The national soccer team yesterday won its first match against South Korean players in an international game in the last 32 years, giving a much-needed boost to a Chinese soccer scene mired in match-fixing and illegal betting scandals.
China beat South Korea 3-0 in the East Asian Men’s Soccer Championship held in Tokyo, after scoring two [...]

TOKYO: China’s women’s football team outclassed Chinese Taipei with a comfortable 3-0 victory in their closing East Asian Football Championship game in Tokyo on Saturday.
Having squandered a number of chances in the first half under sleet and rain at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo, China finally broke the deadlock in the first minute of the [...]

The United States has to keep China in mind as it is “back to stay” in Asia, Chinese experts said in response to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest remarks on bilateral ties.
In her speech on US policy toward the Asia-Pacific region delivered at the East-West Center on the University of Hawaii campus on [...]

China’s Internet is open and the government welcomes international companies, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, a day after Google said it may pull out of the country.
“China has tried creating a favorable environment for the Internet … China, like other countries, administers the Internet according to law,” spokesperson Jiang Yu said at a regular briefing.
“Relevant [...]

While the blockbuster movie Avatar is a hit in China’s theaters, the film’s influence has gone beyond the box office to affect the stock prices of national firms involved in creating similar hi-tech animation.
Shenzhen-listed Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Co Ltd, a leading animation company in China, has seen its stock surge 4.51 percent yesterday [...]

ZURICH – Film director Roman Polanski could spend up to a year in courts appealing if Switzerland decided to extradite him to the United States, the Swiss justice minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.
The justice ministry has said it will decide on extradition early in 2010.
Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old [...]

Musician Lady Gaga arrives at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California

PARK CITY, Utah – “Winter’s Bone,” a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, and Afghanistan war documentary “Restrepo” won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday.
“Winter’s Bone” earned two prizes, best drama film by the Sundance jury of industry professionals and screenwriting for co-writer and director Debra [...]