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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday it has awarded the 2008 Games Internet and mobile-phone platform rights in China to the digital arm of State broadcaster CCTV. It sold the over-the-air TV rights in China to the company in 1998. The committee said in a ...
It's a normal Sunday morning. Yoken Wu wakes up earlier than usual. Sitting in his favorite cafe in downtown Shanghai for breakfast, he is overcome by the creative bug. But he doesn't have any paper on him. So he grabs a bill, and takes just a few minutes to do a sketch. Almost ...
From the start of next year, foreign reporters covering the Olympics will be able to attend more press conferences and be given more interview opportunities, the spokeswoman for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) said Tuesday. "Starting ...
BEIJING -- China's urban fixed-asset investment rose 26.8 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2007, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. The figure indicates that several attempts to cool investment, such as higher interest rates, have had little ...
A 27-volume series of historical material on the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were slaughtered by invading Japanese aggressors in 1937, was released earlier this month. This is in addition to the first 28 volumes that came out in 2005. The 55 volumes of ...
Children lit up candles in a rally to commemorate the victims of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, at the square in front of the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, December 13, 2007. Japanese troops killed more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and captives, raped ...
Thekla Lit does not appear to be a tough woman at first sight, but she has been resolute in making sure Japan's war-time record in China is never forgotten. When she was younger, this Hong Kong-born Canadian participated in a campaign to protect Diaoyu Island. She said she was ...
China will establish a new company by March to take charge of its large passenger airplane project, a senior executive from the country's top aircraft manufacturer said Tuesday. Shareholders of the new firm are likely to include China Aviation Industry Corp I (AVIC I), AVIC II, ...
WASHINGTON -- The United States and China should work together to meet "new challenges posed by economic globalization," such as the issue of product quality and food safety, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said in a commentary published in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. "With ...
BEIJING - China's currency, the yuan, hit a new high against the US dollar on Tuesday to break the 7.38 mark. The central parity rate stood at 7.3797 yuan against one dollar, according to the Chinese Foreign Exchange Trading System. It was the 76th occasion this year that the ...
BEIJING - China's consumer price index (CPI) jumped by 6.9 percent in November on food price increases, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday. It is the biggest monthly rise this year, indicating accelerating inflation pressure. Yao Jingyuan, chief economist ...
BEIJING - China's top economic planner said Sunday that it would step up reforms in key areas such as the economic system, investment regulation and supervision, resource products pricing and national healthcare. "We should further deepen reform in 2008," Ma Kai, head of the ...
LISBON: Increased interest in Africa by emerging economies such as China and India is good news for the continent, an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) official said on Saturday. "It's a major event and good news for Africa to have new players (on the ...
"The state banquet standard has changed from the previous 'four dishes and one soup' to 'three dishes and one soup' currently," said Wei Xuedong, director of the Great Hall of the People working office, the Yangcheng Evening News reported. Recently, when the Great Hall of the ...
ROME - Italy greatly values its economic cooperation with China and hopes more Chinese enterprises will invest in the country, minister for the implementation of government planning Giulio Santagata said Wednesday night. Santagata made the remarks at a dinner for members of the ...
China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, in May was 7.7 percent up from the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday. The figure, compared with 8.5 percent in April and a 12-year high of 8.7 percent in February, was ...
BEIJING -- China's Shenzhou VII manned space mission, which will include the first spacewalk by a Chinese "taikonaut", is to launch in October, said a spokesman of the China manned space engineering office here on Thursday. He would not give the exact date of the launch, but said ...
More than 4,000 military personnel Sunday were searching for survivors of a military transport helicopter that crashed with four relief workers and 14 injured quake survivors near Yingxiu township in Sichuan province on Saturday. The Mi-171 helicopter was returning after carrying ...
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Hu Jintao pledged Wednesday to resume cross-Straits dialogue at the earliest date. "Communication and dialogue between the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the ...
As soon as a truck loaded with candles, mosquito-repellent incense and flashlights arrived at the distribution center in Dujiangyan, one of the cities worst hit by China's May 12 earthquake, workers and volunteers hurried to count, register and store the supplies. "For every ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday slammed the remarks of ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
GM China chairman to retire
GM China chairman to retire
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. announced Friday that ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
Cloning is a controversial and decisive issue that has split public ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
A model of an Airbus SAS A350 XWB on display at an air show. The ...
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 102 ...