South Africa and China, which operates the largest high-speed rail network in the world, have signed an agreement that seeks to promote co-operation, trade and investment in rail projects between the two countries.
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SA university choir best in the world
Stellenbosch University Choir have returned from the World Choir Games in Shaoxing, China, where they won the world title in two categories.
SA signs police agreement with China
AS part of efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between South Africa and China, Police Deputy Minister Fikile Mbalula yesterday (July 30) signed a police co-operation agreement with his Chinese counterpart, Chen Zhimin.
China has foxy solution to rats
Authorities in China’s far west have bred and trained "an army" of silver foxes bought from a fur farm to fight a plague of rats threatening a huge expanse of grasslands, state media said on Wednesday.
Strike ends at Japanese electronics firm in China
Workers at a Japanese-owned electronics factory in north China returned to work today after a four-day strike, China’s official news agency said.
China trade slowdown rocks world markets
WORLD stocks plunged yesterday as a volley of unsettling news from China, Europe and the US fanned deep apprehension that the global recovery was faltering.
China making a killing on Vuvuzelas
The vuvuzelas providing the ear-splitting soundtrack for the World Cup in South Africa are proving a gold mine for manufacturers in China and a hit with buyers in the Asian nation.
Taiwan potter produces razor-thin bowls
A Taiwan potter is producing razor-thin ceramic bowls, raising a historic Chinese art form to a fragile, new high and aiming to sell the 0,2-mm (0,008 inch) thick wares in China at a hefty price.
Workers paid only R23 a day to make World Cup mascot
Trade union federation Cosatu is up in arms about the fact that light-up models of Zakumi, South Africa's Fifa World Cup mascot, are being manufactured in China by workers who are being grossly exploited. According to a report in the UK tabloid Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, the workers at the factory, which is making the product officially licensed by Fifa, are paid only 23 rand a day.
Zakumi: Chinese workers earn R23 a day
Trade union federation Cosatu is up in arms about the fact that light-up models of Zakumi, the Fifa World Cup mascot, are being manufactured in China by workers who are being grossly exploited.
