A FIANNA FÁIL politician paid for her own flights and expenses on a city council-led delegation to China, it emerged last night.

CORK’S business leaders will sign a new agreement with one of China’s biggest and most influential business groups this week, which could lead to a surge in trade between the two countries.

A CHINESE academic credits an Irishman with China’s return to the Olympic fold thirty years ago.

THE need for graduates with an understanding of modern China has prompted the establishment of a dedicated degree subject at University College Cork.