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UPDATED: November-24-2010 Climate Experts Forecast Modest Progress in Cancun People should readjust their expectations for the upcoming United Nations climate conference in Cancun, according to experts who attended a Global Green Think-Tank Summit in Beijing, on November 22. All ...
UPDATED: November-24-2010 Shanghai Announces Compensation Sum for Fire Victims Each victim of the high-rise apartment building fire last week in Shanghai will be compensated 960,000 yuan (about $141,180), a government official revealed Tuesday. Zhang Renliang, head of the city's ...
UPDATED: November-24-2010 China, Russia Pledge Broader Cooperation Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed to shore up reciprocal and practical cooperation to further consolidate bilateral relations. Following the 15th regular meeting ...
UPDATED: December 3, 2010 FM: China Ties With Norway Affected by Nobel It is difficult to maintain China-Norway relations as well as they were in the past, because the Nobel Committee conferred the Nobel Peace Prize on a convicted Chinese criminal China said Thursday its ...
UPDATED: November 29, 2010 Central China Starts Building Supercomputing Center The construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2011 Central China's Hunan Province began building the country's third National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) on Sunday, where the world's ...
UPDATED: November-24-2010 U.S.-Led UNC Proposes General-Level Talks With DPRK The U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) proposed staging general-level military talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to discuss Tuesday's exchange fire between South Korea and ...
UPDATED: December 3, 2010 China May Invest $8b for SCO Development Bank The bank is still just a proposal, and officials are unclear when it will actually open China may contribute $8 billion to establish Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Development Bank, the 21st Century ...
UPDATED: December 3, 2010 Tibet Power Grid to Link with National Network in 2012 The power lines will stretch over 1,000 km from Lhasa in Tibet to Xining City A multi-billion dollar project to connect the power grid in Tibet to the one in the rest of China will be completed by ...
UPDATED: November-26-2010 China Opposes U.S. Report on Its Religious Status China on Thursday slammed a U.S. report concerning the former's religious situation, saying it firmly opposes the U.S. intervening into China's domestic affairs by issuing such a report. Chinese Foreign ...
UPDATED: November 29, 2010 China Calls for Joint Efforts to Mitigate Tensions China and the United States should help ease the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and facilitate dialogues Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo said on Sunday that China and the United States should help ...
UPDATED: November 29, 2010 Ireland Gets EU/IMF Bailout Loan Cowen said the interest rate "will vary" according to timing and the market conditions in place when the funds are drawn down Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Sunday evening that his country has got an 85-billion...
UPDATED: November 29, 2010 China Proposes Urgent Talks on Korean Peninsula Tensions The ROK and the United States on Sunday launched a four-day joint naval drill in waters west of the divided Korean Peninsula China on Sunday proposed emergency consultations among the heads of ...
UPDATED: November 30, 2010 UN Climate Change Conference Opens in Mexico The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opened in Cancun The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opened in Cancun, a resort city of Mexico on Monday. The talks, from Novvember 29 ...
UPDATED: November 30, 2010 China Vows to Step up HIV-AIDS Control The government will expand its monitoring network to detect as many HIV-positive people as possible The State Council, China's cabinet, pledged Monday to step up screening for HIV-AIDS while improving the public's ...
UPDATED: November 30, 2010 China to Beef up Penalties for Price Violations The revised code will mainly target price manipulation, collusion, malicious hoarding and the spreading of false information The State Council, China's cabinet, said Monday it will revise penalties to ...
UPDATED: December 1, 2010 China Actively Defuses Korean Peninsula Tensions Chinese analysts have refuted criticism that China is not acting responsibly enough to address the recent increase in tensions on the Korean Peninsula Chinese analysts have refuted criticism that China is ...
UPDATED: December 1, 2010 Tainted Dairy Imports Cause Concern Among the substandard dairy products seized at the border, about 70 percent were baby formulas Experts have reminded consumers, many of whom have turned to overseas-made dairy products after the melamine scandal in ...
UPDATED: December 2, 2010 China Urges Not to 'Pour Oil on Flames' China says nothing should be done to "inflame" Korean Peninsula situation China said Wednesday the most pressing task regarding tensions on the Korean Peninsula is to prevent any escalation and avoid any actions ...
UPDATED: December 2, 2010 China Ranks 4th in Scientific R&D Spending: NBS About 3.18 million people were involved in China's R&D activities in 2009 China's scientific research and development (R&D) spending was 580.21 billion yuan ($87.25 billion) in 2009, fourth in the world ...
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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, ...