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UPDATED: August 6, 2010 Hackers Use Chinese IPs to Launch Attacks Internet security threats are on the rise Although cyber attacks have been frequently reported across the mainland, China is not home to a vast web of malicious hackers, as many attacks here originate from ...
UPDATED: August-9-2010 127 Dead, 1300 Missing in Gansu Mudslides At least 127 people have been confirmed dead in rain-triggered mudslides Sunday in a northwest China county, while rescuers are racing against the clock to search nearly 1,300 others who are still missing. Heavy ...
UPDATED: August-9-2010 China Marks Second National Fitness Day Tens of thousands of citizens took part in various sports activities around China on Sunday to mark the country's second National Fitness Day, which falls on the second anniversary of the opening of the 2008 Beijing ...
UPDATED: August-9-2010 Shanghai World Expo Marks 100th Day of Running The Shanghai World Expo marked its 100th day Sunday, with the first group of visitors arriving as early as 4 a.m. Some, like Ni Dan from eastern Jiangsu Province, even chose to stay overnight in front of the ...
UPDATED: August-10-2010 Death Toll from Zhouqu Mudslides Rises to 337 The death toll from rain-triggered mudslides in Zhouqu County of northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 337, with 1,148 others still missing, a local official said Monday night. Chen Jianhua, Party chief ...
UPDATED: August-9-2010 Premier Wen Urges All-Out Rescue Efforts in Mudslide-Hit Zhouqu County Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged rescuers to race against time to search survivors after catastrophic mudslides hit a northwest China county and left nearly 1,300 people missing ...
UPDATED: August-10-2010 Growth in China Exports, Imports Slows down China's exports rose 38.1 percent year on year to $145.52 billion in July, but the growth rate was down from a 43.9-percent surge in June, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Tuesday. Imports ...
UPDATED: August-11-2010 Death Toll from Zhouqu Mudslides Rises to 702 The death toll from a massive rain-triggered mudslide in Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 702, with 1,042 others still missing, local civil affairs authorities said Tuesday ...
UPDATED: August-10-2010 China Launches New Remote-Sensing Satellite China on Tuesday successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, Yaogan 5, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March ...
UPDATED: August-11-2010 WHO Declares End of H1N1 Pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared an end to the H1N1 pandemic influenza. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan made the announcement following recommendations from the Emergency Committee of internationa...
UPDATED: August-13-2010 China Hosts International Food Security Forum The Third Global Forum of Leaders for Agricultural Science and Technology (GLAST-2010) kicked off in Harbin on Thursday to address food security concerns amid rising grain prices and fluctuations in the world ...
UPDATED: August-13-2010 Death Toll from Zhouqu Mudslides Rises to 1,144 The death toll in the massive mudslide in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 1,144, with 600 still missing as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the provincial department of civil affairs said late Thursday. ...
UPDATED: August 16, 2010 Japanese PM Apologizes to Asian Countries Japanese PM apologizes to Asian countries, shuns war-related shrine Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized to Asian countries for aggression during the World War II Sunday at a ceremony to mark the 65th ...
UPDATED: August-15-2010 China, Zimbabwe Vow to Strengthen Ties Chinese President Hu Jintao met his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, in Beijing Friday. They pledged to bolster political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two nations. During their one-hour talk at ...
UPDATED: August-23-2010 China's CPI Likely to Peak in August China's consumer price index (CPI), one of the main gauges of inflation, will peak in August before starting to fall in the following months of the year, an economist said Sunday. "The CPI is likely to surpass 3.3 ...
UPDATED: August-23-2010 Death Toll from Zhouqu Mudslides Rises to 1,435 The death toll from the massive mudslides in Zhouqu County, in northwest China's Gansu Province, had risen to 1,435 as of Sunday, with 330 still missing, rescue headquarters said. Also Sunday, the county ...
UPDATED: August-23-2010 Thousands Evacuated after Flooding at China-DPRK Border Some 253,500 residents have been safely evacuated in northeast China's Liaoning Province after torrential rains caused waters to rise to the highest level in more than a decade along a major river ...
UPDATED: August-23-2010 Chinese Performers Show Intangible Culture Heritage at UN Two Chinese calligraphers were displaying the art of writing Chinese characters on separate pieces of paper while a Chinese girl was playing a dulcimer, the traditional Chinese musical instrument, ...
UPDATED: August 20, 2010 Mudslide Evacuees to Be Relocated in Northwest China More than 400 households, altogether over 1,700 people, will be moved to Shachuan Village, in western of the mudslides-leveled county More than 1,700 mudslide evacuees presently residing at schools in ...
UPDATED: August 20, 2010 Second Batch of Chinese Aid Arrives in Pakistan The second batch of the relief goods worth 50 million yuan ($7.4 million) will be completely delivered by Friday The second batch of humanitarian aid from China began to arrive in the Chaklala Airbase near ...
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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, ...