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UPDATED: June 28, 2010 350m Migrant Workers by 2050, Report Says The report on the development of China's floating population is the first of its kind released by the National Population and Family Planning Commission and will be updated each year in the future China's population ...
UPDATED: June 28, 2010 Finally, Flood Waters Begin to Recede The 347-meter-wide breach was blocked at 6:16 pm on Sunday, three days ahead of schedule Though more rains were forecast for some regions on Monday, floodwaters had receded in hard-hit south China by Sunday, and the ...
UPDATED: June-25-2010 China Publishes Rule Banning Torture Confessions China's highest court has published details of a regulation banning the admission of confessions obtained through torture in criminal trials. The rule comes after a man who was wrongly jailed for murder was ...
UPDATED: June-25-2010 Premier Wen Visits Flood-Hit Jiangxi Province Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited flood-hit Fuzhou City in Jiangxi Province on Thursday to inspect the fight against flooding and review disaster relief work. Despite heavy rains, Wen paid visits to local ...
UPDATED: June-25-2010 Tibetan Antelope Population Doubles in North Tibet The population of endangered Tibetan antelopes has doubled thanks to intensified preservation efforts in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, a local official said Thursday. "More than 120,000 Tibetan ...
UPDATED: June-24-2010 China Holds First International Humanoid Robot Olympics A three-day robot competition, promoted as the first international humanoid robot Olympics, ended Wednesday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Eighteen universities from China, South Korea and ...
UPDATED: June-24-2010 Shanghai Designs New Homes Policy to Cut Waste Shanghai's housing authorities say that by 2015 all new homes sold in the city will be delivered fully finished in order to save energy and reduce waste. "It represents a new choice of living that is more ...
UPDATED: June-24-2010 Hu Arrives in Canada for State Visit, G20 Summit Chinese President Hu Jintao flew into Ottawa, capital of Canada, Wednesday for a state visit, and later he will travel to Toronto for a summit of the Group of Twenty (G20), which aims to secure the global ...
UPDATED: June-23-2010 China Moves to Curb Use of Disposable Chopsticks Companies making disposable chopsticks will face local government restrictions aimed at decreasing the use of the throwaway utensils, according to a joint circular issued Wednesday. The production, circulation ...
UPDATED: June-24-2010 482.5 Bln Yuan Went to Defense in 2009 China's central fiscal spending on national defense stood at 482.5 billion yuan ($71 billion) in 2009, Finance Minister Xie Xuren said on Wednesday. The country's total central fiscal expenditure exceeded 4.38 trillion ...
UPDATED: June-22-2010 China to Adopt Inter-provincial Approach for Air Pollution Prevention Chinese provinces and municipalities in regions with heavy air pollution are to team up to combat air pollution, under a new national strategy. The State Council announced the new strategy ...
UPDATED: June-21-2010 No One-off Moves in RMB Exchange Rate Reform The People's Bank of China (PBOC), also known as the central bank, said Sunday that it would not conduct a one-off revaluation of the RMB (yuan) exchange rate. China would keep the yuan "basically stable at a ...
UPDATED: June-23-2010 China Scraps Export Tax Rebates on 406 Products China's State Council, or Cabinet, has approved the scrapping of export tax rebates on 406 products, effective July 15, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Tuesday in a statement on its website. The products ...
UPDATED: June-23-2010 South China Floods Toll Rises to 199 The heavy rains and floods ravaging 10 southern Chinese provinces had killed 199 and left 123 missing as of Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. More than 29 million people in the provinces--Zhejiang, ...
UPDATED: June-21-2010 Premier Wen Urges More Efforts to Fight Floods Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged that more efforts be implemented to fight floods, while reassuring those residents living in areas ravaged by flooding and inspecting flood damage, during his visit to Wuzhou ...
UPDATED: June-22-2010 100 HK Volunteers Set to Serve at Shanghai Expo One hundred Hong Kong volunteers pledged to serve at the Expo 2010 Shanghai at a flag awarding ceremony held on Monday. Speaking at the ceremony, President of Hong Kong-Shanghai Youth Exchange Promotion ...
UPDATED: June 29, 2010 Apple Sells 1.7 Million New iPhones in Three Days Compared with previous models, the iPhone 4 is thinner, has better display and a front-facing camera and can allow users to make video calling through an application named FaceTime Apple Inc. on Monday said ...
UPDATED: June 29, 2010 China Sends More Relief Supplies to Kyrgyzstan China hopes the aid will help Kyrgyz authorities to resettle the refugees China sent two chartered aircraft carrying 26 tonnes of new relief materials to Kyrgyzstan early Monday to help refugees who suffered ...
UPDATED: June 30, 2010 Chinese Mainland, Taiwan Sign Landmark Economic Pact The two sides agreed to "gradually reduce and remove trade and investment barriers Chinese mainland and Taiwan negotiators signed the long-awaited Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in ...
UPDATED: June 30, 2010 China's Stocks Plummet 4.27% to 14-Month Low Tuesday The Shanghai Composite Index lost 4.27 percent, or 108.23 points, to end at 2,427.05 points, the lowest since April 2009 Chinese shares plummeted 4.27 percent to a 14-month low Tuesday on concerns capital ...
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China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing
Xinhua Exclusive: China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing aging issue: WHO official
GENEVA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China should shift its focus from ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
Wall Street slumps following global sell off
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks dropped sharply Friday, with ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Malaysia to allow foreign companies make small hybrid cars
Foreign companies will be allowed to make small hybrid cars in ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
AMR files for bankruptcy protection
American Airlines' parent company AMR Corp. filed for bankruptcy ...
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
Argentina's trade surplus falls 27 percent in 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's trade surplus in ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...