Jeffrey Kinkley is a history professor at St. John's University. The military parade itself of course conveyed an image of China's strength and modernization. President Xi Jinping's announcement he will be cutting the size of Chinese military by 300-...
Informed conversations about self-driving cars no longer are about feasibility. New key talking points are When? and Which automakers first? and Who will be responsible when an accident happens? 消息灵通人士关于自动驾驶汽车的深谈已经...
Having weathered two bruising presidential campaigns and seven turbulent years in the White House, President Barack Obama will now put his survival skills to the test in Alaska's wilderness. 经历过两次激烈的总统大选和七年动荡的白宫生...
Chinese athletes have cast off the shadow of star hurdler Liu Xiang's retirement to restate the country's challenge to world powers in track and field. 中国运动员已从栏王刘翔退役的阴影中走了出来，并重新向世界展现中国田径...
A group of scientists from the Ohio State University are trekking to the top of the Quelccaya Ice in the Peruvian Andes to try to measure the effects of climate change on the world's glaciers. The average distance above sea level on the glacier is ar...
Once inside the European Union, travel is easy. Passport checks are airports are rare, and the roads are open. Thanks to the so-called Schengen Treaty signed back in 1985 which only requires identity controls on Europe's external borders. But the per...
Park Hee-jung, a 34-year-old pharmaceutical researcher, took an 11-day holiday in May to travel to Croatia and Bosnia with his girlfriend a relatively long vacation inconceivable for many South Koreans who remain world champion workaholics. 5月份，...
A female honor guard, once one of the most popular models in the 11th CCTV model contest, will make her debut with 50 other female honor guard members in the Sept 3 parade. 11届CCTV模特大赛中最受欢迎的模特之一、现仪仗队女兵门佳慧...
ISLAMABADU.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice told Pakistans civil and military leadership Sunday that terrorist and militant attacks in Afghanistan have become a key point of regional friction, according to a senior U.S. official who briefed th...
Evgeny Tomikhin, Minister-Counselor at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, notes the victory in World War II came at a huge cost. He says its the Russian government's goal to ensure that sacrifice is not forgotten. The effort to prevent the distortion of...
The IAAF world championships here in Beijing have come to an end. On the final day of competition, it was China's Lv Huihui taking silver medal in the women's javelin with a new Asian record of 66.13 meters. After the 2012 Olympics, my coach stipulat...
The report is meant to provide suggestions for Chinese central authorities putting together the 13th five-year plan. One of the over-riding themes in the research report is how to keep China's economy moving under the New Normal. This is the term bei...
Professor Gilbert Van Kerchhove from Belgium is the President and founder of a Beijing-based management consulting firm. He was deeply involved in the preparations of for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Van Kerchhove says one of the main issues leading...
Reporter: The Chinese government says the move will boost investment returns for pension funds. Vice Finance Minister Yu Weiping says pension funds across the entire country hit the 3.5 trillion yuan mark late last year. At the end of 2014, the accum...
LONDON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- UK researchers are trying to use the antimicrobial properties of seaweeds from the country's coastline to develop a new generation of antibiotics in a bid to fight the growing threat of resistant superbugs, according to a...
