BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing-based Bona Film Group announced Tuesday that News Corporation has signed an agreement to buy 19.9 percent of its stake. The Beijing-based private film group, listed in the United States, hopes to expand its market...
SHENYANG, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Educational authorities across the nation are embracing newly amended rules to prevent cheating on upcoming college entrance exams. On Tuesday, local educational and public security authorities in northeast China's Jilin...
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Foreigners living in Beijing may find themselves greeting police at their doors amid a crackdown on foreigners illegally entering, residing or working in the city that began on Tuesday. The campaign, which will run until t...
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday began issuing a new type of passport featuring an electronic chip that contains the holder's personal information. Meng Hongwei, vice minister of public security, said at a launching ceremony for the passp...
BERLIN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Relegated Bundesliga side Cologne signed coach Holger Stanislawski, the club said on their website on Monday. 42-year-old Stanislawski will thus shape Cologne to ensure a new beginning at second division. Holger Stanislawsk...
BEIJING,?may?15 (Xinhuanet) -- In this daytime, the precipitation of southern China has been weakened. The main rainfall areas focused on Northeast China and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. From 05:00 a.m. yesterday to this 05:00 a.m., central and eastern Gua...
RIGA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie here on Monday met his Latvian counterpart Artis Pabriks, with both sides pledging to enhance bilateral military cooperation. During the meeting, Liang said that China attaches great im...
LONDON - They will try to overcome policy differences as the threat of a Greek exit from the euro looms closer German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President-elect, Francois Hollande, meet for the first time in Berlin Tuesday against the back...
The fallout has begun from a $2 billion financial trading loss at the U.S.-based JPMorgan Chase investment company. The firm said Monday that Ina Drew, JPMorgan's chief investment officer and one of Wall Street's highest paid female executives, is re...
World stocks fell sharply Monday as traders voiced new concerns about political uncertainty in Greece. Analysts say failure by the country's politicians to form a coalition government could lead to new elections. And the growing uncertainty is stokin...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Fluminense striker Fred has been ruled out of Sunday's Carioca championship final against Botafogo and next Thursday's Copa Libertadores quarterfinal against Boca Juniors with a thigh injury. The former Lyon star gu...
LONDON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A controversial steel tower was unveiled in the Olympic park of London on Friday, about two and a half months before opening of the Games, which was hoped to become of a new icon of the city and bring more visitors. The tow...
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A decade of researching whether a free trade area (FTA) among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is feasible has been no means an easy journey. And any sign of progress to push forward the talks deserves applause...
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - China's central bank announced on Saturday it would lower the reserve requirement for commercial lenders by 50 basis points, the second time it has taken such action this year to inject more market liquidity and shore up...
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - Belgium's border city of Maaseik has opened an exhibition of about 200 relics and treasures of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), showcasing China's golden age of ancient civilization. The exhibition, which opened Friday, co...
