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China's north will be hit by 16 to 19 sandstorms this spring, experts warned at a weather conference in Beijing. Some areas in the northern China may experience particularly strong and intensive sandstorms due to the lingering draught, although the overall frequency will drop ...
All the 5,416 Chinese tourists visiting Japan had returned safely to China, China's tourism authority said. The last group of 27 people left the quake-struck country Monday afternoon, said the National Tourism Administration in a statement posted on its website. The 9.0-magnitude ...
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government approved Monday a grant of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, or about 250,000 U.S. dollars, from the Disaster Relief Fund to help earthquake victims in Yunnan. A government spokesman said he hoped the grant would be conducive to ...
The 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival kicked off Sunday with the premieres of two films, the romantic comedy "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Quattro Hong Kong 2." "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a love-triangle story starring Hong Kong actors Louis Koo and Daniel Wu ...
China's Beidou Satellites will be able to provide positioning services to private car owners next year, with a cheaper charge than the current GPS network, The Beijing News reported Monday. Sun Jiadong, general designer of the Beidou System, revealed the network will cover the ...
China will further strengthen regulations to protect intellectual property rights to create a more innovative environment for foreign businesses, government officials said in Beijing Monday. "In the context of globalization, the Chinese government welcomes and encourages all ...
Supermarkets and Japanese restaurants in China have been distancing themselves from products imported from Japan since the earthquake-devastated country announced on Saturday that radiation levels found in spinach and milk produced near the crippled nuclear plant exceeded safe ...
Su Tseng-chang, former head of Taiwan's "Executive Yuan", will stand in the 2012 Taiwan leader election, according to Su's office on Sunday. Su is to participate in the inner-party primary contest of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan's main opposition party, the ...
Taiwan's meteorological authorities on Sunday began construction of its first earthquake observatory in the seas off Taiwan' s east coast to improve the island' s early warning ability for earthquakes and tsunamis. The authorities said that the new observatory, located about 45 ...
China will not be under an immediate threat during the next three days from radioactive materials leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, according to the latest analysis released on Sunday. China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee said ...
Eloquent speakers of Shanghai dialect may have the privilege of having their voices recorded, as Chinese linguists move to the eastern economic hub to build a vocal database of local dialects and ethnic languages in China. Local residents who master the distinctive dialect of ...
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle talked on the phone Thursday over the situation in Libya. Yang expressed China's great concern over the civilian deaths resulted from the air strikes launched by Western powers, and urged an ...
Nepali Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal met with Chen Bingde, Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Kathmandu Thursday. On the occasion, PM Khanal reiterated Nepal's commitment to " One-China" policy and added that Nepal would not allow any force ...
Residents in southwest China's Yunnan Province reported tremors after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Myanmar, which borders Yunnan on the west and southwest. Buildings shook for over a minute, reported some villagers in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan. It ...
Providing accurate and reliable information of any event or incident is the very basic requirement for individual journalists and news organizations. And Western media organizations have long claimed that this is what they provide. Yet, when we look at the wrong or modified ...
At least 187 million yuan ($28 million) has been misappropriated by individuals or companies involved in building the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a report released on Wednesday. China's top auditor stopped short of saying where the ...
Tourists to China's southern island of Hainan will soon be able to claim back taxes on imported goods they purchase there as the provincial government announced on Thursday a tax refund scheme to boost tourism and consumption. All visitors to Hainan Province aged 18 or up who ...
Four people have received jail sentences ranging from two and a half to five years for selling and producing melamine-tainted dairy products in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, court authorities said Wednesday. Zhang Wenxue, former manager of Lekang Dairy Co. Ltd in Weinan ...
China will remain unaffected by radioactivity from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant over the next three days, according to the latest analysis on Wednesday. China's National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee said in a statement that the accident has not had ...
A northeast China port did not turn away a Japanese cargo plane over radiation concerns and the aircraft left on its own, provincial authorities said Wednesday. Earlier media reports said a Japanese cargo plane of All Nippon Airways arrived at Dalian, a port city in northeast ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
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China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
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Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
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IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
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Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
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Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
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Yao's gift of sport for all
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Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...