony Fair, which started on Tuesday, has been labeled a "giant mag ...

China to issue coins marking 20th anniversary of Hainan SEZ

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, will issue a set of gold and silver coins on April 8 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Hainan special economic zone (SEZ) in southern China.

The issuance ...

ICBC says China inflation rate to hit 8% in Q1

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is forecasting an 8 percent increase in the country's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the first quarter of 2008. The official government figures come out in mid-April.

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China may be new land of opportunity (AP)

AP - When Marvin Ho co-founded a Chinese language school in Taiwan in 1957, his only students were a handful of Western missionaries.