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The final assembly line for the Airbus A320 in Tianjin. Emerging industries, including aerospace, biotechnology and a new generation of information technology are expected to account for 30 percent of the northern port city's GDP by the end of 2015. [Photo / China Daily] More ...
A fishing boat and a houseboat (background) lie stranded among fishing net poles at a dried-up portion of Honghu Lake, near Honghu city in Central China's Hubei province, May 29, 2011. Honghu Lake, China's seventh-largest freshwater lake, is suffering from the worst drought in 70 ...
A vendor carries watermelons onto a truck in Liaocheng city, East China's Shandong province, on Saturday May 28, 2011. After news reports brought to light that watermelons in neighboring Jiangsu province have been bursting due to overdose of growth chemicals, Liaocheng's ...
Students and teachers at Peking University are committed to keeping Kunqu Opera, one of the world's oldest and most refined art forms, Han Bingbin reports. Crowned as the mother to many forms of Chinese opera, Kunqu Opera has been refined by musicians and literati through ...
A liquefied petroleum gas (LPS) bus refueling station in Harbin city, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, exploded on Wednesday night, the China National Radio reported. The explosion ignited one truck and six buses, but leaving no casualties, according to the ...
GUANGZHOU - Twenty-two-year-old factory worker Lai Lingling never expected, when she graduated from a junior college in Jiangxi province last year, that she might end up being a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities. But the door of opportunity opened for ...
Chinese power companies press ahead with plans for new plants BEIJING - Chinese nuclear power developers are continuing preparations for new projects, signaling their undiminished appetite for the clean energy despite Japan's nuclear crisis. The latest move is a joint effort by ...
Two women hold a poster soliciting signatures from passersby to support their call for parents be allowed to have a day off on June 1, Children's Day, on a street in downtown Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, May 24, 2011. The Chinese characters read: "June 1, I also ...
A work shows a watermelon that is the "king", with a weight of 36 kilograms, of the watermelon competition in Daxing district in Beijing on May 25. [Photo/Xinhua]
Domestic workers in Beijing are to be trained and traced more effectively as part of efforts to improve quality and better meet growing demand, city authorities announced on Wednesday. New policies aimed at boosting the industry over the next five years include creating a ...
There has been widespread public debate over the name of a building in Tsinghua University, as the world-famous college named the building after a popular clothing company on May 23, 2011. Golden-colored plates bearing the name of the Hong Kong-based Jeanswest Clothing (China) Co...
China would suffer the worst power shortage this summer. China's power shortage this summer could be worse than 2004 when the country sweltered through its worst crunch in decades, an industry official said yesterday, as power rationing sets in and calls for reform in the power ...
Traffic Take 20, 59, 110, 120, 742, 803, 819, 826, Dashilan station of No. 859 to get off; Or Subway Line No. 2 Qianmen station gets off. Introduce Dashilan is oldest, most famous and and peculiar old downtown streets and flourishing commercial downtown of Beijing, until whether ...
Traffic 1,4,10,20,22,37,52,59,120,126,203,205,210,728,802,Visit Line 1 Introduce The intersection of Austrian and the intersection of embassy and the intersection of old site and the intersection of location and 6 such as top news such as factory such as base such as Dongcheng ...
US, EU and Latin America to draw growing outbound investment BEIJING - With an annual growth rate of "20 to 30 percent", outbound direct investment (ODI) will overtake foreign direct investment (FDI) "within three years", a senior Ministry of Commerce official said. The United ...
BEIJING - More than 60 percent of China's residents cannot afford an apartment and the high property prices in the cities are curbing the nation's urbanization process, experts said. "Migrant workers are unable to afford apartments in the cities, which forces them to return to ...
SHANGHAI - Charging stations for electric vehicles are to be placed throughout this East China metropolis to make it easier to run more green buses on its streets. The city will have 400 more roadside charging points and seven to 10 large stations by the end of this year, said ...
Beijing wants 30,000 new-energy cars on the road Beijing residents who buy new-energy vehicles will be entitled to a subsidy of up to 60,000 yuan, according to a new plan proposed by the local government. The government plans to promote 30,000 new-energy vehicles in Beijing by ...
HONG KONG - Efficient public transportation systems have contributed to London's low-carbon commitment, and this system can serve as a role model for other mega-cities like Beijing in their pursuit of sustainability, experts said at a climate change conference in Hong Kong on ...
Brazilian customers are drawn to color and fur patterns and many top brands are beginning to take note. Here's a look from Salvatore Ferragamo's 2008 show in Milan. Giovanni Giannoni/WWD After years of political, social and economic instability, Brazil is emerging as one of the ...
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Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...