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Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday asked the island's atomic energy authority to take every precaution to prevent radioactive leakage from nuclear power plants on the island. Ma said that the island would even abandon its nuclear generators to ensure safety. After a 9.0-magnitude ...
Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, on Tuesday welcomed China's climate pledges in its 12th Five-Year Plan. "China's five-year development plan adopted today is an evident signal of the economic potential of climate action," said Hedegaard. "By placing ...
Nine people were confirmed dead and two others were injured in an outburst of gas and coal early Wednesday at a colliery in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the local government said. The accident happened at 1:06 a.m. in a pit of Jiala Coal Mine in Huangnihe Town of Fuyuan ...
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan left Beijing Wednesday morning for a week-long official visit to Kenya, Zimbabwe and Angola at the invitation of the governments of the three countries.
The Chinese mainland will offer assistance to Taiwan compatriots currently in quake-ravaged Japan, a mainland official said Wednesday. Fan Liqing, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, or the Cabinet, told a press conference that the mainland had paid ...
Seven people died at the scene and 11 others were injured when a bus crashed into a car on an expressway in east China's Fujian Province early Wednesday, police said. The bus, carrying 46 people, was en route from Putian to Zhangzhou when it crashed into a car and overturned on ...
China Daily, the national English-language daily of China, will officially launch its new Asia edition, China Daily Asia Weekly, together with the second Asia Leadership Roundtable, at an inauguration ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday. Minister of Science and Technology of ...
A truck-bus collision killed 12 people on Wednesday in north China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said. The accident occurred around 5 a.m. in Yaodu District of Linfen City. Twenty-seven people were aboard the bus while three people were in the truck at the time of the ...
Chinese airline companies put on additional flights to Japan Wednesday in the wake of the government's decision to evacuate citizens from areas worst hit by last week's earthquake and tsunami and affected by nuclear leakages. China Eastern Airlines based in Shanghai will send an ...
More than 100 people managed to escape from a high-rise building fire in an east China city Wednesday, four months after a similar blaze claimed 58 lives in downtown Shanghai. Fire fighters extinguished the fire around 8:00 a.m. and reported no casualties or trapped residents. ...
Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie left here Wednesday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers' meeting in Kazakhstan and a visit to Uzbekistan. Liang is making the tour at the invitation of Kazakh defense minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Uzbek ...
China believes the Japanese people will quickly overcome difficulties after a 9-magnitude quake and an ensuing tsunami hit the country on March 11, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday. "At the request of the Japanese government, the Chinese government decided to provide ...
Related: China Aid to Quake-hit Japan Continues to Rise The Chinese government announced Wednesday that it has decided to provide 20,000 tonnes of fuel as emergency assistance to Japan after a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami hit the country Friday. The 20,000 tonnes of ...
Latest air monitoring results show that China remains unaffected by radioactive leaks following explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant of Japan, said the country's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday. The National Nuclear Safety Administration, under China's Ministry of Environmenta...
China on Wednesday boosted aid to Japan by announcing the offer of 20,000 tonnes of fuel and additional government donation while the support from the public continued to mount. The fuel -- 10,000 tonnes of gasoline and 10,000 tonnes of diesel -- will be transported to Japan by ...
Exam results of the China Association of Actuaries (CAA) will be recognized by the UK's Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, said a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by both parties here on Thursday . Those who have acquired a CAA associate actuary certificate will be ...
China has proved once again it is a country full of vigor and hope under the leadership of a party devoted to the people and a government adept at statecraft. This is the sentiment resonating among China observers worldwide in the wake of the latest sessions of the country's top ...
China will train another 3.5 million technicians and one million senior technicians during the next ten years as highly-skilled workers are urgently needed to drive growth, and boost employment. The country will build 1,200 centers for the training of skilled technicians over the ...
Four children were killed and three others seriously injured after a kindergarten bus overturned and fell off into a roadside pond in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday. The accident took place in Qijiawan of Huangpi District, Wuhan City, at around 5:00 p.m., local police ...
Despite government efforts to protect minority languages, they are still faced with the danger of disappearing due to modernization, top advisers have warned. There are 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China and more than 100 of the country's dialect languages are in ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
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