The flood disaster in Myanmar has brought the death toll to 89 and affected hundreds of thousands of people across the country, prompting a state of emergency and calls for urgent relief efforts. A Chinese non-governmental team, Blue Sky Rescue Team,...
Two months after Beijing introduced the new smoking ban local authorities describe the control efforts as satisfactory. However, they are confronted with a shortage of personnel- there are more than 4 million smokers in the city, but only around 1,00...
Putting fresh groceries in the fridge is the quickest and easiest option after a shop, but whether or not those items belong in there is another story. 把新鲜食品放冰箱里是从商店回来后最先做、也是最容易做的事，但那些食物...
If crosswords are too easy and Sudoku a touch boring, why not go and climb a tree? 如果你觉得填字游戏太过简单，数独（一种运用纸、笔进行演算的逻辑游戏）又难的有点单调，为什么不去爬爬树呢？ A study fo...
WHITE HOUSEHe stood at the same university where more than 50 years ago, then-President John F. Kennedy used a commencement address to first call for nuclear disarmament and a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. Kennedys historic call for...
The revised laws will include much stronger civil, administrative and criminal penalties for both offenders and their supervisors. Those who violate the new food safety laws will face fines of up to 30 times the value of their products. The current p...
The new series, titled Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School revolves around five Chinese teachers who are sent to teach 50 UK teens at a school in Hampshire. The teachers instruct the students for a month. The pupils are then tested, and the res...
Domestic and overseas journalists are welcome to cover events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing next month, the event's publicity team said on Monday. 纪念二战胜利70周年宣传小组周一说到，本小组...
A drop in sales in China and investment in new vehicles has hit German luxury car maker BMW's second-quarter profits. 由于在华销量下降和对新车的投资，德国豪华汽车制造商宝马第二季度的利润受到了影响。 The Munich-...
WHITE HOUSEWhen the leaders of the United States and United Nations meet, there is seemingly no limit to the number of pressing issues that are up for discussion. President Barack Obama acknowledged the demands on the United Nations have never been g...
The European Union and Vietnam have reached an agreement in principle for a new free trade agreement after two and a half years of negotiations. The agreement is the first of its kind the EU has concluded with a developing country. EU Trade Commissio...
Shen Danyang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, says the total foreign investment as well as the number of enterprises that were invested in by relevant countries have both increased. In terms of absorbing overseas investment, a total of 948...
Five big Chinese cities rank among the priciest housing markets in the world, surpassing notoriously expensive cities like Tokyo, London and New York, based on calculations by the International Monetary Fund. In fact, seven out of 10 of the world's l...
Domestic animated feature, The Monkey King: Hero is Back, has been riding the high tide in ticket sales ever since its release on July 10. 国产动画电影《大圣归来》自7月10日上映以来席卷票房。 By July 18, Monkey King had raked i...
TIANJIN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Tingyi Holding Corp. on Monday denied that its instant noodles sold on the Chinese mainland were ever affected by a cooking oil scandal. A spokesperson for the company based in north China's Tianjin Municipality said the c...
